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Article #599Re: Possibly nefarious users
From: Per Abrahamsen
Date: Sun, 09 Jun 1991 20:45
Date: Sun, 09 Jun 1991 20:45
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>>>>> On 8 Jun 91 15:52:49 GMT, dean@coplex.uucp (Dean Brooks) said: Dean> Of course there is. That is the current problem; many people see a Dean> guest account as an invitation. Simply because there is an account Dean> named with the letters "g", "u", "e", "s", "t" or "d", "e", "m", "o" Dean> that doesnt necessarily have a password, does *NOT* mean that it is Dean> legal for you to access the account. How about a ftp account named "anonymous"? Is that an invitation? What would you name an login account anyone could use? FSF used to have a guest acoount which everybody was allowed to use. It was named "guest". Was that a bad name choice? (predictably, someone chose to misuse the account, it has been closed now)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!dkuug!iesd!iesd.auc.dk!abraham From: abraham@iesd.auc.dk (Per Abrahamsen) Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy Subject: Re: Possibly nefarious users Message-ID: <ABRAHAM.91Jun9214555@galilei.iesd.auc.dk> Date: 9 Jun 91 20:45:55 GMT References: <2D.-_.N@cs.widener.edu> <1991Jun6.214915.18946@athena.mit.edu> <1991Jun7.164102.672@progress.com> <1991Jun7.184025.25010@eng.umd.edu> <1991Jun8.155249.14519@coplex.uucp> Sender: news@iesd.auc.dk Organization: HUGIN Expert A/S Lines: 16 In-reply-to: dean@coplex.uucp's message of 8 Jun 91 15:52:49 GMT