gmp@rayssd.ray.com (Gregory M. Paris) (10/04/88)
In article <2300@att.ATT.COM> jhc@att.ATT.COM (Jonathan Hawbrook-Clark) writes: > is. It is a trivial command to change a machine's nodename, and I > suspect that no-one would thank us if we delivered mail for 'lsuc' to > some schoolkid with a PC who happened to rename hir machine to that > and call us up. So, except in rare cases, we only deliver mail when > we make the call. I want everybody in the ATT.COM domain to know right now that it's not me that's sending them all that abusive mail. It must be some schoolkid with a PC that is calling att and delivering mail that looks like it came from me. After all, it's a trivial command to change a machine's nodename for purposes of illicitly receiving *or sending* mail. This must be why other people put passwords on their uucp accounts. -- Greg Paris <gmp@rayssd.ray.com> {decuac,gatech,necntc,sun,uiucdcs,ukma}!rayssd!gmp I must be here sleepwalking, mustn't I?