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- From: cronin@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Fester the Penguin)
- Subject: Re: Please use your own ID as the password when use Garbo
- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.192658.7447@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
- References: <1992Nov13.140822.8386@uwasa.fi> <BxnwHr.3LK@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 19:26:58 GMT
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- 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
-
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