On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Here's the deal. I guess on PalTalk, you can chat in an open room, or you
> can chat with someone in what they call a private message, or private chat,
> or something. Apparently, he's been kind of stalking her. He'll tell her
> things like he can see who she talks to and what she says in these private
1) Her machine is compromised by a trojan
2) Someone she's talking with has a compromised machine
3) He's got administrative priv. somewhere in there
4) He's also whoever she's chatting with privately
> chats. He's told her that he worked for the DoD in "computer intelligence".
> For many years. She didn't believe much of this until one day he actually
> *did* repeat some stuff to her that she said in a private chat with someone
> else, so now she's scared.
>
> Here's a snippet of her words to me about what he's told her:
>
> "He talks about his T1 Connection as a "backbone" and "the network". He says
A T-1 is hardly a backbone connection.
> that periodically, and each time it goes down and comes back online, he is
> required by government regulations to go over network activity reports that
> are generated. He says they are all to do with whatever he is involved
T-1's don't generally go down unless there's a problem with Joe Backhoe
operator somewhere in the vacinity. Anyone logging traffic in that kind
of environment would analyze the logs irregardless of link failure, and
link failure would be handled by the carrier.
> with.. and if he's involved with chat rooms.. then he sees "contacts"
> between people in the room. He is supposed to "check off" on the activity
> to verify that its correct. And if he sees any irregular activity or if
And what exactly is "correct activity?"
> something is incorrect, he has to report it. He says that he had to get a
> $50,000 bond just to have this T1 connection."
>
> This sounds to me like utter bologna, but before I giver her bad
> information, I wanted to check with those of you that maybe do use T1 lines
> and see if any of this could be true?
Pure and utter bullshit. Have her tell him she's a brawney cop trolling
for kiddie porn traders and to make sure he files a law enforcement
contact form ;)
Paul
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