I won't spoil anything, but there's a link near the bottom of the news story with the text "CLICK HERE FOR REACTIONS FROM THE THEONERING.NET STAFF!" Click the link, just belive me.
Good one, guys!
It would seem to me that warning your enemy of an intended attack is the worst possible thing you do. That would give him time to prepare a defense, possibly ensuring your defeat.
If Gobbles has actually written this trojan/worm (Hydra?) then I say "Thanks for the warning!" Prepare for your defeat, 'cause a LOT of coders are gonna write an anti-hydra and your battle is lost before it even starts.
Something about this bothers me, though.
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I visit Cryptome on a regular basis and find about one in five of the documents to be of interest, either in my profession or politically. Sometimes, just impulse. So, when I saw the link, I went to the page, read it, and then went to the linked page. And I wondered, WHY would anyone would want to know that I had visited that particular page?
Tthe page is about a possible scam, it looks to me like someone sending fake e-mails to extort money - that in and of itself is valuable to me.
But, and this is my question, why is knowing my IP address, or anyone's IP address that has visited that page, important to the agency that issued the subpoena? What possible benefit could this information be to them??
To me, it's like seeing news coverage about people going around scamming old, retired folk, and then the Chief Of Police goes to the TV station and asks for a list of all the viewers.
I visited the Forgent site and searched for the word "patent" and came up with this link:
http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ti cker=FORG&script=410&layout=-6&item_id=314 044
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I won't spoil anything, but there's a link near the bottom of the news story with the text "CLICK HERE FOR REACTIONS FROM THE THEONERING.NET STAFF!" Click the link, just belive me. Good one, guys!
It would seem to me that warning your enemy of an intended attack is the worst possible thing you do. That would give him time to prepare a defense, possibly ensuring your defeat. If Gobbles has actually written this trojan/worm (Hydra?) then I say "Thanks for the warning!" Prepare for your defeat, 'cause a LOT of coders are gonna write an anti-hydra and your battle is lost before it even starts.
I visit Cryptome on a regular basis and find about one in five of the documents to be of interest, either in my profession or politically. Sometimes, just impulse. So, when I saw the link, I went to the page, read it, and then went to the linked page. And I wondered, WHY would anyone would want to know that I had visited that particular page?
Tthe page is about a possible scam, it looks to me like someone sending fake e-mails to extort money - that in and of itself is valuable to me.
But, and this is my question, why is knowing my IP address, or anyone's IP address that has visited that page, important to the agency that issued the subpoena? What possible benefit could this information be to them??
To me, it's like seeing news coverage about people going around scamming old, retired folk, and then the Chief Of Police goes to the TV station and asks for a list of all the viewers.
I visited the Forgent site and searched for the word "patent" and came up with this link: http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ti cker=FORG&script=410&layout=-6&item_id=314 044