Posted by Blix on March 07, 1997 at 12:46:32:
I'm sorry I got myself into this. I read a few messages in response to mine, so I've
decided to respond. When you finish reading this, you'll see that what I posted
could mean several different things, but the address *does* exist according to the
mail server. By the way, I don't care to explain of defend what I do or why I do
it. I think everyone here should maintain a certain level of paranoia (eg., common
sense).
The host that receives his mail is connected to a UUNET backbone over-seas. UUNET
is owned by MFS in the U.S. and has a certain degree of government affiliation...take
that for what it's worth.
The mail server has one dedicated gateway that's rather slow and there are 2 target
addresses (machines) right next to each other that are fire-walled. I suspect one
of the 2 is a PROXY server (assigns dynamic and changing addresses).
The trace I dumped, and some others I didn't post, shows that you have to go through
MAE East to get there (from US), and everyone who's passed "hacking 101" knows that
the U.S. government filters packets from there.
One unusual aspect of these systems: they do not allow connections to some very
common services, such as HTTPD (you are using it now), from remote systems. I think
this is very strange.
My guess is that "Paul Masters" is a U.S. government officer of some sort and that
the gateway was setup to investigate shit like what goes on here.
If you don't agree with any of this, please don't flame me - this is only my opinion.
If you don't like what I've said or posted as a matter of philosophy, you can kiss
my ass because knowledge and information are free and we all have a right to "know
things" and share what we've learned.
PS: I could do more with this but I choose not to. There's no point in it.
Remember: you're on your own.