[techtalk] Re: techtalk digest, Vol 1 #447 - 11 msgs

[Linda MacPhee-Cobb]

Hi All,

I have been painstakingly going through the lilo documentation.  I have not 
found in the documentation, on my computer or at sunsite, a single reference 
to this back door into my computer.  It is not even documented in the source 
code.

The fact we have a back door that allows root access that is undocumented is 
something I would expect from M$ not linux.

Why isn't this documented in an easy to find location?  That is very 
troubling.  Especially since linux users scream bloody murder when back 
doors are found in Windows.

If I wanted a computer OS that didn't need a password I would use Windows 
95.  One of the reasons for choosing linux was the security.  Right now 
Win2000 looks like a better option.  The only way to boot this machine is 
from the hard drive.  I am not so stupid as to forget root password, nor am 
I pleased that the people writing this system appear to have set it up for 
fools.

If there is one undocumented back door there are many.

Who are these back doors built in for?  Clearly not the users or there would 
be documentation.


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