Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 10:06:33 -0500 (EST) From: Adrian Filipi-Martin <adrian@ubergeeks.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cobalt blames linux for their security problems! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990301100346.29376E-100000@lorax.ubergeeks.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.990226192359.12223W-100000@current1.whistle.com>
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On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Julian Elischer wrote: > http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/18109.html > > There's a good idea.. use a free OS and then blame it for your problems.. Security configuration and unauthorized external access asside, it was bad practice for the admins to let plain text passwords make it into their history files. I've mistyped passwords at the wrong time, but I immediately set my history file to /dev/nuall as well. Operator error seems to be the most fundamental problem here. Adrian -- [ adrian@ubergeeks.com -- Ubergeeks Consulting -- http://www.ubergeeks.com/ ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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