Xref: utzoo news.sysadmin:1947 news.admin:4304
Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!oliveb!pyramid!prls!philabs!crpmks!gaboon!stpstn!aad
From: aad@stpstn.UUCP (Anthony A. Datri)
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin,news.admin
Subject: Re: rnews: security hole. Too bad.
Keywords: bug
Message-ID: <2567@stpstn.UUCP>
Date: 11 Dec 88 21:51:45 GMT
References: <1219@altger.UUCP>
Reply-To: aad@stpstn.UUCP (Anthony A. Datri)
Organization: The Stepstone Corporation, Sandy Hook, CT
Lines: 17

In article <1219@altger.UUCP> blue@altger.UUCP (blue) writes:

>I just realized that a registered node on a unix system, which
>is NOT authorized to get News of ANY kind, can on the contrary
>SEND any news-message ANYWHERE on ANY distribution.

Say WHAT?  First off, what is a "registered node on a unix system"?
News is free; NOBODY is authorized to get it because there isn't
any concept of authorization, unless your local people have done something
strange.  If you're going to send articles somewhere, you've got to
have some other machine that's explicitly willing to take it from you,
so I don't see your point.

-- 
@disclaimer(Any concepts or opinions above are entirely mine, not those of my
	    employer, my GIGI, my VT05, or my 11/34)
beak is@>beak is not
Anthony A. Datri @SysAdmin(Stepstone Corporation) aad@stepstone.com stpstn!aad