Re: Microsoft Hotmail

[schwarz () PHYSIK TU-BERLIN DE (Georg Schwarz)]

> I contacted Microsoft/Hotmail asking them to close the account
> of that was listed in the backdoored tcp wrapper source code.
> I also forwarded the offending code.
>
> The word back from them is that they will not close it.  Theft
> of passwords and hacking does not violate thier terms of
> service.

please keep in mind that there is probably no proof or any plausible
evidence that the ower of that address has actually something to do with
that hacked up tcpd version. It *might* just as well have been a third
party who inserted that address in order to make that owner loose that
particular email. I don't think it's very likely, but it cannot be ruled
out, so simply closing down the account without any further knowledge of
that case would, IMHO, be a wrong move for a service provider, maybe
even violating customers' rights (depending on that country's laws).
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