Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 13:26:53 -0800 From: Brent Gilmore To: scign@igscb.jpl.nasa.gov, igsmail@igscb.jpl.nasa.gov Subject: [SCIGN-894] Alert - SOPAC Anonymous FTP Message-ID: <20001228132653.H4898@tank.ucsd.edu> Mail-Followup-To: scign@igscb.jpl.nasa.gov, igsmail@igscb.jpl.nasa.gov User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i Sender: owner-scign Precedence: bulk ****************************************************************************** SCIGN Electronic Mail 28 Dec 13:28:20 PST 2000 Message Number 894 ****************************************************************************** Author: Brent Gilmore and Yehuda Bock Subject: Alert - SOPAC Anonymous FTP Dear Colleagues, SOPAC maintains an anonymous FTP server providing GPS data archives (ftp://lox.ucsd.edu/). Over the last few years, the FTP server has been requesting an e-mail address as the password when logging in as anonymous. However, the server was not configured to force a properly formatted e-mail address. Our colleagues and program managers have requested more detailed statistics on the usage of our archive. In an attempt to identify who is utilizing the GPS archive we plan to enforce proper e-mail addresses as passwords starting January 8, 2001. There is a configuration option in our FTP server that will require standard RFC 882 e-mail addresses as passwords (http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc822/#z8). SOPAC requests that our user community provide accurate e-mail addressing when using the SOPAC GPS archive. The e-mail addresses will be kept confidential, with the exception of the domain names (e.g., uscd.edu). This information will help us identify the organizations that are utilizing the archive. We are also planning to send a brief questionnaire to users of the archive so that we may understand how the data are being used and by whom. Please respond to us with any concerns you might have regarding these actions, at bgilmore@ucsd.edu and ybock@ucsd.edu. We appreciate your assistance. Happy Holidays!