Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 08:48:42 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Very Important!! Message-ID: <20011215074842.GF7022@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <9d.1ff97c2e.294ade2c@aol.com> References: <9d.1ff97c2e.294ade2c@aol.com>
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On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 11:46:36PM -0500, Drdoom9377@aol.com wrote: > Hi, My Name is Eric Martin. I would like to tell you that you are > supporting a web site that is trying to hack other servers. This web site > consists of hackers. They openly admit to cheating and hacking servers. I > don't know how you all would allow this to happen. I Believe that this group > is taking advantage of you. There Web Address is WWW.BLTCLAN.COM. They must > be stopped. They are ruining the web and gaming for everyone. So please stop > them. > Eric, I think it is a little hard to fathom your email. All the sites you address it to are support sites for various "pieces" of software, in this case the FreeBSD O/S. This software is in non-hostile use by many people across the globe. Anti-social elements can also use it, they can hardly be stopped (how would you suggest they could be?). The Computer cracking (hacking is not the same thing btw) needs to be stopped at a different level, by the ISP's or by building defences around your system such as a firewall. Even with that so-called Denial of Service atacks, which I guess is probably what you are being plagued with can be very difficult to stop. Also, if you are using Windows systems for gaming I am sorry to tell you that most Windows "firewalls" work on a flawed assumption, and thus don't work well at all (there are many articles on the web concerning this illusion of protection, this is not just my opinion, people who know far more about firewalls than I do have done some independent evaulations). The tools they use may well be open-sourced tools, whose intent is to show where a system can be broken for the purpose of showing you where the vulnerabilities are and to give you the chance to find a way to plug the holes. By the very nature of these tools, that simulate attacks on your system, they could be misused. This is part of life on the InterNet, it is the system crackers and the paths through which they access the Internet that they can be caught and dealt with. Some child pornographers use Usenet, they use the same software as people who exchange news about Stamp Collecting. The tool is not the problem, it is the user of the tool. And I have to say that people who use the Internet for benign purposes also have a responsibility to take precautions. Not only for their own protection but also to stop the cascading effect of a problem such as virus propagation. I am sorry that your gaming fun is being spoilt, no normal person wants to prevent that. But there are some people who get a thrill from disturbing other people's innocent enjoyment and/or business. A car can be used to drive to the shops to get your groceries. I have written this in the hope that you will understand that FreeBSD, or MySQL or any of the others on your list are not the criminals in these acts. Now I will send this message, that will go to my ISP for transmission to you. My ISP runs FreeBSD and would close me down tomorrow if it had substantive proof that I am using my connection to do anti-social or criminal activities. You are not on your own, but you need to look in the right place to help solve or at least alleviate the problem. I wish you luck. -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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