Change of ISP for Ron Yost
By Ron Yost
Hi all,
I've been away a while, thanks to a scare I had via someone hacking into my ISP account. If anyone has been trying to reach me via email please try again at the new ISP below:
musik@tcsn.net (Mr. Musik) ... aka Ron Yost
Hate to be so cryptic, but I've been far too lax and it worries me. I've changed to a new, un-listed phone number too, so the number in MBS and AMICA directories won't work. If you'd like to call (please do!), e-mail me first and I'll call you and give you my home phone. And, please don't worry... everything is fine. Thanks to my stupidity I just had a minor scare. Thank you, and a BIG thanks to those that were worried about me!
Ron Yost
[ Editor's Note: I removed my street address from my telephone listing
[ about 4 years ago. I did this mostly to discourage "demographic
[ targeting" of telphone solicitations, but come to find out that some of
[ the solicitation databases have very long timeouts. I'm currently
[ getting a barrage of calls for the previous owner of my new phone
[ number. At least this guy wasn't a deadbeat, but I've been through
[ that before -- calls at all hours of the day and night looking for Mr.
[ Jerk.
[
[ I try to conduct my affairs on the Internet in such a way that I won't
[ be embarrassed by what I've said some time down the line. My domain
[ registration has a phone number that essentially anyone that knows how
[ can get, along with a P.O. Box. Noone has _EVER_ used these to my
[ knowledge, even when it might have been useful for me to get a "bug
[ report" about some mail problem at foxtail. I prefer to not advertise
[ the physical location of my computers, so I use a P. O. Box. I guess
[ I'm not that concerned that someone would come looking for ME!
[
[ Over the years we've gotten our share of crank calls. Mostly kids
[ trying to see how long the answering machine will record before it
[ hangs up. I use hard-to-crack passwords (no dictionary words) and use
[ differrent passwords at work and at home. To be sure, you need to
[ consider who might be "tapping the line" when you are logged in.
[ An Ethernet monitor connected at the service provider would reveal
[ all passwords, etc. I'm not paranoid about it, but it helps to
[ change your passwords periodically, especially just after returning
[ from a conference that has Internet access terminals.
[
[ Many service providers are providing access using Unix systems, or Unix
[ clones. The "finger" command allows people to see who's logged in, and
[ also a variety of information about the account holder even when
[ he/she's logged out. Some sites will allow this information to be
[ retrieved via the net without logging in. In the academic world, this
[ is a wonderful thing. In the business world, it has the potential for
[ being a security leak. You don't have to have phone number(s), and
[ physical address, etc, listed, but your name, in my opinion is useful.
[ I personally don't like anonymity and won't let anyone join the digest
[ that won't let me know who they are. If they post, then you get to
[ find out too. (I keep phone numbers and addresses private unless
[ users explictly post them to the group).
[
[ To be sure, you _NEVER_ want your password to be anything that could be
[ guessed from your "finger" information. Avoid names, dictionary words
[ or their plurals, etc. Check with your service provider about their
[ privacy policies. This is especially important if they are "new" in
[ the business and haven't had to address these problems before.
[
[ Jody
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