Re: lynx-dev anonymous ftp to sol.slcc.edu discontinued

[Leonid Pauzner]

2-Feb-99 17:08 Scott McGee (Personal) wrote:
> Hi all. I am the administrator of sol.slcc.edu (www.slcc.edu) and today have
> had to close the anonymous ftp site we have had. This happened due to hackers
> on the net who kept hacking into our system to abuse our anon ftp site for

That will introduce a problem for our ftp mirrors (especially ftp.digital.com)
discussed few days ago at lynx-dev. May be it is possible to give them
a password for non-anonymous access or try to convince Digital people
to mirror our HTTP depository. Any ideas?

> their warez sites. In the process, they have caused considerable trouble with
> other parts of our system, including the http server that also serves lynx
> needs.

> Since the primary use of this system is for our web server, we have had to
> make the decision to permanently close our anon ftp and eliminate the desire
> of these hackers to mess with our site. This decision will likely cause some
> difficulties for some lynx users, but should actually result in better
> accessability using http (web) access to lynx software.

> I have no plans or desire to close this site to lynx development nor to
> close down the lynx files served by http. I hope that Lynx users will
> continue to benefit from the files served here, and am happy to be able to
> provide this service.

> One note: the lynx information on www.slcc.edu is maintained by the 
> developers,
> not by me, and any questions concerning it should be asked here, where the
> developers are. Questions sent to me concerning content of the lynx site will
> only be delayed in reaching someone who can answer them.

> Scott


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