Re: mail port

• To: "Ross F. Jimenez" <rfjimen@tesuque.cs.sandia.gov>
• Subject: Re: mail port
• From: John Pettitt <jpp@software.net>
• Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 08:50:06 +0000
• cc: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
• In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.951108221322.16290B-100000@tesuque.cs.sandia.gov>

On Wed, 8 Nov 1995, Ross F. Jimenez wrote:

> I have a question... you can telnet to a mail port (25) and send mail 
> from it,,to any person, and put it's from anybody you want, are you not 
> suppose to do this,, or can anybody do this, can the mail be tracked ?? 
> It would seem like a big security flaw if you could send false mail so 
> easily... ??? 
> 			Curious, 

yes, maybe, yes, no if you are good, yes.

so what?  SMTP is not authenticated and never has been. 

OB www issue - has anybody else noticed that the latest microsoft
internet explorer beta has a Clinet: header that starts Mozilla/1.22?


John Pettitt                                          jpp@software.net
VP Engineering, CyberSource Corp.       +1 415 473 3065 (V) (fax 3066)

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