Re: author identifiability

From: Randy Smith (randysmith101@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Aug 20 2000 - 12:52:57 MDT


>From: Ian Goddard <igoddard@erols.com>

>I did a deja.com search for the senders address
>(jamiro2002@my-deja.com) and found these posts:
>
>http://www.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=657317656&fmt=text
>http://www.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=658291615&fmt=text
>http://www.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=658293571&fmt=text
>http://www.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=659502817&fmt=text
>
>This bit from on of the headers:
>
>" X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x69.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 199.108.50.36
>"
>
>suggests the IP address "199.108.50.36" is the sender's server.
>
>This page http://www.osilab.ch/dns_e.htm shows that server to be
>"los-feliz.lapl.org" which is a Los Angeles Public Library server.
>I'd contact the LAPL and find out what it takes to get an account
>with them and what it takes for someone using their server to get
>a my-deja.com address via an account with the LA library.

If it is like the Houston Public library, you can just walk up and get on
the Internet. No ID required.
I myself have posted in just such a manner. It is *truly* anonymous posting,
save for possible security cameras.

Given that the poster went to such measures (he appeared to be literate
enough to afford a computer), we might reasonably guess that he knows Max
More, and vice versa. Perhaps he is a well-known enemy.

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