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A Windows-specific method of name resolution where a WINS server translates a NetBIOS name into an IP address.
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WINS - On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 01:36:59 GMT, Bit Twister wrote: Is password-lending a cybercrime? By Mark Rasch, SecurityFocus http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/35942.html [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: You may wish to read the article referenced above, then reach a decision of your own. My personal feeling is this: If you willfully provide a password belonging to yourself to some other person, then YOU should be responsible for whatever damage is caused as a result. If your password was used *without* your knowledge or permission then AFTER you have signed off on an affidavit denying any knowledge or permission given for its use, you are not responsible. That's my opinion. PAT]I was thinking about a nytimes.com telecomdigest1 account. :([TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Well, think about it if you wish. Thereare some substantial differences in the cases. In the original reportpresented in this issue by Monty Solomon, a fellow had been given asecret password as a condition of his employment. I presume his pass-word enabled him to make some changes on the computer. In my case,I don't honestly know who first created the telecomdigest account onthe New York Times, only that it was later reported to me here thatthe 'group password' for Digest readers was not working correctly,so I made changes as needed to make it work. It was never known asanything other than a 'group password', there was never any secretabout it, nor was it a condition of employment, etc. In addition, itwas not a password with sufficient ability to make any changes inthe records of NYT or do anything other than read news. If NYT wantsto sue me as a result, or refer to me as a 'cyberterrorist' they arewelcome to do so, but I can't really see it happening. PAT]
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