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Re: LUGNET Memberships
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Mon, 25 Sep 2000 21:45:50 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Dan Boger writes:
> > I wonder how hard it is (or if it's possible) to DoS someone on PayPal.
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> easy - try logging in as someone (or yourself) 5 times, and get the
> password wrong. then ask for a hint, get that wrong. then they'll disable
> your account until you get a little note in the mail with your new password.
> do this to some unsuspecting fool, and you have shut down their account for
> at least a couple of week...
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> or at least that's what I remember of the (very) painful proccess of me
> forgetting my paypal password...
Are you serious, or joking?! (I assume you're serious.) Egad, if they don't
also block IP addresses after someone does that, then it's only a matter of
time before there's a massive DoS attack against a hundred thousand or a
million random PayPal users. And if they do block IP addresses after someone
does that, then it's only a matter of time before someone on a large service
like AOL systematically DoS's other AOL users on their shared proxy servers.
--Todd
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| (...) I am pretty serious... I don't know what safeguards they have in place... they might have asked me some questions, I forget... I just remember, that a week later, when I remembered my password, I still couldn't log in... and when I contacted (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) easy - try logging in as someone (or yourself) 5 times, and get the password wrong. then ask for a hint, get that wrong. then they'll disable your account until you get a little note in the mail with your new password. do this to some (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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