[net.news] control messages

CSvax:Pucc-H:acu (12/07/82)

	Can just anyone (with the know how and/or root password) send
	out control messages to create or destroy newsgroups at will?

	Regardless of the justice or lack thereof inherent in the
	recent removal of net.trivia et. al., this seems like a very
	dangerous situation. What happens if the friendly people of
	"erewhon" (or anywere else) decide that "net.general" should
	get the axe?

	I agree with the proposal that only certain sites should be
	able to create new groups and suggest that these "control
	sites" should be the only ones allowed to delete old ones (on a
	global basis) as well.  (Although I suppose that "From"
	addresses could be faked to get around such limitations (sigh),
	but it seems like a good starting point).


				Mark Shoemaker