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Re: [cobalt-users] re Code Red Storm (Bradley Caricofe)



SteelHead wrote:

> I am mostly in agreement with Dan here.  Servers that have the potential for
> abuse *must* be controlled to keep the network useable.  In any siuation
> almost all windows based servers are subject to abuse.  As *only* windows and
> Macs are supported/allowed on the @home network, in theory, the restiction of
> no servers is very valid.
> 
> It matters very much what uses are allowed in the contract, and the rationale
> is also valid, so if you want/need more, go elsewhere.

I stand by my statement.  "server" refers to the service's software,
such as smtpd, popd, or httpd.  It has NOTHING to do with the operating
system, even if it is W2k Advanced Server, as long as I'm not running
any server daemons on the operating system in question.

Jeff
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