CRAA055%UK.AC.KCL.CC.VAXB@ac.UK (08/09/87)
Brian Beesley is right to ask DEC to include the official "checksum" with each patch provided (it might help if they also docuemnted the CHECKSUM program officially). This would minimise problems caused by patched patches. Surely, more to the point is that if a system manager is stupid enough to install a patch received over the network, rather than wait for the official release from DEC, he/she deserves all he/she gets? particularly, when the patch in question is a fix to a security hole! Andy Harper, Kings College London UK +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ I Computing Centre, Kings College, Strand, London, UK I I Tel: +44 (0)1 836 5454 I +-------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+ I JANET: A.Harper @ UK.AC.KCL.CC.VAXB I ARPA: A.Harper%KCL.CC.VAXB I I I @ ucl-cs.arpa I I EARN: A.Harper @ VAXB.CC.KCL.AC.UK I ARPA: A.Harper I I or A.Harper%VAXB.CC.KCL.AC.UK @ AC.UK I @ VAXB.CC.KCL.AC.UK I I I I I UUCP: ...ukc!uk.ac.kcl.cc.vaxb!A.Harper I ARPA: A.Harper%KCL.CC.VAXB I I I @ CS.UCL.AC.UK I I EAN: A.Harper @ VAXB.CC.KCL.AC.UK I I +-------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+