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In article <AQHm6.4269$S25.66451@typhoon.sonic.net>, John Navas <spamfilter@navasgrp.dublin.ca.us> writes:
>[POSTED TO comp.dcom.modems.cable; PLEASE REPLY THERE]
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>In <QDkm6.27763$5M5.1725199@news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com>,
>rockhead.com@bigbox.wan.vpn (Paul Newhouse) wrote:
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>>In article <dvjj9t8d7j5ji4p021fsh4qphrsnrm8hvq@4ax.com>,
>>	rtoledo@gte.net writes:
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>>> this reminds me of a once popular service bought out by Lycos and now
>>> very crappy service called  FTPsearch  guess how it finds files in
>>> thousands of FTP servers,  it scans all these servers and even scans
>>> hidden folders that a regular user would not usually find unless they
>>> know how to use unix systems 
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>>Hidden "folders" on unix!?  Really!  Do you mean unix or some application
>>that runs on unix, like Samba?
>
>You can have hidden folders on UNIX (and it's clones) by turning off

It's similarly possible even on non-unix OSs.  If the FTP server is
not privied to read the contents of a directory, neither can a user
running the FTP client.

>read permission in the parent directory.  That's can't be defeated
>without either a brute force attack or some sort of exploit.

Which then raises the question of whether or not a violation of USC
18�2701 has occurred.

This whole thread has been interesting but is there
1) basis in law to prosecute?
2) anybody within law enforcement that understands?

I mean, big deal, so somebody is tickling ports on your machines;
what are you going to do about it?

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