Here is an interesting (or maybe not) current use for one of the anon remailers. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 2 Feb 93 22:44:09 EST From: aliquis <an1226@anon.penet.fi> To: future@nyx.cs.du.edu Subject: Lame Gurus Yawn. CYBERPUNK: Virtual sex, smart drugs and synthetic rock 'n' roll! --TIME cover 8 February 1993. Sure, but do they know how to set their umask values so that people can't peek? La-de-dah, let's check on one of the gurus... (BTW, if you enjoy this, & you can get on the WELL, try some of the other cyberpunk.gods from B. Sterling on. Not that they have anything much of interest....) [Actual session script, edited only to protect the guilty.] ============================================================== $ telnet well.sf.ca.us Trying... Connected to WELL.SF.CA.US, a SEQUENT-S27 running DYNIX. This is The WELL DYNIX(R) V3.1.0 (well) Type newuser to sign up. Type trouble if you are having trouble logging in. login: xxxxx Password: Last login: Tue Feb 2 XX:XX:XX from Xxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx DYNIX(R) V3.1.4 NFS #2 (): Tue Mar 31 12:38:27 PST 1992 ======================================================== You own your own words. This means that you are responsible for the words that you post on the WELL and that reproduction of those words without your permission in any medium outside of the WELL's conferencing system may be challenged by you, the author. Thanks for dropping into the WELL. If you haven't changed your password since October 15, 1992, please do so now. Type: change password at an OK prompt. **************************************************************** well 1: grep "Tim Leary" /etc/passwd timleary:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:9339:200:Tim Leary:/uh/39/timleary:/usr/shell/menu well 2: cd /uh/39/timleary well 3: ls -l total 54 -rw-r--r-- 1 timleary well 728 Jun 12 1992 1 -rw-r--r-- 1 timleary well 441 Jun 12 1992 240 -rw-r--r-- 1 timleary well 479 Jun 12 1992 29 -rw-r--r-- 1 timleary well 403 Jun 12 1992 359 -rw-r--r-- 1 timleary well 535 Jun 12 1992 42thnnks -rw-r--r-- 1 timleary well 1096 Jun 12 1992 60 -rw-r--r-- 1 timleary well 1096 Jun 12 1992 62 -rw-r--r-- 1 timleary well 2051 Jun 12 1992 animatemcs -rw-r--r-- 1 timleary well 11360 Jun 12 1992 animatemike -rw-r--r-- 1 timleary well 4141 Jun 12 1992 barlow -rw-r--r-- 1 timleary well 523 Jun 12 1992 barlow2 -rw-r--r-- 1 timleary well 0 Jun 12 1992 c -rw-r--r-- 1 timleary well 11 Jun 12 1992 cbf.002464 -rw-r--r-- 1 timleary well 0 Jun 12 1992 cbf.005371 -rw-r--r-- 1 timleary well 527 Jun 12 1992 cbf.022859 -rw------- 1 timleary well 4 Jun 12 1992 dead.letter -rw-r--r-- 1 timleary well 727 Jun 12 1992 hlr -rw-r--r-- 1 timleary well 403 Jun 12 1992 info -rw------- 1 timleary well 16663 Jan 9 23:43 mbox -rw------- 1 timleary well 452 Jan 9 23:36 q -rw-r--r-- 1 timleary well 341 Jun 12 1992 xmodem.log well 4: cat 29

From rusirius Sun Jun 24 11:58:18 1990 Received: by well.sf.ca.us (4.12/4.7) id AA02393; Sun, 24 Jun 90 11:58:15 pdt Date: Sun, 24 Jun 90 11:58:15 pdt From: rusirius (Mondo 2000) Message-Id: <9006241858.AA02393@well.sf.ca.us> To: timleary Subject: Re: Masonicks Status: RO

Yeah, great to have you virtually in the kitchen. Hope Steve might be helpful. He's advising us. Good business head! Ill further discuss the Burroughs thing with Mu & be back to you during the week. well 5: echo Heh He He He Heh He He He well 6: exit well 7: logout Connection closed by Foreign Host $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To find out more about the anon service, send mail to help@anon.penet.fi. Due to the double-blind system, any replies to this message will be anonymized, and an anonymous id will be allocated automatically. You have been warned. Please report any problems, inappropriate use etc. to admin@anon.penet.fi.