Re: mail port

• To: rfjimen@tesuque.cs.sandia.gov (Ross F. Jimenez)
• Subject: Re: mail port
• From: Chuck Yerkes <Chuck@yerkes.com>
• Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 15:24:50 -0500 (EST)
• Cc: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
• In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.951108221322.16290B-100000@tesuque.cs.sandia.gov> from "Ross F. Jimenez" at Nov 8, 95 10:17:51 pm

Welcome to 1985....

It's an old issue.  It has nothing to do with Web Security.
Use PGP or PEM to sign your messages.  I can also send a
Non-E letter with someone else's name on it.  Same issue.

Chuck Yerkes

> 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, 

• mail port
• From: "Ross F. Jimenez" <rfjimen@tesuque.cs.sandia.gov>

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