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Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 11:26:15 -0800
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Trojan post [was: Re: Nasm and Rhide Problems]
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Paul Derbyshire wrote:
> 
> At 05:39 AM 2/9/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >I am talking about the forged post which some a$shole replaced
> >Alessandro's with, routing it through well-known malicious *.ru sites.
> 
> What? Someone forged a cancel and a new message from Allesandro? To spread
> a Trojan horse?
> 
> What are these "well known malicious *.ru sites" I have heard little about?
> What is special about a *.ru site anyways -- are they domain names that are
> cheap and easy for irresponsible net users to get for their boxes and to
> keep after using them for irresponsible purposes?

*.ru = Russia.  Apparently several "well-known malicious sites" are
located there.  Either that, or a few people still haven't gotten over
Communist paranoia :)
 
> >Thank you for making Alessandro's original post.  You should be happy
> >rather than offended when you are warned about people who try to destroy
> >your system.
> 
> I am happy, but I was puzzled since I saw no malicious Trojan horse in the
> first place.
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Nate Eldredge  (even happier to be running Linux)
nate AT cartsys DOT com