there are a bunch of domains (eg www.porn.org)
that resolve to 127.0.0.1 to make this joke funnier :)
On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 11:59:16PM -0000, Stuart Cooper wrote:
>
> here's my favourite localhost story, taken from:
> http://www.antionline.com/archives/text/gtmhh/vol2.html
>
> ################################################################
> MUHAHAHA TIP: Want to yank someone's chain? Tell him to ftp to
> 127.0.0.1 and log in using his or her own user name and password for
> kewl warez! My ex-husband Keith Henson did that to the Church of
> Scientology. The COGs ftp-ed to 127.0.0.1 and discovered all their
> copyrighted scriptures. They assumed this was on Keith's computer, not
> theirs. They were *so* sure he had their scriptures that they took him
> to court. The judge, when he realized they were simply looping back to
> their own computer, literally laughed them out of court.
>
> For a hilarious transcript or audio tape of this infamous court
> session, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] That's Keith's email
> address. My hat is off to a superb hacker!
> ################################################################
>
> Stuart.
>
>
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