Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site noscvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!noscvax!revc From: revc@noscvax.UUCP (Bob Van Cleef) Newsgroups: net.followup,net.micro Subject: Re: BBS Attacks Message-ID: <505@noscvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Jun-84 19:01:11 EDT Article-I.D.: noscvax.505 Posted: Fri Jun 1 19:01:11 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Jun-84 06:54:59 EDT References: <292@ames-lm.UUCP> Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center Lines: 23 ------ Attacks on Bulletin Board systems are nothing new. A SYSOP learns by hard experience how to spot "worms" and "Trojan Horses". For example, a new bulletin board in our area had the entire contents of its main drive erased last week by someone who gained access to some utilities that were unfortunately left on the system by a new SYSOP. Bob -- ------------------------------------------------------------- R.E. Van Cleef (REVC) Computer Sciences Corporation San Diego, CA ihnp4 \ MILNET revc@nosc akqua \ UUCP decvax -------------!sdcsvax!noscvax!revc dcdwest / ucbvax / CompuServe 71565,533