From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dave Dodge Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 06:27:14 +0000 Subject: Re: spam to this list from stolen addresses Message-Id: <20061026062714.GE13829@basmati> List-Id: References: <453F6A9D.6040100@bl.com> In-Reply-To: <453F6A9D.6040100@bl.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 08:46:05AM -0500, Moshe Yudkowsky wrote: > I use a unique email address to send and receive email from this list (I > have about 180 separate email addresses in order to segregate > identities). I've just received spam to that address, which means that > there's been a security breach of the email list -- either in someone's > personal machine, or of the subscription list itself. This isn't the first time you've sent mail to the list, and people responding to you in December quoted your email address in their messages. So the unique address you use for this list appears unprotected in the list archives -- which are of course readily available and even Google-indexed: http://www.google.com/search?q=msha5_17%40bl.com I'm not saying that a security breach didn't happen, but it certainly wasn't the only way the address could have been farmed. -Dave Dodge ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0709&bid&3057&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel