From owner-freebsd-security Mon Feb 21 1:55:52 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from atdot.dotat.org (atdot.dotat.org [150.101.89.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 512F837BC0B for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2000 01:55:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from newton@atdot.dotat.org) Received: (from newton@localhost) by atdot.dotat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA46086; Mon, 21 Feb 2000 20:25:26 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from newton) Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 20:25:26 +1030 From: Mark Newton To: kc5vdj@swbell.net Cc: Matt Heckaman , security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Strange Spam Message-ID: <20000221202526.A46067@atdot.dotat.org> References: <200002210853.CAA77579@ppp-208-188-200-9.dialup.kscymo.swbell.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <200002210853.CAA77579@ppp-208-188-200-9.dialup.kscymo.swbell.net>; from jbryant@ppp-208-188-200-9.dialup.kscymo.swbell.net on Mon, Feb 21, 2000 at 02:53:27AM -0600 X-PGP-Key: http://slash.dotat.org/~newton/pgpkey.txt Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Feb 21, 2000 at 02:53:27AM -0600, Jim Bryant wrote: > In reply: > > This is funny, reading it more carefully - there are also references to > > DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), UHF (Ultra High > > Frequency), and Interpol. [ ... ] > > Unfortunately, without figuring the key sequence that this is based on, > > it's probably impossible for us to decypher it. My original question still > > stands. If this is some kind of code, why would someone do something like > > this as opposed to PGP encryption or similar? -- Or both combined for the > > very paranoid. > > matt, i'm not saying it is or isn't some right wing extremist, but... > to add to your conjecture, i must say that the nsa is at the core of a > lot of their conspiracy theories, and it is widely believed amongst > such groups that the nsa invented every form of encryption, and that > such programs are unsafe for their use. Are you all quite certain that it wasn't just some random luser who accidentally typed "ESC-100-ESC-x-spook" in emacs? - mark [ occam's razor can be a dangerous thing... ] -------------------------------------------------------------------- I tried an internal modem, newton@atdot.dotat.org but it hurt when I walked. Mark Newton ----- Voice: +61-4-1620-2223 ------------- Fax: +61-8-82231777 ----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message