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From: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com>
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Subject: Re: uucp uid's
To: mrm@Mole.ORG (M.R.Murphy)
Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 21:03:22 -0700 (MST)
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In-Reply-To: <199705310326.UAA13385@meerkat.mole.org> from "M.R.Murphy" at May 30, 97 08:26:03 pm
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> > If each UUCP dialup account has a unique login and that is compromised, you
> > can tell exactly where the problem originated, can disable that *single*
> > account (vs. *all* of them) without affecting service to other accounts
> > and can go in search of how the problem originated in the first place.
> 
> Each UUCP dialup account can have a unique login without having a unique
> UID :-) That's not to say I don't think a unique UID is good, just that
> it can be done. I _do_ think unique UID's are a good thing.

Yes, I currently have nuucp and xuucp sharing a uid.  However, I
had intended to indicate unique *uids* in the above statement.
As in uhost1:900:...  uhost2:901:...  etc.

> > UUCP itself is a dinosaur.  Yet, I see several places that use UUCP as 
> > their sole connection to the electronic world.  Kinda tough to force
> > a client/customer to do things *your* way when *he's* paying the bills!  :>
> 
> UUCP was a good dinosaur. It still has advantages in this highly
> interconnected world. I especially liked the multiple connectivity
> fishnet rather than the cluster connected net we now have.

Yes.  And a good deal of the population doesn't have direct IP
connectivity, etc.

--don