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Article #198Pleasure.com mystery solved.
From: greenie
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 18:51
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 18:51
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To settle the stories and quench the rumor mongers, "pleasure.com" was a test site that we had set up as a demonstration to determine the "market demand" for an adult service on the commercial internet. It was only set up for a short period of time, and there were a number of users connecting to it. But since it was a test and not expected to remain online forever, we did not bother registering the domain name - and we were under no obligation to do so because it was through the commercial Internet and therefor not under the auspices of the NIC and the NSF. We were NOT "storing up passwords" as some users have suggested. Rather, since *WE* are just as concerned about security as other people apparently are, we set up our system so that it would FTP TO the users home site and place files there, rather than allowing them to connect freely to our machines using FTP. Users who are not happy with doing this are not being forced to transfer files this way. They're not being forced to transfer files at all. Because of the original individuals negative comments and paranoia with the connections (rather than approaching us first), we will probably choose another REGISTERED domain name in the future. Any further comments can be addressed to this account. Greenie@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!darwin.sura.net!wupost!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu!greenie From: greenie@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu Newsgroups: comp.security.misc Subject: Pleasure.com mystery solved. Message-ID: <1992Jul27.135126.1626@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu> Date: 27 Jul 92 13:51:25 -0500 Organization: Carnegie Mellon Computer Club Lines: 24