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From: gam@amdahl.UUCP
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: patch #5 for 2.11 news src
Message-ID: <5864@amdahl.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 11-Mar-87 02:42:55 EST
Article-I.D.: amdahl.5864
Posted: Wed Mar 11 02:42:55 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 11-Mar-87 21:59:32 EST
References: <43143@beno.seismo.CSS.GOV>
Reply-To: gam@amdahl.UUCP (Gordon A. Moffett)
Organization: Amdahl Corp, Sunnyvale CA
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In article <43143@beno.seismo.CSS.GOV> rick@seismo.CSS.GOV (Rick Adams) writes:
>Description:
>	This is patch #5 for news 2.11 source. It addresses the following
>	problems:
> ...
>	The senduuname control message has been removed. It wasn't used
>	anymore and many people felt it was a security hole.

I am sorry to see this happen!  I suggested that the senduuname name be
preserved, and that sites use the 'euuname' program to return their
Usenet UUCP map entries for their site (see the 2.11 documentation
about 'euuname').

It would no longer be a security whole because the site controls
what will be sent back via euuname.  It would be nice for mapping
purposes that Usenet sites could set up their 'euuname' to provide
this function.  Then, when their map entries expire, the updates
can be collected automatically.

But noooooooo ...! :-)

We are restoring the senduuname control message for this site and
its children.  We hope others will do the same!
-- 
Gordon A. Moffett                             gam@amdahl.amdahl.com

 ~ He don't smoke marijuana, ~
 ~ That don't mean that he's a square ~
 ~ No, you can't judge a book by its hair! ~
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