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From: dcox@ssd.kodak.com (Don Cox)
Newsgroups: news.software.nntp,news.software.b
Subject: Give me your sys file
Message-ID: <1991Feb3.234042.22921@ssd.kodak.com>
Date: 3 Feb 91 23:40:42 GMT
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Every now and then I get a message informing me that my sys file has 
been sent to such and such.  I remember reading at one time that the
reason for this was to monitor the flow of news traffic.  My question
is, how exactly is this accomplished?  Does the requesting party send
a GIVE_ME_YOUR_SYS_FILE command to my nntp port?  Does the requesting
party have to be acknowledged in my nntp_access list? (if the command 
does come in on port 119)

Is this in any way a security problem?  Could the same requesting
party send me a GIVE_ME_YOUR_PASSWD_FILE command?  Thanks.
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                  Don Cox
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