[ILUG] PS's + Virii

[sdempsey]

This is a real problem on networks which have older unices which haven't
been 
kept secure on them . It can become ridiculous in some cases as a hack
can be achieved in  a matter of seconds. I find it worrying , not
surprising though,
that the hacks are so well documented and so easy to perform but that 
many admins , particular those used to windows related networks, seem to
be
unprepared for them.

	...shane 
	
Smelly Pooh wrote:
> 
> In reply to Justin Mason's flatulent wordings,
> >
> > Also Linux and other UNIXes have a well-designed, secure, multi-user
> > basis, where system binaries are owned by root and normal people do all
> > (or almost all) their work as a non-root user.
> 
> The advantage there is that unix implements some kind of multi-user protection
> whereas win 95 and MacOS do not.  That is not to say that it's well-designed
> at all, it's very inflexible, all you need for unlimited access is to hack
> root, and root isn't too hard to hack on most unix machines.

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