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Re: [whoisdatabase@hotmail.com: Re: Network Solutions Lists] (fwd)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven J. Sobol)
Sat Dec 12 22:46:09 1998

Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 22:30:17 -0500
From: "Steven J. Sobol" <sjsobol@nacs.net>
To: Larry Snyder <larrys@lexis-nexis.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199812130105.UAA26969@ra.lexis-nexis.com>; from Larry Snyder on Sat, Dec 12, 1998 at 07:59:43PM -0500

On Sat, Dec 12, 1998 at 07:59:43PM -0500, Larry Snyder wrote:
> write a programatic workaround.  This specific mailing is in violation
> of qual.net's AUP III.B.3....so gripe to them.  And support Smith.
> ..."an Opt-In list of".......Get Real!
> -ls-  (LS11)

Complain to EZnet (looks like they host the website) and e-i too (e-i
has an open relay with a broken Sun implementation of Sendmail that doesn't
stamp the IP address of the originating machine.)

I have to agree with Larry. You need to have public access to the database...
it's a double edged sword. I *would* let Network Solutions know about this
geek, since said geek seems to be attempting to leverage the NetSol name
for his own financial gain.

Content-Description: Forwarded message from whoisdatabase@hotmail.com
> From: whoisdatabase@hotmail.com
> Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 22:33:48 GMT
> To: internicwhois@hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: Network Solutions Lists


> We can show you how to generate so much traffic,
> that it could possibly CRASH your ISP's server!
> That's right!  

Cool. Initiate a DoS attack on your own web server. :D

Morons... (the spammers, not the people complaining :)


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