Re: BAFFELED ??#@# !! CONFUSED !!#@@!!!!!

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From: Massimo Cotrozzi
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 14:19

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probreak@kitty.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon) writes:

>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
Even if I installed tcp wrapper ?
	Mx
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From: cotrozzi@ghost.dsi.unimi.it (Massimo Cotrozzi)
Subject: Re: BAFFELED ??#@# !! CONFUSED !!#@@!!!!!
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