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  1. Newsgroups: comp.security.misc
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!manuel!coombs!avalon
  3. From: avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au (Darren Reed)
  4. Subject: Re: System "pleasure.com"
  5. Message-ID: <avalon.712335250@coombs>
  6. Lines: 16
  7. Sender: news@newshost.anu.edu.au
  8. Organization: Computer Services Centre, Australian National University
  9. References: <1992Jul23.144712.547@ulowell.ulowell.edu> <Bs19LE.I4n@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
  10. Date: 28 Jul 92 14:54:10 GMT
  11.  
  12. lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson) writes:
  13.  
  14.  
  15. >Yes, it's a commercial BBS that is only connectable through the
  16. >'business' nets.  That is, if I go through my employer's PSI
  17. >connection, I can telnet to it.  If I go through UIUC's NFSNET
  18. >connection, I cannot.  So, there is some router somewhere that isn't
  19. >allowing NSFNET traffic to their network.  I'm surprised that it
  20. >allows traffic the other way!
  21.  
  22. More likely your route to it through NSFNET follows defaults until
  23. you get to the NSFNET which says "network unreachable" (NSF routers
  24. are no-default routers and know every net you may use them to reach).
  25.  
  26. Darren
  27.