[net.unix-wizards] Security breach

greep%su-dsn@sri-unix.UUCP (12/07/83)

Anyone who makes a directory like /usr/lib 777 is just asking for trouble.

gwyn%brl-vld@sri-unix.UUCP (12/08/83)

From:      Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn@brl-vld>

Operating system "breaking" is in some ways analogous to codebreaking.
The rule there is that a cryptosystem is not assumed to be secure until
the cryptanalysts have mounted a serious attack on it and found it to
be safe (there are other requirements too, of course).