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Subject: A look at free.usenet reveals the need for matching on high entropy
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A look at free.usenet reveals the need for matching on high entropy
random strings. These are being used in the from header to thwart
filters. It ought to be possible to match on a high entropy string. Is
it possible? Perhaps re-use password strength measuring code.