On Tue, 16 Jul 1996, Bill Studenmund wrote:

> > 
> 
> Linux, ewwww.
> 
> Be careful of dip; it has a security hole when run as su-root. Also,
> under NetBSD/mac68k, the serial ports are tty00 and tty01.
> 

As I understand the security problem in dip, it allows a user to gain 
root access if they know how to write a deliberately non-kosher script. 
If the machine has no users aside from yourself, this isn't much of a 
concern. Also, source code is available for a version of dip that patches 
this hole.

Sincerely, 



Daniel Bell
linux, netbsd, solaris, freebsd, use them all and like it :)