Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jato!dave
From: dave@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Dave Hayes)
Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy
Subject: Re: RFC on my "abuse"
Message-ID: <1991Jul1.014145.5702@jato.jpl.nasa.gov>
Date: 1 Jul 91 01:41:45 GMT
References: <1991Jun25.154257.7452@m.cs.uiuc.edu> <1991Jun25.173013.3784@mp.cs.niu.edu> <1991Jun25.192914.23335@cs.utk.edu>
Reply-To: dave@jato.jpl.nasa.gov
Organization: Jet Propulsion Lab - Pasadena, CA
Lines: 25

de5@ornl.gov (Dave Sill) writes:

>In article <1991Jun25.173013.3784@mp.cs.niu.edu>, rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes:
>>
>>  Do you ever walk down the street, and as you do so, walk up to each house
>>and test the front door to see if they left it open?

>Aaarrgghh!  If I *never* see another use of analogy in computer
>security it'll bee too soon.  It's very, very rare that one discovers
>an analogy that's truly appropriate and complete.  This one certainly
>isn't.

I'll say. IT would be more appropriate to have him driving the car,
knocking on every door asking for a handout. I think only certain over-zealous 
policemen or extremely touchy citizens would be the problem.

Personally, I don't know why someone so touchy about anon FTP just doesn't
disable it and log the attempt. 

-- 
Dave Hayes - Network & Communications Engineering - JPL / NASA - Pasadena CA
dave@elxr.jpl.nasa.gov       dave@jato.jpl.nasa.gov           ames!elroy!dxh

   "It is a dragon, destroyer of all," cried the ants. 
                                   Then a cat caught the lizard.