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Date:      Thu, 27 Jun 2002 17:45:24 -0400
From:      Mark Filipak <filipak@mrincubator.org>
To:        Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>
Cc:        burningclown@westhost43.westhost.net, Matt Snow <drama@slakin.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Please confirm your request to join Gel_Candle_News
Message-ID:  <3D1B8774.B8A3E0E8@mrincubator.org>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.44.0206271322310.30151-100000@westhost43.westhost.net> <3D1B597A.1000404@owt.com> <3D1B5B43.6EBF3303@mrincubator.org> <3D1B5DFA.7090606@owt.com>

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Kent Stewart wrote:
> 
> Mark Filipak wrote:
> 
> > Kent Stewart wrote:
> >
> >>burningclown@westhost43.westhost.net wrote:
> >>
> >>>I suspect a young person thinks it is very funny to do this.
> >>>School's out, after all.
> >>>
> >>It still amounts to identity fraud and their original requests
> >>probably have their IP address, which will allow their ISP to
> >>permenantly remove their access.
> >>
> >
> > These are coming from YahooGroups. Anyone can browse to the list
> > signup and enter anything they want, including
> > president@whitehouse.gov.
> >
> > Identity fraud not required. Traceablity = zero.
> 
> That part may be true; however, when the send the required response
> back, they should be traceable.

They don't send the required response, Kent. Only an email from
freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG can confirm the request to join. This
person could spoof that, but maybe doesn't know how.

(...I must confess that given the ability to spoof headers in a phoney
confirmation I don't understand how confirmations prevent listbombs...)

This will end soon as this vengeful person has to cause each of these
confirmations manually -- I don't think requests to YahooGroups can be
automated in any browser.

Ciao -- Mark

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