>If it doesn't care whether the email address is valid, why does it insist
>that the invalid email address be in the format of an email address? The
>problem is not that it insists on a valid email address, but that it
>appears to do so. This lack of clarity serves no recognizable purpose.
Folks, this is just a standard feature of anonymous FTP servers. The
authentication parser does a regexp check for string@string[.string]n as a sort
of half-witted attempt to weed out the complete lusers. You can take issue with
the algorithm if you want, but it certainly doesn't qualify as an invasion of
privacy.
RGF
Robert G. Ferrell, CISSP
Information Security Officer
National Business Center, US DoI
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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