Hey DM. Have you heard anything more from the Hacker recently? He said he'd
be back one day. I wonder why he's taking so long to come back. What is he waiting for I wonder? Maybe a scare tactic perhaps? Did you file a police report over it or kept it as a low key situation?

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Hey DM. Have you heard anything more from the Hacker recently? He said
he’d be back one day. I wonder why he’s taking so long to come
back. What is he waiting for I wonder? Maybe a scare tactic perhaps? Did you file a police report over it or kept it as a low key situation?

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Now I'm worried about my information being taken by a stranger. It scares me though.

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Now I’m worried about my information being taken by a stranger. It
scares me though.

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What did he mean by a little "re" code? Never heard that term before.

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Re: Hacker
By: The Millionaire to Digital Man on Thu Aug 29 2019 03:32 pm

Hey DM. Have you heard anything more from the Hacker recently? He said he'd be back one day. I wonder why he's taking so long to come back. What is he waiting for I wonder? Maybe a scare tactic perhaps? Did you file a police report over it or kept it as a low key situation?

I assume you're talking about the DSZ-hack of '93 http://wiki.synchro.net/history:hack93

No, he never identified himself or sent any more messages.

He didn't hack *my* system and I don't think any sysops would be filing police reports back then. We weren't like that.

digital man

Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #29:
FSP = FidoNet Standards Proposal
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Re: Hacker
By: The Millionaire to The Millionaire on Thu Aug 29 2019 04:25 pm

Now I'm worried about my information being taken by a stranger. It
scares me though.

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What did he mean by a little "re" code? Never heard that term before.

It's a DSZ "feature" ("re" is short for "restricted"). Without the "re" option to [F/G]DSZ, it allows the sender to specify the target file path which is a clear security problem.

Don't use *DSZ.

digital man

Synchronet "Real Fact" #93:
Synchronet v3.16c was released in August of 2015 (5 years after v3.15b).
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Re: Hacker
By: The Millionaire to Digital Man on Thu Aug 29 2019 03:32 pm

I assume you're talking about the DSZ-hack of '93 http://wiki.synchro.net/history:hack93

No, he never identified himself or sent any more messages.

He didn't hack *my* system and I don't think any sysops would be filing police reports back then. We weren't like that.

digital man

Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #29:
FSP = FidoNet Standards Proposal
Norco, CA WX: 88.3øF, 47.0% humidity, 12 mph ENE wind, 0.00 inches
rain/24hrs

Well some Sysops did back when I was on dialup days. Remember the ANSI Message Bomb? That was a major virus back then. Wiped out a whole BBS.

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