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Subject: Re: ICC seems to have been exploited

Author: Will Singleton

Date: 19:47:18 09/08/04

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On September 08, 2004 at 22:09:45, Jon Dart wrote:

>On September 08, 2004 at 20:56:26, Will Singleton wrote:
>
>>On September 08, 2004 at 20:03:41, Joshua Shriver wrote:
>>
>>>http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/08/2038258
>>
>>Yow.  They tell how to hack the timestamp program, then say there's no good way
>>to defeat the hack.  Interesting, to say the least.
>
>As most people well know, however, by far the most prevalent form of cheating on
>the chess servers is unacknowledged computer use. It's easier than timestamp
>hacking.
>
>--Jon

But it's easier to catch, and I believe they actually make some effort to look
for that sort of cheating.  It's certainly in their interest.

Now, if they could just put some effort into the adjudication process...



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