[47121] in Cypherpunks
Re: Novel use of Usenet and remailers to mailbomb from
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dr. Dimitri Vulis)
Sat Jan 13 01:08:56 1996
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr. Dimitri Vulis)
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 96 20:09:34 EST
In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19960113002203.00906fc0@mail.teleport.com>
Alan Olsen <alano@teleport.com> writes:
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> Pretty nasty variation on a "denial of service" attack. What next? Fake
> "David Rhodes does e-cash" messages with the target's e-mail address?
I've seen worse on soc.culture.*. :-)
I think, an appropriate response for the victim would be to accept only
digitally signed e-mail from people he wishes to receive e-mail from, and
to junk all other e-mail (unsigned or from strangers).
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<a href="mailto:dlv@bwalk.dm.com">Dr. Dimitri Vulis</a>
Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps
