Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 17:53:13 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, alk@pobox.com, gary@eyelab.psy.msu.edu, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: On hub.freebsd.org refusing to talk to dialups Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.19990929174839.0538f100@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199909292344.QAA09145@usr08.primenet.com> References: <4.2.0.58.19990929112454.047535d0@localhost>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
At 11:44 PM 9/29/99 +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: >This really has little bearing on the point that I was attacking, which >was your statement that "Ah, but they're not draconian. Our membership >overwhelmingly favored them.". A majority does not the definition of >"draconian" make; "draconian" is based on the action, not how favorably >the action is received among a sample group. Draconian is in the eye of the beholder. "Beat me, beat me!" said the Masochist. And the Sadist replied, "Nooooooo! Muhahahahahaha!" >You also seem to be implying that I am somehow "pro SPAM". That wasn't the intent. But abandoning the tactics that you dislike would lead us to receive massive amounts of spam, with no effective recourse. >The classic case is a laptop from "visitor.com" in an IR-equipped >conference room at "example.com" getting an IPv6 address, and >wanting a reverse assignment as "laptop01.visitor.com" instead >of "visiting-laptop38.example.com". Maybe it needs this to get >a VPN connection to access a common installation of "PowerPoint" >for a presentation in the conference room; the reason is really >irrelevant, so long as there is one valid reason which people >may want to do this (and I can think of dozens, including that >"example.com" doesn't want administrative responsibility for the >laptop from "visitor.com"'s actions). Sounds to me as if the ideal solution is to use a VPN, or SSH with port redirection, to get to one's "home" mail server for both inbound and outbound traffic. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4.2.0.58.19990929174839.0538f100>