Xref: utzoo comp.protocols.tcp-ip:15068 comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc:5010 comp.sys.novell:726 alt.censorship:1292 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!news.cs.indiana.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!m.cs.uiuc.edu!knauer From: knauer@cs.uiuc.edu (Rob Knauerhase) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc,comp.sys.novell,alt.censorship Subject: Re: CWRU student prevented from teaching how to send ethernet packets Message-ID: <1991Feb27.014104.30007@m.cs.uiuc.edu> Date: 27 Feb 91 01:41:04 GMT References: <1991Feb26.233447.9017@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> Sender: news@m.cs.uiuc.edu (News Database (admin-Mike Schwager)) Followup-To: alt.censorship Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL Lines: 40 In <1991Feb26.233447.9017@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> cjs@po.CWRU.Edu (Christopher J. Seline) writes: >Well...I tried to post the source code to a program I'd written >to a local USENET board here at CWRU...the program demonstrated how to put >packets onto and take packets off of our campus wide ethernet. First, this is a completely non-technical issue so I'm directing followups to alt.censorship alone. The character above has apparenly graduated from firestarting in cwru.ins.general and has discovered the Usenet at large. Pity. Chris, there is nothing wrong with the free flow of information. However, I think you and I (as well as the cwru.ins.general readership) know that you didn't post that innocently. Your post was (my opinion) calculated not to educate, but to infuriate the Information Network Services people at Case. >The program was summarily deleted from the board and I was..well...looks >like they threatened me.....anyway....the message follows....please feel >free to write to the the fellow who deleted the program "jag@po.cwru.edu", >and his boss "rkn@po.cwru.edu". To the readers of comp.protocols.* and others: A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, and in that respect this fellow is dangerous. His pranks have included instigating personal attacks and playing with reply-to fields and so forth to harass the staff and directorship of Information Network Services. I urge you to ignore his request to further annoy these people. Perhaps alt.censorship is an appropriate place to get into the philosophy of Computing Ethics policies. Chris, if you must invent dirty laundry to hang out, please take it there or keep it in cwru.ins.general... [I hate disclaimers, but here goes:] I have no current affiliation with Case Western Reserve University except as a recent alumnus who keeps current. Lucky for the human race, few people are spoiled enough to have a fiber ethernet port in their dorm rooms and not appreciate it; unfortunately, Mr. Seline doesn't realize that there are responsibilities therewith. Rob Knauerhase, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Computer Science, Gigabit Study Group knauer@cs.uiuc.edu, rck@ces.cwru.edu, knauer@scivax.lerc.nasa.gov Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com