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- From: unruh@physics.ubc.ca (William Unruh)
- Newsgroups: comp.security.misc
- Subject: Re: Unix Viruses. Are there any??
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 19:25:23 GMT
- Organization: The University of British Columbia
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- References: <9302314.5488@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> <1jrgcdINNgm9@cronkite.cisco.com> <1993Jan23.202734.3921@nic.csu.net> <1993Jan26.051333.2338@d-and-d.com>
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- dnichols@d-and-d.com (DoN. Nichols) writes:
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- >In article <1993Jan23.202734.3921@nic.csu.net> oleg@gd.cs.csufresno.edu writes:
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- >>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
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- 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.
-