RE: hotmail cracked

Joseph S. Barrera III (joe@barrera.org)
Mon, 30 Aug 1999 09:26:47 -0700


> Not! -- I find it much more interesting that MS's idea of a
> workaround is to buy out whoever runs 2038 / legally threaten them so
> that URL now automatically refreshes to propaganda at
> http://www.microsoft.com/security/default.asp ...
>
> Rohit

God damn, that's sleazy.

Can someone describe how the hack worked?
Is there anything to keep someone else from
doing the same?

- Joe