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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: HELP!!! Security problem for gurus.
- Date: 26 Dec 1992 06:19:05 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
- Lines: 43
- Message-ID: <1hgtgpINNfjb@gap.caltech.edu>
- References: <1992Dec19.025940.1@us.oracle.com> <1992Dec22.161918.9033@ncsa.uiuc.edu> <1h9e1nINN1c9@gap.caltech.edu>,<1992Dec23.194607.26032@ncsa.uiuc.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec23.194607.26032@ncsa.uiuc.edu>, jsue@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Jeffrey L. Sue) writes:
- =In article <1h9e1nINN1c9@gap.caltech.edu> carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU writes:
- =>In article <1992Dec22.161918.9033@ncsa.uiuc.edu>, jsue@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Jeffrey L. Sue) writes:
- =>>Now that's a creative way to do it. Just hope MAIL doesn't decide to use
- =>>that MAILbigfilename.MAI sometime - though it may check for this and handle
- =>>it correctly, I've no idea how to test this. (besides I'm sure that the
- =>>possibility is quite small)
- =>
- =>Easy: Just pick a date that's before NOW.
- =Hmm....
- =MAIL$09A8BDA800050096.MAI doesn't like it has anything to do with a date.
-
- Well, that's because you don't know anything about what you're talking about,
- now isn't it? The numerical part of the name consists of:
-
- The hexadecimal representation of the second and third words of the
- time the message was received;
-
- A four-character hexadecimal code identifying the sort of filename this
- is (the format changed between VMS v4 and VMS v5);
-
- The hexadecimal representation of the high order word of the time the
- message was received.
-
- So the numerical part of the filename (09A8BDA800050096) refers to system time
- 009609A8BDA80000 or thereabouts (the low-order word of the system time isn't
- used, so the granularity is to about a centisecond), which translates to:
- 14-SEP-1992 11:24:44.
-
- =Gee... some of us have *real* jobs, some of which doesn't even apply to VMS.
- =Actually, I know quite a bit of how VMS works, however little things like
- =how MAIL determines what "bignumber" to use is of little value to me.
-
- I see. You just couldn't be troubled to pay attention this issue last came up
- (a couple of weeks ago) and was discussed in detail?
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
-
- Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
-