gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston) (06/19/91)
In article <1451@faatcrl.UUCP> warb@faatcrl (Dan Warburton) writes: >This site got about 5 send sys messages from someware in de. The mail bounced. Did anyone >else get these. Also what is the ediquette(sp) on this. We connot have world wide sendsys >requests happening too often? Haven't seen any here, yet. I altered our control script to email a note that we don't give out our sys file. Alternatively, I see no reason a sendsys request could not be dropped. Granted, some people use them for propogation research, but they could be disclosing information a cracker could use. -- Gary Heston System Mismanager and technoflunky uunet!sci34hub!gary or My opinions, not theirs. SCI Systems, Inc. gary@sci34hub.sci.com I support drug testing. I believe every public official should be given a shot of sodium pentathol and ask "Which laws have you broken this week?".
elle@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ellen Keyne Seebacher) (06/19/91)
In article <1991Jun18.183618.1339@sci34hub.sci.com> gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston) writes: >I altered our control script to email a note that we don't give out >our sys file. Alternatively, I see no reason a sendsys request could >not be dropped. Granted, some people use them for propogation research, >but they could be disclosing information a cracker could use. Not that I'm suggesting Internet RFC's have the force of law, but... RFC 1036, Standard for USENET Messages (12/87) says, about sendsys: ...This information is considered public information, and it is a requirement of membership in USENET that this information be provided on request, either automatically in response to this control message, or manually, by mailing the requested information to the author of the message. >Gary Heston System Mismanager and technoflunky uunet!sci34hub!gary ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Hey, I didn't say it. :-) -- Ellen Keyne Seebacher elle@midway.uchicago.edu