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From: purdon@athena.mit.edu (James R. Purdon III)
Subject: Re: 804 dialout
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In article <1991Jun2.211543.15194@rodan.acs.syr.edu> dbarberi@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Purple Polka Dotted Dragons Everywhere!!!) writes:
>  The fact still remains that your dialout is extremely accesible to 
>  anyone in the internet community.  
>
>  When you login to this dialout do you have a statement warning
>  users that it is only for UofV people?  If not, how is a person to 
>  know that they may taking "advatage of it"??  (btw- I've never
>  used this dialout so don't flame me if there IS such a note :-)

I take it you have such a statement on your car, house, and all your personal
belongings, right?  If not, I guess you won't mind me using them, right?

For the most part, machines are placed on the internet to enhance
communications, not to make a private resource publicly available.



--

Jim

Once I was a fetus.  Now I am a person.  Soon I will be married.