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

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From: Jeff Simmons <jsimmons@goblin.punk.net>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1995-09-07 03:29:03 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 6 Sep 95 20:29:03 PDT

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From: Jeff Simmons <jsimmons@goblin.punk.net>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 95 20:29:03 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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.
> > 
California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo

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Jeff Simmons                           jsimmons@goblin.punk.net




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