Re: appropriate response for mail break-in

["Ryan M. Ferris" <rferris () rmfdevelopment com>]

Sorry to have dashed out the message about my mail messages so quickly. Thanks for all the help. Comparing two headers 
(real) and (faked), it looks like the Message ID has been spoofed by IP address 172.195.75.206  using my mail server IP 
161.58.164.17.

I guess this counts as a trivial spoof best handled with the delete key.

Ryan


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul D. Robertson" <proberts () patriot net>
To: "Ryan M. Ferris" <rferris () rmfdevelopment com>
Cc: <firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com>
Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 5:06 PM
Subject: Re: [fw-wiz] appropriate response for mail break-in


> On Sun, 27 Oct 2002, Ryan M. Ferris wrote:
>
> > This is off topic. Someone is using my account to send me mail with binary
> > attachments.  I have contacted my provider and  asked to change my mail
> > password. I have sent on the message header to them. What is the next best
> > step?  Do I file a report with CERT? Any thoughts?
>
> When you say "Using my account," are you saying "the mail looks like it 
> comes from me," "the mail path is exactly the same and the message IDs 
> look like mine,"  "same path, different message IDs," or "heck if I know 
> what the deal is here?"
>
> If you post the full headers, we might have something to work with.
>
> Paul
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Paul D. Robertson      "My statements in this message are personal opinions
> proberts () patriot net      which may have no basis whatsoever in fact."
> probertson () trusecure com Director of Risk Assessmnet TruSecure Corporation