Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!microsof!fluke!ssc-vax!uw-beaver!tektronix!tekecs!orca!andrew From: andrew@orca.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: The security of UNIX: a parable Message-ID: <1349@orca.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Jul-83 07:47:23 EDT Article-I.D.: orca.1349 Posted: Fri Jul 1 07:47:23 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 2-Jul-83 13:48:55 EDT References: sri-arpa.2608 Lines: 18 To make the parable into an analogy, you must add the following factors: -- Within each house lives a licensed locksmith, who has with her a full set of tools. Perhaps she is also the gardener and cook, but if she ever learns that something is wrong with a house lock she drops everything and fixes it. -- Johnny Admin only distributes flyers to people who already can get into at least one of the houses. Rather than distributing flyers at the shopping center, he uses his new-found ability to enter each house and tack a flyer up in the living room. Now, did Johnny do the right thing? I think most people's answer would be `yes'. -- Andrew Klossner (decvax!teklabs!tekecs!andrew) [UUCP] (andrew.tektronix@rand-relay) [ARPA]