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.
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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.
-- 
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