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re: Matching Text, Headders and Signatures with Crypto Hashes
U> From: [email protected] (Hugh Daniel)
U> For example in NetNews I proposed changing the
U> MessageId: headder such that part of the gobldyguk on the
U> left side of the atsign was a crypto hash of the body of
U> the message and some of the important sending host
U> generated headders. With this system of MessageId:'s
U> anyone who corrupts a message (intentionaly or otherwise)
U> creates a bogus message, as the next machine that gets the
U> message can see that the message does not match it
U> MessageId: line.
There's a FidoNet mailer (Dutchie) that uses MD4 to generate message
IDs in exactly this way... They did some cheat, to allow certain
filters (CR/LF vs LF, etc) to work.
* Origin: World Power Systems / FidoNews / San Francisco CA (1:125/111)
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