Hi Elvis
20 Aug 97, Elvis Hargrove writes to Tony Paton:
 > Tony, My NEC has suggested that I send a message to all nodes in the
 > AVIATION echo who are still being attacked, to USE SESSION PASSWORDS
 > with ALL links in and out of their system.  THis will STOP (Drasticly
 > curtail anyway) them getting bales more of the rammed messages.
 >
 > I didn't think anybody WASN'T using session passwords but he assures
 > me that if the sytem is set up properly WITH passwords in AND out, it
 > can't happen.
 >
 > ^..^
 > Moderator
 > AVIATION
Sorry for the off topic message,but I think this needs saying.
    It sure _can_ happen even with session passwords :-(
    Session passwords with up and downlinks _are_ important,but how many
of you have passwords set up for YOUR OWN system,because some of the
commonly used mailer/tosser combinations will quite happily recieve
and toss echomail that has been injected into your system by someone
impersonating YOUR OWN node number.
    I'll happily answer any questions you may have about system security
in either Netmail or email at the address below.
Regards,
Rick
root@pointless.gen.nz
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