Re: A note to Red Hat about spam.

[E Nigma <enigma os2 ami com au>]

On Tuesday 01 January 2002 01:19, you wrote:
> E Nigma <enigma os2 ami com au> writes:
> > 
> > By these means I can be sure that if I get spammed, it's because of
> > something Red Hat has done.
> >
> > I have already highlighted the fact that email addresses are
> > published in the archives for Red Hat lists.
> >
> 
> While it would be nice if someone fixed the mailman bug you're
> referring to, you are wrong that the spam you got proves that spammers
> are using that bug - spammers also use "dictionary attacks" - that is,
> they try dictionaryword domain, and dictionaryword23 domain,
> commonname domain, commoninitials domain, etc. Keeping an address
> secret/unpublished isn't foolproof unless your address is
> cryptographically random.

1. With my own eyes I've seen email addresses in the RH lists archives.
2. If they used a dictionary attack, other addresses here would have copies 
too. They don't. 



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