Re: jump2.eudora.com

[Erik Tayler <nine () 14x net>]

I'm sure Eudora isn't making your computer do strange and unauthorized
operations. Contacting the people at eudora.com would probably be a better
way to go, rather than messing with things. Since the connections to
jump2.eudora.com aren't "stealth-like" or covert, people shouldn't jump the
gun and think Eudora is gathering a huge database of client information,
such as Real Media had done. Anyway, just my two cents.

Erik Tayler
14x Network Security
http://www.14x.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad Griffin" <b.griffin () CQU EDU AU>
To: <VULN-DEV () SECURITYFOCUS COM>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: jump2.eudora.com


> Hi folks.
> You may find that the simplest 'Windows' way of blocking this is to add
> jump2.eudora.com to your hosts file and reference it to 127.0.0.1
> Eudora will *think* it has connected to jump2, but won't find what it's
> looking for and will give up.
> Just a thought,
> Cheers,
> Gryph
> -----Original Message-----
> From: VULN-DEV List [mailto:VULN-DEV () SECURITYFOCUS COM]On Behalf Of Matt
> Zimmerman
> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 2:12 PM
> To: VULN-DEV () SECURITYFOCUS COM
> Subject: Re: jump2.eudora.com
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 27, 2000 at 04:32:58PM -0400, William Daskaluk wrote:
>
>
> - The OS and version running on the origin host
> - The version of Eudora running on the origin host
> - The fact that the origin host is probably used for reading mail
> - A hint that the origin host is probably a single-user system (where
> security
>   tends to be weaker)
>
> Probably harmless in most situations, but there should be an option to
> disable
> this check for the benefit of security-paranoid and privacy-conscious
users.
> --
>  - mdz