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Subject: RE: Disturbing e-mail
From: "Larson, Erik" <ELarson @ XLConnect . com>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 13:21:53 -0500
To: "'rabbi @ www . valuu . net'" <rabbi @ www . valuu . net>, "'firewalls'" <firewalls @ greatcircle . com>

This is a fairly well known hoax. Take a look at
http://www.microsys.com/webmastr/nautbot.htm for more information.


--
Erik Larson
Consultant
XLConnect Solutions, Inc.
513.792.8085 or elarson @
 xlconnect .
 com

>-----Original Message-----
>From:	rabbi @
 www .
 valuu .
 net [SMTP:rabbi @
 www .
 valuu .
 net]
>Sent:	Friday, February 14, 1997 8:01 AM
>To:	firewalls
>Subject:	Disturbing e-mail
>
>I received this disturbing piece of email, and was wondering if anyone else
>on the list has gotten one. I am not worried since I have no personal,
>private or sensitive info on my server, (or network).
>
>From: 	Rabbi[SMTP:rabbi @
 www .
 valuu .
 net]
>Sent: 	Thursday, February 13, 1997 9:38 PM
>To: 	rabbi @
 www .
 valuu .
 net
>Subject: 	security breached by Naughty Robot
>
>This message was sent to you by Naughty Robot, an internet spider that
>crawls into your server through a tiny hole is the World Wide Web.
>
>Naughty Robert exploits a security bug in HTTP and has visited your host
>system to collect personal, private, and sensitive information.
>
>It has captured your E-mail, and physical addresses, as well as your phone
>and
>credit card numbers. To protect yourself against the misuse of this
>information, do 
>the following:
>
>
>         1.Alert your SysOp
>         2.Contact your local police
>         3.Disconnect your telephone, and
>         4. Report your credit cards as lost
>
>ACT AT ONCE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Remember:  only YOU can prevent DATA
>fires.
>
>This has been a public service announcement from the makers of Naughty
>Robert --
>Car Jacking its way  onto the Super-Highway.
>

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