Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #03362
To: James Anderson anderson@cfht.hawaii.edu, beam@corp.sgi.com
From: James Niemasik jfn@best.com
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 20:53:25 -0700
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Ian?
A few things:
In Ian's posts to the list, his IP's (they're dynamic) have started with 172.17.250
and ended with .37, .45, and .46. The IP of the imposter post was also
172.17.250.46. Dave's IP, however, is static at 24.64.65.253.
Secondly, all the messages from Ian, including the imposter post, have originated
from intergate.etsc.net. Dave's, however, come from mailX.cadvision.com (as do
Hyndman's, by the way), where X is usually 3 or 4.
Third, the first section of the message path for all of Ian's letters ends with
"-0600 (MDT)". The imposter post has this snippet too. However, all of Dave's posts
end with "-0600" without the "(MDT)".
There are tons of other signs too, but these are three of the most significant
ones.
James Anderson wrote:
> James Niemasik wrote:
>
> > Well, it takes longer for some messages to get to you than others, and it's
> > not your clock that determines what time they say. As far as Dave replying to
> > his own message, that was a trick by Ian. (not as clever as you think, eh
> > Ian?)
>
> James,
>
> Just out of curiosity, how do you figure it was Ian? I disagree, since both
> Dave and Ian are at UTC -0600, while Mr. Impostor is a -400. Ian would've had
> to purposefully change his time zone so that it *didn't* match Dave's, which
> would cover his tracks to some extent, but would also lessen the quality of the
> impersonation. Thoughts?
>
> Wondering Aimlessly,
> James Anderson
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