FC: Correction: FAA.gov *still* runs open mail relay

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

Previous (incorrect) message:

"FAA.gov ran open mail relay, could let people forge FAA email"
http://www.politechbot.com/p-02757.html

I just verified this too.

-Declan

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Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 08:00:33 -0800
From: Troy Davis <troy () nack net>
To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Cc: bduncan () beachnet org
Subject: Re: FC: FAA.gov ran open mail relay, could let people forge FAA email
Message-ID: <20011106080033.A10768 () drip tekniq net>
References: <5.1.0.14.0.20011106084248.02b272c0 () mail well com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
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Seems to still relay:

10:15pm troy@mindfuck ~ > telnet 204.108.10.130 25
Trying 204.108.10.130...
Connected to 204.108.10.130.
Escape character is '^]'.
220-atos.faa.gov Microsoft SMTP MAIL ready at Tue, 6 Nov 2001 10:59:42 -0500
Version: 5.5.1877.197.19
220 ESMTP spoken here
helo narf
250 atos.faa.gov Hello [216.39.147.166]
mail from: root () oz net
250 root () oz net....Sender OK
rcpt to: joe () aol com
250 joe () aol com
data
354 Start mail input; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF>
narf


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