This is a public reply to your message posted:
From group: list.yarn; on Mon, 7 Apr 1997 11:50:14 -0400 (EDT)
Concerning "Re: DANGEROUS PERSISTENT EMAIL SPAMMER HELP";
I'm keeping this public because I assume it will be of interest
to others (and the list is quiet now). If anyone disagrees I
will immediately go to private Email.
Thanks for your help Kevin, tomorrow evening I will sit down
and see just how much damage I can do to this guy, however I do
have a question.
I had never heard of the command "traceroute", so I did one on
204.78.5.102 to see what I got. What I saw was:
> clic1: {3} traceroute 204.78.5.102
> traceroute to 204.78.5.102 (204.78.5.102), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
> 1 QUBC1.clic.net (199.45.69.10) 3.236 ms 2.356 ms 1.599 ms
> 2 T3.MIX.NET (198.168.73.3) 13.685 ms 20.993 ms 34.160 ms
> 3 h1-0.cnss40.New-York.t3.ans.net (198.168.57.26) 25.710 ms 29.768 ms 29.50
> 4 f3-1.t32-1.New-York.t3.ans.net (204.149.4.222) 66.822 ms * 20.202 ms
> 5 h4-1.t56-2.Washington-DC.t3.ans.net (140.223.33.22) 27.765 ms 33.195 ms 2
> 6 * 140.222.56.70 (140.222.56.70) 54.576 ms 31.014 ms
> 7 core1.WestOrange.mci.net (204.70.4.181) 41.057 ms 67.628 ms 93.935 ms
> 8 border2-fddi-0.WestOrange.mci.net (204.70.64.34) 123.876 ms 156.647 ms 12
> 9 prepnet.WestOrange.mci.net (204.70.66.6) 244.797 ms 316.720 ms 124.245 ms
> 10 ucsc2-gw-fddi-0-0.phl.prep.net (192.204.183.2) 58.023 ms 41.947 ms 45.512
> 11 eastern-gw.prep.net (129.250.201.224) 57.564 ms !H * 48.712 ms !H
> clic1: {4}
Was "eastern-gw.prep.net (129.250.201.224)" the last hop
before "204.78.5.102"? If so what are 8 and 9 about?
Is it the case that "eastern-gw.prep.net (129.250.201.224)" has
a special relationship with 204.78.5.102 or are they two sites
that just happen to be connected? [I know that 129.X.x.x is a
class B address and believe I know what that implies.]
Also, when looking at the "Received: from " Email header
elements is it generally the case that top one is produced
closest to me, while the bottom one is (or should be) produced
by a machine closest to the sender?
Thanks again for your valuable help.
~ > I don't have to boil them in oil first, I don't need to gloat over them as
~ > they scream in horror; just let me do the Mozambique drill and walk away
~ > quietly. "Two in chest, one in head, leave the bastard nice and dead."
~ > - from an unpublished novel. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
I shudder to think what you're characters would do to broccoli.
-- Friar Broccoli Robert Keith Elias (Quebec, Qc, Canada) Address: kelias@CLIC.NET OFFLINE UseNet & Email READER: http://www.vex.net/yarn/YARN_092.zip--------- I consider ALL arguments in support of my views ---------