> On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, Justin Cormack wrote:
> 
> > I have recently upgraded some machines to RH 6.1 and have noticed an
> > alarming tendency for dialog boxes to appear saying please type the
> > root password.
> 
> > This really is not acceptable. Any old trojan horse program can do this
> > and get the password. It may be designed to make things easier for
> > new users, but they need to understand about su/logging in as root.
> 
> If there is a trojan in your path you've been compromised already.  You
> would need to be breached to get the trojan in your path in the first

trojans are very effective (or so I hear), and do not necessarily imply 
broken security.


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