I only got a brief message from the system administrator stating "Running anonymous remailers is against University policy."
What they probably mean is it is against their system administrator's policy ! I would be very surprised if the governing body of the university had a policy regarding this ! Not that you are in a position to argue of course. david
What they probably mean is it is against their system administrator's policy ! I would be very surprised if the governing body of the university had a policy regarding this !
Not that you are in a position to argue of course.
david
Uhg... This is not a good sign. My remailer is running on a university computer system as well. I have been trying to get a SLIP connection for the past few months for my 386BSD system so that I can take part of the load off of their system and provide anonymity on my local hardware. The sysadmin don't know about my remailer and I am trying to keep them from finding out. Right now, my mail volume is so high that those messages are cloaked by the rest of my incoming and outgoing mail. Plus, it isn't used that much. I have approval for my mail servers, because we worked out a modification to slow down my program so it wouldn't flood the system with sendmail processes. Unfortunately, I don't have approval for the remailer, but at the same time, there has been no mention of it. In the login banner, it says, "This system will be monitored for unethical and malicious behavior." That sort of leaves it up to them to decide whether or not to shut down the remailer and they can just give a quick "it's not ethical" reason. Luckily, they like me. :) In the long run, I am working on a solution, but money is tight. Otherwise, I would have a T-1 coming directly into my house and all would be fine; well at least better. Enough rambling--I'm sorry to see a remailer demise and hope that mine will not fall under the unethical clause here. If I find a solution, you will be the first to know. Chael Hall -- Chael Hall nowhere@bsu-cs.bsu.edu, 00CCHALL@BSUVC.BSU.EDU, CHALL@CLSV.Charon.BSU.Edu (317) 285-3648 after 5 pm EST
Chael Hall stated in the last message:
From cypherpunks-request@toad.com Wed Mar 3 17:44:33 1993 From: nowhere@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Chael Hall) To: dclunie@pax.tpa.com.au (David Clunie)
What they probably mean is it is against their system administrator's policy ! I would be very surprised if the governing body of the university had a policy regarding this !
Uhg... This is not a good sign. My remailer is running on a university computer system as well. I have been trying to get a SLIP
I know that the remailer I was running wasn't the biggest kept secret, however, I made sure not to mention it to too many local people. I wonder if my sysadmin found out thru mail-logs or thru a pgp key server or somebody told him or what? I guess I'll never find out.
Enough rambling--I'm sorry to see a remailer demise and hope that mine will not fall under the unethical clause here. If I find
Chael, it might be wise to check out exactly what your "university's" policy concerning this is... before it's too late! -- +==== Internet: babani@cs.buffalo.edu ===+======== Amateur-Radio: N2LYC ======+ ! Bitnet: V078LNGT@ubvms.BITNET | UUCP: rutgers!ub!babani ! ! Alternate: an173@cleveland.freenet.edu | Plsure dpnds on the othrs prmison. ! +== PGP key available. (If you don't know what a PGP key is... find out!) ==+
Enough rambling--I'm sorry to see a remailer demise and hope that mine will not fall under the unethical clause here. If I find a solution, you will be the first to know. This is not intended as pressure. Coudln't you argue with their conclusion that it is unethical? If they were to make such a claim, it would certainly be a good opportunity to push them on the issue of free speech. dean
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