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Article #745Re: Two hackers caught tapping into Boeing, federal computers
From: Carl Brewer
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 23:24
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 23:24
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In article <1992Nov12.142251.9131@hubcap.clemson.edu> stehman%citron.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu writes: >From article <1992Nov12.084549.5128@unix.brighton.ac.uk>, by ddv@unix.brighton.ac.uk (Domenico De Vitto): >> Any org. that has a _root_ password in _a_ dictionary gets all it deserves. > > >Would you like to require people to read c.s.m for a couple of months before >they're allowed to purchase a computer? it would be a good idea for anyone connecting a machine to the internet to do so, or similar. But this would seem to be common sense .... -- Annal Natrach, Usthvah Spethed, carl@ecr.mu.oz.au (IRC: Bleve) Dochoel Dienve carl@munagin.ee.mu.oz.au carl@montebello.ecom.unimelb.EDU.AU Merlin, where are you? Call your dragon, to weave a mist...
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Newsgroups: comp.security.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!sgiblab!munnari.oz.au!cs.mu.OZ.AU!montebello.ecom.unimelb.EDU.AU!carl From: carl@montebello.ecom.unimelb.EDU.AU (Carl Brewer) Subject: Re: Two hackers caught tapping into Boeing, federal computers Message-ID: <9232310.25525@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> Sender: news@cs.mu.OZ.AU Organization: Dept. Engineering Computer Resources, Melbourne Uni. References: <1992Nov12.084549.5128@unix.brighton.ac.uk> <1992Nov12.142251.9131@hubcap.clemson.edu> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 23:24:51 GMT Lines: 17