From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 28f9ef84 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2019 14:10:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 514FE948CF; Fri, 11 Oct 2019 00:10:51 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1840A93D28; Fri, 11 Oct 2019 00:10:38 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 6897893D28; Fri, 11 Oct 2019 00:10:36 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-wm1-f43.google.com (mail-wm1-f43.google.com [209.85.128.43]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A0CF693D09 for ; Fri, 11 Oct 2019 00:10:35 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-wm1-f43.google.com with SMTP id v17so6953694wml.4 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2019 07:10:35 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=b65nDdDiFon9lwpKze5Y+QLdHvr7i+D7jYY2hHRawCY=; b=fh2lxZWFxWAB5iMIXeSIqZRxyH2ZZ5gdkSUdEE+D9PsY7S+U58jXGmRrOv0wXXq3hS ff/eiPkVb2MDWvoV4nNPjkuXBarPOKDgL+vqG+EpNXqKDQug/9L6CT2BAeBxOQdiFl4z CMkN4WHHx4gDHpI6nbG4slNU18B91c+lO4GwbwJC6Np7sIBQfnsG6R00nKfY9Rzgmmag n64XxD8O/UdIoqSqI/dRzai/cvOYoqsW3TQjnw4qpPtJ15ye2316DdIWO6F+1FEnGHjG vD2VKxxsPc52IGLfxeHpCmq+1D7pb4QEN82tVsAApxIcKtSHy2LxGZ7G5w35gr/PQKWi 5PMQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVp51tpl5U3uoF8j7+JamNguMbCWo5RFgxvZ3NzAwCSwrY4mocQ zeUphppjY1YMClAjfuMYThJ/lSBS1rE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwXFLMJEF3m3Zb77/pkbXorcijzbhZDp0iQB1rnmoZm2RHzjg0cW4IgJjpsvotwgow+xYXyaA== X-Received: by 2002:a05:600c:da:: with SMTP id u26mr7343050wmm.122.1570716633996; Thu, 10 Oct 2019 07:10:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rhea.home.vuxu.org ([2001:920:1998:b54:35fc:a20f:1b22:9bb7]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id i11sm8318936wrq.48.2019.10.10.07.10.33 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Thu, 10 Oct 2019 07:10:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (rhea.home.vuxu.org [local]) by rhea.home.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPA id 1e8c2973; Thu, 10 Oct 2019 14:10:32 +0000 (UTC) From: Leah Neukirchen To: Henry Bent References: <1570559927.29337.for-standards-violators@oclsc.org> <2e6e1005-3bbf-5dcc-3fcc-099864c752dc@kilonet.net> <8088e5bd-3530-d3e1-8066-db6ea9389dea@kilonet.net> Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 16:10:32 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Henry Bent's message of "Thu, 10 Oct 2019 09:57:10 -0400") Message-ID: <87tv8g4ron.fsf@vuxu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Subject: Re: [TUHS] Recovered /etc/passwd files X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: TUHS main list Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Henry Bent writes: > I have no opinion on the password hacking (especially since Ken seemed fine > with it), but this is to me distasteful. The media was alerted, and that > media was of all things The Register? It's not exactly a site known for > its thoughtful or balanced journalism. To be fair, I wrote this up on my blog because I really enjoyed this little piece of history, and put it on lobste.rs, expecting the usual 20 regulars to like it. I did not expect the story to take off like this! (I also declined interview questions from The Register and Ars Technica, because I don't have anything to add there and did not even find the end result.) -- Leah Neukirchen https://leahneukirchen.org/