1995-09-07 - Re: University logging mail to anon.penet

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From: Deranged Mutant <rrothenb@ic.sunysb.edu>
To: jsimmons@goblin.punk.net (Jeff Simmons)
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UTC Datetime: 1995-09-07 03:05:35 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 6 Sep 95 20:05:35 PDT

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From: Deranged Mutant <rrothenb@ic.sunysb.edu>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 95 20:05:35 PDT
To: jsimmons@goblin.punk.net (Jeff Simmons)
Subject: Re: University logging mail to anon.penet
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So which university is this?

> This just came up locally, and I'd like to have some comments on it, 
> especially from people who understand the law a lot better than I do:
> 
> Our local University apparently has been logging ALL mail to anon.penet,
> including faculty, students, and off-campus users.
> 
> They maintain such weak security that someone was able to "obtain"
> the logs and post them to a local usenet group, thus compromising
> everyone's "anonymous" identities.
> 
> -- 
> Jeff Simmons                           jsimmons@goblin.punk.net
> 





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