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MARCH RELAYNET INTERNATIONAL MESSAGE EXCHANGE NEWSLETTER 1992
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Most recent count of nodes - 951 Most recent count of hubs - 57
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Currently-active International Conferences - 280
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RIME Times Staff
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Editor.....................................................Curt Akin ->MORE
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Editorial Associates:
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Security and Safe Computing..............Carol Carmichael ->STRUPPI
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Interviews..........................................To Be Announced
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Tag Lines and other Lurking.......................Brian Lee->THEHUB
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Who's Who.....................................Patrick Lee->RUNNINGB
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Article# Subject Author
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1 Frankly, Curt Curt Akin
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Node ID ->MORE
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2 Conference News James Wall
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Node ID ->DREAM
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3 Automated Phone Answering Michael J. Clark
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from NIST's RISKs
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4 Toward the Secure Ed Lazarowitz
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Node ID->STRUPPI
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5 Beware the 6th of March!! Curt Akin
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6 Who's Who and What's What Patrick Lee
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Node ID->RUNNINGB
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7 Notices
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1 - FRANKLY, CURT from your Editor Node ID->MORE
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Time is, always, the rarest of resources, and a strange one, too. It cannot
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be recycled; it cannot be conserved. One can not dam it up for later use,
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can it, pickle it, or otherwise put it in a special pocket for a wild fling
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at some more appropriate later moment. One is given a supply when one is
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born, but the supply can never be measured; so one never knows how much
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there still is in the time account. Nor does one ever know whether one is
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getting value for time spent until much, much later.
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I join many others in thanking Michael Brunk for the "checks" he
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wrote against his time account while tending to RIME Times in the many
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months past. His is a very hard act to follow, but one I am proud to
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inherit, since Michael built a kind of stature into the newsletter, gave it
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a momentum, and passed it on because his time budget needed to be applied to
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other "creditors." Michael is fortunate, though, in one respect. His
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dividend from this time spent is obvious in the many "Where the honk are the
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recent issues of RIME Times?" Good work, Michael. I trust you will look
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over our shoulders as we put together each issue and lend us a bit of the
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spirit you have for RIME and its members.
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"Time present and time past are all, perhaps, present in time
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future." I trust in Eliot's words. To throw away either is the act of a
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fool. This is a continuum of Michael, of RIME, of each of the members, of
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the folk on the SC, of Bonnie, and, most important of all, of Kip who made
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it all possible in its present form. Where are we going? Well, we will
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continue for the next 2 months with essentially the same format that you
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have seen in RIME Times for the last many months. By June, I hope to have an
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issue that will be distributed in 2 formats; one, the current ASCII format;
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the other, a Word Perfect version complete with photographs and other
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graphics. Wouldn't you love to see the Mother Hub? And equipment ensembles
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from many of our big (CHANNEL) and small (MORE) nodes?
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We are in the process of building a staff of editorial
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entrepreneurs, folk who will build on the past to bring you the future.
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Joining us for the first time this month is Carol Carmichael who will try to
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keep us on our toes in matters of safe computing. James Wall continues to
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provide information on conference additions and changes. Who's Who and
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What's What is kept up to date by Patrick Lee. Matt Roberts is to join us in
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the next issue with a monthly column on issues concerning the visually
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impaired. Stay tuned. Let me know if there's something burning in your
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breast to write about or have written about.
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2 - CONFERENCE NEWS by James Wall Node ID->DREAM
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New conferences added since January 1, 1992:
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NAME: POW/MIA MESSAGE CENTER
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NUMBER: 64
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DESCRIPTION: This conference is dedicated to all POW/MIA's from all of
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the wars. The purpose is to provide information to anyone
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who is interested in efforts to put pressure on the Local,
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State and Federal Governments to help bring them home.
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HOSTS: Ted Bouzounis Node ID ->OLYMPIC
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Joni Bouzounis Node ID ->OLYMPIC
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ACTIVITY: * NEW * 11/9/91
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NAME: TRADING CARDS
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NUMBER: 102
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DESCRIPTION: This conference is for those that collect sports and
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non-sports "bubble gum" cards. This hobby is one of the
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fastest growing in the country. This conference is where
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one who collects these cards can post, buy, sell and trade
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messages or collect information from other collectors.
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HOST: Mike Tilford NOde ID ->MEOW
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ACTIVITY: * NEW * 12/1/91
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NAME: DISNEY
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NUMBER: 157
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DESCRIPTION: Devoted to all things Disney.... from the Theme Parks
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(Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland and
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Euro Disney Resort), to the classic motion pictures, to
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Disney Television, collectibles and much more. Answers to
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your questions, information for planning your trips and
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much more. (NOTE: The Disney Conference is in no way
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sponsored by the Walt Disney Corporation or any
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subsidiary, and the "RIME NETWORK" or the host of this
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conference has no personal or professional ties with any
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Disney Company.)
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HOST: Chris Harrower Node ID ->LABB
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ACTIVITY: *NEW* 12/9/91
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NAME: GEOWORKS
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NUMBER: 168
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DESCRIPTION: This conference discusses GEOWORKS Ensmble and Geoworks
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Pro, and operates as a medium for other geoworks users to
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exchange information and inform other users of the
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features of these programs.
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HOST: Bob Neal Node ID ->CHQBBS
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ACTIVITY: * NEW * 12/14/91
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NAME: FILE SEARCH
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NUMBER: 171
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DESCRIPTION: This conference is for the use of RIME participants to
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search out those hard to get files, or to find files to
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do a specific job or task. Users will place their post
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requesting a specific file name that they are looking
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for, or post a description of what the file should
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accomplish. Responders will reply to the message
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with a specific filename, and where the user will be
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able to pick it up. This conference is also open to
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those hobby programmers that would be willing to write a
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program for the user to fulfill the end result. This
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conference will also help BBS Sysops in that it will
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eliminate the constant request from their users regarding
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the searching of files as described above
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NAME: MAILDOORS
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NUMBER: 176
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DESCRIPTION: This conference is dedicated to the various Maildoors
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that are offered and are now is use. Author support of
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their various products is encouraged.
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HOST: Dennis McCunney Node ID ->RUNNINGB
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ACTIVITY: *NEW* 1/18/92
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NAME: FGS (Fifth Generation Systems Support)
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NUMBER: 194
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DESCRIPTION: Fifth Generation Systems Inc. supported conference.
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Technical Support for all FGS products. Any questions
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you have about FGS products will be answered directly by
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FGS Tech Support on a daily basis.
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HOST: Russell Jackson Node ID ->SOSINC
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ACTIVITY: * New * 2/2/92
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NAME: RIMENEWS
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NUMBER: 200
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DESCRIPTION: This is an ANNOUNCEMENT only conference that MUST be
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carried by each node on the Network. We ask that you
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specifically name this conference RIMENEWS and that you
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clearly inform your users that this is an announcement
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only conference and NO posting of any message is
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permitted. This conference is open to all users and
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sysops of the network for reading purposes only. All
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posting to this conference will be done by the SC or the
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Conference Coordinators. Any replies to announcements can
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be made as routed and or r/o messages in USERS, ADMIN or
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COMMON. Any replies placed in this conference will be
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immediately moderated. If you as a sysop/conference
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host/co-sysop/user, wish to have a message placed in this
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conference, send the message (using any appropriate
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conference such as Common, Admin, Hosts, Users) to Bonnie
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Anthony (RUNNINGA), Howard Belasco (RUNNINGB), James Wall
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(DREAM) and we will post it for you.
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HOST: Steering Committee
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NAME: DOS (Disk Operating System)
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NUMBER: 283
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DESCRIPTION: MS-DOS and PC-DOS is an increasingly complex operating
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system, no longer "install it and forget it." This
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conference discusses the MS-DOS and PC-DOS settings,
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options, utilities, optimization and problems.
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HOSTS: David Dean Node ID ->OLDTOWN
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Allen Johnson Node ID ->OLDTOWN
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ACTIVITY * NEW * Date 10/91
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NAME: BLACK ISSUES
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NUMBER: 284
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DESCRIPTION: This conference will provide a public forum to discuss
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racial issues. It will also provide a path of
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communication that will hopefully lead to meaningful
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dialogue between the participants. All users are invited
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to participate.
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HOSTS: Derek Anderson Node ID ->DNET
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Linda Anderson Node ID ->DNET
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ACTIVITY: * NEW * Date 10/20/91
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NAME: NORTON PRODUCTS
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NUMBER: 285
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DESCRIPTION: This conference deals with all Norton Products. Including
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Norton Utilities, Norton Guides, Norton Backup, Norton
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Anti-virus, Norton Desktop for Windows and any of Peter
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Norton's Theories.
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HOSTS: Eddie Brown Node ID ->TSUNAMI
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Robert Buckner Node ID ->TELEPHNE
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ACTIVITY: * NEW * Date 10/20/91
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The following conferences had name changes.
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NAME: INTELLICOMM (Previously Liberator)
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NUMBER 229
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DESCRIPTION: Dedicated to Support and discussion of the new Intellicomm
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communications program. Designed to automate your mail/file
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runs to most BBS types. BBS users and Sysops alike will find
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this product and conference of interest.
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HOST: Wayne Duff Node ID ->CRS
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ACTIVITY: light
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NAME: RBBSQWK (Previously Jimmer)
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NUMBER: 276
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DESCRIPTION: Support conference for all RBBS .QWK mail door. Hosted by
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the author.
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HOST: Jim Goodenough Node ID ->DIRASNT
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ACTIVITY: New Conference
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NAME: MLM (Previously American Dream)
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The SAUDI CONFERENCE (250) has been renamed to SIA (Servicemen in
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Action)
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DESCRIPTION: This conference is for support between families with members
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in the Armed Services for any conflict or uprising.
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The PRODOOR CONFERENCE (57) has been renamed TOOLSHOP
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DESCRIPTION: This forum directly supports Sam Smiths programs including
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Prodoor, ProBank, ProPack, ProKit and the HS/Link protocol.
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Discussions of upcoming releases, bug reports as well as
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technical advice for both door writers and users on all
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available products.
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Discontinued conference:
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The MarkMail for PCBoard Conference (131) has officially been CLOSED and
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will be shut off at the NetHub. Please de-configure this conference in
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your Relay Set-up.
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Host Changes:
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David Tay Node ID ->SHOPPER Japanese Conference (173)
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Adam Wiggins Node ID ->SOARING SoundCard (158)
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Garry Baker Node ID ->SEVENSEA Star Trek (101)
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Ben Sansing Node ID ->CHAOS Medieval (239)
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Paul Sink Node ID ->CCSBBS Fantasy (38)
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Bart Lidofsky Node ID ->RUNNINGB Comics (175)
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Peter Mengel Node ID ->MODEMZNE BBS Software (137)
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Ben Sansing Node ID ->CHAOS Horror (126)
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Christopher Bolin
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Node ID ->EMERALD DR-DOS (201)
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Jeff Altman Node ID ->CAREER Running and Being (164)
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Mike Baumann Node ID ->APPLEWIZ Apple (119)
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Jim O'Connor Node ID ->DREAM GAMES (34)
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Dennis McCunney, Node ID ->RUNNINGB is Co-Hosting Unix (74) along with
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John McNamara
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Host Node change:
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Ken Fowler hosting SCANNERS/SWL Conference (209) from Node ID ->FFORUM
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AN OS/2 CONFERENCE IS CURRENTLY BEING SCOUTED
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The scout is being conducted by Andrew McElroy of Node ERBBS. His scout
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number is '481'. He will be scouting in the following conferences:
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Programming (10), Technical (6), Windows (44), IBM (60), Relay Users (104)
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3 - AUTOMATED PHONE ANSWERING by Michael J. Clark via Allan Meers
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from Internet RISKS in COMPUTING
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AUTOMATION IN THE 20th CENTURY
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By Michael J. Clark
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The setting is a typical bedroom, a woman is in the bed asleep, next to her
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bed is a night stand with an alarm clock and a telephone. Suddenly the
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woman awakens to the sound of a strange noise in the house, she looks
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around, starts to panic and then picks up her phone to call the police.
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Woman: (Startled and panicked, talking out loud to herself in a low tone)
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"I-I-I-I've got to call the police, there's someone here, oh God I know
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there is, let's see...what's the number, (she nervously punches the numbers
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into the phone.)
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After a few rings the phone is answered, there is a delay, then we hear:
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"Welcome to our emergency phone mate 911, the automated emergency answering
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system, the latest in emergency response technology! If you are calling
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from a touch tone phone, please enter a 1 at the tone, enter now"......(the
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woman looks both shocked and puzzled as she nervously punches in a "1")
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"Thank you, our emergency phone mate 911 recognizes that you are calling
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from a touch tone phone......To serve you better your police and emergency
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services have set up this system to route your call to the appropriate
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emergency service personnel......If you are in need of police assistance
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enter a 5, if you require information in Spanish, enter 7, in Chinese enter
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4, in Greek enter 9, in French enter 6 or Italian enter an 8, if you wish
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fire or medical service enter a 3 and the corresponding numerical code for
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the language in which you will be speaking or in need of translation......to
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repeat the previous information please enter 0.......Enter your code now
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please"......(the woman, who has now gone from fear and panic to being
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irritated and confused enters a 5 and waits.....) "Emergency phone mate 911
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recognizes that you have requested police assistance in English....In order
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to better serve you, please enter the appropriate number at the tone....a 1
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if your call is not an emergency, a 2 if you need information, a 3 if you
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are returning a call from a police official, a 4 if you are inquiring about
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a parking ticket, or a 5 if this is an emergency, enter your code
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now"........(she shakes her head and rolls her eyes and enters a 5 quite
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forcefully) "Emergency phone mate 911 recognizes that you have a police
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emergency, please enter a 1 if it is a life threatening emergency, a 2 if it
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is a non life threatening emergency, a 3 if there are weapons involved, a 4
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if there are multiple perpetrators, a 5 if the perpetrators are non English
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speaking and will require a Miranda warning in any other language....Please
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be sure to enter the appropriate language code if you enter a 5....if the
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police emergency is a non life threatening rape or physical assault please
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enter a 7.......
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(the woman now has lost her temper, she punches in a 2 saying out loud "How
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the hell do I know if it's life threatening or not you imbecile!)
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"Emergency phone mate 911 recognizes that you have a police emergency that
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is non life threatening, emergency phone mate will now direct your call to
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the appropriate department for response.....please hold while your call is
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transferred.....(we hear ringing......, the phone is answered) "Dunkin'
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Donuts, may I help you?" ........
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4 - TOWARD THE SECURE by Ed Lazarowitz Co-Sysop, Struppi's BBS
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BBS ACCESS SECURITY REVISITED
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It's an ordinary Friday evening, and having just returned from a
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nice week long vacation, you have some time on your hands. So you think,
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"Hmmmm... now would be a great time to call Struppi's and get some mail and
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maybe look for that new version of Telix everyone's been raving about!" So,
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you fire up your comm program and go through your logon only to have a very
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irate SysOp break into CHAT telling you that you're pond scum and no longer
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welcome on Struppi's. "Hang on there Struppi", you type, "what've I done?"
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"Well for one thing," the reply comes back, "you've raped and pillaged our
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download directories for the last four days, and those vile, insulting
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messages you've left to virtually every user have not been appreciated!
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Consider yourself history on this board pal!" How can this be? You've been
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out of town for more than four days. And in a flash, (as Struppi goes
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through revoking your logon priviledges), you figure it out -- someone
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must've figured out your password. You quickly get Struppi's attention, and
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after explaining the circumstances, Struppi agrees to reinstate
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you...conditional on your changing your password.
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Sound like fiction? This this scenario can't happen to you? Well
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you're wrong -- on both counts. This actually happened recently to another
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prominent BBS in the metropolitan area. The board had several users come
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dangerously close to being permanently locked out, simply because they
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weren't careful enough with their BBS password. With that thought in mind,
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we at Struppi's would like to offer some suggestions on BBS password
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security. Sort of a "DO's & DON'Ts" of password security. Several of these
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suggestions are obvious, while others are recommendations from top computer
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security folks. Why not take a minute now, and read through them, and then
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change your password? The moment you take today could save you hours of
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grief tomorrow!
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*First and foremost -- CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD ON A *REGULAR* CYCLE! Get into
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the habit of regularly changing your password. Most mainframe-based
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computer systems have a 'password interval' that is selected by the Security
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Administrator. If you are regularly changing your password, it is more
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difficult for an unscrupulous individual to hack into your account six
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months from now - long after all traces of the password theft have faded
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away. We suggest a period of at least once-a-month, but more frequently
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wouldn't hurt.
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*If you call more than one BBS or online service, *NEVER* use the same
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password on more than one system. Even the most secure SysOp occasionally
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has problems, and if one system's user list gets compromised, then your
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password becomes the key to lots of systems. And if you access government,
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business, or 'pay-as-you-go' subscription systems, it becomes more than just
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a BBS problem - it could actually have an impact on National Security or
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even worse...your pocketbook!
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*Never, *never*, *NEVER* use PASSWORD, GUEST, NEWUSER, or the name of the
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BBS for your password. Also bad choices are any corruption of the above,
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e.g. TSEUG OR RESUWEN (GUEST and NEWUSER spelled backwards). These words are
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often the first things a hacker will try when attempting to break into a
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system.
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*Try and choose a password that is unique, and cannot possibly be linked to
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you. Passwords that use any of the following are *easily* hacked: -Your
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nickname, initials, or other corruptions of your name. -Your Ham Radio call
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sign. -Your social security number (for other obvious reasons as well).
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-Your birthdate or the birthdates of your immediate family. -Your wife or
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mother's maiden name. -The name of a pet. -The nickname of a car, boat, or
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other favorite object. -The name of your hobby.
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*Several subscription systems use a double-word format, where each half of
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the password is unrelated to the other. For example, a password under this
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system could be BUG*SIGN. Since it is unlikely that the two words (BUG and
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SIGN) could be obviously linked, this is a safe password combination. This
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is an excellent system, and if used properly, offers very good security.
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*Try and use the full amount of characters the system allows for passwords.
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The more characters, the harder it becomes to hack. Also, mix and match
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letters, numbers, and if possible, extended characters (æ, ä, etc).
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*Try the following techniques to aid in selecting passwords. While not
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fool-proof, they will deter most casual, (and many not-so-casual) attempts
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to break your password:
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-If you're a heavy reader, pick a character, place, or thing from the
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book you're currently reading and add a number other than "1" to it. In
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order for a hacker to break your password, they'd need to know which book
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you were reading when you reset your password, what noun you selected from
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the book, and what number you picked (hopefully at random). Not a very easy
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combination to determine.
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-Using any one of several random number selection techniques, pick a
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page from your handy English Language dictionary (or Thesaurus or
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encyclopedia, etc.) and select any word on that page at random. Again, add
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a random number to the word, and you have your new password. The advantage
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to this method is there really is nothing to easily connect you with your
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password.
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-There are several good random character generation program demos
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around. Find one you like, and use it to create your password. A variation
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of this is to get a copy of an encryption program, and then use it to create
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an encrypted password.
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*If there is a possibility that someone other than yourself could gain
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access to your comm program's dialing directory, *DO NOT* store your
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passwords there! If you have many to remember (and most of us do), jot 'em
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down and store them in a fairly well hidden location -- preferably in
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another room, far away from your PC.
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*Many BBSes have installed Caller Id on their phone lines. If you even
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suspect that someone might be logging on with your password, let the SysOps
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know. With Caller-Id, it is very simple to track down where a hacker may be
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calling from. Also, in order for this method to work real well, the data
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line number recorded in your user record must be accurate. Why not check it
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today?
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Password security is not something we can ignore or even treat casually. As
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soon as we let our guard down, problems can occur. At the least, bad
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feelings and misunderstandings can arise. At worst, National Security,
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personal finances, and your life in general can be shattered. Take a moment
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today, and re-evaluate your current logon password structure. If you find
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it isn't adequate -- do something about it!
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5 - BEWARE THE 6th OF MARCH by Curt Akin Node ID->MORE
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=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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First discovered in April of 1991, the Michaelangelo virus has not
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only had a great deal of time to spread, it has been discovered on an
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astonishingly large number of floppies from primary sources (software
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publishers, brand new machines, etc). Its trigger date is Michaelangelo's
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birthday, the 6th of March, at which time it will destroy hard disk
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partition tables, write over the first 9 megs of an infected boot drive, and
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write over a variety of floppies. Since this is a boot record infector, it
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is extremely unlikely (nearly impossible) that you could catch this virus
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from any BBS download. It is spread from boot records on floppies.
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To be on the safe side, however, you should scan your machine before
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the 6th of March. A number of scanners/fixers are available, including
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special limited editions from leading virus detection publishers that are
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written specially for Michaelangelo.
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-McAfee's SCAN V86B and CLEAN86 (shareware)
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-Central Point Software's CPAVM (freeware)
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-Norton's NAVM (freeware)
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-Ross Greenberg's VIRX20 (freeware)
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6 - WHO'S WHO AND WHAT'S WHAT by Patrick Lee Node ID->RUNNINGB
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=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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The following is a list of "Who's Who" in RelayNet:
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Steering Committee:
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Bonnie Anthony RUNNINGA Rex Hankins IBMNET
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Howard Belasco RUNNINGB JThomas Howell MORE
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Mike Glenn PARTY
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Conference related:
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Paul Hileman BAYOU Conference Liason (handles all
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intra-conference problems)
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Rick Kingslan OMAHANET Marketing Coordinator (PR)
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James Wall DREAM Conference Manager
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To Be Announced Statistician
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Auto send lists:
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Bonnie Anthony RUNNINGA Nodes listing (RIME.ZIP)
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Curt Akin MORE RIME Times (RIMEyymm.ZIP)
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Roger Sligar TRP Conference list (CONFLST.ZIP)
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James Wall DREAM Conference list (RIMECONF.ZIP)
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BBS software that currently has an UTI interface with PCRelay:
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dBBS MajorBBS Remote Access
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Auntie Maximus Spitfire
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EIS PCBoard/ProDoor TriTel
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GAP QuickBBS UltraBBS
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GT Power RBBS Wildcat!
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7 - NOTICES
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The RIME Times staff is now maintaining the newsletter AUTOSEND list. If
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you are a RelayNet node and would like the newsletter sent to your board
|
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automatically each month send a message to Curt Akin Node ID ->MORE.
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Please check to see if your hub will AUTOSEND it to avoid duplication.
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To make life easier for the editors, the following submittal guidelines
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are suggested:
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1) To be included in the current month's newsletter all articles must be
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submitted by the 15th of the month.
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2) A routed private message in the COMMON conference is acceptable. Please
|
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address and route to: Curt Akin Node ID->MORE
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3) Your name as used on RIME.
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4) Your node id if you are a RIME sysop or your "home" board id if you are a
|
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RIME user.
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5) Any special instructions.
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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New Node Export Software has reduced duplicates!!
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Kip has released a new version of EXPORT which further eliminates
|
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duplicate messages by detecting multiple tag lines. All nodes
|
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should have installed EXPORT from EXP-411.ZIP FILERed recently by
|
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Bonnie.
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Notice That the RIMENEWS Conference (200) is a READ ONLY conference. Node
|
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Sysops can force this conference to be read only by adding the
|
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following line immediately after the EXPORT:
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PKZIP -d <path><nodeid>.RLY *.200
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The RIME Times is published monthly by the membership of RelayNet
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International Message Exchange as its official newsletter. Users and Sysops
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are encouraged to contribute. Submittals and questions may be directed to
|
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the editor, Curt Akin, Node ID ->MORE
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(c)Copyright 1992, The RelayNet International Message Exchange. Permission
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is hereby granted for unlimited distribution and duplication, provided such
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distribution and duplication are strictly for non-commercial purposes and
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that no alterations are made to any file contained in the distribution
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archive. All other rights reserved. RelayNet and RIME are registered
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trademarks.
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