From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 13 20:00:45 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0861116A4CF for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 20:00:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from t-x.dignus.nl (t-x.dignus.nl [83.219.88.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 333B943D49 for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 20:00:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from colin@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl) Received: from localhost (localhost.dignus.nl [127.0.0.1]) by t-x.dignus.nl (Safehouse) with ESMTP id D3ABC28423; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:01:07 +0100 (CET) Received: from kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl (cjr-home [62.251.72.148]) by t-x.dignus.nl (Safehouse) with ESMTP id EEBA428421; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:01:01 +0100 (CET) Received: from kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl (localhost.kozy-kabin.nl [127.0.0.1]) by kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC028639B; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:00:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (colin@localhost)j1DK0WUI099798; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:00:32 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from colin@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl) Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:00:27 +0100 From: "Colin J. Raven" To: Dave Horsfall In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20050213205245.J94542@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl> References: <20050211034704.17082.qmail@mail.datahive.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by RemSPAMd at ph230.plushosting.nl cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FusionPHP.net - Online Again Now!!! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 20:00:45 -0000 On Feb 14 at 06:36, Dave Horsfall explained: > On Sun, 13 Feb 2005, Colin J. Raven wrote: > >>> This is what's known as a "joe job". Now, who has an interest in >>> discrediting php-fusion? >> >> eh? >> Could you perhaps...ermmm...expand on that just a tad? >> for the benefit of us uninitiated folks... >> inquiring minds etc. > > A "joe job" is a forgery designed to implicate an innocent site (or > person), to get them shut down, etc, The original was in the name > of "joe@joe dot com" (or similar) by an annoyed client, hence the name. > > It's characterised by being so over the top that it can't possibly > be true, usually urging recipients to spam other people (as this one > does), and invariably supplying personal details of the alleged sender. > > If your initial reaction is "What? That can't be true!" then you're > probably right, but all the same it manages to enrage enough people > to make life uncomfortable for the victim. > > Just another dirty spammer trick... The timing on this was nothing less than eerie because less than an hour before that post came over, I'd been sitting on their site reading up on FAQ's, forum problem posts etc with a view to installing the 'app. On their homepage *was* a notice that they had just come back online after having changed provider. As you so presciently said, upon reading the post, my reaction *was* indeed; "w0000t? eh?". However, the guys that wrote the app seem like eminently reasonable sober sensible people, this just didn't sound like their style. Thanks for the explanation! Regards, -Colin -- Colin J. Raven FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE - http://www.FreeBSD.org - There can be only ONE. Sun Feb 13 20:59:00 CET 2005 8:59PM up 2 days, 2:14, 9 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.02, 0.00