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Grex > Coop11 > #186: Time to terminate "telnet-through"? | |
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krj
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Time to terminate "telnet-through"?
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Jun 28 17:36 UTC 2000 |
In the June meeting minutes, eeyore wrote:
> Right now we are having about 30-40
> credit cards declined every month.
This is entirely speculative on my part, but:
1) This is possibly a majority of our credit card transactions.
2) My guess is that the companies may not like Grex having such
a high percentage of rejected credit cards. Even if the
card firms don't get upset with us, it's wasted work for the
treasurer.
3) My belief is that this is bad guys seeking to telnet into Grex
and then telnet out again to do harm to other systems.
I suggest that it may now be time to end "telnet-through,"
allowing users who telnet into Grex to telnet out again.
My thought is that this would reduce the incentive for people to
try to scam Grex with bad credit cards.
I do not suggest restricting telnet availability for connections
which originate on the local dial-ins.
But telnet-through has little real benefit -- if any -- for legitimate
users. Anyone who is telnetting to Grex, then telnetting elsewhere,
should just be able to go to their final destination directly.
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krj
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response 1 of 48:
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Jun 28 17:40 UTC 2000 |
(What if it's not telnet that is the lure for the bad credit card
attempts? What if it's IRC? But my own observation from party is that
the floundering wannabe vandals are looking to telnet out to other
systems more than they are looking for IRC.)
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jp2
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response 2 of 48:
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Jun 28 17:47 UTC 2000 |
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jared
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response 3 of 48:
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Jun 28 17:50 UTC 2000 |
There are numerous systems that allow free access to telnet out,
but i'm not sure that you are wrong either, Ken.
I would be interested in a more detailed look into if it is the card owners
that are just over their limit, or why they are signing up for
a membership.
perhaps a survey when you pay via cc that says:
why are you becoming a member of grex:
a) support conferencing system
b) use internet connection (eggdrop, irc, telnet, ssh)
c) email access
etc..
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aruba
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response 4 of 48:
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Jun 28 17:52 UTC 2000 |
I wonder how often members use this. I know of one who became a member just
so he could telnet to MSU and get his mail; it has worked well for him. Is
there a log which says how often members telnet out?
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