Avax135.148 net.general utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!mhtsa!harpo!vax135!lai Wed Mar 3 16:43:30 1982 Misuse of ARPANET The following memo is the official response issued by DARPA in response to the misuse of the ARPANET. There are lessons to be learned by other networks. An obvious one is that abuse by a small minority of users can lead to drastic actions. ===================================================================== ANEWS-11 DCA Code 252 2 Mar 1982 (DCACODE252@ISI) (202) 692-6175 DoD NETWORK NEWSLETTER ===================================================================== TOPIC: - Misuse of the ARPANET --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Liaison, We have received many complaints from users about a chain letter that has circulated around the ARPANET since mid February. Such use of the Net is contrary to DoD policy, and those who participate in such or who permit it's continued occurrence via facilities under their control do so at risk. Early efforts to stop the circulation of this chain letter have been ineffective, and more drastic measures are being considered, up to and including the possibility of removing entire facilities from the net if appropriate. Please assist us by informing your users that they must not forward such messages under any circumstances, and that they risk loss of Net privileges by so doing. Some users already have lost their access to the Net because of this matter. We greatly prefer to see matters of this nature corrected at the liaison/host level, but will not hesitate to act if results are not forthcoming. Major Glynn Parker ARPANET Management Branch Defense Communications Agency ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.