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Eric Thomas <ERIC@LEPICS> |
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Fri, 22 Sep 89 16:33:14 GMT |
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>So, are you saying that it is trivial for a hacker to look like the
>postmaster to listserv without actually getting onto the postmaster
>account or listserv?
Michael, you disappoint me. I didn't think you would be so naive.
>If this is so, that is security whole that should certainly be fixed.
Certainly. There are many ways to do this, some would be for IBM to fix,
except that it all Works As Designed, some are for us to fix, and it's
absolutely hopeless, because it's an AND, not an OR (I mean, as long as
there is ONE site with the hole, the hole exists).
Eric
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