Re: SMTP Security Hole

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From: Tom MacIntyre
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 00:00

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"ny.news.verio.net" <jacks@datalife.com> wrote:

>WARNING ! ! !
>
>    You can easily impersonate people by sending mail using their e-mail
>address.  SMTP servers do not authenticate users - POP3 servers do, so if
>you can send mail using pretty much ANY SMTP server unless it uses secure
>certificates, has disabled SMTP relay or uses a mail gateway of some sort.
>If someone has any input or knows how to fix that major security hole please
>e-mail jacks@datalife.com .
>
>SysAdmin
>
>
I suppose a lot more people know about it now...

Tom

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From: tmacinty@ns.sympatico.ca (Tom MacIntyre)
Subject: Re: SMTP Security Hole
Date: 1999/06/18
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