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Date:      Thu, 26 Feb 1998 08:27:06 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Christopher G. Petrilli" <petrilli@DWORKIN.amber.org>
To:        Niall Smart <njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk>
Cc:        Nicolas Pondemer <pondemer@isty-info.uvsq.fr>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Thanks, but...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980226082611.28410A-100000@dworkin.amber.org>
In-Reply-To: <E0y831l-0001tf-00@oak71.doc.ic.ac.uk>

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On Thu, 26 Feb 1998, Niall Smart wrote:

> Not "anyone", no.  At least not to my knowledge.
> 
> The system administrator of any SMTP host involved could of course
> do this, but that would be Unethical with a capital U.

As with any system with a single "deity" account, this will always be a
problem.... you have to trust your administrators inplicitly, as there's
no way to stop them from doing whatever they want...

Like I said, this is aproblem with ALL single-level security mechanisms.

Chris
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