[time-nuts] 2 (Spoofing)

[Bob Smither]

Scott Newell wrote:
> At 07:09 AM 10/5/2011, John Ackermann   N8UR wrote:
>> The mailing list system resends messages rather than just relaying 
>> them.  List messages won't show details of the originating sender path.
> 
> Really?  It appears to me that your message was sent from 10.73.100.66 
> through a dsl line (h69-128-27-124.stjmmi.dsl.dynamic.tds.net) at 
> 69.128.27.124.
> 
> 
>> > on the messages I send through time-nuts don't have my IP listed as
>> > originating... or listed at all.  The header information I find in the
> 
> And for Chuck, it appears that his email came from 192.168.1.105 through 
> a Verizon FIOS connection (pool-173-73-20-237.washdc.fios.verizon.net) 
> at 173.73.20.237.
> 
> Or am I missing something here?

The two IP addresses you mention are private (not on the open internet - 
most likely the addresses of a machine on a private LAN behind a 
firewall.  See:

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_network


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