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From: cbenda@unccvax.uncc.edu (carl m benda)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: SLIP from next.com
Summary: no security hole...
Message-ID: <3191@unccvax.uncc.edu>
Date: 17 Feb 91 02:56:13 GMT
References: <5240@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
Organization: University of NC at Charlotte
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In article <5240@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>, lacsap@plethora.media.mit.edu (Pascal Chesnais) writes:
> To clarify matters of where I am coming from-
> 
> 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


Not to start a flame war, but... you of all people comming from RMS land
up @ mit should realize the difference between publicly listing a machine
versus simply leaving a machine open for access.  I.E. you don't announce
to the world that you are leaving your newspaper on the subway for someone
else to use when you get off at your stop, nevertheless, the newspaper IS
available to the public...  If I were looking for good quality public domain
NeXT machine source code, blah_blah_.next.com is probably the first place I
would try.  IF I'm wrong, let me know, but I always thought that if its
"getable" its public.

/Carl