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The ultimate mailbomber would be, by definition, one that not only
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sends a large volume of mail, but does so quickly and without a large
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cost in bandwidth of the computer that you are running. It would also
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be untraceable. The infinite mailbomb fits all of these criteria in
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such a way that makes it quite possibly the best mail bombing approach
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ever created. As such, it can also serve as a very effective
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denial-of-service attack.
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With that said, here is how to set up, and set off, the infinite mailbomb:
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1) Set up two accounts at http://mailhost.net
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The accounts in this example are abc@mailhost.net and xyz@mailhost.net
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2) In the settings of abc@mailhost.net make it forward to xyz@mailhost.net
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and to the target (in this example, lamer@aol.com)
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3) In the settings of xyz@mailhost.net make it forward to abc@mailhost.net
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and to the target (in this example, lamer@aol.com)
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4) Send a message through a mixmaster or cypherpunks chain remailer to
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abc@mailhost.net and make the return address that of the target
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(lamer@aol.com in this example) so that once the server which is being
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bombed starts to bounce messages, it will be bouncing to itself.
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5) Wait for as long as you want. The longer you wait, the more messages
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will be sent (obviously). Also, since mailhost.net adds a small message
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at the bottom of each message that is sent through it, the message will
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grow bigger and bigger. This is what's happening as you wait: abc@mailhost.net
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has forwarded the message it received to lamer@aol.com and do xyz@mailhost.net,
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which has in turn forwarded to lamer@aol.com and back to abc@mailhost.net, where
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the cycle starts once more. The bounces between the mailhost.net accounts
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happens very quickly, and since mailhost.net has a multi-T3 connection to
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the internet, it is sending messages very fast to lamer@aol.com
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6) Once you have decided to stop the bombing (if you do decide to stop it,
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let it run at least overnight first), simply change the settings of
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abc@mailhost.net so that it doesn't forward to anywhere. Next time you want
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to use this technique, just set it so that it once again forwards to
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xyz@mailhost.net and also to your new target, for example lamer2@aol.com. Then
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just change the settings of xyz@mailhost.net so that instead of forwarding to
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lamer@aol.com it forwards to lamer2@aol.com
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Denial-of-service with this is simple: pick a server and send an infinite bomb
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to the root account of the server (root@the.target.server). This will eventually
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fill up the hard drive of the server, and quite possibly crash it.
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Original idea by:
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ospbaboon
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ospbaboon@mailhost.net
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http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/1816/
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Refined, anonymized, and typed by:
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KwAnTAM_PoZeEtroN
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kwantam@mailhost.net
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http://kwantam.home.ml.org/
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