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From: jds@uncecs.edu (Jane D. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: anon ftp security on micros, NCSA Telnet
Keywords: telnet, ftp
Message-ID: <1990Aug30.234640.14217@uncecs.edu>
Date: 30 Aug 90 23:46:40 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
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We are considering setting up a mac (MacOS) and pc (DOS) using
the server FTP feature of NCSA Telnet for public access file
transfer. However, our initial efforts are uncovering some
serious security issues.

We'd like:
 - open access
 - to not utilize telpass, so our logs can reflect connection origin
 - read-only systems
 - disconnect after specified idle time

If you have any experience/suggestions/success or failure doing
this, we'd like to hear from you. I will be glad to post a
summary if there is interest.

-Jane Smith, Information Services
 UNC Educational Computing Service, RTP, NC

BITNET: jds@ecsvax
Internet: jds@uncecs.edu