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[LOCKED] [Weird Event] bufferOverFlow.ppt

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daemon
Boot

Joined: 10 Oct 2004
Posts: 10
Location: Boston

[Weird Event] bufferOverFlow.ppt

This is really strange. Ok. I am new to this, and really don't know if this is going to be of interest, but dang, if it aint wierd to me. So, I was interested in ARG while browsing wikipedia, and saw it, and got really into the idea of this type of 'game'. So, I might be just thinking in this newer state of mind, and seeing to deeply into things. But what the heck. Figured would just check this with ya'll on the forum.. Ok. So I am in firefox, and I have just wiped everything (don't ask, paranoia), and I am in a completely fresh browser. So I am trying to sign into an account, and I by accident throw the user name into the top of my browser. And my dl manager starts to grab the file. bufferoverflow. So I try it again, and get the same thing. Now, I am pretty tech saavy most of the time, and I really can't see how this could really work, someone getting deep and and changing things round like this. But it's not beyoind anything I ever heard of. SO I go to check this file out, and I gotta say, wierd thing to have just jump at me like it did. I grabbed the adress, as well as the file. I figured I would post it on here (No, I am not trying to start a game, I would like to have a chance to play one first)... And see what anyone here thought. Also, to be able to enter a user name ale-ph-1(sh) btw, and get a file to dl and open up in the right program is more then a bit freaky. I have been able to have this happen in firefox again and again... So, I don't know.. Maybe someone else can verify this for me as well? Anyways.. Here's the link

http://www.cs.wright.edu/~pmateti/InternetSecurity/Lectures/BufferOverflow/bufferOverFlow.ppt

I don't know wether you want to download the file directly...

thanks

Daem

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 6:06 am

daemon
Boot

Joined: 10 Oct 2004
Posts: 10
Location: Boston

whoops

and I think that was just posted in the wrong section. Sorry...

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 6:08 am

anaerin
Unfettered

Joined: 25 Sep 2004
Posts: 391
Location: Regina, SK, CA Posts: 1337

This is easy.

By entering that "User Name", you are getting FireFox to do a "I'm feeling lucky" search on google (As it's not a real URL), and taking you to the first hit, which happens to be this PPT.

Nothing to see here.

Locky!

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 7:32 am

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