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"David W. Baker" <[log in to unmask]>
Thu, 22 Jun 1995 13:18:52 -0400
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> http://www.netcreations.com/fakemail/
>
> "What is Fakemail?
>
> Fakemail allows you to send email to anyone on the net,
> from anyone on the net, even from
> a made up address!"
 
   Considering how anyone with a Telnet client can create a better forgery
than Fakemail (at least, when I checked that site awhile ago), I am amazed
at the stir its causing. I suppose it's just a matter of naive computer
users, who believe that email is secure and difficult to forge, and system
administrators, who know better but think the problem goes away by
promoting that fallacy.
 
 
--dwb--
 
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