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# ooh hello...
you need to have a look at your other post... i made a vague attempt to explain what was happening and a mod changed the link for you... that's how you want to do it... :)
www.b3ta.com/board/2780126
and you should probably change your password!
(, Sun 22 Feb 2004, 21:56, archived)
# how does everyone know his password?
(, Sun 22 Feb 2004, 21:58, archived)
# because they've just been told it
(, Sun 22 Feb 2004, 22:01, archived)
# It's in the link.
I once started up an FTP on my home machine, forgot to password it, came back to find one and a half CDs of "babewatch" in spanned .rar archives in a new directory, and exactly 100k of oriental-sounding names with IPs in a file called 100k.txt.

And no disk space at all.
(, Sun 22 Feb 2004, 22:02, archived)
# [EDIT]
It's very very easy to spot. It's critical he changes the password right now.
(, Sun 22 Feb 2004, 22:05, archived)
# You mean
five year olds?
(, Sun 22 Feb 2004, 22:06, archived)
# whats that kitten got to do with anti--aircraft?
(, Sun 22 Feb 2004, 22:07, archived)
# be nice... please delete that...
i know he's made a mistake but it can be fixed and you could at least avoid drawing attention to the critical info... :/
edit: thanks cupboardy :)
(, Sun 22 Feb 2004, 22:08, archived)
# maybe someone should change the password for him.
Afterall, we know his email address.
(, Sun 22 Feb 2004, 22:09, archived)
# no thats a bit unfair
(, Sun 22 Feb 2004, 22:11, archived)
# well
the error message I get popping up on each refresh has changed, so I guess the password has been changed by someone. Now if only Eccles would read the advice and edit their post...

edit - Judging by Eccles' lack of response, I'm guessing someone else has changed the password.
(, Sun 22 Feb 2004, 22:12, archived)
# I hope they tell him what they changed it to!
Although I suppose blueyonder can re-do it for him.
Just so long as it's no longer accessable by the great unwashed.
(, Sun 22 Feb 2004, 22:20, archived)
# Hmm.
Edited. But security via obscurity is no security at all.
(, Sun 22 Feb 2004, 22:13, archived)
# i know that...
and have been trying to get eccles to sort it out... but there were people on the board who didn't know and i figure we should try and be nice and minimise the hassle... people spent hours messing around in his account the other night...
(, Sun 22 Feb 2004, 22:15, archived)