Afloyd.124 net.misc utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!duke!chico!harpo!floyd!trb Fri Mar 5 10:22:05 1982 arsenic and old bugs Oh, come on. When were terminals with block transfer mode first sold? (Like Hazeltine 2000's.) I am surprised that someone is ignorant enough to go screaming in the mass media that UNIX (a DEC product, HAH!) has such a devastating security bug. If someone is willing to publicly execute that writer, I'll buy a ticket. (Speaking of irresponsibility in the mass media, I don't see anyone threatening to stop publishing that newspaper because of brutally irresponsible journalism by one of the writers, netnews gripers take note.) Andy Tannenbaum Bell Labs Whippany, NJ (201) 386-6491 ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.