[ga-full] Re: [IFWP] Re: I have no idea what this is - Forwarded mail....

["!Dr. Joe Baptista" <baptista@pccf.net>]

Oh - I knew that was the case - It's walsh having fun.

On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, Jeff Williams wrote:

> Joe and all,
> 
>   I don't know whom this "Bill Jeffries" person is, but he is using a
> free E-Mail account from USA.COM yet he provides no SIG file
> giving any indication as to whom he may be or what affiliation(s)
> he may have.  I also find no listing for him anywhere with that E-Mail
> address.  GIven he is using "INEGroup" as his user ID, I find this
> a bit strange, he is not on our membership list BTW.
> 
> !Dr. Joe Baptista wrote:
> 
> > i'm innocent.  it has nothing to do with me. what a joke, a year ago -
> > people were complaining that I didn't exist, then we had Shaw of the ITU
> > claim we were spies for NSI, and now people are claiming stuff belongs to
> > me.  And let's not forget the fact that i'm the most spoken of person in
> > some newsgroups - some of which I have no membership in - like the
> > BWG.  Will there be no end to this rampant speculation.
> >
> > As the very lovely Ben Edleman would say - oy!
> >
> > Regards
> > Joe Baptista
> >
> > On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, Bill Jeffries wrote:
> >
> > > Nonsense, Gary.  It's an extract from the HTTP access log for Baptista's
> > > Mubarak page.
> > >
> > > On Tue, 29 Feb 2000 22:30:09 -0600, "Gary Peake" wrote:
> > > >On Tue, 29 Feb 2000 21:37:42 -0500, "!Dr. Joe Baptista" <baptista@PCCF.NET>
> > > >wrote:
> > >
> > > >I got this really weird message - All it says is Woof Woof and then
> > > >there's a bunch of domain names/host names attached.
> > > >
> > > >Now the question I have is why?  Im posting it here because netsol is
> > > >listed, there's the australian goverment and zintrain of harvard and
> > > >visa.  Makes me nervous when I get this sort of stuff.  Alot of key
> > > >players are listed - so have attached the file.
> > > >
> > > >Any ideas?
> > >
> > > I have NO inside knowledge but I can give you a good guess if it came to
> > > you anonymously ...
> > >
> > > Being a beta tester/developer, I have seen things like this circulating
> > > before. Several banks were recently warned and failed to heed the fact that
> > > they were listed on just such a list. 5 days later, they were all hacked.
> > >
> > > Yahoo, et al were also listed on such a list a couple of weeks ago.
> > >
> > > Some of the computers on the list were computers used to do the hacking,
> > > others were targets.
> > >
> > > The "word" on the nets is that the DOS attacks and what have you are simply
> > > a warning that the system is severely broken and no one is fixing it. That
> > > is merely scuttlebutt and I do not even remember where or when I heard that
> > > (for all you "official" people watching this list).
> > >
> > > Hopefully, eventually, they will realize that they are hurting many
> > > innocent people when they do those types of things or they will all get
> > > caught.
> > >
> > > In the meantime, I would warn someone if a list like that came to me.
> > >
> > > But, be prepared to be ignored, laughed at, bally-hooed, and then AFTER THE
> > > FACT get more attention than you ever dreamed of wanting if it is what I
> > > think it is.
> > >
> > > Someone who got or saw just such a list was the one I think I heard this
> > > all from. At 47, I don't play those games, nor do I pay much attention. I
> > > have my own firewall set-up and rely on that to protect what needs to be
> > > protected. I think I heard that on one of the alt. newsgroups.
> > >
> > > Good luck Joe. Seems someone may be trying to use you as a messenger.
> > >
> > > I hope they listen to you.
> > >
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> 
> Regards,
> 
> --
> Jeffrey A. Williams
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