We're not REALLY going away, are we?

[John Woods, Software]

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> This posting appeared over the weekend in control.
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> >Path: gondor!...!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!4pnhi!usenet
> >From: use...@4pnhi.UUCP
> >Subject: rmgroup net.jokes
> > [rest of bogus message deleted here]
> >Approved: use...@4pnhi.UUCP
> >
> >Management has decreed that we no longer support this newsgroup.
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>
> Done? Okay, it would appear that we have a Worm on the network.
> ...
> P.S. Another clue: The thing goes through houxm on it's path.
> (Which IS a valid node, by coincidence)
>

It also goes through ihnp4, which also is valid (unlike "ihpn4", which I
once tried to send mail to after my mind reverse-biased a path...). It
could have been forged anywhere along that path, however.

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John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (617) 626-1101
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