Xref: utzoo news.sysadmin:1823 comp.unix.wizards:13175 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!flatline!erict From: erict@flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend) Newsgroups: news.sysadmin,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Trojan horse possible with news readers Summary: SVR3? You must be joking. SVR0, maybe... Keywords: UNIXPC Message-ID: <479@flatline.UUCP> Date: 5 Dec 88 05:42:36 GMT References: <6775@rosevax.Rosemount.COM> <1261@vsi1.UUCP> <415@ivucsb.UUCP> Organization: one bitchin' 3b1, well hidden in a Houston apartment Lines: 23 In article <415@ivucsb.UUCP>, news@ivucsb.UUCP (Todd Day) writes: > In article <1627@valhalla.ee.rochester.edu> badri@valhalla.ee.rochester.edu (Badri Lokanathan) writes: > ~The only safeguard is to disable modeline. > vi on the UNIXPC allows this behaviour, yet I see no way to disable it! > It defaults to modelines, yet, there is no command to disable it. There was, recently, a patch posted to unix-pc.sources that takes care of modeline. > And the UNIXPC is supposed to be SVR3... Ha. Ha ha ha. See the summary. > "Why is she wrong? Because *she* is a *girl*, and *this* is *science*!" This guy (from Saturday Night Live) taught at my high school, I think. -- "It's hard being a Devo fan these days. It's not cool to be a Devo fan anymore. It takes courage." -- Devo, at their '88 Houston show J. Eric Townsend -- smail: 511 Parker #2, Houston, Tx, 77007 UUCP: uunet!sugar!flatline!erict ..!bellcore!tness1!/