Let's just be clear here: Those messages were sent TO me, not by me.
They were also CC'ed to the mailing list, which is why everybody else
saw them. I don't think I did anything to invite the attack, and I
wasn't the only person who was mailed, so I assume the list was the
real target.
BTW: it's spelled purdue.edu--we don't sell chickens here. Indeed,
purdue.edu is the home of such great minds in CS as Gene Spafford,
Douglas Comer, and Dan Farmer. We also are the alma mater of Orville
Redenbocher of popcorn fame. (Yes, this doesn't have anything at all
to do with cracking DES, but since purdue.edu and myself were wrongly
accused in the message above, I feel I should somehow try to unsully
our besmirched reputation.)
-- Mike Gebis gebis@ecn.purdue.edu mgebis@eternal.net