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From: rjanzen%alias@csri.utoronto.ca (Ron Janzen)
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Subject: Re: oscvax
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Date: 13 Feb 90 14:52:24 GMT
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In article <1990Feb6.232607.23084@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> molnar@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Tom Molnar) writes:
>Is oscvax still alive?  I thought it disappeared long ago.
>
>Someone attempted to log into the old oscvax uucp account on gpu
>recently.  I doubt it was legitimate.  Anyone who used to have uucp
>connections to oscvax should check their logs to see if anyone
>has been trying to gain unauthorized entry via uucp.

I used to be the systems person for oscvax up until Nov/88.  As far as
I know the machine is still there however there was nobody there with
enough UNIX knowledge to keep the outside connections going after I
left. It's primary use these days is as a display of a `modern'
computer (it's a 750 :-) and it also drives a few VT100 based exhibits.
Since the Science Centre regularily gets co-op students from U of
Waterloo it is possible that one of them is trying to re-establish
outside mail connections. However as Tom says it is probably best to
check the logs and disable any old oscvax UUCP logins that still exist.
If they wish to re-establish mail contacts after such a long period
they should probably go through the normal process of contacting a site
administrator to get a new UUCP account.