Can anyone REALLY point to a single instance where this "flaw" (lol) has lead to an improper access of resources?
Jason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Samis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 3:54 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] OT: IP address appears in header with sender info > > > I don't see why the originating IP address being present in the header would > > be objectionable "for a lot of people" (spammers excluded, of course). > > Furthermore, as I wrote earlier, Geof's IP address is a private, internal, > > non-routable one (192.168.1.63). Kind of hard for anyone to trace this IP > > back to Geof -- or am I missing something? > > > > Guy > > The only concern I can think of is that you lose a bit of security > through obscurity this way. If someone manages to compromise your > network, they'll easily know the IP addresses of your machine(s) if > they're looking for something in particular. Of course, you should never > rely only on security through obscurity, so it shouldn't matter. Right? > > I find that these headers are actually usually quite useful. Recently I > got an e-mail from a friend saying "You'll never guess where I am..." - > thankfully, I didn't have to. A quick ARIN lookup and traceroute told me > everything I needed to know :) > > Bryan > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
