Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 12 Sep 2002 17:30:17 -0400 (EDT) | From | Gerhard Mack <> | Subject | Re: [OFFTOPIC] Spamcop |
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On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Larry McVoy wrote:
> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 14:13:38 -0700 > From: Larry McVoy <lm@bitmover.com> > To: Gerhard Mack <gmack@innerfire.net> > Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>, > Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> > Subject: Re: [OFFTOPIC] Spamcop > > On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 05:06:15PM -0400, Gerhard Mack wrote: > > Check your logs .. it looks like maybe somone was sending spoofed > > requests? Either that or somone was a total dumbass. > > > > I wonder how hard it is to generate enough requests to get somone listed. > > In the for what it is worth department, I got mail from "esr@thyrus.org" > with a subject of "cool game" or something like that, and it was obviously > forged. It's interesting that they are getting smart enough to make it look > like it comes from someone that you've communicated with in the past. Sigh. >
Looking at it again it takes 3 requests in 48 hours.. a number that is stupidly low. And since the headders are munged there is no way to tell from the complaints if they are all the same recipiant or not.
Gerhard
-- Gerhard Mack
gmack@innerfire.net
<>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.
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