Re: FTP sites

[rbraun@Hopper.ITC.Virginia.EDU (Rolf Braun)]

Rolf Braun (rbraun@Hopper.ITC.Virginia.EDU) wrote:
: Luigi (luigi@ace.com) wrote:


: : For logging into FTP sites like that you're supposed to put your email
: : address for the password, I believe...

: : By the way, does anyone know WHY they need your email address on an FTP
: : site??? There's not much you can do to upset anyone on FTP...

: It's not really needed and some sites don't require it. But it does
: provide a way of tracking those who upload pirated software, as well
: as the hostname taken from the TCP/IP records.

Oh, and I just thought of another reason. If they find out that
downloads are botched up or incomplete, then they know what host
downloaded it, and so they can fix it. But again, this can be taken
from TCP/IP records.

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