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Re: LUGNET Memberships
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Mon, 25 Sep 2000 22:08:55 GMT
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On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 09:45:50PM +0000, Tood Lehman wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Dan Boger writes:
> > > I wonder how hard it is (or if it's possible) to DoS someone on PayPal.
> >
> > 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...
> >
> > or at least that's what I remember of the (very) painful proccess of me
> > forgetting my paypal password...
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> 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.
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 tech support, they said there's nothing to do until I get my little
note...
Dan
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| (...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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