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Subject: Re: BitchX /ignore bug
From: Steve Mosher (goatPHOENIX.ISN.NET)
Date: Sat Jul 08 2000 - 17:47:26 CDT

On Fri, 07 Jul 2000, Mikael Olsson wrote:
> Hehe, no, sorry to disappoint you. It isn't. They are quick, dirty
> hacks that do everything from "plain not work" to do buffer overruns
> and printf exploits on themselves.

        Oh. Honestly, when I got into security, it was because I was
interested in h^Hcracking. It wasn't so much that I wanted to
do it, it just seemed magical somehow. I spent a lot of time reading about
it. After a while, I started looking for exploits in any system, by it's
operational description alone. I do this automatically now, which is how I
assumed these people worked.
        So, I suppose you're right, but I would like to think that some of
these people are actually intelligent and professional in some way. 

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