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Re: System "pleasure.com"

#187
From: Alan Coopersmith
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 05:38
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In article <64189@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt5870c@prism.gatech.EDU (Noah White) writes:
)In article <1992Jul23.144712.547@ulowell.ulowell.edu> oneill@cs.ulowell.edu (Brian 'Doc' O'Neill) writes:
)>
)>This site appears to a BBS for erotica gifs and such, which may violate some
)>of the regulations of some networks. Apparently a user can have that system
)>ftp files to their own account, which is why I see the FTP connections. 
)>however I am concerned about the methods used to do this, as it may require
)>the divluging of the users password.
)>
)
)Oh well oh it does not require divulging
)passwords because the SYSADMIN there is the one who takes the FTP requests.

Wait a minute...if I log in to pleasure.com and ask the sysadmin to put a
file in my account here, how is he going to get into my account here without
divulging my password?  Or am I misunderstanding what's happening?

)----
)I hope our stupid inews likes the amount of "new" text this time.

(Try replacing the >'s at the beginning of the line with something else, say
}'s or )'s....)
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From: alanc@ocf.berkeley.edu (Alan Coopersmith)
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Subject: Re: System "pleasure.com"
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