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Garbage vs Valid

2003-02-01 11:26:51
I probably won't understand the answers; but

Is there any way to differentiate (in procmail) between a random
collection of letters/numbers and "valid" words/acronyms/abbreviations?

For example:

Received: from tatanka (localhost [127.0.0.1])
Received: from pxhkieb (12-232-227-51.client.attbi.com [12.232.227.51])
Received: from muhirhw (www.phila.gov [170.115.249.20] (may be forged))

tatanka is (probably?) meaningful; whereas pxhkieb and muhirhw would
appear (to me) to be gibberish and designed to plug "something" into a
required field or to disguise something.

I suppose it's "life experience" (or something); but "tatanka" appears to
be "ok" (with minor reservations) whereas "pxhkieb" and "muhirhw" are (to
me) immediately suspect.  How does one describe this in code?

                                - fleet -


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