On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 11:18:23AM -0700, Alan Connor wrote: > > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Aug 1 11:15:16 2003 > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 02:38:10AM -0700, Alan Connor wrote: > > > I should have added that debian.org is on my pass list. The domain name. > > > > > > Anyone mailing me from any address there wouldn't even know I was running > > > a C-R system. > > > > A fair proportion of my spam comes from debian.org addresses; spammers > > are becoming more adept at forging sender addresses, frequently by > > pulling addresses from e.g. web pages and using one address as the > > source and the others as the target, so the recipients are likely to > > know the alleged sender. > > > > I predict that challenge-response systems will become increasingly less > > useful as time goes on due to this trend. > > > > Once again you demonstrate your ignorance of, or prejudice against C-R systems
Ignorance? No... > > Please QUIT mis-informing people. He's just making a prediction. Please point me to the particular piece of mis-information. > > Mail from debian.org to me must COME from debian.org... > > Don't tell me you have never heard of Received: headers? (etc.) Don't tell me you have never heard of _forged_ Received: headers? (etc.) Or does your near-newbie bash within an hour script recognize all forms of forged Received: headers? By the way, you said you wouldn't respond again on this subject? David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
