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Re: Unix Viruses. Are there any??

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From: William Unruh
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 19:25
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dnichols@d-and-d.com (DoN. Nichols) writes:

>In article <1993Jan23.202734.3921@nic.csu.net> oleg@gd.cs.csufresno.edu writes:

>>Actually, I think  the system  should come as it comes. If  a computer  was to
>>come with high security, the same  computer-iliterate  sysadmin  would  hardly
>>ever bother to open it.  Niether would  (s)he  ever  figure out  how to export

Actually, I think they should get rid of all this password and
permissions junk. That way the sysadmins will have to write their own
and then they will really understand what security means. Perhaps we
should even persuade the vendors not to sell operating systems. After
all how many sysadmins really understand kernel calls now., or how a
good device driver works.
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From: unruh@physics.ubc.ca (William Unruh)
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Subject: Re: Unix Viruses. Are there any??
Date: 26 Jan 1993 19:25:23 GMT
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