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Re: Internet Worm
From: perry () imsi com (Perry E. Metzger)
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 19:11:15 -0400
"Jonathan M. Bresler" says:
Try fixing a kernel bug with non-vendor sources. Hell, try fixing most problems with non-vendor sources. Furthermore, my clients pay lots of money for software support so that they don't have to fix the problems themselves. Frankly, I think you are absolutely and completely wrong on this.rcp, rsh, rlogin....are not kernel sources. try making the code--works fine.
Wrong. Dangerously wrong. If you tried building some non-sun library code on your system, your berkeley r commands might suddenly work wrong. Sun did lots of monkeying with the relationship between the yp library, the resolver library, and the r-commands. You don't and can't know what you are messing up.
if youre saying that there are kernel bugs that compromise the system.....then whose fault...where should we send our money?
The whole point is that the vendor is responsible for problems in their system and should fulfill its obligations to customers who've bought its software. Saying "quit bitching; use public sources" is dangerously wrong. Perry
Current thread:
- Re: Internet Worm George Hodson (Oct 14)
- Re: Internet Worm James Seng (Oct 15)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Internet Worm Rik Farrow (Oct 15)
- Re: Internet Worm Brett Lymn (Oct 16)
- Re: Internet Worm Steve Davis (Oct 17)
- Re: Internet Worm Jonathan M. Bresler (Oct 17)
- Re: Internet Worm Perry E. Metzger (Oct 17)
- Re: Internet Worm Jonathan M. Bresler (Oct 17)
- Re: Internet Worm Perry E. Metzger (Oct 17)
- Re: Internet Worm Bennett Todd (Oct 17)
- Re: Internet Worm Perry E. Metzger (Oct 18)
- Re: Internet Worm Scott Schwartz (Oct 18)
- Re: Internet Worm Perry E. Metzger (Oct 18)
- Re: Internet Worm Steve Davis (Oct 17)
- Re: Internet Worm Christine R. Gressley (Oct 17)
- r commands Aleph One (Oct 17)
- Re: r commands Perry E. Metzger (Oct 18)
- Re: r commands Fred Kuhns (Oct 18)
- Re: Internet Worm Bennett Todd (Oct 17)
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