1994-08-02 - Re: “Anon” fake…

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@imsi.com>
To: Lyman Hazelton <lrh@crl.com>
Message Hash: 5fd9232f98f5f8d7db8431d0ccdd32800fb3052dec2ed2ac842d2343a7bd0333
Message ID: <9408021756.AA10719@snark.imsi.com>
Reply To: <Pine.3.87.9408021022.A26442-0100000@crl.crl.com>
UTC Datetime: 1994-08-02 17:57:35 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 2 Aug 94 10:57:35 PDT

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 94 10:57:35 PDT
To: Lyman Hazelton <lrh@crl.com>
Subject: Re: "Anon" fake...
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.87.9408021022.A26442-0100000@crl.crl.com>
Message-ID: <9408021756.AA10719@snark.imsi.com>
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Lyman Hazelton says:
> Perry (and other c'punks),
> 
>   I don't think the mechanism employed by the hacker is using "who" at 
> all.

The mechanism employed was obvious and simple -- someone subscribed an
anXXX address to the list. Anyone looking at the subscription list can
tell that, on their own. This technique has been used before.

Perry

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• 1994-08-02 (Tue, 2 Aug 94 08:22:05 PDT) - “Anon” fake… - nzook@math.utexas.edu
  • 1994-08-02 (Tue, 2 Aug 94 08:28:38 PDT) - Re: “Anon” fake… - “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@imsi.com>
    • 1994-08-02 (Tue, 2 Aug 94 09:55:52 PDT) - “Anon” fake… - hughes@ah.com (Eric Hughes)
      • 1994-08-02 (Tue, 2 Aug 94 12:32:33 PDT) - Re: “Anon” fake… - “Mark W. Eichin” <eichin@paycheck.cygnus.com>
    • 1994-08-02 (Tue, 2 Aug 94 10:18:54 PDT) - Re: “Anon” fake… - Lyman Hazelton <lrh@crl.com>
      • 1994-08-02 (Tue, 2 Aug 94 10:50:12 PDT) - Tuna fish spams a growing fact of life - tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
        • 1994-08-02 (Tue, 2 Aug 94 16:54:31 PDT) - My light bulb goes on… (was:Re: Tuna fish…) - roy@sendai.cybrspc.mn.org (Roy M. Silvernail)
          • 1994-08-03 (Tue, 2 Aug 94 17:43:10 PDT) - Re: My light bulb goes on… (was:Re: Tuna fish…) - tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
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            • 1994-08-04 (Wed, 3 Aug 94 17:06:37 PDT) - My light bulb goes on… (was:Re: Tuna fish…) - hughes@ah.com (Eric Hughes)
      • 1994-08-02 (Tue, 2 Aug 94 10:57:35 PDT) - Re: “Anon” fake… - “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@imsi.com>
        • 1994-08-02 (Tue, 2 Aug 94 11:01:50 PDT) - Re: “Anon” fake… - “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@imsi.com>
      • 1994-08-02 (Tue, 2 Aug 94 12:24:37 PDT) - Re: “Anon” fake… - Berzerk <berzerk@xmission.xmission.com>