Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!rutgers!mcnc!rti!tijc02!djm408 From: djm408@tijc02.UUCP (David Marks ) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Soviet access to USENET Message-ID: <283@tijc02.UUCP> Date: 23 Nov 88 18:14:36 GMT Organization: Texas Instr., Johnson City TN Lines: 27 Pardon me for being stupid, but isn't this discussion really ridiculous? If I am not mistaken USENET is an anarchy; any site already getting a newsfeed can become a feed to some other site without asking permission from anyone. In view of this, it is possible for a Soviet system that has UUCP, news software and a modem to make arragements to get the news from any other system in the world already getting the news. They can choose to remain anonymous by never posting an article, or map to their site. UUCP and the news software exist already for MS-DOS pc's, making this quite easy to accomplish. Therefore, I am issuing a challenge to any Soviet site getting a USENET feed and to any non-Soviet site feeding a Soviet site to reveal themselves by posting an article to this newsgroup. If no one answers this challenge, it will not mean that a Soviet site does not exist; they will simply have chosen to remain anonymous. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #include | LIFE IS NOT A MALFUNCTION! - Number 5 ____ ___ _ _ __ ____ ____ _ _ ___ ___ _ _ ____ / / / / | / / / / / //// / / / / / / /___ / / /--/ |/ / / / / / / / /--/ /--\ / \ / ~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~~~ ~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~ Pony Express: Ma Bell: 615-461-2074 ============= ======== David J. Marks Electric Avenue: ...!mcnc!rti!tijc02!djm408 Texas Instruments ================ M/S 3520, Erwin Highway/P. O. Drawer 1255, Johnson City, TN. 37605