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From: spaf@gatech.CSNET (Gene Spafford)
Newsgroups: net.music,net.rumor
Subject: Re: Attention, Responsible Net Users!  (And K-Mart Shoppers!)
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Date: Sun, 21-Jul-85 14:51:23 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 21 14:51:23 1985
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I know not whether news postings are being propagated with Doug Allen's
name on them.  I can safely say, however, that it is a relatively
simple matter for someone to forge an article and submit it to
the net.  The easiest method of performing such a forgery would keep
the article from showing up at the site where is was allegedly "posted."

This is a problem with the news software/uucp interaction, and there is
no practical fix known or available.  As such, I hope you'll pardon
me if I don't explain how to forge a news article.

Possibly posted by,
-- 
Gene "3 months and holding" Spafford
The Clouds Project, School of ICS, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332
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