A83: Re: Re: Recent Internet Attacks


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A83: Re: Re: Recent Internet Attacks




I have proof.  I saw al gore do it.  He has much more technical knowledge
than we give him credit for.

-harper

----- Original Message -----
From: Fam. Engelen <engelen@hotpop.com>
To: <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 8:11 AM
Subject: A83: Re: Recent Internet Attacks


>
> > I was just wondering?  Seeing how Al Gore "invented"
> > the internet, then how come he can't tell us who did
> > the attacks on the wbe site?
>
> Forgive my stupidity, but I don't see how Al Gore 'invented' the internet
(I
> thought Al Gore was a vice-president or so and not a programmer). I don't
> know what would be the difference between an attack to the 'wbe site'
(what
> ever wbe may be) and any other attack. If an attack is done right (with ip
> spoofing, log tampering etcetera) it would be _very_ hard to determine who
> did that attack. Fortunately, most 'destructive' attacks are done by
people
> who
> know little about hacking the -right- way (I am not saying I do), so it
> might well
> be possible to find out where the attack did originate from.
>
> Still I don't see how Al Gore can tell us that, I suppose he isn't a
> computer
> security expert. Anyway why was this posted to this list? To me it seems
> _way_ off topic here.
>
> Arnout
> arnout.engelen@beer.com
>
>



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