In Greek and Roman mythology, the daemons (or genii) were an order of invisible beings. The Greeks believed them to be inferior deities and that Zeus assigned one daemon to each man and woman at his birth, to attend, protect and guide him or her and at his or her death dying with him or her. They were nameless, and like the multitude of mankind, innumerable. Some of them acted as personal attendants to deities of a higher order, and in that case were represented under particular forms, and enjoyed distinctive names, while others were believed to watch over particular districts, towns or nations. The Romans believed them to be intermediate beings linking mankind with the gods. Research Daemons
Spoof email is email which appears to have originated from one internet computer (IP address) but in fact came from another. It is achieved by Telneting to port 25 of the machine you want the mail to appear to originate from. This will connect you directly to the SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) daemon running on that host. Then, enter SMTP commands by hand directly to the SMTP daemon. On systems that have RFC 931 implemented, spoofing your 'MAIL FROM:' line will not work. Also, newer SMTPdaemons, such as smail 3.1.29.1+ or sendmail 8. 7+, perform an identity check when you connect to them, to reduce the possibilities of spoofing. Research Spoof Email
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