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Re: Email address spoof
From: Brad Arlt <arlt () cpsc ucalgary ca>
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 10:04:24 -0600
On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 02:17:03PM -0500, Benny Late wrote:
Does anyone know of a good paper or source for an "user" explanation of email spoofing? Need to explain to a group of users what is happneing and why?
http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/Help/internet/email/faq.php#forgedcpsc You should be able to handle the user explination. Email is just like paper mail. It is designed must like the postal system. It just so happens most of the time the speed involved makes it look like IM. Explain that email is just like paper mail, then explain how this would happen with paper mail. Usually people grasp paper mail better because they have actually wrote a letter (with headers) and filled out an evelope, and dropped it off at the post office (the email server). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- __o Bradley Arlt Security Team Lead _ \<_ arlt () cpsc ucalgary ca University Of Calgary (_)/(_) Las hojas de coca no es droga. Computer Science --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ethical Hacking at the InfoSec Institute. Mention this ad and get $545 off any course! All of our class sizes are guaranteed to be 10 students or less to facilitate one-on-one interaction with one of our expert instructors. Attend a course taught by an expert instructor with years of in-the-field pen testing experience in our state of the art hacking lab. Master the skills of an Ethical Hacker to better assess the security of your organization. Visit us at: http://www.infosecinstitute.com/courses/ethical_hacking_training.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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