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Re: Anyone can take over virtually any domain on the net...
From: root () THINKTANK DHS ORG (root)
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 22:43:03 -0600
You make a pretty huge assumption that the administrator of that domain will miss the response from network solutions or will do nothing about it, both of which are not very good assumptions.
Many domains have contacts that use free email services like HotMail, and with the long string of problems services like that have with security it isn't hard to gain access to thoes addresses. I can't remember where, but I have heard of people flooding the contacts email address with a few thousand emails in hopes the person will just clear the mail box. Or of course someone could exploit the mail server. Besides it takes around 24 hours to set the records straight again, and most defaced pages don't stay up that long anyways. - Billy Cobin
Current thread:
- Re: Anyone can take over virtually any domain on the net..., (continued)
- Re: Anyone can take over virtually any domain on the net... Russ Johnson (Jan 13)
- Re: Anyone can take over virtually any domain on the net... Ryan Russell (Jan 13)
- Re: Anyone can take over virtually any domain on the net... Haight, Kristofer (Jan 13)
- Re: Anyone can take over virtually any domain on the net... Max Vision (Jan 14)
- Re: Anyone can take over virtually any domain on the net... BUGTRAQ () ROZZ COM (Jan 14)
- Re: Anyone can take over virtually any domain on the net... Bryan Fullerton (Jan 14)
- Re: Anyone can take over virtually any domain on the net... Homer Wilson Smith (Jan 15)
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- Security hole in mail2web web-based emailservice Patrick Oonk (Jan 17)
- Re: Anyone can take over virtually any domain on the net... Brian Mueller (Jan 17)
- Re: Anyone can take over virtually any domain on the net... root (Jan 14)