FC: Correction: FAA.gov *still* runs open mail relay (fwd)
Anyone up for a little game of "Warn The Public"? :-) -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 11:30:08 -0500 From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> To: politech@politechbot.com Subject: FC: Correction: FAA.gov *still* runs open mail relay Previous (incorrect) message: "FAA.gov ran open mail relay, could let people forge FAA email" http://www.politechbot.com/p-02757.html I just verified this too. -Declan ********
I think it's silly. here we have a government which claims some understanding of the net yet most of their network infrastructure is insecure. and this open smtp relay is just the tip of the iceburg. a few years ago i scanned all military domain name servers for vulnerabilities under the old buggy bind4. A large number of military dns were found to be insecure. i then proceeded to contact these administrator to have them upgrade their servers in order to secure them. a handful did the rest just ignored the warnings. and i doubt much has changed today. silly happy government On Tue, 6 Nov 2001 measl@mfn.org wrote:
Anyone up for a little game of "Warn The Public"? :-)
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