[X Newbies] Vicious Spam

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Spoof the URL it's not hard!

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Winter" <winter at mac.com>
To: "Mac OS X Newbies" <X-Newbies at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 9:55 AM
Subject: Re: [X Newbies] Vicious Spam



On Jan 26, 2004, at 9:05 AM, Richard Bienvenu wrote:

> Can anyone explain how spammers can give you an url that sure as hell
> looks legitimate, all the way down to the .gov domain?

If you look carefully :

> <http://www.fdic.gov
@211.191.224.108:3180/index.htm>

See the @211.191.224.108? The "@"  means the numerical IP address is
the one being used, and anything in front of that is simply data being
sent along for the ride. That's how some sites determine who "refers"
the browser to them (mostly used for ads). In this case though, its
simply being used to obfuscate the actual address.

-Mike


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