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"Janusz S. Bie/n" <[log in to unmask]>
Tue, 30 Jun 1992 09:32:34 CET
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>Date:         Mon, 22 Jun 1992 12:54:54 +0200
>From:         Eric Thomas <[log in to unmask]>
 
>On Mon, 22 Jun 1992 09:04:35 CET "Janusz S. Bie/n" <JSBIEN@PLEARN> said:
>
>>I don't  see what kind of  legal danger you  have in mind. I  think also
>>that there is a difference between updating the mailform of the list one
>>owns and obtaining the logon password of LISTSERV.
>
>Listen, I have been warning people  on this list that allowing someone to
>update  mailforms  automatically  is  a security  exposure  of  the  same
>magnitude as giving that person the  logon password of LISTSERV because I
>*know* it to be true, not because I *think* it is the same thing. You are
>free to think that this is not true and to believe that the earth is flat
>to your heart's content, but please  don't confuse the readership of this
>list with misinformation.
>
>  Eric
 
Thanks to Eric for clarifying the security issue. What about my other
questions?
 
JSB

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