War Games

From: Anthony Clifton <wirehead_at_retrocomputing.com>
Date: Tue Sep 23 14:31:02 1997

> > He did a lot of majik that was technically suspect! Most secure systems
> > back then would at best give you three tries at the password and drop you
> > and if you tried the account within 15 minutes you were again dropped and
> And I don't know of a login paradigm where you can type "HELP GAMES" and
> get a list og games to play. How a staff of government programmers could
> overlook a security crater opening like that stretches the imagination.

Actually, you could ask RSTS systems I believe for help at the login
prompt. You could also say SYSTAT and get a list of processes/users etc
if I recall correctly.

Anthony Clifton - WireHead Prime and Wargames Apologist
Received on Tue Sep 23 1997 - 14:31:02 BST