> Douglas H. Quebbeman said:
> >
> > IRIX in morning, sysadmins take warning...
> > IRIX at night, hacker's delight.
>
> Heheh. I run a bunch of IRIX machines used for scientific computing :) It's
> really not so bad, if you ignore the more horrifying examples of
> brain-deadness (what? 16 CDs for an OS install?!...)
>
> >
> > <Shudder>
> >
> > -dq
> - Dan Wright
> (dtwright_at_uiuc.edu)
> (http://www.uiuc.edu/~dtwright)
What I've heard is a very, VERY loose security profile for the default
install... hack proof IRIX is possible with a good admin, but the
default load is far from secure.
Bill
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Received on Wed Apr 24 2002 - 20:08:32 BST