A few points were missed on the exploit and its details.
It doesn't matter which version of AIM you use for the service, what matters is if you have an AIM account. The AOL service comes to play due to using AOL to steal the name.
The way its done, and a walk-through on the hole was provided by Observers.net and can still be found there by the link at http://www.observers.net or http://www.observers.net/indent.html
Basicly ANYONE that had an AIM Account could have been vunerable to getting the name stolen. It didn't matter if AIM, GAIM, Everybuddy, or anything else out there was used.
Whoever posted it first is not known to me, I know I assisted in the observers.net article a while back.
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A few points were missed on the exploit and its details.
It doesn't matter which version of AIM you use for the service, what matters is if you have an AIM account. The AOL service comes to play due to using AOL to steal the name.
The way its done, and a walk-through on the hole was provided by Observers.net and can still be found there by the link at http://www.observers.net or http://www.observers.net/indent.html
Basicly ANYONE that had an AIM Account could have been vunerable to getting the name stolen. It didn't matter if AIM, GAIM, Everybuddy, or anything else out there was used.
Whoever posted it first is not known to me, I know I assisted in the observers.net article a while back.
~Phantasm
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