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   Bj”rn Felten to Sean Dennis   
   Spam   
   09 Jun 11 17:04:10   
   
    ml>> What?????   
      
    SD> There's been a lot of spam across Fidonet lately; I think someone is   
    SD> allowing unrestricted access via a website or something...   
      
      Allowing unrestricted access via a website is one thing. Allowing it to   
   enter the global FTN backbone is another. This is the route that the crap took:   
      
      PATH2D: 5030/1492 1256 261/38 123/500 203/0 2   
      
      261/38, that's Janis, no? Why does the Russian node 5030/1256 (operated by   
   Yuri Baranov of St. Petersburg) connect directly to her system? Obviously with   
   unrestricted access?   
      
      Yes, true, internet has given us all an almost unlimited freedom in   
   fidonet, but maybe we all should be a *little* bit more restrictive? Once upon   
   a time the FTN connected systems were obliged to make sure that their   
   downlinks had proper restrictions, so that nobody could write in an echo   
   without proving they knew what postings were allowed in each and every echo.   
      
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    * Origin: news://felten.yi.org (2:203/2)   

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