Re: Why do people do this? BECAUSE THEY ARE SENT E-MAIL LIKE THIS THAT THEY DON'T WANT. I DON'T WANT YOUR USELESS E-MAIL SO STOP SENDING
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Street" <blacknet@phenixcable.net>
To: "Layne" <a515luna@ptd.net>; <debian-security@lists.debian.org>; "Brian
P. Flaherty" <vze2rfri@verizon.net>
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 11:13 PM
Subject: RE: Why do people do this? [Was fishingboat in root]
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> Hello,
>
> You are on a public forum called "debian security". Please see the
> bottom of this email for removal instructions. You was not added
> without your permission as you had to reply to the email message, and
> fyi it's not considered Spam in this case as the removal instructions
> are included in each message. Had you taken the time to view this
> you could have easily understood what you needed to do.
>
> I and probably other on this list do not like to see vulgarity that
> you are posting and I might add in violation of obscenity laws.
>
>
> Ed
>
> - -----Original Message-----
> From: Layne [mailto:a515luna@ptd.net]
> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 10:46 PM
> To: debian-security@lists.debian.org; Brian P. Flaherty
> Subject: Re: Why do people do this? [Was fishingboat in root]
>
>
> TAKE ME OFF YOUR STUPID FE-MAIL LIST BEFORE I CALL MY LAWYER FOR
> HARASSMENT
> YOU BASTARDS
>
> - ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian P. Flaherty" <vze2rfri@verizon.net>
> To: <debian-security@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 10:04 PM
> Subject: Why do people do this? [Was fishingboat in root]
>
>
> > So, I found it in netwatch.c. Why do people create these files? I
> > have enough to do already, without wasting time looking for the
> > source of spurious files.
> >
> > static unsigned char fillmac[] = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
> > static FILE *fish = NULL;
> > static char fishname[] = "/root/.fishingboat";
> > static int fishlen = 0;
> > static char *fishp;
> >
> > Could a message go in the README.Debian file in netdiag that says
> > something to the effect of "netwatch will create a silly file,
> > /root/.fishingboat, don't worry about it." How about on the
> > manpage in the files section?
> >
> > --
> > Brian P. Flaherty
> >
> > --
> > /"\
> > \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN
> > X AGAINST HTML MAIL and garbage files lying around
> > / \
> >
> >
> >
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