From: Rich Graves <llurch@networking.stanford.edu>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 04:59:50 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: Re: Spam Libs (Frauenfelder on HotWired)
Message-ID: <Pine.GUL.3.95.970615133937.11282A-100000@Networking.Stanford.EDU>
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C Matthew Curtin <cmcurtin@research.megasoft.com> wrote:

> * Sometimes my mail relay seems to choke on spam, and sends back a
> packet with a MSG_OOB bit sent to the host that originated the
> spam. Gee, dunno how that happened. Sometimes if the host stays
> up after that, it's followed by an oversized ping. Shucks, that's
> too bad when that happens. Maybe one day I'll track down that, uh,
> bug and ... fix it.

Damn... this bug must spread like the Good Times Virus. Mine just started
showing one of these symptoms, too, but only when approached by certain
domains (it being impolite to hit people who've been framed).

Have you isolated any code fragments that might help a virus scanner detect
this problem? This must be stopped, and I think full disclosure might help.

- -rich
 http://www.stanford.edu/~llurch/

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