Indeed, that one reports that very few genuine postings
to linux-kernel occurred since the incidence begun.
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> I suspect that these attacks are not going to become much more
> frequent. When they do happen, it's obviously worth talking to the
> managers of the lists being subscribed to, and suggesting that they
> adopt the increasingly common "subscribe and then confirm with unique
> cookie" approach.
Yes, something like that will likely happen.
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/Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@sonera.fi>
One of people whose outbound address differs (radically)
from list subscription address...
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