When I logged onto the WELL via SSH today, I got the following message of the day:
You own your own words. This means that you are responsible for
the words that you post on The WELL and that reproduction of those
words without your permission in any medium outside of The WELL's
conferencing system may be challenged by you, the author.
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Support is in the wellcome conference, at (415) 645-9300,
at http://www.well.com/help or by mail at helpdesk@well.com
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Access change: Effective Wednesday Sep 24, we will start blocking
telnet access to well.com, and will require that all shell users
connect to well.com via an SSH client instead of a telnet client.
If you're still using telnet for Unix and Picospan sessions, see
news.3126.1638 for details on updating your security.
I applaud the security change that is coming to the WELL, but it is also a sign that the Internet will never be a safe place.