home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
- Path: sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!auvm!MAIL.AUBURN.EDU!WILLIW1
- Full-Name: Wade Williams
- X-Sender: williw1@ducserv.duc.auburn.edu
- Message-ID: <9301221543.AA10096@ducserv>
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.cwis-l
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 09:48:44 -0600
- Sender: "Campus-Wide Information Systems" <CWIS-L@WUVMD.BITNET>
- From: Wade Williams <williw1@MAIL.AUBURN.EDU>
- Subject: Re: CWIS, INTERNET and anonymous users!
- Comments: To: "Campus-Wide Information Systems" <CWIS-L@WUVMD.Wustl.Edu>
- Lines: 19
-
- t's becoming an issue because our computer center folks, who operate
- >the news server, are grappling with the decision on whether or not to
- >allow posting from PC-based news readers, and the whole question of
- >anonymous access to the Internet has naturally arisen.
-
-
- My understanding of our currently policy is that to read News from a PC or
- a Mac, you must specifically request it from the News administrator and
- have a statically assigned IP address. At least that's what I had to do.
- I think that's a fair policy that prevents abuse as students in the public
- labs can still read it by logging into one of the time-sharing systems.
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
- Wade Williams "Though it's just a memory, some
- User Services Specialist memories last forever."
- Academic Computing Services
- Auburn University (N. Peart of Rush)
- williw1@mail.auburn.edu
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-