Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 19:25:46 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Aleph One <aleph1@dfw.net> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, Michael Richards <026809r@dragon.acadiau.ca>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cat exploit Message-ID: <199809110125.TAA02455@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.4.01.9809101623240.13293-100000@dfw.nationwide.net> References: <18171.905461424@time.cdrom.com> <Pine.SUN.4.01.9809101623240.13293-100000@dfw.nationwide.net>
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> Because its non-intuitive. How many end users are going to know that > simply cat'ing a file is dangerous? End users shouldn't be catting other peoples files, and certainly anyone running as root should know better. If you're stupid, nothing will stop you from hurting yourself. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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