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To: McCarthysGhost

Does SMS spoofing require as much effort as email spoofing?

http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/answer/Does-SMS-spoofing-require-as-much-effort-as-email-spoofing

SMS = short messages service protocal.
SMTP = Simple Mail Transfer Protocal.

Without access to the full message headers and ISP (internet Service Provider ) it is impossible to know whether the messages were spoofed or not.

I wrote a C program years ago to read the full SMTP mail headers and check for spoofing. It was a hook into our sendmail server that warned me when someone would send a spoofed e-mail in the bosses name dismissing everyone 2 hours early for example.

Hence it is possible that
the weiner could be weiners!


12 posted on 08/04/2017 7:18:43 PM PDT by lurked_for_a_decade (Imagination is more important than knowledge! ( e_uid == 0 ) != ( e_uid = 0 ). I Read kernel code.)
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To: lurked_for_a_decade

Signs of spoofing can be very subtle and require someone with expert knowledge of each protocol and each client/server architecture header formats used for a message to detect inconsistencies that would indicate authenticity.

Use of PKI Keys and signatures is essential.


16 posted on 08/04/2017 7:22:58 PM PDT by lurked_for_a_decade (Imagination is more important than knowledge! ( e_uid == 0 ) != ( e_uid = 0 ). I Read kernel code.)
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To: lurked_for_a_decade

“Wiener could be wieners” haha
No I think its possibly true. Deep state unmasked him and released info to the press. Press makes up that there are “sources”. Viola. Police state. We know about the unmasking that was going on. Obama and his minions are still unmasking people and blackmailing and targeting conservatives.


22 posted on 08/04/2017 7:39:39 PM PDT by McCarthysGhost
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To: lurked_for_a_decade

with VOIP the caller can make what the recipient sees as the number calling them as any number the caller wants it to appear as. And, with a voice app on a cell phone that has wifi access to the internet, you can send text messages with VOIP AND rig the number calling from to be what you want.


101 posted on 08/05/2017 7:22:05 AM PDT by Wuli
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