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- From: winner@cua.edu
- Subject: Re: Please use your own ID as the password when use Garbo
- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.152538.1@cua.edu>
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- Organization: The Catholic University of America
- References: <1992Nov13.140822.8386@uwasa.fi> <BxnwHr.3LK@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Nov13.192658.7447@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 19:25:38 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov13.192658.7447@en.ecn.purdue.edu>, cronin@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Fester the Penguin) writes:
- > In article <BxnwHr.3LK@news.cso.uiuc.edu> d-lewart@uiuc.edu (Daniel S. Lewart) writes:
- >>In article <1992Nov13.140822.8386@uwasa.fi> ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) writes:
- >>> Let me once again draw the gentle Garbo users' attention to using
- >>> your own id as the password in your FTP downloads from us. See the
- >>> instructions below which are a part of the prerecorded set I send to
- >>> users on request.
- >>Prof. Salmi,
- >>What are the benefits to justify this loss of privacy?
- >>Thank you,
- >>Daniel Lewart
- >>d-lewart@uiuc.edu
- > Actually, I think that introducing yourself before you enter the site is
- > quite reasonable, considering the benefits you receive from Prof. Salmi's
- > site. Consider - if you invited someone into your home, would you prefer
- > that they introduce themselves first?
- > And for my final argument:
- > Anonymous FTP access to any site is a priviledge, not a right, extended by
- > the owners of said site. Thus, they have the right to set any rules they
- > wish concerning access to the site. If you don't like their rules, you have
- > the option to seek a different site, and not use their site.
- > As for benefits:
- > It helps protect the site. (How is left as an exercise to the reader). Thus,
- > by "loosing privacy", you help ensure that the site will remain up.
- > Tom Cronin
-
- Thank you Tom (and Timo). I strongly agree that the reason is simple good
- manners.
-
- -Jim Winner
-