• Hacker

    From The Millionaire@VERT to Digital Man on Thursday, August 29, 2019 15:32:41
    Hey DM. Have you heard anything more from the Hacker recently? He said he'd
    be back one day. I wonder why he's taking so long to come back. What is he waiting for I wonder? Maybe a scare tactic perhaps? Did you file a police report over it or kept it as a low key situation?

    $ The Millionaire $

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  • From The Millionaire@VERT to The Millionaire on Thursday, August 29, 2019 16:16:15
    Hey DM. Have you heard anything more from the Hacker recently? He said
    he’d be back one day. I wonder why he’s taking so long to come
    back. What is he waiting for I wonder? Maybe a scare tactic perhaps? Did you file a police report over it or kept it as a low key situation?

    $ The Millionaire $

    Now I'm worried about my information being taken by a stranger. It scares me though.

    $ The Millionaire $

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  • From The Millionaire@VERT to The Millionaire on Thursday, August 29, 2019 16:25:21
    Now I’m worried about my information being taken by a stranger. It
    scares me though.

    $ The Millionaire $

    What did he mean by a little "re" code? Never heard that term before.

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to The Millionaire on Thursday, August 29, 2019 17:25:34
    Re: Hacker
    By: The Millionaire to Digital Man on Thu Aug 29 2019 03:32 pm

    Hey DM. Have you heard anything more from the Hacker recently? He said he'd be back one day. I wonder why he's taking so long to come back. What is he waiting for I wonder? Maybe a scare tactic perhaps? Did you file a police report over it or kept it as a low key situation?

    I assume you're talking about the DSZ-hack of '93 http://wiki.synchro.net/history:hack93

    No, he never identified himself or sent any more messages.

    He didn't hack *my* system and I don't think any sysops would be filing police reports back then. We weren't like that.

    digital man

    Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #29:
    FSP = FidoNet Standards Proposal
    Norco, CA WX: 88.3øF, 47.0% humidity, 12 mph ENE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to The Millionaire on Thursday, August 29, 2019 17:28:02
    Re: Hacker
    By: The Millionaire to The Millionaire on Thu Aug 29 2019 04:25 pm



    Now I'm worried about my information being taken by a stranger. It
    scares me though.

    $ The Millionaire $

    What did he mean by a little "re" code? Never heard that term before.

    It's a DSZ "feature" ("re" is short for "restricted"). Without the "re" option to [F/G]DSZ, it allows the sender to specify the target file path which is a clear security problem.

    Don't use *DSZ.

    digital man

    Synchronet "Real Fact" #93:
    Synchronet v3.16c was released in August of 2015 (5 years after v3.15b).
    Norco, CA WX: 88.3øF, 47.0% humidity, 12 mph ENE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs

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  • From The Millionaire@VERT to Digital Man on Thursday, August 29, 2019 17:29:35
    Re: Hacker
    By: The Millionaire to Digital Man on Thu Aug 29 2019 03:32 pm

    I assume you're talking about the DSZ-hack of '93 http://wiki.synchro.net/history:hack93

    No, he never identified himself or sent any more messages.

    He didn't hack *my* system and I don't think any sysops would be filing police reports back then. We weren't like that.

    digital man

    Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #29:
    FSP = FidoNet Standards Proposal
    Norco, CA WX: 88.3øF, 47.0% humidity, 12 mph ENE wind, 0.00 inches
    rain/24hrs

    Well some Sysops did back when I was on dialup days. Remember the ANSI Message Bomb? That was a major virus back then. Wiped out a whole BBS.

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