Where is rlz.ne.mediaone.net?

[Mark Gelinas]

On Tue, Nov 30, 1999 at 05:43:23PM -0500, Sheldon Dubrowin wrote:
> I heard they have been changing all the host names to be the mac address that
> you have told them you are using.  He may have had his hostname changed.
> 
> 	Shel
> 
MediaOne has been changing hostnames to MAC addresses for those accounts
that have the same name on both system and email.  This is being done, if
I remember correctly, as a security precaution (if you know an email
address, you can get the system name, thus can attack that persons system
directly).  This 'fix' did affect quite a number of people, and Rob was
most likely one of them.  MediaOne will restore the original name if you
ask, so he should be back soon.

MarkG

> On Tue, Nov 30, 1999 at 05:24:10PM -0500, Brian J. Conway wrote:
> > > Rob had a wonderful site on setting up cablemodem linux firewall, along
> > > with a script to generate the necessary files for you.  It appears to be
> > > gone.  Does anyone know where he moved it?
> > 
> > Perhaps mediaone decided to enforce there "no server" policy when they
> > found out that most references to a definitive firewalling site rested
> > on an ne.mediaone.net machine?  I recall them being less than open to
> > user wishes along those lines.  As for current location, I'm afraid I
> > can't be of much assistance.
> > 
> > Brian J. Conway
> > dogbert at clue4all.net
> > 
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