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Message no. 1
From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: ADMIN: Forged Mailings/My Resignation
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 1994 14:46:29 -0500
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----

This is a general announcement to clear up some problems.

I _AM NOT_ resigning my position as "Fearless Leader". Yesterday, some
coward forged (badly, mind you) three messages. Two to NERPS and one to
ShadowRN that stated that I was resigning.

This coward obviously had some problems with the way I am administrating
the lists, but instead of coming to me about it, he/she hid behind forged
SMTP protocols in a vain attempt to discredit me.

I have a fairly good idea who the person might be, and both HEARN and
other authorities are investigating the matter. The fact that the
forgeries were so poorly executed will most likely make the investigation
easier.

In the meantime, I will (attempt) to PGP sign all postings of an
administrative nature, in an effort to make verification of the origins
easier.

For those of you who don't know what PGP is, information can be found in
the RN FAQ, and the program can be found at:
soda.berkeley.edu:/pub/cypherpunks/pgp

It is available for many platforms, including unix, VMS, DOS, and MAC.

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____ Robert A. Hayden <=> hayden@*******.mankato.msus.edu
\ /__ -=-=-=-=- <=> -=-=-=-=-
\/ / Finger for Geek Code Info <=> Political Correctness is
\/ Finger for PGP 2.3a Public Key <=> P.C. for "Thought Police"
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(GEEK CODE 1.0.1) GAT d- -p+(---) c++(++++) l++ u++ e+/* m++(*)@ s-/++
n-(---) h+(*) f+ g+ w++ t++ r++ y+(*)
Message no. 2
From: Brad Shantz <bshantz@****.COM>
Subject: Re: ADMIN: Forged Mailings/My Resignation
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 1994 13:37:49 PDT
Robert (O true and trusted, fearless leader, homina homina bahoobahooba, bow
and knock head on floor 3 times),
Not that I'm that worried about security on the player's part, but would it
be wise for those of us who do use PGP to sign our posts? Personally, I sign
everything I send, BUT Shadowtalk/Plot-D posts. Would signed posts to
ShadowTalk cause an administrative hassle when creating the logs?
Brad

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Message no. 3
From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Re: ADMIN: Forged Mailings/My Resignation
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 1994 16:17:14 -0500
On Tue, 5 Apr 1994, Brad Shantz wrote:

> Robert (O true and trusted, fearless leader, homina homina bahoobahooba, bow
> and knock head on floor 3 times),
> Not that I'm that worried about security on the player's part, but would it
> be wise for those of us who do use PGP to sign our posts? Personally, I sign
> everything I send, BUT Shadowtalk/Plot-D posts. Would signed posts to
> ShadowTalk cause an administrative hassle when creating the logs?

Yes. I don't think it's enough of a problem to have to deal with
EVERYONE adding abnother 10 lines to their posts for PGP signatures.

____ Robert A. Hayden <=> hayden@*******.mankato.msus.edu
\ /__ -=-=-=-=- <=> -=-=-=-=-
\/ / Finger for Geek Code Info <=> Political Correctness is
\/ Finger for PGP 2.3a Public Key <=> P.C. for "Thought Police"
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
(GEEK CODE 1.0.1) GAT d- -p+(---) c++(++++) l++ u++ e+/* m++(*)@ s-/++
n-(---) h+(*) f+ g+ w++ t++ r++ y+(*)
Message no. 4
From: Ahern T Stephan <maxim@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Re: ADMIN: Forged Mailings/My Resignation
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 1994 20:28:31 -0500
What is this PGP messaging? Couldn't someone forge that too?


--
Ahern T. Stephan
maxim@*******.mankato.msus.edu

"Artificial Intelligence Beats Real Stupidity"

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