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From: cedman@lynx.ps.uci.edu (Carl Edman)
Newsgroups: alt.sources
Subject: GENERAL WARNING
Message-ID: <CEDMAN.90Sep25084340@lynx.ps.uci.edu>
Date: 25 Sep 90 15:43:42 GMT
PROGRAMMER GENERALS WARNING: Precompiled binaries can be hazardous
to your health and lead to virus infections.
Now, really: It is very easy to change particularily a programm like
a shell to f.e. put the name of a non-backtraceable account into the
.rhosts file and then send mail to it to inform the hacker that
he has just gotten a new account. Maybe even a su account ?
, or to log all lines containing some keywords (like password or username)
to a public file.
You may want to take the risk, but be warned.
Theorectial Physicist,N.:A physicist whose | Send mail
existence is postulated, to make the numbers | to
balance but who is never actually observed | cedman@golem.ps.uci.edu
in the laboratory. | edmanc@uciph0.ps.uci.edu