If you are that worried about your security on a given system then make a standalone system available to the world and be done with it. I am sure that I could come up with something if I could only find the time... It really isn't that difficult. -Steve ________________________________ From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE on behalf of Mark Wickens Sent: Wed 9/25/2013 10:47 To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Subject: Re: [HECnet] Public access? On 25/09/2013 01:54, Sampsa Laine wrote: I'm always happy to take more users onto CHIMPY and the HILANT clusters - you think I should let people in comp.os.vms know about these? Does anybody mind 'outsiders' getting access to HECnet? I don't mind. Most will probably not explore the fact that there is a big DECnet behind the machines. It is not that we are preventing people today either. It's just that there have never been much fuss about HECnet. However, I can understand if some people feel worried about traffic and issues. If so, let us know, and we'll try to think of what to do. This is why I manually vet the account requests - if the email address or name seem totally bullshit, I just ignore the request. I get maybe 2-3 new users per week on each system..I personally don't want to let the Deathrow guys behind my firewall :) sampsa Sampsa I'd seriously consider picking Steven Hoffman's brains on this before opening a system up to the world. I had thought about trying to get a VMS box collocated for a 'UK deathrow' experience but Hoff seriously put me off the idea ;) And I think you have the same 'seat of your pants' mentality that I do, which probably isn't a win when you're looking to manage a public facing system (or at least a public facing system that the public know about!) Mark. -- http://www.wickensonline.co.uk <http://www.wickensonline.co.uk/> http://hecnet.eu <http://hecnet.eu/> http://declegacy.org.uk <http://declegacy.org.uk/> http://retrochallenge.net <http://retrochallenge.net/> https://twitter.com/#!/%40urbancamo