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

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From: Andrea Payne
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 1994 00:44
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Bjxrn Borud (borud@dsl.unit.no) wrote:
: In article <3bg70j$78h@zikzak.apana.org.au>
: zik@zikzak.apana.org.au (Zik Saleeba) writes:
:  |
:  |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.

: What about a mailing list where they distribute disclosures encrypted
: by PGP (encrypted with the public key of the individual subscribers) ?
: A mailing list composed by having your company officials verify who
: you are, so not just anybody can join. Also; have people subscribe to
: advisories on individual platforms so that you don't have to mail
: EVERYTHING to EVERYBODY.

: You need to work a bit to hack that and it will take some
: CPU time, but it might just be worth it.

: Anyway, it's just a suggestion.

Ahh.. makes perfect sense.. and to those of us who are interested for purely
informational purposes only? Hell, I might decide to run SCO at one
point in time.. does it mean because i havent yet shelled out $2000 for
an operating system that you're more privelidged?

Just a rebuttal..
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From: apayne@bert.eecs.uic.edu (Andrea Payne)
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Subject: Re: [8lgm]-Advisory-13.UNIX.SCO-login.15-Apr-1994
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