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  1. Newsgroups: comp.security.misc
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!bilby.cs.uwa.oz.au!dunnart!janet
  3. From: janet@cs.uwa.oz.au (Janet Jackson)
  4. Subject: Re: System "pleasure.com"
  5. Message-ID: <janet.712298382@dunnart>
  6. Sender: usenet@bilby.cs.uwa.edu.au
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: dunnart
  8. Organization: Dept. Computer Science, University of Western Australia.
  9. References: <1992Jul23.144712.547@ulowell.ulowell.edu> <64189@hydra.gatech.EDU>
  10. Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 04:39:42 GMT
  11. Lines: 20
  12.  
  13. In <64189@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt5870c@prism.gatech.EDU (Noah White) writes:
  14.  
  15. >In article <1992Jul23.144712.547@ulowell.ulowell.edu> oneill@cs.ulowell.edu (Brian 'Doc' O'Neill) writes:
  16. >>Apparently a user can have that system
  17. >>ftp files to their own account, which is why I see the FTP connections. 
  18. >>however I am concerned about the methods used to do this, as it may require
  19. >>the divluging of the users password.
  20.  
  21. >Oh well oh it does not require divulging
  22. >passwords because the SYSADMIN there is the one who takes the FTP requests.
  23.  
  24. So?  If you wanted this sysadmin to ftp to your account you would still have
  25. to give them your password.
  26.  
  27.  
  28. Janet Jackson
  29. <janet@cs.uwa.edu.au>
  30. Systems Administrator
  31. Department of Computer Science
  32. The University of Western Australia
  33.