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Article #709Re: Two hackers caught tapping into Boeing, federal computers
From: Jeff Stehman
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 14:13
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 14:13
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From article <1992Nov13.172230.3045@das.harvard.edu>, by adam@endor.uucp (Adam Shostack): >>Would you like to require people to read c.s.m for a couple of months before >>they're allowed to purchase a computer? > > No, I'd like too see vendors ship a decent version of password, say > npasswd. > > I'd also like to see a two-three page readme on securing your > workstation, and some slightly tougher defaults, like not putting that > "+" in Sun's /etc/hosts. > > Closing a few simple holes probably makes an awful lot of difference. Exactly. -- Jeff Stehman Systems Staff, G-18A Jordan stehman@cs.clemson.edu Dept. of Computer Science (803)656-2639 Clemson University
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Newsgroups: comp.security.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!gatech!hubcap!news From: stehman%citron.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu (Jeff Stehman) Subject: Re: Two hackers caught tapping into Boeing, federal computers Message-ID: <1992Nov16.141341.10242@hubcap.clemson.edu> Sender: news@hubcap.clemson.edu (news) Reply-To: stehman%citron.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu Organization: Clemson University References: <1992Nov13.172230.3045@das.harvard.edu> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 14:13:41 GMT Lines: 20