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- Path: sparky!uunet!mnemosyne.cs.du.edu!nyx!ben
- From: ben@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ben En)
- Subject: Re: grep IRC phrack*
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.000252.9414@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 00:02:52 GMT
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- Gee, I learned about IRC from phrack - it's been mentioned in there before.
-
- Potential security issue abound on IRC, it's a system that lets users
- give away password files anonymously /msg bot send ../../../../../etc/passwd,
- as well as providing a "userid leak."
-