Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!ira.uka.de!fauern!NewsServ!breidenb From: breidenb@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Oliver Breidenbach) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: But Seriously Folks Re: Cooperating on Sys7 distribution Message-ID: <1991May17.065303.4226@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> Date: 17 May 91 06:53:03 GMT References: Sender: news@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE Distribution: comp Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany Lines: 22 Originator: breidenb@sunwartung1.informatik.tu-muenchen.de In article , kscott@cgl.ucsf.edu (Kevin Scott) writes: |> >don't want to deal with that, wait a few days before FTPing. And go |> >in with friends: download it once, and copy the disks. |> |> This is exactly what we shouldn't do. Apple wants us to download it from their |> machine so they might keep track of who is downloading their software. They |> have a right to do this, unless they make an agreement with another site |> to serve as a server we should not expect that. It is exactly what they want us to do, but unfortunately, they can't tell us. So just do it, never lose any word about it and there you go. And besides, I logged into ftp.apple.com with: user anonymous bla@bla. They can't track down this, can they? Before you start flaming: I was there for 2 minutes looking for additional stuff. (I got Sys 7 on disks here in Germany on Monday (10000 miles from cupertino)). And I used my real e-mail adress as password, of course. My point is that anonymous ftp IS anonymous unless the user identifies himself purely on his own will. Oliver.