Hi list, I appreciate Ted Jirik's concern about possible misuse of highly technical information that is freely exchanged on this list. After all, we operate on the basis that each one of us is who we say we are (or imply that we are). Identifying the subscribers is made much easier on this list since most (>90%) of you subscribed to the list using your company-supplied e-mail address. Barring the possibility of somebody posting to the list with a forged From: address, it's fairly easy to decipher for whom the subscriber works. The problem arises when some subscribers, for any number of reasons, use the freely available webmail addresses (yahoo.com, hotmail.com, bigfoot.com, etc.) that effectively mask the real identity of the subscribers. Included in this category are those using regular ISPs (eg. aol.com) or home addresses. My personal e-mail, for example, is [EMAIL PROTECTED] which is my own virtual domain. This is easily deduced using whois data, but others are not so easily pinpointed. To allay this security concern, I strongly recommend that every poster include some identification data at the end of your posting so others have some knowledge of you and your company, especially if your e-mail address is not a company-provided one. This is, after all, basic etiquette for participating in a mailing list. As a list, we can tacitly enforce this by not responding to postings that lack this identifying information. Administratively, I'll try to do some off-line vetting with new subscribers also. Please let me know if you have any concern about this or any other issue. Regards, Duc M. Do list-mom -- The Cassandra Project http://www.thecassandraproject.org/ -----Original Message----- From: Ted Jirik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 10:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Contact Information Hello All, In light of the recent events which underline the need for security I thought it might be a good idea to see how users of this list might feel about posting a description of themselves with contact information. This might allow us to refrain from supplying critical system information to those who would not identify themselves. I'll begin, My name is Ted Jirik, I worked for Foxboro for 15 years. I currently have my own business providing programming services to Foxboro customers in the northwest United States. My company is Real Time Solutions, Inc. and I may be contacted at (360) 253-1323. Ted Jirik Real Time Solutions, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (360) 253-1323 _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.messagelabs.com/stats.asp ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by the Foxboro Company. All postings from this list are the work of list subscribers and no warranty is made or implied as to the accuracy of any information disseminated through this medium. By subscribing to this list you agree to hold the list sponsor(s) blameless for any and all mishaps which might occur due to your application of information received from this mailing list. To be removed from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe foxboro" in the Subject. Or, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
