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Musings on the NYTimes article on computer security
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- Subject: Musings on the NYTimes article on computer security
- From: [email protected] (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
- Date: Mon, 17 Mar 97 15:48:52 EST
- Comments: All power to the ZOG!
- Organization: Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.
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I liked "linux, a shareware program that is the operating system of choice
for hackers" and the "wide availability of tools for .. 'fingering'".
This reminded me how a couple of years ago I had a long phone conversation
with a journalist from the Washington Post who was convinced (by a certain
idiot from Usenet) that I'm running a hacker BBS. He kept asking me why its
not possible to finger anyone @dm.com. I explained that we're behind a dial-up
uucp connection, not tcp/ip - it was like talking to a wall. "Why are you
hiding behind this, ahem, ucp? What have you got to hide?" I pointed out that
one can't finger anyone @twp.com either - he didn't believe me and promised to
check. :-)
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<a href="mailto:[email protected]">Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM</a>
Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps