North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: heads up ... another imapd attack source
At 11:09 AM 12/15/98 -0800, Roeland M.J. Meyer wrote: >>this means that any user who is traveling, and happens to try to get their >>mail while accessing from a .edu site won't be able to pick it up. > >Only if they are accessing mail on MHSC systems, from an *.EDU dial-up. That's right. Only an MHSC customer. >There are other dial-up options and MHSC has direct dial-up ports >available. Also, we do allow VPN tunnels from *.EDU, but only to directed >hosts with no routing and on advanced arrangement. The user that does so, >does it under our TOS and AUP. If they know enough detail "ahead of time". Hence they are prevented from the benefit of opportunistic access. >>since imap popularity is growing, lack of imap service is also problematic. > >It's balance of problems. We consider the rootkit risk more severe than the >loss of business from *.EDU sites. We have secure POP3 and Web-based (SSL) It isn't a question of loss of business from a .edu site. It is a question of loss of business from an MHSC customer who is traveling. d/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Dave Crocker Tel: +60 (19) 3299 445 <mailto:[email protected]> Post Office Box 296, U.P.M. Serdang, Selangor 43400 MALAYSIA Brandenburg Consulting <http://www.brandenburg.com> Tel: +1 (408) 246 8253 Fax: +1(408)273 6464 675 Spruce Dr., Sunnyvale, CA 94086 USA
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