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- From: cotrozzi@ghost.dsi.unimi.it (Massimo Cotrozzi)
- Subject: Re: BAFFELED ??#@# !! CONFUSED !!#@@!!!!!
- References: <1992Nov10.201503.6288@gw.wmich.edu> <1drec6INNmf3@kitty.ksu.ksu.edu>
- Organization: Computer Science Dep. - Milan University
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 14:19:02 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.141902.5402@ghost.dsi.unimi.it>
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- probreak@kitty.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon) writes:
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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
- Even if I installed tcp wrapper ?
- Mx
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