Novel use of Usenet and remailers to mailbomb from

Dr. Dimitri Vulis dlv at bwalk.dm.com
Fri Jan 12 22:57:33 PST 1996


Alan Olsen <alano at teleport.com> writes:
...
> Pretty nasty variation on a "denial of service" attack.  What next?  Fake
> "David Rhodes does e-cash" messages with the target's e-mail address?

I've seen worse on soc.culture.*. :-)

I think, an appropriate response for the victim would be to accept only
digitally signed e-mail from people he wishes to receive e-mail from, and
to junk all other e-mail (unsigned or from strangers).

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Dr. Dimitri Vulis
Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps






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