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From: pete@kvvax4.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.followup,net.news.adm
Subject: Re: WARNING Re: UUCP Network Directory
Message-ID: <184@kvvax4.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 5-Jan-70 06:59:59 EST
Article-I.D.: kvvax4.184
Posted: Mon Jan  5 06:59:59 1970
Date-Received: Wed, 4-Jan-84 03:20:49 EST
References: <467@akgua.UUCP>
Organization: Kongsberg Vaapenfabrikk, CTG  P.O Box 25    N-3601 Kongsberg     Norway
Lines: 22

You are being overly concerned.  What have you done that makes you 
afraid to give people your name and address?  Personally, I don't 
particularly mind if I'm headhunted anyway - it is possible to say no, 
you know, just the same as you can turn off the television.  If you 
really wanted to remain anonymous, you should certainly not join public 
nets like USENET/EUNET and even if you do it seems a little unwise to 
send news with your net address all over it.  

One other comment.  We also do not permit sites to ring in to us.  This 
is because we are a commercial organisation with a significant local 
area net, and at least some concern for security.  We were lucky enough 
to persuade our management to allow us the connection at all, but random 
machines ringing in was more than they would tolerate.  So we autodial 
daily to an EUNET backbone site in Netherland to pick up news and mail, 
and if we can get support for the idea we hope to function as a backbone 
in Norway, again by ringing out to leaf sites on a regular basis.  

Pete Story {decvax,philabs}!mcvax!kvport!kvvax4!pete
A/S Kongsberg Vaapenfabrikk, PO Box 25, N3601 Kongsberg, Norway
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Pete Story {decvax,philabs}!mcvax!kvport!kvvax4
A/S Kongsberg Vaapenfabrikk, PO Box 25, N3601 Kongsberg, Norway