[news.sysadmin] Something to think about...

peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) (11/10/88)

It's been nearly 7 years now since I was at Berkeley, and 4.1 was the bug gun
back then, but I happen to have a copy of the 4.2 BSD manuals from 1983.

ftpd, BUGS:

	The anonymous account is inherently dangerous and should be avoided
	when possible.

rexecd, BUGS:

	Indicating "Login Incorrect" as opposed to "Password Incorrect" is
	a security breach which allows people to probe a system for users
	with null passwords"

rlogind, rshd, BUGS:

	The authentication procedure used here assumes the integrity of each
	client machine and the connecting medium. This is insecure, but is
	useful in an "open" environment.

tunefs, BUGS:->

	You can tune a file system, but you can't tune a fish.

Perhaps someone could comment on how many of these BUGS entries remain in the
latest and greatest 4.3 manual.
-- 
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Disclaimer: My typos are my own damn business.   peter@ficc.uu.net