jc@minya.UUCP (John Chambers) (12/03/87)
In article <6305@ncoast.UUCP>, allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery) writes: > > Wonderful idea, by the way -- don't you get a warm glow from having posted > an easily-exploited security hole to the Net? Please be more circumspect > next time. No, no, no!!! I get real exasperated by all the people who think that system managers (like me) should be kept in the dark about security holes. I want to hear all about them. How the @#$^% do you think I can plug them, if I don't learn about them? Huh? A couple weeks ago, I startled some folks around where I'm working now by typing six chars on a logged-in terminal, and getting a super-user prompt. It was the first time I'd ever typed anything at that machine. I then explained to the machine's manager (who was watching, horrified) just what they were doing wrong. I got a few points from that one. The method I used was mentioned in unix.wizards a couple years back. I would like to hear some more good ways of earning points..... -- John Chambers <{adelie,ima,maynard,mit-eddie}!minya!{jc,root}> (617/484-6393)