From owner-freebsd-security Mon Feb 21 0:53:53 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B110937BEE8 for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2000 00:53:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jbryant@ppp-208-188-200-9.dialup.kscymo.swbell.net) Received: from ppp-208-188-200-9.dialup.kscymo.swbell.net ([208.188.200.9]) by mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.1999.09.16.21.57.p8) with ESMTP id <0FQ9001EDVDGK1@mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net> for security@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 21 Feb 2000 02:53:43 -0600 (CST) Received: (from jbryant@localhost) by ppp-208-188-200-9.dialup.kscymo.swbell.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) id CAA77579; Mon, 21 Feb 2000 02:53:37 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 02:53:27 -0600 (CST) From: Jim Bryant Subject: Re: Strange Spam In-reply-to: To: matt@ARPA.MAIL.NET (Matt Heckaman) Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: kc5vdj@swbell.net Message-id: <200002210853.CAA77579@ppp-208-188-200-9.dialup.kscymo.swbell.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Windows: R00LZ!@# MS-Winbl0wz DR00LZ!@# X-files: The truth is that the X-Files is fiction X-Republican: The best kind!!! X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT #8: Sat Oct 30 00:56:56 CDT 1999 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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. > > Also, Mathematic is mispelled to "Mathematik" which strikes me as odd, > giving the caliber of words used throughout the message. Another thing > to note, is the capitalization scheme; It appears that proper nouns and > places are for the most part capitalized, with some exceptions such as > "cynthia", "sarah1", and a few others. > > All and all, this is nothing but pure conjecture, but it does almost > totally rule out the possibility of it being some random misplaced SPAM > email. It definately has the form of being intended for someone. > > 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 > -- > Matt Heckaman [matt@arpa.mail.net|matt@relic.net] [Please do not send me] > !Powered by FreeBSD/x86! [http://www.freebsd.org] [any SPAM (UCE) e-mail] 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. thus, the ultra-paranoid will use one-time-pad and substitution codes instead of computer encryption techniques. i've researched such groups for many years, and you have got to understand the concept i'm conveying. jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KC5VDJ - HF to 23cm KC5VDJ@NW0I.#NEKS.KS.USA.NOAM kc5vdj@swbell.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IC-706MkII - IC-T81A - HTX-202 - HTX-212 - HTX-404 - KPC3+ - PK-232MBX/DSP To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message