17 Apr
1998
17 Apr
'98
8:18 a.m.
At 12:09 4/17/98 -0400, Christian wrote:
Forgive me for not knowing what _might_ be common
knowledge amongst some
folks here, but what is this "warez" thing??
Well, now that Kai has had his fun --
"Warez attack" or "warezbomb" refers to the charming habit of storing
vast
amounts of pirated software by uploading it to inconspicuous public ftp
directories of ISP's, then tipping off selected people that it's there.
Happened to me -- that is, CHAC -- and we just had to amputate the directory.
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