info-vax@ucbvax.UUCP (11/14/85)
[Bugs! Give me bugs!!!!]
I, for one, like to know what monsters are lurking out there waiting to
bite me and rip my system to shreds, *especially* if there is a workaround or
solution to the problem. I like to know about potential problems *before* they
hit so that when they do hit I know what's happening. Any security holes will
be found out about by a hacker sooner or later, so I'd like to have the edge on
him by knowing what to expect. I want to know as much or more than he does, and
beat him at his own game.
I do agree with the suggestion of setting up a "secure" mailing list, if
only to attempt to keep that information from falling too quickly into the wrong
hands, and with the suggestion that that be sent to something like
INFO-VMS-SECURITY (I love forwarding addresses!). Any real determined hacker
will find out what's in that mailing list, but he'd find that information out
anyway. At least this way us system manager types can get that information
before it's too late.
-- Chris Yoder UUCP -- {allegra | ihnp4}!scgvaxd!engvax!chris
Hughes Aircraft Company ARPA -- engvax!chris@cit-vax.ARPA