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Article #814Re: RFC on my "abuse"
From: Dave Hayes
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 1991 01:41
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 1991 01:41
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de5@ornl.gov (Dave Sill) writes:
>In article <1991Jun25.173013.3784@mp.cs.niu.edu>, rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes:
>>
>> Do you ever walk down the street, and as you do so, walk up to each house
>>and test the front door to see if they left it open?
>Aaarrgghh! If I *never* see another use of analogy in computer
>security it'll bee too soon. It's very, very rare that one discovers
>an analogy that's truly appropriate and complete. This one certainly
>isn't.
I'll say. IT would be more appropriate to have him driving the car,
knocking on every door asking for a handout. I think only certain over-zealous
policemen or extremely touchy citizens would be the problem.
Personally, I don't know why someone so touchy about anon FTP just doesn't
disable it and log the attempt.
--
Dave Hayes - Network & Communications Engineering - JPL / NASA - Pasadena CA
dave@elxr.jpl.nasa.gov dave@jato.jpl.nasa.gov ames!elroy!dxh
"It is a dragon, destroyer of all," cried the ants.
Then a cat caught the lizard.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jato!dave From: dave@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Dave Hayes) Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy Subject: Re: RFC on my "abuse" Message-ID: <1991Jul1.014145.5702@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> Date: 1 Jul 91 01:41:45 GMT References: <1991Jun25.154257.7452@m.cs.uiuc.edu> <1991Jun25.173013.3784@mp.cs.niu.edu> <1991Jun25.192914.23335@cs.utk.edu> Reply-To: dave@jato.jpl.nasa.gov Organization: Jet Propulsion Lab - Pasadena, CA Lines: 25