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- From: lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson)
- Subject: Re: System "pleasure.com"
- Message-ID: <Bs19LE.I4n@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- References: <1992Jul23.144712.547@ulowell.ulowell.edu>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 05:51:00 GMT
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- oneill@cs.ulowell.edu (Brian 'Doc' O'Neill) writes:
-
- >Has anyone else heard of this system? I'm getting tons of FTP connections
- >from it.
-
- >The domain "pleasure.com" does not actually exist. The IP address used is
- >192.160.196.5, which is mapped to "pleasure.com". The IP address actually
- >belong to InteleCom Data Systems (NET-NET-IDS-COM).
-
- >This site appears to a BBS for erotica gifs and such, which may violate some
- >of the regulations of some networks. Apparently a user can have that system
- >ftp files to their own account, which is why I see the FTP connections.
- >however I am concerned about the methods used to do this, as it may require
- >the divluging of the users password.
-
- Yes, it's a commercial BBS that is only connectable through the
- 'business' nets. That is, if I go through my employer's PSI
- connection, I can telnet to it. If I go through UIUC's NFSNET
- connection, I cannot. So, there is some router somewhere that isn't
- allowing NSFNET traffic to their network. I'm surprised that it
- allows traffic the other way!
-
- I wonder if they're just setting up and collecting passwords...
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