jy1@ra.MsState.Edu (Yo Man) (06/02/91)
I have seen so many hackers mention about ab20.larc.nasa.gov. I telnet to it and it asked for user id and password which I dont have. From the articles posted in USENET, it seems anybody can login to it. So I got a problem here, right? Please help. Do I really need a password or is there any other way to login to it? JS
tony@ais.org (Tony Poole) (06/02/91)
jy1@ra.MsState.Edu (Yo Man) writes: >I have seen so many hackers mention about ab20.larc.nasa.gov. I telnet to it >and it asked for user id and password which I dont have. From the articles >posted in USENET, it seems anybody can login to it. So I got a problem here, >right? Please help. Do I really need a password or is there any other way >to login to it? AB20 is not a telnet site, it's an FTP site (well, actually it is a telnet site, but not an open one) Do you know how to FTP, or do you know if you CAN? I would imagine if you can telnet, you can FTP. Type "ftp ab20.larc.nasa.gov". This will connect you to ab20. At the login prompt type "anonymous". At the password prompt type your actual name@host (ie mine being tony@irie.ais.org). You will then be able to view and transfer the files on ab20. Type "help" for a list of commands, and "help <command>" for individual command breakdown. A couple of basics: To recieve a file you type "recv <filename>". To get a directory listing, the command is the same as Amiga "dir", as is the same for the change directory command "cd". Before you "recv" a file however, you must type "type image" to set the remote computer to binary mode, for file transfer. Please remember this - attempt to confine your ftp times to non business hours at the *remote* site, remembering that a lot of remote site times are not the same as your local times. This will insure that we will continue to have the *priviledge* of ftp'ing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony Poole Traverse City, MI USA EMail:tony@irie.ais.org ____________________________________________________________________________
cazabon@hercules (Charles Cazabon (186-003-526)) (06/02/91)
In article <819@ra.MsState.Edu> jy1@ra.MsState.Edu (Yo Man) writes:
:
:
:I have seen so many hackers mention about ab20.larc.nasa.gov. I telnet to it
:and it asked for user id and password which I dont have. From the articles
:posted in USENET, it seems anybody can login to it. So I got a problem here,
:right? Please help. Do I really need a password or is there any other way
:to login to it?
:
You don't telnet to it. You FTP to it. At your command prompt, just
enter:
ftp ab20.larc.nasa.gov
when it asks you for name, type anonymous. It will say
"Anonymous user OK, type ident as password" or some such thing. To this,
respond with jy1@ra.MsState.Edu or whatever. Once logged in, you have
a few commands to get you around, like cd, cdup, ls, dir, type, get, put, and
a few others. Read the manual entry for ftp first.
-Chuck
huck Cazabon, cazabon@hercules.cc.uregina.ca
* My Opinions Are Not My Own...Feel Free To Plagiarize cython@ais.org (Tim Devlin) (06/03/91)
In article <819@ra.MsState.Edu> jy1@ra.MsState.Edu (Yo Man) writes: > > >I have seen so many hackers mention about ab20.larc.nasa.gov. I telnet to it >and it asked for user id and password which I dont have. From the articles >posted in USENET, it seems anybody can login to it. So I got a problem here, >right? Please help. Do I really need a password or is there any other way >to login to it? > >JS Anyone can use it, but you need to FTP there, not Telnet. Then when it ask for a user id: type anomymous then when prompted for password type guest That will get you in as a guest user, which is the way we all get it, or at least most of us. Tim -- Internet: Cython@irie.ais.org Compuserve: 76217,1372 GEnie: T.devlin2 BIX: Cython
sie@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Sie) (06/04/91)
>>>>> On 2 Jun 91 18:04:39 GMT, cython@ais.org (Tim Devlin) said: Tim> In article <819@ra.MsState.Edu> jy1@ra.MsState.Edu (Yo Man) writes: > > >I have seen so many hackers mention about ab20.larc.nasa.gov. I telnet to it >and it asked for user id and password which I dont have. From the articles >posted in USENET, it seems anybody can login to it. So I got a problem here, >right? Please help. Do I really need a password or is there any other way >to login to it? > >JS Tim> Anyone can use it, but you need to FTP there, not Telnet. Then when it ask Tim> for a user id: type anomymous then when prompted for password type guest Well not quite, I used to get a lot of files from there via mail and bitnet. But that doesn't work anymore. Does ab20.larc.nasa.gov have its own mail server ? Are there any other mail servers other than BITNET which seems to need you to be authorised to use it. Very poor, Very poor indeed, in bad spirit that. -- Simon J Raybould (sie@fulcrum.bt.co.uk) // {o.o} "Only joking ... Or am I ?" - Vic Reeves \X/AMIGA \-/ =========================================================================== Fulcrum communications L.T.D., Fordrough Lane, Birmingham, B9 5LD, ENGLAND.
sutela@polaris.utu.fi (Kari Sutela) (06/05/91)
Please, continue this thread in comp.sys.amiga.datacomm. -- Kari Sutela sutela@polaris.utu.fi
ewilts@janus.mtroyal.ab.ca (Ed Wilts) (06/05/91)
In article <SIE.91Jun4134556@spinach.fulcrum.bt.co.uk>, sie@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Sie) writes: > > Well not quite, I used to get a lot of files from there via mail and > bitnet. But that doesn't work anymore. > Does ab20.larc.nasa.gov have its own mail server ? No, AB20 does not have a mail server. You used to be able to get it via BITFTP @PUCC, but I believe that it has problems for sites across the pond. > > Are there any other mail servers other than BITNET which seems to need > you to be authorised to use it. You can get files via mail from MRCserv@Janus.MtRoyal.AB.CA. This node is based in Alberta, Canada and is kept fairly up-to-date with files from AB20. We don't get all the demos, animations or sound modules (limited disk space), but overall I don't think we're doing all that badly. Files are sent uuencoded (the sources for uuencode/uudecode are also available on the server for VMS, Unix, and Amiga) and are split into multiple parts if required. > Simon J Raybould (sie@fulcrum.bt.co.uk) // {o.o} -- .../Ed Preferrred: Ed.Wilts@BSC.Galaxy.BCSystems.Gov.BC.CA Ed Wilts Alternate: EdWilts@BCSC02.BITNET (604) 389-3430 B.C. Systems Corp., 4000 Seymour Place, Victoria, B.C., Canada, V8X 4S8
amiga@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Boing) (06/07/91)
has something "changed" at ab20 recently? I haven't been able to ftp to it in at least a month, I'd guess. I try to connect, and ftp just sort of sits there without actually connecting, but without rejecting the attempt either. it doesn't seem to matter what time I try... -- // uhccux amiga archive | amiga@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu | amiga@uhccux.bitnet \X/ "just another peon" | baron@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu | baron@uhccux.bitnet
Dickson@system-m.az05.bull.com (Paul Dickson) (06/08/91)
> has something "changed" at ab20 recently? I haven't been able to ftp > to it in at least a month, I'd guess. I try to connect, and ftp just > sort of sits there without actually connecting, but without rejecting > the attempt either. it doesn't seem to matter what time I try... The READ.ME file says the incoming directory is full.
tadguy@abcfd01.larc.nasa.gov (Tad Guy) (06/12/91)
amiga@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Boing) writes: > has something "changed" at ab20 recently? I haven't been able to > ftp to it in at least a month, I'd guess. I try to connect, and ftp > just sort of sits there without actually connecting, but without > rejecting the attempt either. it doesn't seem to matter what time I > try... I hate posting this answer, since I get innundated with questions about the circumstances, but anyway... Like GNU.AI.MIT.EDU, HAWAII.EDU is currently blocked from access to LARC.NASA.GOV due to observed cracker activity from that domain. I believe the LaRC network security folk are in contact with someone from HAWAII.EDU looking for a way to resolve this problem, but until then, HAWAII.EDU users are unable to connect. ...tad
tadguy@abcfd01.larc.nasa.gov (Tad Guy) (06/13/91)
amiga@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Boing) writes: > has something "changed" at ab20 recently? I haven't been able to > ftp to it in at least a month, I'd guess. I try to connect, and ftp > just sort of sits there without actually connecting, but without > rejecting the attempt either. it doesn't seem to matter what time I > try... Yesterday (or so) I said that Hawaii.Edu was blocked from access to LaRC.NASA.GOV. That block has now been removed, so persons from Hawaii.Edu should once again be able to access AB20... ...tad