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Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 18:01:45 -0500
To: declan_at_well.com
From: Neil Schwartzman <neil_at_petemoss.com>
Subject: Re: FC: Query from politico: How can I get the word out
without spamming?
WRT John Gilmore's contemptuous dismissal of us anti-spam folk with
"consistency has never been the hobgoblin of small anti-spammer minds.",
one wonder how he will react to his open relay being hard-wired into a virus?
Is (cr)hacking really that different from spamming, in terms of the abuse
it reaps from vulnerable systems?
<fair use>
Virus Borrows Internet Pioneer's Server To Spread - Newbytes
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175003.html
By Brian McWilliams
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 06 Mar 2002, 9:46 AM CST
A server operated by Internet pioneer John Gilmore is being used by a new
Internet worm to perform its mass-mailing routine, according to virus
researchers.
The address of the server, Toad.com, is one of 25 open mail relays
hard-coded by its unidentified author into the W32.Yaha worm, according to
analyses by anti-virus firms Symantec and Sophos.
While most of the open servers are located in China and Korea, Toad.com
is a system installed in Gilmore's home in San Francisco.
Besides co-founding the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Cypherpunks
cryptography discussion list, Gilmore takes credit for helping establish
the "alt" Usenet discussion groups.
</fair use>
--
Neil Schwartzman - Editor & Publisher
Pete Moss Publications, Industry & Trade Journals
<http://spamNEWS.com><http://virus-news.com>
<http://spamFLAMES.com><http://petemoss.com>
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