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Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org

From James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org
Date 2015-03-18 12:54 -0400
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Message-ID <5509ADB0.9040600@verizon.net> (permalink)
References <mebdik$41n$1@speranza.aioe.org> <550994C5.9050701@verizon.net> <87y4muxowk.fsf@kst-u.example.com>

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On 03/18/2015 12:15 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:
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> As someone else mentioned, eternal-september.org requires
> username/password authentication.  I don't know how secure it is,
> or how or whether they prevent header modifications, but it might
> make forgeries more difficult.

That would make forgeries more easily detectable, because they would
have the wrong server, but it wouldn't prevent them. Also, how often do
you check the message headers to determine the server?

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Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org jacob navia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-03-18 09:38 +0100
  Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-03-18 11:07 -0400
    Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-03-18 09:15 -0700
      Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-03-18 12:54 -0400
        Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-03-18 10:29 -0700
        Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-03-18 17:30 +0000
        Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-03-19 09:04 +0100
          Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-03-19 22:25 -0400
      Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2015-03-18 18:22 +0000
        Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org asetofsymbols@gmail.com - 2015-03-18 11:41 -0700
        Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org asetofsymbols@gmail.com - 2015-03-18 11:41 -0700
        Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org asetofsymbols@gmail.com - 2015-03-18 11:41 -0700
        Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-03-18 20:28 +0100
          Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2015-03-18 19:37 +0000
            Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-03-18 23:22 +0100
        Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-03-21 22:48 +0000
  Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-03-21 22:47 +0000
    Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-03-21 16:14 -0700
      Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-03-30 09:52 +0000
        Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-03-30 09:14 -0700

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