Re: [gentoo-user] Crypt Ease Series

[Mark Knecht]

Or perhaps it's a long-game being played where someone gets you used
to thinking he's a good guy only to send something in a few months
that really hurts someone.

I've simply sent the email address to my trash bin.

Mark

On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 1:51 PM Julien Roy <julien@××××.ca> wrote:
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> I have opened the kernel.config file he sent (from within a container) out of curiosity, and it's a legitimate .config file, so it does seem to be a clueless user, or perhaps someone training a GPT bot...
> He does not seem subscribed to this mailing list otherwise he might've replied to the other emails in this chain.
> In my case, if it keeps going, I will just add a rule to block him, since he does send a lot of them...
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> Julien
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> Jan 20, 2022, 20:40 by lperkins@×××××××.net:
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> Yeah, the only reason I even bother to ask instead of just trashing them all is that it's doing a decent job of seeming like a clueless noob who barely knows English trying to start a discussion. So if that's the case then they should take this one chance to say so clearly and distinctly.
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> But it's probably just a phishing program by someone who thinks they understand computers.
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> Is there a virus scanner checking the list attachments for blatant things at least?
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> LMP
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wol <antlists@××××××××××××.uk>
> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2022 12:14 PM
> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Crypt Ease Series
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> Given that anybody with half a clue knows NEVER to open unsolicited attachments, I'm verging on thinking it's phishing. Anyways, I'm THAT close to setting up an auto-delete rule on anything from him. The email address feels spammy, too ...
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> Cheers,
> Wol
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> On 20/01/2022 19:57, Laurence Perkins wrote:
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> Anybody know if these are phishing attempts or just cluelessness? They all seem to be coming from the same email address, so if we think it's the former we should probably block it.
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> If it's the latter, then would the sender please give us some context about what you're hoping to get for a reply? None of these things are particularly interesting to much of anyone on this list I expect.
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> LMP
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: xbx <xbx7336@×××××.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2022 11:27 AM
> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
> Subject: [gentoo-user] Crypt Ease Series
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> CAUTION: This is an EXTERNAL email. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.
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> Hello Gentoo Users Developers!
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> I would like to share, contribute my Encryption / Decryption algorithm.
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> It uses + -, and bitwise xor to encrypt data.
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> See the attached files.
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> The last is the CryptEaseSuper-MAX the use 8 x ( 8 x 2) 2 ^ 64 bit integer to encrypt / decrypt information.
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> Sincerely xbx.
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