[PLUG] this doesn't look good

Will Andrews will@physics.purdue.edu
Mon, 16 Oct 2000 10:45:45 -0500


On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 10:40:45AM -0500, Christopher N. Deckard wrote:
> While looking around for other student lugs at Universities, I came
> across this one at Texas A&M at Galveston.  NOT GOOD AT ALL!!!
> 
> http://www.tamug.tamu.edu/computing/Linux/warning.htm
> 
> CIS is their Computing Information Services, like PUCC...

They are rather justified.  Most people who try Linux do it without any
clue about what they are doing.  As such, they leave holes wide open for
script kiddies to exploit.

PLUG could probably keep this from happening on Purdue's campus, but
with 35,000 students...

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