Date: Fri, 02 May 1997 01:30:28 -0500 From: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <sysop@mixcom.com> To: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SPAM target Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970502013027.00b8f104@mixcom.com>
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At 09:30 PM 5/1/97 -0700, John-Mark Gurney wrote:
>what is a BIFF packet anyways? never heard the term...
man biff
Formatting page, please wait...Done.
BIFF(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual BIFF(1)
NAME
biff - be notified if mail arrives and who it is from
--snip--
You can stop this by commenting out comsat in /etc/inetd.conf (default in
2.2.1) and HUPing inetd.
Once had a local system doing this, which was annoying. The port biff
uses, 512, should be filtered at the router.
>well.. I think we should call the FBI.. it's a national matter as
>he has crossed state lines... as he's spamming our "fax machines"
>across the country (and world wide)...
Some dweeb threatened me with:
By US Code Title 47, Sec.227(a)(2)(B), a computer/modem/printer
meets the definition of a telephone fax machine. By Sec.227(b)
(1)(C), it is unlawful to send any unsolicited advertisement to
such equipment, punishable by action to recover actual monetary
loss, or $500, whichever is greater, for EACH violation.
For a customer's news posting?! Right and you read the subject and *still*
read the message. FO.
Anyone ever hear of a precedence set, except in either Indiana or Iowa, for
this? One of the 2 states had a case where this was applied to a mass
mailer, but I never got a copy of the news clip for this one.
You could call, but unless it was sufficient to cause a "denial of service"
you may not have much legal recourse.
(OK, I will admit that I've done some digging, but wish I had tangible
laws.... or access to military hardware for pinpoint targeting of certain
ground targets from a F-114 ;)
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Jeff Mountin - System/Network Administrator
jeff@mixcom.net
MIX Communications
Serving the Internet since 1990
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