Hi (fwd)

Thu Mar 18 04:44:38 UTC 2004

In message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0403172118250.2114-100000 at sokol.elan.net>, "william(a
t)elan.net" writes:
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>
>Me thinks somebody has found a trapdoor in nanog mailsetup and is in 
>general out to get us ... 
>
>This one supposedely came from 203.18.63.43 (australia powerhous museum - 
>phm.gov.au) and advertises page on ip 165.134.187.102 (saint louis
>univerisity - slu.edu). "Connection refused" when I tried to see what's there.

No -- I'm pretty sure it's a worm.  Of the 20 copies I've received -- 
in just the last 3 hours -- only three have been via the NANOG list.

On the bright side, Spamassassin 2.63's default settings seem to kill 
this one.  In fact, it was only by accident that I even noticed them.

		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb