I have tons on the bots on their network. anyone have anly luck talking
to them about their security problems?

-rick


security curmudgeon wrote:
> ftp://ftp.usr.com/ftpdir.txt
>   
> physical drive path disclosure and indication at one point they may have  
> had other problems with people creating directories.
>   
> either way, this email is quite amusing and quite sad..
> 
> On Thu, 20 Sep 2007, peter evans wrote:
> 
> : 
> :     I had the curious reason to visit the usr.com website yesterday
> :     looking for information (that I couldn't find at all) about a 
> :     particular antique. Whereupon I found their ftp site, and the
> :     pillz.
> : 
> :     I get this awesome response, it's not often that I fall out of my
> :     chair laughing at big business incompetence, but this is one such time.
> : 
> :     Presented for your entertainment, and possibly one of the reasons
> :     that USR went down the toilet:
> : 
> : 
> : > Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:18:05 -0700 (PDT)
> : > From: US Robotics <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> : > Subject: RE: USR.COM - Email to Technician! (#6570-SECRETNUMBER!
> : > To: me!
> :  
> : > Dear Peter,
> : > Thank you for choosing USRobotics.
> : > The USRobotics website address is the following:
> : > http://www.usr.com/home.asp
> : > The website ftp://ftp.usr.com/index.htm is not ours.
> : > I hope this helps, if it doesn't please let me know.
> : > Again, thank you for choosing USRobotics.
> : > If you reply to this message, please click 'Reply' and include all 
> previous correspondence. This allows us to track and resolve your issue more 
> efficiently.
> :  
> : > Sincerely,
> : > Abraham V
> : > USRobotics
> : > Technical Support
> :  
> :  
> : > Problem Description: 
> : > check your FTP site, its adverts for drugs. eg:
> : > ftp://ftp.usr.com/index.htm
> : 
> : 
> : 
> :     And I still have a working courier. Not a patch on the NRI modem that
> :     has been online for 20+ years though ...
> : 
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