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by **Cat** » Fri, 31 May 2002 13:07:41

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http://news.com.com/2100-1001-928055.html?tag=fd_top
I particularly like this bit.
<gosh>
"You'd have to be fairly sophisticated," Budd said. "This is not something
where somebody opens an e-mail client, puts a few bad characters in a message,
and sends it. It would basically require someone to know the language of SMTP."
</gosh>
telnet anyone.
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by **Craig Kelle** » Fri, 31 May 2002 18:24:58

> http://news.com.com/2100-1001-928055.html?tag=fd_top
> I particularly like this bit.

> <gosh>

> "You'd have to be fairly sophisticated," Budd said. "This is not
> something where somebody opens an e-mail client, puts a few bad
> characters in a message, and sends it. It would basically require
> someone to know the language of SMTP."

> </gosh>

> telnet anyone.

Oh wow. Are people really that stupid? The RFC for SMTP is only a
few pages long; and if you limit it to sending a message you only need
3-5 commands, depending on the SMTP server.

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by **Jim Richardso** » Fri, 31 May 2002 23:00:03

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On Thu, 30 May 2002 11:07:41 GMT,

> http://news.com.com/2100-1001-928055.html?tag=fd_top
> I particularly like this bit.
><gosh>
> "You'd have to be fairly sophisticated," Budd said. "This is not something
> where somebody opens an e-mail client, puts a few bad characters in a message,
> and sends it. It would basically require someone to know the language of SMTP."
></gosh>
> telnet anyone.

and according to Erik, this would be a valid email...
You have to have some pity for Erik, I mean, he spouts the party line,
and the party goes and changes it when he's not looking.

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by **D. C. Session** » Sat, 01 Jun 2002 06:56:43

Quote:> http://news.com.com/2100-1001-928055.html?tag=fd_top
> I particularly like this bit.
> <gosh>
> "You'd have to be fairly sophisticated," Budd said. "This is not something
> where somebody opens an e-mail client, puts a few bad characters in a message,
> and sends it. It would basically require someone to know the language of SMTP."
> </gosh>
> telnet anyone.

Actually, it's not SMTP. It's RFC822.

The important difference is that SMTP doesn't make it through
relays, but RFC822 does. Once these messages start flying
around, it's only going to take one per SexChange server to
neuter the sucker. If the admin is lucky the beast comes
back in on its own, but otherwise it's take the filesystem
out to another machine and blow it off the drive, then
restore from backups.

How much mail will be gone forever? Dunno, but it's gonna
be fun watching [1].

[1] Neener, neener. Even at $WORK the mail doesn't touch
Sexchange. Bloats, yes, but not SexChange.

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| the strength to change the things I cannot accept, and the |
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by **D. C. Session** » Sat, 01 Jun 2002 06:58:28

I want to have a pool. Anyone care to bet on how long it takes
before some mutant worm shows up that spits some of these babies
as a side-effect? School's out, so I give it until 5 June.

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| the strength to change the things I cannot accept, and the |
| cunning to hide the bodies of those who got in my way. |

by **Billy O'Conno** » Sat, 01 Jun 2002 08:45:09

Quote:> I want to have a pool. Anyone care to bet on how long it takes
> before some mutant worm shows up that spits some of these babies
> as a side-effect? School's out, so I give it until 5 June.

I'm in. June 6.

by **mjt** » Sat, 01 Jun 2002 09:45:04

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> http://news.com.com/2100-1001-928055.html?tag=fd_top
> I particularly like this bit.
> <gosh>
> "You'd have to be fairly sophisticated," Budd said. "This is not something
> where somebody opens an e-mail client, puts a few bad characters in a message,
> and sends it. It would basically require someone to know the language of SMTP."
> </gosh>
> telnet anyone.

what a kooka-monga; and he's "security program manager at
Microsoft's security response center"

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by **Sinister Midge** » Sat, 01 Jun 2002 10:00:10

On Thu, 30 May 2002 16:58:28 -0500, D. C. Sessions claimed:

Quote:> I want to have a pool. Anyone care to bet on how long it takes
> before some mutant worm shows up that spits some of these babies
> as a side-effect? School's out, so I give it until 5 June.

Let's see. It just turned to May 31. I'd bet June 3 we should have the
first one turn up.

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by **alt** » Sun, 02 Jun 2002 03:56:05

>> I want to have a pool. Anyone care to bet on how long it takes
>> before some mutant worm shows up that spits some of these babies
>> as a side-effect? School's out, so I give it until 5 June.

> I'm in. June 6.

Oops.. lets try that again... I'll bet June 1 (written on May31)

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by **alt** » Sun, 02 Jun 2002 03:55:41

>> I want to have a pool. Anyone care to bet on how long it takes
>> before some mutant worm shows up that spits some of these babies
>> as a side-effect? School's out, so I give it until 5 June.

> I'm in. June 6.

I'll put bets on June 1 (written June 31)
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