Just an inside thought, back in the day when AOL was all I had, I began my curiosity of its networks and learned that the chat room servers disallowed multiple chat room names. (duh, of course) What I did find out that proved dangerous was the %02 and the %0a code were read differently, thus allowing the creation of room names _very_ similar.
the%02kiddies = the kiddies the%0akiddies = the kiddies
so the chat server creates the secondary because it allows the difference of 2 and a, while the aol programs on the server notice the similar name but do not check the 2 and a difference.
Thus, in panic it shuts down both chat rooms, leaving everyone inside, blocking it from the chat room list and any entry inside unless you know the origonal chatroom url.
Anyways, the point is, after spending months explaining and contacting AOL about this breach, I was constantly transfered over and over, because no one knew what I was talking about. I was eventually given the address to the virus control center in Washington.....
This just goes to show that major security holes in AOL 7+ exist, but AOL simply doesnt know how to fix them.
(the actions to create a duplicate chat room name will be withheld from this forum, as I simply dont want a massive amount of scRiPt3Rs going out and destroying the AOL world more than it is)
I once used aol while living within the castle walls of my parents. It was free and it was all I had (as far as they knew I had). I disposed of the evil ISP as soon as possible and became baptised the next day in the holy water of prism.net
God has forgive me for my use of aol.. he can save you to!
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Just an inside thought, back in the day when AOL was all I had, I began my curiosity of its networks and learned that the chat room servers disallowed multiple chat room names. (duh, of course) What I did find out that proved dangerous was the %02 and the %0a code were read differently, thus allowing the creation of room names _very_ similar.
the%02kiddies = the kiddies
the%0akiddies = the kiddies
so the chat server creates the secondary because it allows the difference of 2 and a, while the aol programs on the server notice the similar name but do not check the 2 and a difference.
Thus, in panic it shuts down both chat rooms, leaving everyone inside, blocking it from the chat room list and any entry inside unless you know the origonal chatroom url.
Anyways, the point is, after spending months explaining and contacting AOL about this breach, I was constantly transfered over and over, because no one knew what I was talking about.
I was eventually given the address to the virus control center in Washington.....
This just goes to show that major security holes in AOL 7+ exist, but AOL simply doesnt know how to fix them.
(the actions to create a duplicate chat room name will be withheld from this forum, as I simply dont want a massive amount of scRiPt3Rs going out and destroying the AOL world more than it is)
I once used aol while living within the castle walls of my parents. It was free and it was all I had (as far as they knew I had). I disposed of the evil ISP as soon as possible and became baptised the next day in the holy water of prism.net
God has forgive me for my use of aol.. he can save you to!