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Gerge M. Irvine III wrote:
> 
>   Joel - this is no fake. It shows coming from your account
> at Compuserve. In addition, everything you say here sounds
> just like every other thing you have said.
> 

George (I took the liberty to spell your first name correctly), THIS 
message shows coming from YOUR account and from YOUR server. But I 
assure you, I won't make it sound like every other thing you have said.

The purpose of this little hacking demonstration is to show, that in 30 
seconds one can already fake a message pretty well. If one is willing to 
invest an hour - it would look totally realistic.

Internet mail has NO authentication feature built in. Virtually anyone 
can send any message from most SMTP servers - WITHOUT having an account 
or a password there.

NOTICE: THIS IS A FAKE MESSAGE FOR DEMONSTRATION PURPOSES.

-- 
Andy Schmidt [NJ]

http://OurWorld.CompuServe.com/Homepages/Andy_Schmidt/
AOL: ASchmidt1 * GENIE: A.Schmidt1 * MSN: Andy_Schmidt

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