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Pete Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
Sun, 4 Apr 2004 09:59:03 -0400
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At 08:52 04/04/2004 Sunday, David Arthur wrote:
 >This brings up a question.  Has, and can, the listserver be hacked?  Not
 >that anyone would necessarily do so with Poodle-L.  (Our topic doesn't
 >really lend itself to hackers, though we have had people sign up others as a
 >joke.)  And if so, are there any measures to determine if it has occurred?
 >I too get a lot of names on the probing process that I've never seen on the
 >list.

Anything can be hacked, esp. if strong encryption is not involved.

If you know the list-owner's or listserv-maintainer's userid and (can
guess) the password, sure.

Also, is it hacking if the maintainer or owner does not implement various
security features e.g., REVIEW= OWNERS ?

/Pete

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