randy@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Randy Orrison) (06/06/88)
I've been hearing bad things about the OBM. Is there anything that it's
safe to use it for? posibilities:
* dial out uucp \ which is unsafe, or both?
* dial in uucp /
* other dial out (me)
* non-uucp dial in (normal users)
Is this modem usable for anything?
-randy
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Randy Orrison, Control Data, Arden Hills, MN randy@ux.acss.umn.edu
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In article <5740@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu> randy@umn-cs.UUCP (Randy Orrison) writes: } I've been hearing bad things about the OBM. Is there anything that it's } safe to use it for? posibilities: } * dial out uucp \ which is unsafe, or both? } * dial in uucp / } * other dial out (me) } * non-uucp dial in (normal users) } Is this modem usable for anything? I use it constantly, as I'm sure others do, for all of the above, every day. This is on a couple different machines (2meg X 67meg) running 3.51. It's pretty solid as far as I can see. -- Richard Foulk ...{vortex,ihnp4}!islenet!richard Honolulu, Hawaii
ford@elgar.UUCP (Mike "Ford" Ditto) (06/08/88)
In article <5740@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu> randy@umn-cs.UUCP (Randy Orrison) writes: >I've been hearing bad things about the OBM. Is there anything that it's >safe to use it for? posibilities: > * dial out uucp \ which is unsafe, or both? > * dial in uucp / > * other dial out (me) > * non-uucp dial in (normal users) I use it for all the above with no problems. I am even able to use it for dialling out to another system which has a dialback security modem, something which is usually more difficult than any of the above. I dial out with cu at least once a day, receive dialin user logins at least twice a day, and make about 5 uucp connections per hour (about half dialout, half dialin). On the other hand, a friend's 3b1 system was used similarly and would crash with a kernel panic about three times a week. Mine is typically up for a month at a time. I attribute my success to clean living and to not running the stupid /etc/ph program. -=] Ford [=- "Once there were parking lots, (In Real Life: Mike Ditto) now it's a peaceful oasis. ford%kenobi@crash.CTS.COM This was a Pizza Hut, ...!sdcsvax!crash!kenobi!ford now it's all covered with daisies." -- Talking Heads
lm@arizona.edu (Larry McVoy) (06/09/88)
In article <176@elgar.UUCP> ford@elgar.UUCP (Mike "Ford" Ditto) writes: >up for a month at a time. I attribute my success to clean living and >to not running the stupid /etc/ph program. Somewhere I heard a viciuos rumor that the phone manager could be diddled to record stats about your outgoing calls. I assumed this included the phone number as well. But it doesn't seem to. Can anyone shed some light? -- Larry McVoy lm@arizona.edu or ...!{uwvax,sun}!arizona.edu!lm