Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 20:30:54 -0500 (EST) From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> To: Richard Ward <mh@homenetweb.com> Cc: David <habeeb@cfl.rr.com>, <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: http://users.uk.freebsd.org/~juha/ Message-ID: <20020304202541.U91555-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> In-Reply-To: <000c01c1c322$df0f22a0$0101a8c0@noc2>
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What has always bugged me is the disgraceful grammar that both the so-called "hackers" and their critics employ flagrantly. Case-in-point: I would change the following, 'What always bugged me was how poor spelling these so called "hackers" display,' to 'What always bugs me is the poor spelling habits of these so-called "hackers."' ;-) -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA +1-413-403-9555 On Sun, 3 Mar 2002, Richard Ward wrote: > Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> > Received: from mail1.registeredsite.com (mail1.registeredsite.com > [64.224.9.10]) > by russian-caravan.cloud9.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC88D28DD5 > for <pete@cloud9.net>; Sun, 3 Mar 2002 21:21:55 -0500 (EST) > Received: from mail.video2video.com (mail.video2video.com [209.35.10.22]) > by mail1.registeredsite.com (8.11.6/8.11.4) with ESMTP id > g242Ltg06325 > for <pete@cloud9.net>; Sun, 3 Mar 2002 21:21:55 -0500 > Received: from mx2.freebsd.org [209.35.10.22] by mail.video2video.com > (SMTPD32-6.06) id AA424B5005A; Sun, 03 Mar 2002 21:21:54 -0500 > Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.18]) > by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP > id C7829559B4; Sun, 3 Mar 2002 18:19:42 -0800 (PST) > (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) > Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 538) > id A8DC537B404; Sun, 3 Mar 2002 18:19:35 -0800 (PST) > Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) > by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP > id D03702E807D; Sun, 3 Mar 2002 18:19:34 -0800 (PST) > Received: by hub.freebsd.org (bulk_mailer v1.12); Sun, > 3 Mar 2002 18:19:34 -0800 > Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org > Received: from imation.homenetweb.com (noc-p5-3-ky-4.homenetweb.com > [216.7.67.90]) > by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18B0437B400 > for <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG>; Sun, 3 Mar 2002 18:19:32 -0800 (PST) > Received: from noc2 (d2i-dialin-65.kl.terranova.net [216.89.230.65]) > by imation.homenetweb.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with SMTP id > g242JRou023532; > Sun, 3 Mar 2002 21:19:28 -0500 (EST) > Message-ID: <000c01c1c322$df0f22a0$0101a8c0@noc2> > From: "Richard Ward" <mh@homenetweb.com> > To: "David" <habeeb@cfl.rr.com>, <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> > References: <006101c1c310$7b823b30$ff7e2341@mercenary> > Subject: Re: http://users.uk.freebsd.org/~juha/ > Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 21:17:50 -0500 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-Priority: 3 > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 > Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG > List-ID: <freebsd-security.FreeBSD.ORG> > List-Archive: <http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/>; (Web Archive) > List-Help: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=help> (List Instructions) > List-Subscribe: > <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=subscribe%20freebsd-security> > List-Unsubscribe: > <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=unsubscribe%20freebsd-security> > X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Precedence: bulk > > David, From what I can see, it looks as if they've just guessed a possible weak > password in the 'juha' account. Most defacement "hackers" wouldn't pass up > an opportunity to deface the main domain, if they had access to it. I don't > think that users.uk.freebsd.org was compromised to give these people any > special access above a user account. That's just my opinion. However, I > would alert the users.uk.freebsd.org administration about this as soon as > possible; for it shouldn't be taken lightly. > > What always bugged me was how poor spelling these so called "hackers" display. > -- > Richard Ward, GM > Home Net Web, Inc. > http://homenetweb.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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