Subj : FIDO echo privacy
To   : Todd Sullivan
From : Roy Witt
Date : Sat Nov 15 2003 10:00 am

14 Nov 03 18:16, Todd Sullivan wrote to George Pope:

 GP>> But, of course, a fido echo is already PUBLIC!!!

 TS> Opps.  I'd forgotten that.

 TS> No, actually Fido isn't as public as implied.  The Internet is
 TS> certainly public; you have to go through more to get into Fido.

Less. You can read fidonet on the internet, with a browser designed for
browsing the internet. No Fidonet software required. You can browse a
Fidonet BBS via the internet by using telnet software. Telnet is built
into all Windoz software, not to mention there are 3rd party telnet
programs that act similar to your dial-up software.

 GP>> Anyway, what can be done about this porting of echoes onto the net
 GP>> (including posting of archives)?

 TS> Most sysops will honor requests not to port/gate echos, either
 TS> directly or when posted in the rules.

They'll honor a request to not allow anyone on the internet side to post
in the echo, but they're not obligated to read and follow your echo rules
in doing so. You'll find every echo publically distributed in Fidonet,
readable on the internet. Since, as a point and not a member of fidonet,
you have no say in the matter, other than with the distribution systems
who move your echo. In that, your only recourse is to remove your echo
from distribution.



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