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Re: Too much time on my hands
From: Bill Becker <bbecker () iconn net>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 15:04:06 -0500 (EST)
On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Vlad Viladegut wrote: Hello, Vlad.
April fools right?
Of course. Anyone can reduce any arbitrary file down to 5 bytes -- You could just truncate it. The hard part is to recreate the original file from the 'compressed' file.
[root@cell /]# nslookup squeeze.iconn.net Server: ns.servint.com Address: 209.50.225.13 Non-authoritative answer: Name: squeeze.iconn.net Address: 127.0.0.1 boo.
So far six people have complained that they can't reach my site. One said my webserver is down. Another said that traceroute showed 'a routing problem' to squeeze.iconn.net. These are the same people who operate the internet in North America, yes? Oh well. Bill
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