Forged messages part of "Operation"?
"greg@ideath.goldenbear.com" writes:
Someone recently posted a forged message with my name on it to the Cypherwonks list. In the future, all of my messages will be sent PGP-clearsigned. Please ignore (or mail to me) any messages which aren't - particularly if they appear to support Detweiler and his totalitarian schemes, which this particular forgery did.
The header of the message in question was a byte-for-byte duplicate of an authentic header from a message I did write; apparently our favorite cyberspatial lunatic has moved beyond just signature blocks.
This message forging may be about to become a major problem. In his last post "Current Operational Status", S.Boxx spewed forth: (I hereby flame myself for quoting Detweiler - so don't bother) ---snip---snip--- Operation Octopus - this is the multiple pseudonym and agent project. We plan to have at least a dozen (hence the name) posting simultaneously to many different lists and the newsgroups. But the overhead on this is very significant, and it will take us awhile to gear up and build the infrastructure to the point we can `engage'. You have seen more of these agents lately `out there', but our coordinated attack will take some more planning. Operation Duplicity - extremely top secret. Let's just say, you will be seeing double, and triple, and quadruple, and ... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ---snip---snip--- If he starts flooding the newsgroups, what can we do about it? I'd watch for forged messages and posts, and if you don't have a key on the servers, check to make sure a forged one isn't posted. --- Mike
Mike Ingle says:
If he starts flooding the newsgroups, what can we do about it?
If he starts forging mail from other people, he's committing a crime and we can get his system administrators to pull his account.
Perry
Last week I complained to Julf about the semi-forged messages ("NAZI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS," etc.) that appeared from an12070's account but with my name prominently attached and with my sig block at the end. After receiving mail from readers in the various groups that Rotweiler posted this crap to, including soc.culture.jewish and about a dozen other groups (all independently posted, so a follow-up to one of them did not reach the other sites), I decided he had gone too far, that this was surely the "abuse" that Julf urges folks to report to him. So I did. I haven't heard back from Julf, but I also haven't seen an an12070/S. Boxx posting for several days now, and Rotweiler has been ranting on about S. Boxx "told him" that his account has been "cnesored" by that evil and malicious TENTACLE OF THE MEDUSA, JULF. So, it may be that Detweiler has finally gone too far, at least with his an12070 account. Get ready for other accounts, and perhaps better forgeries--as perhaps Greg Broiles has already seen. I know I should be PGP-signing all my posts and e-mail but, frankly, it's too much of a hassle. I typically read my mail and Usenet over a dial-up line from my Mac at home to a Netcom machine, so signing my messages with MacPGP (I don't trust using PGP on Netcom per se) involves downloading the message, signing it, and then uploading it....a major delay and hassle. However, should the forgeries escalate, I may have to. Or at least consider installing a lower-grade PGP in my Netcom account and using that for on-line signings. Any incorporation of PGP into Elm yet? Interesting times we live in. --Tim May -- .......................................................................... Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@netcom.com | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-688-5409 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, W.A.S.T.E.: Aptos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power:2**859433 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available.
In short, yes.
I haven't heard back from Julf, but I also haven't seen an an12070/S. Boxx posting for several days now, and Rotweiler has been ranting on about S. Boxx "told him" that his account has been "cnesored" by that evil and malicious TENTACLE OF THE MEDUSA, JULF. So, it may be that Detweiler has finally gone too far, at least with his an12070 account.
Yep. This evil and malicious tentacle has indeed blocked an12070. As well as some other faked accounts probably belonging to the same individual (who's identity I would of course never divulge ;-).
I know I should be PGP-signing all my posts and e-mail but, frankly, it's too much of a hassle. I typically read my mail and Usenet over a dial-up line from my Mac at home to a Netcom machine, so signing my messages with MacPGP (I don't trust using PGP on Netcom per se) involves downloading the message, signing it, and then uploading it....a major delay and hassle.
Yeah. I'm currently in Boston, so I would have to transfer the stuff a couple of times over the atlantic, download it into my 386SX, and transfer it back. And to top everything off, my keyboard gave up. Sigh. Julf
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