From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 17 20:03:28 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA06325 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 17 Jan 1996 20:03:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA06317 for ; Wed, 17 Jan 1996 20:03:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id OAA05262; Thu, 18 Jan 1996 14:38:22 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199601180408.OAA05262@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: ethernet packet sniffer. To: ANDRSN@HOOVER.STANFORD.EDU (Annelise Anderson) Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 14:38:21 +1030 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <01I04ED7J0MA00AKNQ@HOOVER.STANFORD.EDU> from "Annelise Anderson" at Jan 17, 96 03:36:53 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Annelise Anderson stands accused of saying: > > It sounds like the sys admin--or anyone with root privileges--can > read absolutely everything going on--all e-mail in and out, all > keyboard activity, and so forth. Is this right? Thanks Yup. This is one reason you don't let just anyone have root on a system. (You can also read everyone's mail; this is a great way to pick up juicy office gossip...) > Annelise -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[