Though I doubt it's the case in this circumstance, it is important to keep in mind that an attacker can append additional headers to the initial message. This can create the appearance that the email has moved through more servers than it really did. Don't put too much faith in the headers which you can't corroborate with log file entries.
Richard Esplin On Tuesday 27 December 2005 23:23, Brian Phillips wrote: <snip> > Headers are very hard (if not impossible) to > forge because instead of the computer sending the mail, it's actually > created by the server receiving the mail. The extent of headers being > forged is an open relay being used to initiate the connection. <snip> -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
