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=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE 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 a56f6679 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2019 18:13:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 6D1F993D74; Fri, 22 Nov 2019 04:13:07 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AFBB93D71; Fri, 22 Nov 2019 04:12:52 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=yaccman.com header.i=@yaccman.com header.b="dj6U4C9g"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 589C693D71; Fri, 22 Nov 2019 04:12:49 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 489 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Fri, 22 Nov 2019 04:12:47 AEST Received: from blue.elm.relay.mailchannels.net (blue.elm.relay.mailchannels.net [23.83.212.20]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F208593D59 for ; Fri, 22 Nov 2019 04:12:47 +1000 (AEST) X-Sender-Id: dreamhost|x-authsender|scj@yaccman.com Received: from relay.mailchannels.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relay.mailchannels.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5349C7410D5; Thu, 21 Nov 2019 18:04:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pdx1-sub0-mail-a15.g.dreamhost.com (100-96-86-105.trex.outbound.svc.cluster.local [100.96.86.105]) (Authenticated sender: dreamhost) by relay.mailchannels.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id B1BB3740DA7; Thu, 21 Nov 2019 18:04:36 +0000 (UTC) X-Sender-Id: dreamhost|x-authsender|scj@yaccman.com Received: from pdx1-sub0-mail-a15.g.dreamhost.com ([TEMPUNAVAIL]. [64.90.62.162]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384) by 0.0.0.0:2500 (trex/5.18.5); Thu, 21 Nov 2019 18:04:37 +0000 X-MC-Relay: Neutral X-MailChannels-SenderId: dreamhost|x-authsender|scj@yaccman.com X-MailChannels-Auth-Id: dreamhost X-Befitting-White: 122b570265417739_1574359477141_3460753549 X-MC-Loop-Signature: 1574359477141:4079077981 X-MC-Ingress-Time: 1574359477140 Received: from pdx1-sub0-mail-a15.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pdx1-sub0-mail-a15.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEE8683C62; Thu, 21 Nov 2019 10:04:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=yaccman.com; h= content-type:content-transfer-encoding:from:mime-version:subject :date:message-id:references:cc:in-reply-to:to; s=yaccman.com; bh=jazJvkccRMpVdkeP++8pKyc1zi4=; b=dj6U4C9gljjTZutFWS7P/byV99Y1 pzGw+ew+9ZFA90Y/MREeWcoifmvbPu4p4/APIMN8AVCdpdj4V6DVXnljbx44UI+m CfcswoIKHu+Vw7+gDjBCXlJ+36/wyLsrVsGOEfOMBApdBpDXnO3Y3rNKkNZMRwu4 UB5KvX3RWI6UHbs= Received: from [10.55.9.128] (mobile-166-171-250-151.mycingular.net [166.171.250.151]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: scj@yaccman.com) by pdx1-sub0-mail-a15.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6461083C70; Thu, 21 Nov 2019 10:04:31 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-DH-BACKEND: pdx1-sub0-mail-a15 From: Steve Johnson Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 10:04:29 -0800 Message-Id: References: <977155D5-559B-4850-8D65-F0D6FA043A25@cheswick.com> In-Reply-To: <977155D5-559B-4850-8D65-F0D6FA043A25@cheswick.com> To: William Cheswick X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (17A878) Subject: Re: [TUHS] buffer overflow (Re: Happy birthday Morris worm 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: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Not everyone at the labs had a three-letter login. Bjarne Stroustrup had th= e login bs, despite several gentle suggestions from myself and others that h= e add a middle initial... Steve Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 21, 2019, at 5:18 AM, William Cheswick wrote: >=20 > =EF=BB=BFBTW, Bob Morris was not a Senior, and had no middle name. It is m= y understanding that he inserted an =E2=80=9Ch=E2=80=9D when a middle initia= l was demanded at the Labs, hence =E2=80=9Crhm=E2=80=9D. >=20 > His son is Robert Tappan Morris, Labs login and general tag =E2=80=9Crtm,"= is not a junior. >=20 > (I had to fight spelling correction on this Mac so much for this post that= I have turned it off.) >=20 >> On Nov 12, 2019, at 8:43 PM, John P. Linderman wrote:= >>=20 >> Lorinda Cherry told me that that RTM (senior) used to test people's progr= ams by feeding them to themselves as input, a.out < a.out. It helped cure pe= ople of the assumption that a program would only see "reasonable" inputs. >=20