09998WAS%MSU@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU ("Bill.Simpson") (07/21/90)
R Kevin Oberman writes: > Please be polite and enter your real ID if that's what is asked for. I can't speak about NIC.DDN.MIL, but the other site Jon mentioned, NIS.NSF.NET, *requires* the use of guest as a password for anonymous. Otherwise, it won't let you on. This is quite disconcerting for those of us who may type ahead the anonymous login sequence. Presumably the IBM they use has !@#$% software that is not configurable. It certainly has a *terrible* implementation of TCP/IP. Bill Simpson 09998was@ibm.cl.msu.edu
cpw%snow-white@LANL.GOV (C. Philip Wood) (07/21/90)
> the IBM they use has !@#$% software that is not configurable. It certainly > has a *terrible* implementation of TCP/IP. I haven't any kind words for them either. It might be disconcerting for you. It just plain pisses me off! I go to the trouble of identifying myself and !@#$%. Geez!, what's the use. Oh well, the Internet is on the way out, OSI is on the way in. I'll be dead. pHil