In article <Pine.3.05.9308091300.A5374-b100000@ra.cs.umb.edu> pbreton@cs.umb.edu writes:

1) Aren't telnets logged, at least at the site you telnet to? If I "telnet xxxx smtp", doesn't the site I telnet to have it in a log? I can't control that, and that could identify me.

*All* connections to any port can be logged. And if your site isn't entirely under your own control, your site can collude with the called site using the ident protocol to tell the other site the name of the user that the tcp/ip connection belongs to. If the other end has a smart SMTP, it can put this info in the received: headers. I do stuff like this myself using the LOG_TCP wrappers. G === Personal mail to gtoal@gtoal.com (I read it in the evenings) Business mail to gtoal@an-teallach.com (Be careful with the spelling!) Faxes to An Teallach Limited: +44 31 662 4678 Voice: +44 31 668 1550 x212