[mod.protocols.tcp-ip] obnoxious broadcast messages

mullen@NRL-MPM.ARPA.UUCP (04/01/87)

> broadcast message from temp!root:  This is a test of area coverage. Please send me a nasty indignant flame
> if you get this broadcast.
> 
>                                        Jordan (jkh@violet.berkeley.edu)

I have gotten several of these broadcast messages (equivalent to
a "wall") today on various Unix systems on my local network.

	1.  Who is this person, jkh@violet.berkeley.edu?
	2.  Why are we being bothered with these messages?
	3.  How is it being done?
	4.  How can we stop this nuisance?