Re: Adopt‐an‐Haitian‐Internet‐technician‐or‐facility
-original message- Subject: Re: Adopt‐an‐Haitian‐Internet‐technician‐or‐facility From: Steven Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu> Date: 08/02/2010 5:47 pm As a matter of form, how might one check out the legitimacy of requests like this? (No, I don't think this one is fake...) As a start, web of trust. This one was introduced to the list by Eric Brunner-Williams originally, a member in good standing.
On Feb 8, 2010, at 9:57 AM, a.harrowell@gmail.com wrote:
As a matter of form, how might one check out the legitimacy of requests like this? (No, I don't think this one is fake...)
As a start, web of trust. This one was introduced to the list by Eric Brunner-Williams originally, a member in good standing.
Err, no. It was introduced by (unsigned) email purporting to come from Eric. Followed by another (unsigned) message with bank info purporting to come from Reynold Guerrier. A bit of a difference. Regards, -drc
True. Signed would have been smarter. Better still would be having someone with more creds doing the initial ask. Eric On 2/8/10 1:05 PM, David Conrad wrote:
On Feb 8, 2010, at 9:57 AM, a.harrowell@gmail.com wrote:
As a matter of form, how might one check out the legitimacy of requests like this? (No, I don't think this one is fake...)
As a start, web of trust. This one was introduced to the list by Eric Brunner-Williams originally, a member in good standing.
Err, no. It was introduced by (unsigned) email purporting to come from Eric. Followed by another (unsigned) message with bank info purporting to come from Reynold Guerrier. A bit of a difference.
Regards, -drc
On Feb 8, 2010, at 11:09 AM, Eric Brunner-Williams wrote:
Err, no. It was introduced by (unsigned) email purporting to come from Eric. Followed by another (unsigned) message with bank info purporting to come from Reynold Guerrier. A bit of a difference. True. Signed would have been smarter. Better still would be having someone with more creds doing the initial ask.
In my mind, it isn't the credibility of the person doing the asking, rather it's the fact that (unsigned) email can't really be trusted (although most, if not all, of us do it all the time). Regards, -drc
On 2/8/2010 12:05 PM, David Conrad wrote:
On Feb 8, 2010, at 9:57 AM, a.harrowell@gmail.com wrote:
As a matter of form, how might one check out the legitimacy of requests like this? (No, I don't think this one is fake...)
As a start, web of trust. This one was introduced to the list by Eric Brunner-Williams originally, a member in good standing.
Err, no. It was introduced by (unsigned) email purporting to come from Eric. Followed by another (unsigned) message with bank info purporting to come from Reynold Guerrier. A bit of a difference.
And looking back through my notes from the lectures provided for my benefit over the years, I'm having a little trouble matching any of it to the charter of NANOG, or differentiating it from the nominal subject matter for NANAE. -- "Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have." Remember: The Ark was built by amateurs, the Titanic by professionals. Requiescas in pace o email Ex turpi causa non oritur actio Eppure si rinfresca ICBM Targeting Information: http://tinyurl.com/4sqczs http://tinyurl.com/7tp8ml
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