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Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 18:01:45 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Neil Schwartzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
