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From: lacsap@plethora.media.mit.edu (Pascal Chesnais)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: SLIP from next.com
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Date: 16 Feb 91 19:47:21 GMT
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To clarify matters of where I am coming from-
Last year a number of files that appeared to be Apple
confidential sources appeared on Media-lab.media.mit.edu.
At the time we were an anonymous ftp site, with write
permissions into the directory to facilitate exchange
of information.  Apple lawyers called us to ask us to
remove the alleged sources from our machine, and we were
investigated by the FBI a short while later.  We took the
investigation seriously enough that we no longer allow
people to deposit files through this mechanism, since
we would be responsible for what was being redistributed
from our machines.

Second Robert Morris was convicted of illegal use of goverment
machines when he used unix sendmail programs to propogate
his worm/virus (you pick your favorite term)... Although
the machines allowed such connection, it was his responsibility
not to abuse such access.

Next does not publically list any of its machines as anonymous
ftp archive servers for the internet.  If they have a security
hole, I do not exploit it even though I know it exists.

I do want to encourage a good community spirit.

pasc