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Aucbvax.5786 fa.digest-p utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!digest-people Thu Jan 14 10:35:02 1982 Re: For Research Use Only --- Not for Public Distribution >From AMSLER@SRI-AI Thu Jan 14 10:06:16 1982 I agree with everything except the last inference that the absence of an explicit banner will make people think it is alright to distribute the information. First, we should assume that the default is that the users of the net know better or have been educated to know better under the primary basis for net security, individual responsibility. Second, not everyone sees every digest so the cross-over effect seems unlikely. Third, if the users are aware that information should NOT be distributed as a default, then the presence of a banner will only serve to heighten the idea that a given digest is especially confidential --- which I believe some of the digests are, i.e. those dealing with the quality of computer products, etc.

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