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############ ########## Volume 2 Number 9
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|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| EFFector
| | ONline
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| CROSSCURRENTS: | eff@eff.org
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| A Snapshot of Life at | 155 Second Street
| EFF's Outposts | Cambridge, MA 02141
| | (617) 864-0665
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| | 666 Pennsylvania Ave.SE
| | Washington, DC 20003
| | (202) 544-9237
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AUSTIN CHAPTER ANNOUNCES FIRST MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Date: Sunday, May 3rd 1992
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Place: Austin Technology Incubator
8920 Business Park Drive (off Jollyville Road).
We've been working, with Mitchell Kapor's approval, to set up an Austin
chapter. This Sunday it happens - we'll have our first general meeting.
On the agenda:
MEET THE EFF - Learn what's going on. Meet the local board members
(by the way, positions are still open on the board)! Ask
questions. Get answers. Get input into what the Austin group
will be doing, and the status of electronic activism nationwide.
UPDATE ON THE SECRET SERVICE CASE - Steve Jackson, the Austin game
designer whose office was raided by the Secret Service, will
report on the status of his case. With the backing of the EFF,
he (and users of his BBS) have filed suit against the govern-
ment under the First and Fourth Amendments! If this case
succeeds, it will help secure YOUR rights as a computer user
and citizen of the Net.
CYBERTEX CONVENTION - A year from now, the Austin EFF will hold a
convention for BBS sysops, users, VR hackers, robot designers,
and other citizens of Texas cyberspace . . . a Virtual Rodeo!
Help plan - join the committee - get involved in what we hope
will be an annual event that will draw nationwide attendance.
JOIN THE GROUP - We'll be accepting memberships. We've also got great
T-shirts for sale for $10.00.
For more information about the EFF, or the meeting, contact
Ed Cavazos through one of the following channels:
WWIVnet - 1@5285
DNS - polekat@pro-smof.com.cts or polekat@tic.com
Voice - (512) 385-2789
BBS - The Bamboo Gardens North - (512) 385-2941 - POLEKAT
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CROSSCURRENTS: EFF ON USENET, COMPUSERVE, AND THE WELL
The EFF currently manages three open discussion forums -- each quite
different in flavor and character. We thought we would share with you
a snippet of daily life in each of these unique global villages.
Comp.org.eff.talk
By far, our most widely read forum is the Usenet group, comp.org.eff.talk.
It can be accessed by anyone who has a newsfeed at their disposal. You can
also read eff.talk if you don't have a newsfeed, but do have an e-mail
account reachable via the Net by sending e-mail to eff@eff.org. In
addition, eff.talk is carried on many BBSs and is echoed across the Fidonet
backbone.
From: jim@ferkel.ucsb.edu (Jim Lick)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: More songs about buildings and ftp.uu.net
[In response to an upset post about ftp.uu.net's policy of logging
anonymous ftp logins.]
I thought I would add to this thread from the perspective of someone who
operates an ftp archive. The logging here has been going on for a few
months now. Initially, this was done without notice. The main README file
had info about upload policies, but there was no pointer for new users to
read this.
The logging was done in response to a number of people abusing their
privileges by uploading their personal files to distribute to friends or to
bypass their local quotas temporarily. And some people were uploading
X-rated image files. As anyone who reads the pictures groups knows, I have
nothing against x-rated image files. However, various local and network
policies prohibit their distribution through public ftp archives. I would
be held personally responsible for any such files found on my site.
Not long after logging was started, someone uploaded about 10 x-rated image
files to the main incoming directory. Because of the surprising response
from the remote site, I started a dialogue on the matter in the pictures
discussion groups on the matter about what should be done. As a result of
this discussion, it was decided that a notice of the logging should be
posted immediately at login, and also an explanation of the upload
restrictions. A number of other sites now post such notices also. Note
that many sites still do logging, but do not post a notice about it. The
logging is nothing new, just the notices are. My notice reads:
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NOTICE: All transactions are logged. If you don't like
this, disconnect now. All the public files are kept in the
directory /pub and below. Do not upload anything which
could get me in trouble. This includes illegally copied
software, x-rated image or text files, etc. If you do not
obey this warning, your actions will be reported.
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The physical disk for the ftp area is on ferkel.ucsb.edu.
It would likely be faster and more reliable to use ferkel
instead of piggy, oinker, or cavevax. (The systems are all
logically equivalent though.)
============================================================
If you see something strange happening (permission denied
on files, etc.), drop me email at jim@ferkel.ucsb.edu.
============================================================
If your ftp client doesn't seem to be working correctly, try
logging in with '-' as the first character in your password.
If users login with '-' as the first character in the password,
they receive the message:
230 Guest login ok, read /README before using system.
because '-' disables multi-line messages which confuse older ftp clients.
In a later discussion in another group (I don't remember which), several
people argued that the login name of 'anonymous' implied that no logging
would take place. As a result of this, my initial action was to remove the
login 'anonymous' as a ftp login, using 'ftp' and 'guest' instead. This
ended up screwing up mirror programs, archie, and the like, so I changed
things to send the message:
331 Guest login ok, 'anonymous' login doesn't mean you won't be logged.
if a user logs in as 'anonymous'.
I feel that such notices are the only effective ways to prevent misuse of
my server. Logging is the only effective way to detect misuse quickly and
easily. It is not meant to be used in a 'Big-Brother' manner. I receive
the ftp logs in mail every morning from the previous day, and do a quick
grep o