Article View: news.admin
Article #41Re: New sendsys bomb - jgd@dixie.com
From: Arthur Rubin
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 23:51
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 23:51
18 lines
1508 bytes
1508 bytes
In <1992Oct29.222731.11996@claven.ucar.edu> woods@claven.ucar.edu (Greg Woods) writes: >It's pretty clear that someone telnetted to the NNTP port on >sol.ctr.columbia.edu to do this. This machine allows anyone on the Internet >to post via their NNTP port so it is probably futile to try and track >it via Path: headers. It could be a legitimate user on a system near sol.ctr.columbia.edu, as well as anyone else on the common path. (I just tested it on a local news group, and our server allows me to submit invalid addresses for any of From:, Sender:, and Path:) -- Arthur L. Rubin: a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com (work) Beckman Instruments/Brea 216-5888@mcimail.com 70707.453@compuserve.com arthur@pnet01.cts.com (personal) My opinions are my own, and do not represent those of my employer. My interaction with our news system is unstable; please mail anything important.
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<a_rubin.720402705@dsg4.dse.beckman.com>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!kithrup!hoptoad!pacbell.com!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!cs.widener.edu!ukma!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!news.service.uci.edu!beckman.com!dsg4.dse.beckman.com!a_rubinReferences:
<1992Oct29.213614.16504@reed.edu> <26966@oasys.dt.navy.mil> <1992Oct29.222731.11996@claven.ucar.edu>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!kithrup!hoptoad!pacbell.com!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!cs.widener.edu!ukma!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!news.service.uci.edu!beckman.com!dsg4.dse.beckman.com!a_rubin Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: Re: New sendsys bomb - jgd@dixie.com Message-ID: <a_rubin.720402705@dsg4.dse.beckman.com> From: a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com (Arthur Rubin) Date: 29 Oct 92 23:51:45 GMT References: <1992Oct29.213614.16504@reed.edu> <26966@oasys.dt.navy.mil> <1992Oct29.222731.11996@claven.ucar.edu> Organization: Beckman Instruments, Inc. Nntp-Posting-Host: dsg4.dse.beckman.com Lines: 18