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Article #730Re: Is book (was A security hole)
From: Thomas P. Mitchell
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 1988 23:14
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 1988 23:14
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In article <725@rivm05.UUCP> ccement@rivm.UUCP (Martien F v Steenbergen) writes: >In article <478@minya.UUCP>, jc@minya.UUCP (John Chambers) writes: >> In article <722@rivm05.UUCP>, ccement@rivm.UUCP (Martien F v Steenbergen) writes: >> > be suspicious of any setuid program. >> >> Uh, I'm not sure I believe all this. I mean, I understand ... * Believe it this is real. * > >enough. Perhaps there exists a book which describes a lot of Unix security >related topics. I'd love to have one. You are in luck. I have a good one in front of me. From Hayden Books Unix(R) System Library: UNIX (TM) System Security by Patrick H. Wood and Stephen G. Kochan Hayden Books, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46268, USA ISBN: 0-8104-6267-2 (my copy was $34.95) Yes it covers a permutation of the same trap that has been making this news group hummmm. Thomas P. Mitchell (mitch@stride1.Stride.COM) Phone: (702)322-6868 TWX: 910-395-6073 FAX: (702)322-7975 MicroSage Computer Systems Inc. a Division of Stride Micro. Opinions expressed are probably mine.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!ut-sally!utah-cs!utah-gr!stride!stride1!mitch From: mitch@stride1.UUCP (Thomas P. Mitchell) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5 Subject: Re: Is book (was A security hole) Message-ID: <744@stride.Stride.COM> Date: 16 Mar 88 23:14:55 GMT References: <181@wsccs.UUCP> <722@rivm05.UUCP> <478@minya.UUCP> <725@rivm05.UUCP> Sender: news@Stride.COM Reply-To: mitch@stride1.Stride.COM (Thomas P. Mitchell) Organization: MicroSage Comp. Sys. Inc., 680 S. Rock Blvd, Reno, NV 89502 Lines: 26 Summary: read Wood and Kochan