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Re: RHijacked Addresses

2002-08-03 10:45:24


on 8/3/2002 11:44 AM Philip Hazel wrote:
However, in the world of email, people seem to be a lot more worried
about forgeries. Is this because email is cheap, leading to
proportionately more forgeries, or because it's more likely to be
destructive (viruses, worms), or what?

It's because it should be reasonably resolvable with computers, without
requiring that everybody become an expert in security and mail routing
services.

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