Re: ALERT: Forged header on recent "E_Shaun" message.

From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Sat Jun 08 2002 - 10:40:37 MDT


I had been on a self-imposed exile from the Extropians list, but this
was important enough to bring me back.

On Saturday, June 8, 2002, at 02:19 am, Michael M. Butler wrote:

> Interested parties: Set your header display to "all" and find x-sender
> to be:
>
> e_shaun@pop.uniserve.com
>
> Nice try, jerkoff.
>
> I will not be posting to this list until I am satisfied that I have a
> suitable
> safeguard against such.
>
> Until then, assume future posts from "me" are fraudulent.

Be careful with these kinds of accusations. That particular header
means nothing. My e-mail box is full of private e-mail end extropians
postings from Shaun with the same headers, X-Sender, and mail path as
this posting. Shaun actually does have an alternate e-mail account at
uniserve.com which he seems to use when traveling.

You should have checked with Shaun first before raising this claim in
public. He will tell us if this is a forgery or not. And in the
future, you should probably leave the security work to the professionals.

--
Harvey Newstrom, CISSP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com>
Principal Security Consultant <www.Newstaff.com>


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