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Article #516Re: BAFFELED ??#@# !! CONFUSED !!#@@!!!!!
From: James Michael Chacon
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 17:03
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 17:03
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873nikorawal@gw.wmich.edu writes: > What I do not understand is that how a user can send mail to a different user >on the same system, and make it appear as though it has been sent by the >operator or any other user on the system. Unless Of-course he has access to the >operator/other persons account !!!!! > Curiocity !!!!!! Its a rather simple exercise to forge email from anyone at anywhere. I of course am not going to say how its done, other than to say it's pretty trivial to accomplish this. Basically I could send you mail from root on your machine without ever having logged in or been near that machine. James
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ukma!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!kitty.ksu.ksu.edu!news From: probreak@kitty.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon) Newsgroups: comp.security.misc Subject: Re: BAFFELED ??#@# !! CONFUSED !!#@@!!!!! Date: 11 Nov 1992 11:03:02 -0600 Organization: Kansas State University Lines: 17 Message-ID: <1drec6INNmf3@kitty.ksu.ksu.edu> References: <1992Nov10.201503.6288@gw.wmich.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: kitty.ksu.ksu.edu