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From: merlin@neuro.usc.edu (merlin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: AT&T sues BSDI & Our Retaliation
Date: 28 Jul 1992 21:48:48 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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References: <83@ampr.ab.ca> <9207231306.AA06854@GRANNY.CS.NYU.EDU> <4442@hq.hq.af.mil>
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In article <4442@hq.hq.af.mil# john@hq.af.mil writes:
#
#-- 
#Several Ideas for retaliation.
#5) while :
#   do
#	ls /usr/spool/news/junk #/tmp/foo
#	for i in `cat /tmp/foo`
#	do
#		mail postmaster@att.com </usr/spool/news/junk/$i
#	done
#	sleep 600
#   done
#
#6) Use the tcp wrapper to exclude all att.com connections to
#your box. wuarchives, uunet, prep, etc. And generally make the net
#and unfriendly place for AT&T to do business. Kill their forwarded
#mail. Stomp their packets on your bridges routers and so forth.

Please don't do either (5) or (6) [the part about killing forwarded
email] -- in some jurisdictions such actions may be considered to be
criminal -- in other jurisdictions that just seem simply unfriendly.