Abuse of power - removal of various channels, silencing of various server sponsors, his utter domination of the OPN concept to the point where he has threatened to take the whole thing away because of some minor disagreement on many occasions.
Utter cluelessness - the/remove command, various server hacks that net result in breaking of various major *nix irc clients such as epic4--the author of which has now put into effect a policy of not doing anything to further support of dancer-ircd.
Unethical usage of administration privileges.
Utterly unconcerned for complaints. Pays no heed for suggestions. Staffers are quoted as saying "why should we listen to any of you (lusers)".
To put it into perspective, we're talking about administrating a 7000-user irc network, with a sizable pool of volunteer staffers.
This irc network is run based on hardware and bandwidth that is donated by benefactors who donate it to assist with open source projects with no expectation of actual reward other than the sense of satisfaction of having done something nice for the community at large.
This person that we're talking about, takes advantage of this generously donated hardware and his position on the network, and advertises a donation space for his own private needs (somegeek.org, at one point, mentions various monetary needs that this donation effort has gone to, which includes gas bills, cell phone bills, and of course there's that business-class DSL line.
Hi, I hereby refer you to the multitude of posts in this comment thread that should make it very clear to you that lilo does not now run OPN servers with his own resources but instead take donations from thoughtful individuals and organizations who are trying to contribute to the Open Source efforts, not lilo's own financial well-being.
Why does lilo owe everybody a free IRC server just because others are willing to provide one?
Because every one of the server sponsors on OPN itself were willing to provide a free IRC server to lilo.
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Bandwidth and hardware are paid for by thoughtful benefactors who have donated their resources to OPN generally without any recompense. No server sponsors are automatically given an O: line on OPN/freenode.
This money would be going to lilo's personal business-class DSL line with RDNS capability.
I'll step out on a limb here and say that not a single one of them is set to interact with the desktop.
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For that specific instance, you disable floppy access to the computer.
Remove floppy drive, disable floppy drive in BIOS and then password it, or simply configure the ACL to not allow floppy or CD access for anyone who is not an administrator.
That ip address means nothing. Having something so publicly visible in your artwork would be like signing the graffiti you just sprayed all over the base of the statue of liberty with your real name and leaving a phone number.
It's definitely going to be just another 0wn3d box like with the BitchX source./configure trojan.
At this point I think we need to make the assumption that the problem is a bit more common than viewing these compromises individually would suggest, and perhaps these individual events can even be linked together.
And for the developers out there, I think it's time to check over all of your current distributed source tarballs.
There is no reason expect that oxygen is the basis for all life in the universe. The scientific community has become increasingly aware of small bacteria-sized creatures currently termed archaea. These creatures do not depend on photosynthesis for their nutrition but instead rely on varying and diverse elements (including some of the "heavy" ones) and presumably also do not require the existence of massive amounts of oxygen to survive/thrive.
Bottom line: don't assume that just because humans require oxygen to survive, that any other alien species must also, and that they would necessarily also search for oxygenated worlds.
When you find somebody stupid enough to box up a shitload of software that nobody in their right minds would put down a penny for, and can be downloaded for free from the internet from any of 30000 different mirrors... then you too can have a linux software shelf at your local wal-mart.
The ones doing the sharing are also the ones using a lot more bandwidth than the ISP could afford to allot to them with a regular flat-rate broadband internet access fee.
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- Abuse of power - removal of various channels, silencing of various server sponsors, his utter domination of the OPN concept to the point where he has threatened to take the whole thing away because of some minor disagreement on many occasions.
- Utter cluelessness - the
/remove command, various server hacks that net result in breaking of various major *nix irc clients such as epic4--the author of which has now put into effect a policy of not doing anything to further support of dancer-ircd.
- Unethical usage of administration privileges.
- Utterly unconcerned for complaints. Pays no heed for suggestions. Staffers are quoted as saying "why should we listen to any of you (lusers)".
HTH. HAND.This person that we're talking about, takes advantage of this generously donated hardware and his position on the network, and advertises a donation space for his own private needs (somegeek.org, at one point, mentions various monetary needs that this donation effort has gone to, which includes gas bills, cell phone bills, and of course there's that business-class DSL line.
Aside from that, complaints that he is using his position on the network irresponsibly, quite possibly unethically, almost definitely illegally, are met with scorn and derision--those who bring the issue up are of the "vocal minority", those who try to reason are "trolls", and those who voice their opinions are silenced (this is the best one, if you don't read any of the other links, read this one at least).
I've had my fill.
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=38201&cid=4090 532
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=38201&cid=4090 654
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=38201&cid=4090 609
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=38201&cid=4091 456
I hope this has been sufficiently clear. Thank you.
This money would be going to lilo's personal business-class DSL line with RDNS capability.
To wit, somegeek.org has ip 66.140.25.154 which is owned by Robert Levin (lilo) from Southwestern Bell Internet Services.
For some better insight as to what was going on at the time, you should read at the very least this page.
See petition here.
Read Eterm developer Michael Jennings' thoughts on the matter here.
The sort of bump felt as your speeding car runs over a turtle in the road.
And this coming from a guy who uses a character's name from a Dune novel as his slashdot nick...
I'll step out on a limb here and say that not a single one of them is set to interact with the desktop.
Remove floppy drive, disable floppy drive in BIOS and then password it, or simply configure the ACL to not allow floppy or CD access for anyone who is not an administrator.
It just means that Microsoft will start making the url links to the Windows and MFC API documentation on MSDN BOLD. :)
Erm, that reply was a bit more paranoid than I was hoping for.
It's definitely going to be just another 0wn3d box like with the BitchX source ./configure trojan.
At this point I think we need to make the assumption that the problem is a bit more common than viewing these compromises individually would suggest, and perhaps these individual events can even be linked together.
And for the developers out there, I think it's time to check over all of your current distributed source tarballs.
The Truth Wants To Be Free
But then again it's Slashdot so why do I care ...
Bottom line: don't assume that just because humans require oxygen to survive, that any other alien species must also, and that they would necessarily also search for oxygenated worlds.
We tried to get him to submit his resume to id Software. I dunno whatever became of that.
Gobbles proved them wrong.
My thoughts precisely.
If he's going to rent it several times, the $ amount will still add up, so he might as well just buy a copy.
Against stupidity ... ... the gods themselves ... ... contend in vain?
When you find somebody stupid enough to box up a shitload of software that nobody in their right minds would put down a penny for, and can be downloaded for free from the internet from any of 30000 different mirrors ... then you too can have a linux software shelf at your local wal-mart.
The ones doing the sharing are also the ones using a lot more bandwidth than the ISP could afford to allot to them with a regular flat-rate broadband internet access fee.
This way, the ISPs can cut their losses.
Brilliant. Sheer brilliance.