Author: Albert Silver
Date: 19:59:28 09/08/04
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On September 08, 2004 at 22:43:11, Will Singleton wrote:
>On September 08, 2004 at 22:09:37, Robert Hyatt 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.
>>
>>
>>This is all old news. There has been a way to exploit timestamp that is
>>well-known for at least a couple of years.
>>
>>yawn...
>
>Pardon me while I wake up. :) I assume then that Darooha & Company has ignored
>the issue, or that it cannot be easily addressed. Which is it? In any case, it
>means that serious online play at ICC is compromised, and it follows that all
>CCT tourneys are suspect,
I don't know about the rest, but unless I missed something, I don't really see
how CCT tournaments are at any signifiant risk. If you see your queen
mysteriously move and know it wasn't your program, I doubt it will go unnoticed
or ignored. On the other hadn beware of any new computer accounts by names along
the lines of "hypnotist" and see in the finger notes:
1) Can lull you into playing moves you did not intend....
Albert
>as well as ICC regular tourneys, other events, and
>their rating system in general.
>
>That's not a yawn.
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