Implications of recent virus (Trojan Horse) attack

[Sean McLinden]

:In article <445 at auspex.UUCP: guy at auspex.UUCP (Guy Harris) writes:
::Or, to keep someone else from doing this, remove lines like:
::
::::0:0::
::
::from your password file. Most Sun systems have this as a default
::(stupid!).
:
:Excuse me, but to what are you referring?  Most Sun systems have a line
:like
:
:	+::0:0:::
:
:as a default, but this is INequivalent to
:
:	::0:0::
:
Excuse ME, but the last four lines of my SunOS 4.0 distribution tape
password file are:

	+::0:0:::
	::0:0:::
	::0:0:::
	::0:0:::

NeXT?

Sean McLinden
Decision Systems Laboratory