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From: dpassage@soda.berkeley.edu (David G. Paschich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: But Seriously Folks Re: Cooperating on Sys7 distribution
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Date: 17 May 91 09:00:10 GMT
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In article <1991May17.065303.4226@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> breidenb@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Oliver Breidenbach) writes:
>And besides, I logged into ftp.apple.com with:
>
>user anonymous bla@bla. 
>
>They can't track down this, can they?
[ stuff deleted ]
>My
>point is that anonymous ftp IS anonymous unless the user identifies himself
>purely on his own will.

Almost.  They can track which IP address you came from, and then run a
finger at that IP address to see who's logged in.  Some sites do a reverse
name lookup on the hostname you type at the "password" prompt and compare it
with where you're coming from and complain if they don't match.

IMHO, Apple should encourage System 7's distribution to be as wide as
possible, almost make it "shareware".  That means not caring exactly who
snags it via FTP.  Since the only people who can run it already paid Apple
for their Macs (or own Mac Plus ROM's for their Amigas and Ataris :), it
makes little sense to restrict its distribution, even discounting the
computer industry strategic considerations.

David Paschich
dpassage@[ocf|soda].berkeley.edu