Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!uunet!nuchat!flatline!erict From: erict@flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend) Newsgroups: unix-pc.general Subject: Re: More weirdness Message-ID: <954@flatline.UUCP> Date: 24 Jun 88 23:33:07 GMT References: <288@uncle.UUCP> <1988Jun19.161105.2799@ziebmef.uucp> Organization: a flat near the Montrose, Houston, Tx. Lines: 17 In article <1988Jun19.161105.2799@ziebmef.uucp>, cks@ziebmef.uucp (Chris Siebenmann) writes: > I think the 3B1 has to win the > 'most unsecure Unix right out of the box' award; anyone know *why* > they did it this way (besides sloppy programming and setup)? My guess: the unix-pc was not intended for use: 1. by more than 2 people at a time, more than 1 in a development situation; 2. as a standalone, or as a single-user node for a LAN; 3. in situations where users did not trust one another, or the sysadmin did not trust the users. -- Skate UNIX or go home, boogie boy... "But why should I type "rm -r $HOME" if I want to play trek???" J. Eric Townsend ->uunet!nuchat!flatline!erict smail:511Parker#2,Hstn,Tx,77007 ..!bellcore!tness1!/