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- From: oleg@gd.cs.csufresno.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.security.misc
- Subject: Re: BAFFELED ??#@# !! CONFUSED !!#@@!!!!!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.064054.3285@nic.csu.net>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 14:40:53 GMT
- References: <1992Nov10.201503.6288@gw.wmich.edu> <1drec6INNmf3@kitty.ksu.ksu.edu>
- Sender: oleg@gd.cs.csufresno.edu
- Organization: Computer Science Departement of California State University in Fresno
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- In article <1drec6INNmf3@kitty.ksu.ksu.edu> probreak@kitty.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon) writes:
- >873nikorawal@gw.wmich.edu writes:
- >
- >> What I do not understand is that how a user can send mail to a different user
- >>on the same system, and make it appear as though it has been sent by the
- >>operator or any other user on the system. Unless Of-course he has access to the
- >>operator/other persons account !!!!!
- >
- >> Curiocity !!!!!!
- >
- >Its a rather simple exercise to forge email from anyone at anywhere.
- >I of course am not going to say how its done, other than to say it's
- >pretty trivial to accomplish this. Basically I could send you mail from
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- So, you don't study this in university? :) Well, to satisfy Curiocity !!!!!!
- of original poster I would recommend ftp'ing to nic.ddn.mil and grabbing
- /rfc/rfc821.txt. Don't assume e-mail is secure. des the message with password
- known to recipitant if you want to send anything important.
-
- Oleg
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