In this day and age you ought to hook into the emergency broadcast network as well, just to be sure ....
> -----Original Message----- > From: AOLserver Discussion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf > Of Dossy > Sent: 28 January 2003 12:40 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [AOLSERVER] Offtopic dumb security policy example, at um, > aol > > > On 2003.01.27, Jerry Asher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sure that keeps the new email address from being screwed up, but at the > > risk of hijacking someone's email away from them. > > > > So I figure out Dossy's aolscreen name, I cons together your daughters > > name and guess your password, and then I get to steal your email. > > Sure, if you can guess the password, you effectively own the account. > Hint: don't use passwords that are easily guessable. > > (It's how I managed to recover [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- someone else managed > to register it first, but foolishly made the password easy. I have not > been so lucky with [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...) > > If only I could get the [EMAIL PROTECTED] screen name ... but alas, either > someone already has it, or AOL won't allow a 5-letter screen name > anymore. > > > If I am getting email I don't want I do have someways of tracking it > > down and stopping it. If your email just stops one day and you don't > > realize it for a day, or a week, what are you going to do? How will you > > ever fix that? > > Check it periodically? How else do you ever know if a service is > working? I'll periodically have a machine of mine (out on the net) send > me an email to ensure that (1) network connectivity works, (2) my MTA is > running correctly, (3) my email-to-pager gateway is working, (4) my > pager service (archevil -- I mean, Arch Wireless) is still dispatching > radio service from their towers ... > > -- Dossy > > -- > Dossy Shiobara mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Panoptic Computer Network web: http://www.panoptic.com/ > "He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own > folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70) >
