[Full-Disclosure] Re: Teen hacker controls ebay

[Andrew]

Just a thought ... suppose I have a somewhat unusual address
which I use in my domain transfer requests ...

OrgName:    Eicar Hackers Internationale
OrgID:      EHI
Address:    31337 Eicar Road
Address:    PO Box X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
City:       Los Angeles
StateProv:  California

Around 3:06am on Fri, 10 Sep 2004 a mail from Florian Weimer said ...

> * Marcin Owsiany:
>
> >> The delegation was changed because Ebay's registrar for the .DE zone,
> >> TUCOWS, didn't object when asked by DENIC whether the change was
> >> alright.
> >
> > The "asking" was actually two programs "talking", right?
>
> Yes, DENIC sends two or three mail messages over a period of five
> days.  Delivery problems are investigated.

Mail delivery problem: SMTP servers often silently drop
virus-infected mail after 220 accepting it.  (When's
postfix-milter due for release? :)

&:-)