At 05:08 PM 6/16/2003 -0400, Bill Daly wrote:
Occam's Razor suggests that the original report was faked. Until this
possibility can be absolutely eliminated,
It can't be absolutely eliminated. However, there are many indications
that this was not a hacking attempt. The user has been at this 5 years.
His emails we're genuine. He made no attempt at gaining publicity.
He's more my age (old) rather than the typical hacker age (young).
If this was a hacking attempt, why create a results.txt file showing 5 errors
during the run?
In the end, it doesn't really matter. Even if this we're a hacking attempt,
tightening up the code to reduce the chance of a false positive is a good thing.
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