Zardoz (computer Security) - Notable Participants

Notable Participants

  • Keith Bostic discussed BSD Sendmail vulnerabilities
  • Chip Salzenberg discussed Peter Honeyman's posting of a UUCP worm, and shell script securityH
  • Gene Spafford discussed VMS and Ultrix bugs, and relayed law enforcement enquiries about the Morris Worm
  • Tom Christiansen discussed SUID shell scripts
  • Chris Torek discussed devising exploits from general descriptions of vulnerabilities
  • Henry Spencer discussed Unix security
  • Brendan Kehoe discussed systems security
  • Alec Muffett announced Crack, the famous Unix password cracker

The majority of Zardoz participants were Unix systems administrators and C software developers. Neil Gorsuch and Gene Spafford were the most prolific contributors to the list.

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