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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

Sun workstations insecure -- can be taken over

High-priced workstations running Sun's Solaris (a version of Unix) contain a buffer-overflow insecurity that could allow hackers to take them over, according to a CERT advisory. What's more, Sun does not have a fix. This is pretty funny, considering the past posturing of Sun's Microsoft-obsessed chief executive, Scott "Motormouth" McNealy.

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