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Re: Student access to intern
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rick Summerhill)
Tue Feb 1 19:41:06 1994
From: rrsum@hermzel.ksu.ksu.edu (Rick Summerhill)
To: resnet-forum@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 1994 18:26:26 -0600 (CST)
In-Reply-To: <9402011729.AA14959@mvax.Sonoma.EDU> from "Joe Holmes" at Feb 1, 94 09:26:35 am
[According to Joe Holmes - ]
>
> Greetings from Bob, the Talking Celtic Horse!
> 2/1/94
> RE>Student access to intern 9:19 AM
> Rick Summerhill says->
> >We have already had a student ask if they can create a bulletin board
> >service containing Internet information. Don't quite know how to >handle
> that one!
>
> One of the most important aspects of the Internet is that it allows people to
> _publish_, rather than just consume, information. If you have the bandwidth
> then this kind of activity should be encouraged (IMHO).
>
But that is not the point. What the student wants to do is allow access for
anyone in the world to dial into a machine and give out network information.
Now, I really don't have too much problem with that, but suppose the student
wants to sell slip service to all the businesses in our town! Where does
one draw the line on this type of activity?
--Rick
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