The Security of UNIX - the proposed unix-security

[SJOBRG.ANDY%MIT-OZ%mit-mc at sri-unix.UUCP]

A few comments...On a number of network hosts, the mail is completely 
insecure, as are the operating systems (NOTHING is secure!). How do you
propose keeping mail sent to these sites secure?

Then of course, there is the problem of people getting at the mailer
queues or watching all the imp traffic... Of course, once you get to
usenet, then there are the >>public<< uucp queues.

Don't worry about security holes that are described here. They can 
(usually -- i haven't seen any that can't) be easily fixed, and >any<
responsible system administrator will fix them immediately. (of course,
there are those unix systems that aren't on any nets...)

All in all, don't bother with being as paranoid as alt at aids-unix suggests
(didn't you used to be alt at utexas-11 ??) - the evil ones will always exist,
and they will usually be more clever than everyone else.

(sorry if this isn't comprehensible - it's late, and i'm running low on
 caffine...)

	-andy