[TriLUG] fedora-redhat.com and fake security mails

Matt Frye mattfrye at gmail.com
Mon Oct 25 08:16:50 EDT 2004


In case you're following the fedora-redhat.com fake security patch
story ( http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/10/24/2352234&tid=172&tid=110&tid=218&tid=106
), or have received any of these, they are completely fake, as is the
aforementioned website.  Red Hat security is already on this.  See
below...

MPF

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Greg DeKoenigsberg <gdk at redhat.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 23:39:23 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: fedora-redhat.com + fake security mails
To: red-cap-list at redhat.com



Our security folks are already working to get the domain suspended.

--g

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On Sun, 24 Oct 2004, Ed Wilts wrote:

> On 10/24/04 17:30, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> > Found at:
> >
> >   http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?p=119734#post119734
> >
> > and refers to: http://www.fedora-redhat.com
>
> Domain Name.......... fedora-redhat.com
>    Creation Date........ 2004-10-24
>    Registration Date.... 2004-10-24
>    Expiry Date.......... 2005-10-24
>    Organisation Name.... Raymond Jackson
>    Organisation Address. 224 Cedar Avenue
>    Organisation Address.
>    Organisation Address. New York
>    Organisation Address. 95301
>    Organisation Address. NY
>    Organisation Address. UNITED STATES
>
> That doesn't look like anything that Red Hat would own.  In fact, Red
> Hat should immediately file a domain dispute against Mr. Jackson.
>
> --
> Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
> mailto:ewilts at ewilts.org
>
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