Re: [8lgm]-Advisory-13.UNIX.SCO-login.15-Apr-1994

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From: Zik Saleeba
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1994 21:38

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davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) writes:

>This "security by obscurity" policy is a crock; I've been helping keep
>business systems secure for over 25 years, and full disclosure has
>always been best, allowing the system administrators to understand and

Full disclosure by 8lgm once got my machine broken into in the
nighttime hours before I next read c.s.u.. I'd _far_ prefer to have
the opportunity to take some defensive action before every weenie was
given the ability to crack my system.

So you had to take your SCO boxes off the net. Diddums. _I_ had to
call the police!

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