Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: XPUM04@prime-a.central-services.umist.ac.uk (Anthony Appleyard) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Getting files from "anonymous FTP" Message-ID: <0003.9003192059.AA02225@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 16 Mar 90 12:25:36 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 21 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu Information from "Kenneth R. van Wyk" , with thanks. Some Virus-L messages say that the rest of the message can be got (say) "by anonymous ftp from the/quick/brown/fox/jumps.over.the.lazy.dog". For the information of those not very conversant with FTP, this can be done thus:- Type your computer's command "ftp cert.sei.cmu.edu". "cert.sei.cmu.edu" is a USA email address. It should be "edu.cmu.sei.cert@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay" if typed in UK (I think). When asked for the remote username, type "anonymous". When asked for the remote password, type anything non-null. When you get your computer's FTP command's "ftp>" prompt (or equivalent), type these commands, splitting the given filename at its last '/':- cd the/quick/brown/fox get jumps.over.the.lazy.dog quit If you type the command "dir" before the command "quit", you will also get a directory-listing of filenames. If you type the command "help" before the "quit", you will get information. {A.Appleyard} (email: APPLEYARD@UK.AC.UMIST), Fri, 16 Mar 90 12:00:12 GMT