Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 20:00:23 -0400 From: Chris Johnson <cjohnson@palomine.net> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SECURITY ISSUE!!! And misuse of freebsd-questions Message-ID: <19981018200023.A9962@palomine.net> In-Reply-To: <199810181902.MAA24480@hub.freebsd.org>; from questions-digest on Sun, Oct 18, 1998 at 12:02:10PM -0700 References: <199810181902.MAA24480@hub.freebsd.org>
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> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > - --------------B4E844CA2D3941FDB3E698A1 > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------A434A8D411D2AA5FE7C11DFA" > > > - --------------A434A8D411D2AA5FE7C11DFA > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Is there any way to stop the misuse of freebsd-questions mail > forwarder? For example is the email I got below. Notice how it was > routed through the freebsd-questions-outgoing > mailer. > > I would suggest to anybody who has received this message to not > responde. It is a possible security leak in order to get the receivers > of freebsd-questions. Possibly for them to know that you have a FreeBSD > machine and can launch specific attacks to your address. They will > figure out your address if you reply. It appears to me that they want > to trigger you to send a complaint. Relax! It's a spam. Spam happens. I don't like it and wish it would stop, but I don't think it's part of a plot to hack into FreeBSD boxes around the world. By the way, the original message was in HTML, and your message, quoting it in its entirety, was in HTML. This added just shy of 15k to the list digest that I receive. I've seen it argued on this list that HTML-formatted mail is here to stay and that people ought to stop griping about it, get with the program, and get a modern mail reader. Those people should keep in mind that many people read mailing lists as digests, so even if they do have HTML-capable mail readers, they still see HTML messages as a load of ugly garbage. If you're not certain that every recipient of your message will see the HTML properly, don't send it. Chris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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