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Article #42Re: IPconnect: LOW COST Email/Internet Server Software for LANs
From: John B. Hines
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 00:00
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 00:00
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tqbf@joshua.enteract.com (Thomas H. Ptacek) wrote: >Wed, 15 Oct 1997 14:14:04 -0700 info@puzzle.com: >>Here's all that's needed: (1) Modem + (1) local dial-up ISP account + >>(1) IPconnect software package = low cost E-mail AND Internet/www access >>for ALL workstations (regardless of computer type) on the LAN. > >Or a copy of any free Unix operating system, which will provide these >services out of the box. Oh, come on Tom, how are backdoors supposed to be spread? I refer of course, to the program that has been widely distributed for doing this exact same thing, but was found to have a "hole" in it, that allows anyone on the net to send email (can you say spam?) from your account. As you have said many times over, security isn't simple, nor cheap.
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