From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 2 13:08:21 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA20050 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 2 May 1997 13:08:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bloke.statsci.com (bloke.statsci.com [206.63.206.184]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA20044 for ; Fri, 2 May 1997 13:08:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bloke.statsci.com [206.63.206.184] with smtp by bloke.statsci.com with smtp (/\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.3 #3) id m0wNOco-000QdNC; Fri, 2 May 97 13:08 PDT Message-Id: To: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" cc: craig@tuna.progroup.com (Craig W. Shaver), questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: COME SEE THE HOTTEST scam spam on the net!!! References: <3.0.32.19970502011232.00b8e16c@mixcom.com> In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 02 May 1997 01:12:32 -0500." <3.0.32.19970502011232.00b8e16c@mixcom.com> Reply-to: scott@statsci.com Date: Fri, 02 May 1997 13:08:14 -0700 From: Scott Blachowicz Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk "Jeffrey J. Mountin" wrote: > I don't have the full thread for this, but did anyone mention that the > headers can be forged. Only the first 2 lines of the header can be > trusted, as they are added by the local sendmail. Actually, it would vary depending on who you can trust... > Received: by mixcom.mixcom.com (8.6.12/2.2) > id PAA14271; Sun, 27 Apr 1997 15:26:51 -0500 > Received: from ns3.harborcom.net(206.158.4.7) by mixcom.mixcom.com via smap > (V1.3) > id sma014261; Sun Apr 27 20:26:41 1997 > > (everything after this can be pure BS) But, if (in this case) you did a 'dig -x 206.158.4.7' to verify that it is, in fact, harborcom.net and you trust the administration of harborcom.net to be reliable, then you could, presumably, trust the next Received: header: > Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.18]) > by ns3.harborcom.net (8.8.5/8.8.4) with ESMTP > id QAA10827; Sun, 27 Apr 1997 16:25:47 -0400 (EDT) ...and so forth... Right? Scott Blachowicz Ph: 206/283-8802x240 Mathsoft (Data Analysis Products Div) 1700 Westlake Ave N #500 scott@statsci.com Seattle, WA USA 98109 Scott.Blachowicz@seaslug.org