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linux-kernel Mailing List Under Attack!!!

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 17, 1999

Not much is known yet beyond the header information of the
hostile messages:

From owner-linux-kernel-outgoing@vger.rutgers.edu Wed Mar 17 15:43:27 1999                                                                                                
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Received: from localhost (really [127.0.0.1]) by lynx.neu.edu                                                                                                             
        via in.smtpd with esmtp (ident zbrown using rfc1413)                                                                                                              
        id  (Debian Smail3.2.0.102)                                                                                                             
        for ; Wed, 17 Mar 1999 15:36:50 +0000 (/etc/localtime)                                                                                          
Received: from pop.neu.edu                                                                                                                                                
        by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-4.7.9)                                                                                                                          
        for zbrown@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 17 Mar 1999 15:36:14 +0000 (                                                                                             
Received: from entropy.muc.muohio.edu (root@entropy.muc.muohio.edu [134.53.213.10])                                                                                       
        by mail1.dac.neu.edu  with ESMTP id IAA04882;                                                                                                                     
        Wed, 17 Mar 1999 08:58:31 -0500 (EST)                                                                                                                             
Received: from vger.rutgers.edu (vger.rutgers.edu [128.6.190.2])                                                                                                          
        by entropy.muc.muohio.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id GAA22192;                                                                                                   
        Wed, 17 Mar 1999 06:22:39 -0500                                                                                                                                   
Received: by vger.rutgers.edu via listexpand id <169147-212>; Wed, 17 Mar 1999 05:40:28 -0500                                                                             
Received: by vger.rutgers.edu id <160319-212>; Wed, 17 Mar 1999 04:54:57 -0500                                                                                            
Received: from shellx.tical.net ([209.12.5.135]:24795 "EHLO shellx.tical.net" ident: "nobody") by vger.rutgers.edu with ESMTP id <160905-212>; Wed, 17 Mar 1999 04:39:52  -0500                                                                                                                                                                    
Received: (from nobody@localhost)                                                                                                                                         
        by shellx.tical.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) id FAA20793                                                                                                                     
        for linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu; Wed, 17 Mar 1999 05:47:12 -0500                                                                                                
Date:   Wed, 17 Mar 1999 05:47:12 -0500                                                                                                                                   
Message-Id: <199903171047.FAA20793@shellx.tical.net>                                                                                                                      
From: root@tical.net                                                                                                                                                      
To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu                                                                                                                                         
Subject: TICAL OwnZ JoO 2207x                                                                                                                                             
Sender: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu                                                                                                                               
Precedence: bulk                                                                                                                                                          
X-Loop: majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu                                                                                                                                        
X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-kernel-outgoing-dig                                                                                                               
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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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