Alternate Shells

[Michael k Notch]

In article <275 at uwvax.UUCP> david at wisc-rsch.arpa (David Parter) writes:
>
>> Next joke, please.   Suffice it  to say  that "lock"  isn't nearly as
>> secure as  it might  lead you  to believe.   This  probably isn't the
>> place  to  go  into  the  details  of why,  but I  wouldn't trust the
>> standard "lock" to protect anything I valued.  
>
>>           Doug Hosking
>
>possible solutions:
>    1)  don't leave your terminal (logged in) alone.
>    2)  fix lock, if you need a secure locking mechanism for yourself 
>        or your users. We have made some fixes to it.
>
>david
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To: david at wisc-rsch.arpa
Subject: Re: Alternate Shells
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In-Reply-To: <275 at uwvax.UUCP>
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In article <275 at uwvax.UUCP> you write:
>
>> Next joke, please.   Suffice it  to say  that "lock"  isn't nearly as
>> secure as  it might  lead you  to believe.   This  probably isn't the
>> place  to  go  into  the  details  of why,  but I  wouldn't trust the
>> standard "lock" to protect anything I valued.  
>
>>           Doug Hosking
>

If you could, could you send me the entire new program that you have made
to fix the locking problems. I am very interested in these problems and if
there are anymore fixes you think I might like, please feel to send them.
Thanks in advance.

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