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Eric Thomas <ERIC@LEPICS> |
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Mon, 18 Sep 89 12:38:55 GMT |
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Leonard, there is no 100% safe system and IBM won't fix security holes,
as you should know. If you want to discuss security issues in IBM
operating systems, there are better lists for that. And, I agree that it
is unfair to put the blame on sites which distribute utilities when the
real problem is at the local site, which should take steps to protect
itself. But, of course, this wouldn't be the first time that people
who're bitter because they've just been hacked when they thought their
system was safe start finger pointing, just to make themselves feel
better. I've been in trouble once in the past because of a utility to
change the date of a file, and a program to access A0 files (never mind
that there are other ways to do it and that IBM actually documents it in
the manuals). I've stopped distributing this kind of tools to avoid this
kind of problems, but that doesn't mean I agree with the finger pointing
people.
Eric
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