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- From: phardie@nastar.uucp (Pete Hardie)
- Subject: Re: Unix Viruses. Are there any??
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.165028.7965@nastar.uucp>
- Organization: Digital Transmission Systems, Duluth, GA.
- References: <senetza.727648754@honte> <1jootkINNhrv@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> <1jotp8INNiu@matt.ksu.ksu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 16:50:28 GMT
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- In article <1jotp8INNiu@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon) writes:
- >No, this assumes root has . at the FRONT of his/her path. This of course is
- >extremely stupid and I believe covered in the FAQ.
- >
- >A scenerio like this assumes that the sysadmin is a pretty trusting person
- >and probably already has large security holes in the system.
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- Or that the virus writer names the file 'sl' and waits for the hurried sysadmin
- to browse the boobytrapped directory.
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