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 Message 3046 
 August Abolins to Tommi Koivula 
 Crap 
 24 Mar 24 16:07:00 
 
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TZUTC: -0400
Hello Tommi!

 AA>> Or.. simply not toss a pkt if at least the msg header is
 AA>> malformed?

 TK> Yes. But some intelligence needed to detect garbage. :)

The malformed messages bypassed OpenXP's checks and balances  
even though there is a general pkt-format check.  So.. you're  
absolutely right.. more needs to be done. Otherwise, it looks  
like FTN can be hacked for worse outcomes very easily.

-- 
  ../|ug

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