full-disclosure - SPAM with a PGP signature?

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Message-ID: <20030721184730.GT27288@ifokr.org>
From: full-disclosure at ifokr.org (Brian Hatch)
Subject: SPAM with a PGP signature?



> Has anyone noticed alot of spam coming in recently with pgp sigs 
> attached? What would be the benefit of doing that?

SpamAssassin applys a non-spam bonus to PGP signed email.
The spammers are abusing the fact, trying to increase the
odds their crap gets through.



--
Brian Hatch                  "I guess the operational phrase is
   Systems and                'Trust no one.'"
   Security Engineer         "No. Trust Ivanova, trust yourself,
http://www.ifokr.org/bri/     anybody else: shoot 'em."

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