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CYBER RIGHTS NOW!
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)ASCII by Bone(
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(Orig. Art by John Blair)
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Newsletter 1
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****PLEASE DISTRIBUTE****
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/\/\/\/\ CONTENTS /\/\/\/\
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Formal Apology to Dr. Staszkiewicz
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I. Introduction
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II. The CRN! Manifesto
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III. Bye Bye to Bone's Homepage
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VI. The Corruption in AOL
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V. AOL's Letters to People
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VI. AOL Contacts
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VII. An Opinion on AOL
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VIII. Disclaimer for your Homepage
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IX. Comments
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X. How To Join
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XI. Next Issue...
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\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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**********************************************************
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FORMAL Apology to Dr. Staszkiewicz
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by: Bone
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This is a formal apology to Mark J. Staszkiewicz.
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Dr. Staszkiewicz is the Provost of Indiana University of PA.
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I was misinformed when I stated in CRN! Newsletter .05 that Dr.
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Staszkiewicz was the deciding factor in the removal of AOHELL03.ZIP.
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In fact Dr. Staszkiewicz had no idea what was going on. I was
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told in fact that Dr. Staszkiewicz is actually a very nice guy, and
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didn't even care what was on the homepage.
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He was mainly upset about his information being posted. I only
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posted the information because it was readily available via the web anyway.
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I made a mistake and I will admit to it. I apologize to for any
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inconvience this may have caused to Dr. Staszkiewicz.
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I ask anyone who had intended on E-mailing Dr. Staszkiewicz to please
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do not do so. I have already sent Dr. Staszkiewicz an apology via E-mail.
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I am human and I do make mistakes. I will have to further investigate
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situations such as this if they ever do arise again.
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Again, I am sorry about this mistake. And hope that no harm will come
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to anyone.
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Yours,
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Sloan Seaman (a.k.a. Bone)
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**********************************************************
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INTRODUCTION
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by: Bone
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Here we are on our first official issue of CRN! newsletter. It's
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only been a few weeks since an incident with America OnLine (AOL)
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prompted me to start CRN! and we are already on our first newsletter.
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We here at CRN! (mainly myself, Bone) are here to fight
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against groups, organizations, and corporations which are infringing on
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our "cyber rights".
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Though I am (basically) the only person writing the newsletter,
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I receive over 10 pieces of mail a day from different people agreeing
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with my point of view on "cyber rights" and willing to help out. Of
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course there have been people against CRN! but that is expected, and
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even welcomed.
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I formed CRN! to not just go after AOL and not be a personal
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vendetta. Nor was CRN! formed to totally remove corporations from the
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net. As stated earlier, it was formed to help people who are being "push
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around" on the net.
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The exact purpose of the newsletter is to inform people of what
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is happening in "cyberspace". We are going to have articles on cyber
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rights, comments about what CRN! is doing (both good and bad), lists of
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people to contact to either complain about the infringement of cyber
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rights, or to congratulate.
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If you have any questions regarding CRN!, e-mail me at:
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seaman@phobos.lib.iup.edu
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or check out the CRN! homepage at:
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http://www.lib.iup.edu/~seaman/index.html
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it is also possible to join CRN! on the homepage or via e-mail with the
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attached form (located at the end of this file).
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Well, hopefully CRN! will be around a while. I'd like it to be a
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force to reckon with and a voice of reality to the real world.
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Fighting for your rights somewhere out there,
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Bone
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**********************************************************
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THE CRN! MANIFESTO
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by: Bone
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This is the rough draft of the CRN! manifesto. This is mainly
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the view or one person, but others have offered opinions.
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CRN! is a group formed to fight for the rights of the common user.
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CRN! believes that the current state of the net is getting worse. As more
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corporations and government agencies struggle to control the net, CRN!
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believes that the net should be as it has been. Free.
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CRN! believes that all non-copyrighted software has the right to exist on
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the net. This information should be free to store, transmit, and
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distribute. No one should be told what they can or cannot store,
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transmit, or distribute over the net unless it matches one of the following
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criteria:
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The information is copyrighted
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The information is pornographic and is being distributed
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to minors.
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CRN! does not defend the above because of existing laws outside of the
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net. We do believe that programs such as AOHELL, Virii, and other
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program in that area do have the right to exist on the net. Programs are
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just like guns. If you give someone a gun, it's not your fault if they use
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it. That was their choice.
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CRN! believes that everyone has a right to be on the net.
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CRN! only condones those corporations/agencies that try in any way to
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regulate what occurs on the net (outside of copyright infringement).
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CRN! does not believe in crashing, damaging, or breaking into systems
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that belong to companies that are against cyber rights. These acts are
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frowned upon by CRN!.
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************************************************************
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WHY MY HOMEPAGE WENT BYE BYE
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by: Bone
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Some of you may be wondering why my homepage <20>Bone<6E>s
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H/P/C page o <20>rama<6D> went the way of the dinosaurs. It<49>s kind of a long
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story but here goes.
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Around August 23rd America OnLine contacted the assistant
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provost of Indiana University of PA. AOL informed the assistant provost
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that the file AOHELL.ZIP resided on my homepage. They told the
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assistant provost that the file created false AOL accounts, allowed e-mail
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bombs to be created, and did a lot of other nasty things. It did a few of
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them, but all of them I do not know. The assistant provost called the
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campus library (where the machine resides) and informed the head of
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Information Systems to remove the file. The Sys Admin instead disabled
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the entire homepage (AUTHOR NOTE: the Sys Admin is a cool guy, trust
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me). When I was informed of the situation I removed the file as
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requested.
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The homepage was them moved back into it<69>s rightful position. I
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then created Cyber Rights Now! (CRN!) in the hopes of making sure
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peoples rights were upheld on the Internet. It was also created so
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corporations like AOL could not do what they had just done. The file
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AOHELL was not copyrighted, and therefor was legal on the Internet.
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Later that week I wrote the first CRN! Newsletter Issue .05. In
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this newsletter I stated that the Provost (not the assistant provost) had
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made the decision like a dictator to remove the file. At the time I was told
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it was the provost who had made the decision. I learned on 9/7 that it was
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in fact the assistant provost.
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Also in the newsletter I asked readers to send the provost E-mail
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informing him that they were against the removal of the file. It seems
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quite a lot of people told him how they felt. This is good but he didn<64>t do
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anything. A major screw up on my part.
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I have offered a formal apology to him. I do not know if he has
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accepted it. What I do know is that upon receiving all the E-mail he
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decided to see what the homepage was all about.
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Mainly he was upset about the E-mail (which is understandable)
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and he has decided to possibly (and I hope to god he doesn<73>t) put me up
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for academic peer review. Basically academic peer review is a board who
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meets and decides how to discipline you. They can even expel you. He
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did state he really didn<64>t care what was on the page, it was the e-mail
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address.
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My defense was that the campus phone book (with e-mail
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addresses) is available through the web. That is how I got the
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information.
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From what I have heard the provost is actually a really nice guy.
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I am hoping this is true and this situation can be worked out.
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Back to where the homepage went.
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The Sys Admin decided on the same day I received the E-mail
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from the provost (when it rains, it pours) to check who has been accessing
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my homepage. He found that some of the people who had been hitting my
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homepage were : CIA, FBI, possible MAFIA, and the NSA. This scared
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them just a bit (understandably).
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They immediately locked my account. I talked with them about
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it (they are very nice people actually) and they unlocked my account.
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They said I should try to move my homepage since it was on the library<72>s
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machine and not on the main campus machine. I could use the library<72>s
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machine for storage (they have over 9 gigs and only 8 users). I tar<61>d up
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my homepage and that is where it is now.
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I was later informed through the grapevine (I know a lot of
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people at IUP) that the Sys Admin of the main campus machine had
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possibly fueled/egged the provost on to trying to get me reviewed.
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The main campus machine Sys Admin and I have not always
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seen eye to eye. I used to E-mail quite often trying to improve the system
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(Currently a VAX/VMS that is configured in a way unknown even to god)
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by letting me install programs like more, less, fsp, and so on.
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I am currently sitting back hoping I don<6F>t hear from the
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gentleman involved in peer reviews. The provost has not replied to my
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latest E-mail as of yet.
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I<>ve talked to some people and it is possible that my homepage
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may be stored (minus the files) on www.iup.edu, and the files (accessed
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via links) on www.lib.iup.edu. This may be a way to keep the homepage
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alive.
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So has any good come of this? Actually, yes. IUP is now in the
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process of defining rules for homepage use and the like. This was needed.
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The school has a very vague policy towards computer on campus.
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Any bad come of this? Well let<65>s see:
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My homepage is down (the hack part)
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I may get thrown out of school
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I always suspected the FBI had a file on me.......
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I'<27>m not mister popular anymore.....
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That<61>s the story so far. 'I<>ll keep you updated.
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AUTHOR NOTE: I ask of you to NOT send anyone E-mail regarding my
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situation until things have cooled down a bit. My rights were not
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infringed upon since I was on the library<72>s machine. If this had occurred
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on the VAX (where I pay for an account) things may have been different.
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*********************************************************************
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THE CORRUPTION IN AOL
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by: John Doe
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As you all know, AOL is one of the most popular services available
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to the public. It has an easy to use interface and somewhat friendly staff
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to make people feel comfortable. Well all this is just a stupid disguise for
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the screwed up people behind the service. They are trying to govern the way
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the people on the Internet do things as well as the people that are on their
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service.
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One example of this is Bone's H/P/C page was shut down because he
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had AOHELL in his file area and AOL did not see this as appropriate. What
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makes this so crazy is that the program itself is not illegal and is free to
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be posted anywhere on the Internet that has the space for it. But the fact
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of the matter is not the program but AOL because they had forced the
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Sysadmin to shut down the page for a while.
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Another example that just makes this online service more corrupt is
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the way they do not shut down areas that are even worse then hacking related
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areas. Just logon to AOL and get to the list of member rooms and you'll
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see about 90% of them are pornographically or adult related. There are even
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rooms like Boy4man2use and other sick things. But AOL never pays attention
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to these although they find even one member room that is hacking related and
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they shut it down and record the names of the people in the room. They also
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record the names of people that enter private rooms like WAREZ or PHATE but
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don't shut down the rooms. But I think that AOL should either enforce all
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the rooms or just leave them alone.
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Recently there have been accusations against AOL because of a flaw
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in their software. Every time someone logged on there were a couple minutes
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added to the persons bill which over time, gave Steve Case a few million
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more dollars in his pocket. Now them not detecting this flaw in 2.5 million
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users in very unlikely. I believe that some employee of the company or
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someone implemented the flaw themself. But I do hope that they get sued or
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something to make them understand the fault.
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Today as I took a few minutes off of writing this to just check for
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any new info, Steve Case had put out his new monthly letter to the users. I
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will show a cliiping of it for you:
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[begining clipping]
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A LETTER FROM STEVE CASE, PRESIDENT & CEO OF AMERICA ONLINE
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September 7, 1995
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Dear Members:
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I hope you've all had a great summer! Now it's back to school and (for
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those of you returning from a vacation) back to work time.
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We'll certainly be working harder than ever, to keep up with our continued
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rapid growth (this past weekend we passed the 3.5 million member mark!), to
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keep improving AOL to better meet your needs.
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The good news is that with 3.5 million members (and growing), we can
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continue to add more features and interesting content. The flip side is
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that with a population that big, there will most likely be disruptive
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people, as there are in any major city of that size. That brings me to the
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issues of safety and security.
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Security on the Internet and on online services is a topic that is
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frequently in the news, and Hollywood has even portrayed hackers in an
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upcoming movie. If you've read some of my previous letters, I've discussed
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our efforts to ensure that AOL is a safe online community -- not just for
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kids, but for members of all ages. Occasionally, there are people who break
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the rules, just as some do in the communities where we live. When this
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happens, we all need to take measures to protect our community and reduce
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the number of incidents that can occur.
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Specifically, there have been some cases where certain individuals are
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passing themselves off as employees or representatives of America Online,
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and then asking members at random for their passwords. Please know that
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this is not our policy -- under no circumstance will anyone from AOL ever
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ask you for your password (even if they say they're from the billing
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department and want your account information). Your password is a secret
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code that only you should have.
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Recently we've begun a program to remind members to periodically change
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their passwords. If you see the notice, it will come in the form of a
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"system" reminder -- again, no individual will contact you personally.
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In case you don't see the notice, take a moment during this session and
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change your password. We suggest you change it on a regular basis, too.
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(I change mine about four times a year.). Make sure yours has at least six
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alphanumeric characters (letters and/or numbers), and don't make it the same
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as or similar to your screen name! It's easy to change your password --
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either go to the tool bar at the top of this screen and click on Personal
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Choices, or just use keyword PASSWORD. It'll take you all about 15 seconds
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to do. And parents, please conduct the same procedure with your children's
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passwords. (Use Keyword PARENTAL CONTROLS for other security measures you
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can take.)
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The other issue involves another small, but disturbing segment of the
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population -- hackers. These are individuals who search for opportunities
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to 'hack,' or disturb, computer system functions. Unfortunately, it happens
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everywhere, and authorities from around the world are spending a good deal
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of time and money to thwart these criminals. For a long time, we have had a
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team in place to deal with hacker incidents. So when we discover hackers on
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occasion, we aggressively take measures to head them off. As part of our
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ongoing security program, we have procedures in place to monitor systems and
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hacker activity, and to change systems as appropriate. In fact, our team
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recently installed new system software to fix some recent problems that were
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discovered.
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While we're trying to eradicate the hacking incidents, I'd like to ask you,
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as an AOL "cybercitizen," to report any unusual or improper behavior that
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you see immediately. If you're in a chat room, notify our Terms of Service
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advisory unit by using keyword GUIDEPAGER. Email, Instant Message, and
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Message Board violations should be reported to keyword TOS. (For those of
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you who are new to keywords, just click on the tool bar icon above that
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displays an arrow, or while holding down the control or command key on your
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keyboard, hit the letter "K" on your keyboard. Then type the keyword.)
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In summary, we all need to join together to ensure a secure and enjoyable
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online environment and community.
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We've added a lot of new services in the past month, so the rest of this
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month's letter will be focused on bringing you up to speed on the additions
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and to highlight special events.
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[end of clipping]
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First thing, they are starting to grow a lot faster so be warned
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that we may see more trouble from the service in the future. Second, they
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are first defining a "hacker" falsely. The real deffinition of a hacker is
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someone who is experienced in many areas of the computer field and wishes to
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know more by using his skills to learn things, but they say that all they
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define a hacker as is a person who causes havoc in their online service.
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They also compare them to the upcoming movie "Hackers" which is due out on
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September 15. Although I have not seen the movie myself, I have seen
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previews and read things about it to understand that it is nowhere near to
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what the real life of a hacker is. All AOL does is just disillusion their
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customers so they will trust and stay with the service and use the mask of
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the media which already gives people like us a bad name.
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Also mentioned in this letter is the fact they are bringing in
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security specialists to try and crack down on hackers, although the only
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thing they mention on the pronogrophy is to try to put parental controls on,
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they won't enforce it themself. But as I was saying, they are going to be
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just giving us a harder time in the anarchy of the Internet which makes us
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speak freely and distibute information without restrictions. An example of
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what they already did is brining down Bone's web page and that was just the
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beginning.
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Part of the security measures they have taken is monitoring rooms
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(which I mentioned earlier), immediate messages, and mail. I have tested
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this myself. Using AOHELL, the program which is what AOL defines as a
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"security risk" I fooled some people that have been on AOL for a while into
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giving me their passwords. Now considering that they talk about normal
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social and personal things, AOL probably won't watch them. I found this to
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be false. I connected to AOL on different accounts on my PC and laptop by my
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side and relayed e-mail and immediate messages about false information on
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evading an ANI system. After a few minutes of doing this, I got a message
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from an AOL official saying "identify yourself". This is proof that the
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online service does not allow even privacy to the users peronal affairs let
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alone not allowing people to speak freely and do what they want to do. This
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I think is the most corrupt part of this online service. They will go to any
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extent to have total control of their network and a large amount of the
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Internet themself.
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I hope that I shed some light on the truth about America Online and
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the people that run it. Because of the things I have done to obtain some of
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this information, I am remaining anonymous. Although if you wish to contact
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me about any comments or questions, please mail me at my anonymous e-mail
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address: John.Doe@sidewayz.com
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**********************************************************
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AOL'S LETTERS TO PEOPLE
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by: Bone & Anonymous
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This is a copy of the letter I recieved that was sent to my
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university:
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>Dear Garrett Bozylinsky,
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>
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>It has been brought to our attention that a file entitled "AOHell" is
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>available on your server. This file allows users to email bomb other
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>Internet users, forge email headers, generate fake credit card
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>numbers, generate fraudulent America OnLine accounts, and
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>impersonate America OnLine Staff all at the click of a button. Due to
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>the malicious nature and possible illegality of this file, we would
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>appreciate any efforts you could take to remove it from your server.
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>
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>The file in question can be found using the following path.
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>
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>http://www.lib.iup.edu/~seaman/hack/files/misc/
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>
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>Thank you,
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>
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>James Canfield
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>Terms of Service Staff
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>America OnLine, Inc.
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>703.448.8700 X3909
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EDITOR'S NOTE: The file has been removed. This was due to the fact
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that the account that my homepage is on was given to me freely. I still
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have a copy of the file and am currently looking for a better place to
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store it.
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The letter below was send to a member of CRN!. This is the
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entire unedited letter:
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We represent The Internet Access Company,
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Inc. ("TIAC"). TIAC has received a demand letter from
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an attorney representing America OnLine, Inc. ("AOL").
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In the letter, AOL alleges that your web site
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"http://www.tiac.net/users/triad/philes/other.html"
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contains a program called AOHell. AOL alleges that
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the program violates AOL copyrights and trademarks.
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AOL also alleges that AOHell is used to commit fraud
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on America On-line, fraud on banks and credit cards
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issuers and other serious acts.
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AOL has requested that TIAC terminate your AOHell
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page.
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TIAC is not in a position to judge the validity of the
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claims asserted by AOL. However, given the seriousness
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of the claims, TIAC has blocked access to your AOHell
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page to allow you the opportunity to either voluntarily
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remove the AOHell material or to resolve any dispute about
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your distribution of AOHell with AOL. The attorney at
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AOL who contacted TIAC is John D. Gardiner, Counsel,
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phone: (703) 918-2042.
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TIAC reminds you that all use of your TIAC account
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must be lawful. If you have any questions about lawful use
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of your account, you should consult your attorney.
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Please contact me if you have any questions about
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this letter.
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Sincerely,
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Thomas G. Gunning, P.C.
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TGG/jdc/as0
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Thomas G. Gunning, P.C. Phone: 617-345-1119
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Peabody & Brown Fax: 617-345-1300
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101 Federal Street
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Boston, Massachusetts 02110-1832
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EMail: tgunning@peabodybrown.com
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AOL CONTACTS
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by: Bone & B.I.
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Here is a small list of some of the people you can contact at AOL.
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If you don't write these people, AOL will continue to do what they wish.
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DEFEND YOUR RIGHTS!
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TOSAdvisor@aol.com
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This is AOL's terms of service advisor. Just one guy
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responsible for closing down "Hackers"
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James Canfield
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Terms of Service Staff
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America OnLine, Inc.
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703.448.8700 X3909
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SteveCase@aol.com
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AOL's president.
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**********************************************************
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AN OPINION ON AOL
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by: B.I.
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This whole AOHell story continues to amaze me...check this
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shit out. From what I have seen, there is evidence supporting that the
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newest version of AOHell (3.0 beta 4) was either created by AOL or the
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AOL software detects it because AOHell supposedly sends a mail to
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AOL informing them that you are using AOHell.
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AOL administrators also don't understand that AOHell is not
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made purely for making fake accounts as I have used it myself. Basically
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AOHell originally was a pretty cool program. In the early copies there
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was no CC generators or any shit like that. AOHell let AOL users do
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things like download software will talking in chat rooms (AOL 2.5 lets
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you do this now) and scroll macros in chat rooms. It did do many
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||
annoying things and many AOL officials gave real bullshit stories about
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AOHell and how it was a virus.
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That is why your story REALLY struck a chord with me. I
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myself have seen AOL's crazy responses to "hacker" programs etc.. by
|
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AOL. A good example of AOL's stupidity would be the Hackers Member
|
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room. AOL closed this room down repeatedly when there were NO
|
||
illegal activities and such even taking place there. The funny thing about
|
||
that is that is that AOL is crawling with Porno and weird bestiality
|
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rooms. Its not uncommon to see rooms like "anal sex" "Gayteengifs" and
|
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"little boy sex" on AOL. AOL does nothing about these but closes down
|
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Hackers!
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**********************************************************
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DISCLAIMER FOR YOUR HOMEPAGE
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by: Bone & Triad
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|
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The following was a disclaimer sent to me by a CRN! member.
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He stated that it could help protect your homepage. If any lawyers read
|
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this and feel like doing some research, please do.
|
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|
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107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair Use
|
||
|
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Not withstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use
|
||
of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or
|
||
phono records or by any other means specified by that section, for
|
||
purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching
|
||
(including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research,
|
||
is not an infringement of copyright.
|
||
|
||
**********************************************************
|
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COMMENTS/OPINIONS
|
||
*WARNING: THESE ARE UNEDITED.*
|
||
*SWEARING DOES OCCUR*
|
||
|
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" I want to join this group. Most of the real d00ds here in the
|
||
803 sc3n3 are sick and tired of being mislabeled as "hackers" and shit
|
||
because we know about computers. Granted we do sometimes what is
|
||
called "hacking" (societal definition), we are tired of the bullshit. A
|
||
friend in 513 just got raided a couple of days ago because the
|
||
goddamned phedz didn't like the fact that he had hpacv shit on there as
|
||
well as tone loc (there were on warez to bust him on). Ever since the
|
||
OKC disaster, the Internet has come under scrutiny because the fertilizer
|
||
bomb instructions were found on it. The gov't has been allocating
|
||
fucking tons of money to state and local law enforcement agencies to
|
||
develop special "computer crime" divisions. These assholes have no clue
|
||
as to what they're doing, but they have a damn badge, so they can go
|
||
crazy and shit. enough already..I want to help you bring this
|
||
organization forward and free the Internet from the hands of money-
|
||
grabbing corporations. I can post to many other sites as well as good
|
||
BBSs if you would like. just specify which. later"
|
||
|
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--------------------------------------
|
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|
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" Hello. I have been to your web page a number of times and
|
||
liked what you had. I thought it was crazy when they had your web page
|
||
shut down. I know a lot about them and view them as one of the most
|
||
corrupt Online providers there is. I got a hold of AOHELL when a
|
||
friend let me use his account (I have real Internet access, I just wanted to
|
||
check out a keyword that was only on AOL) and I used it to make fake
|
||
accounts. I discovered a number of things through the use of it. When I
|
||
read alt.2600 I just ignored stuff on AOL cause all the people on it were
|
||
not true hackers like you and me. But I saw how screwd up it was by my
|
||
use of it. The system allows porn traders and child molesters to roam
|
||
around freely. 90% of the memeber rooms are adult related and have
|
||
things like boy4man2rape and such which is sickening. What is more
|
||
surprising is how they pay no attention to these rooms but they
|
||
immediately shut down hacking rooms or warez rooms made available
|
||
to the public. They monitor the private ones which people enter not
|
||
knowing AOL is watching. I know they are because I once tested how
|
||
they monitor things when I connected to computers to AOL on fake
|
||
accounts and relayed false info on evading an ANI system. After a few
|
||
minutes an AOL official came out and said "Identify yourself". This
|
||
proved my theory that they do watch everything but will not bother to
|
||
rid of all the pronographic material and child molesters roaming all
|
||
over. "
|
||
|
||
--------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
" I totally aggree with your point of view. The net should stay
|
||
free. commercial organizations like AOL, Compushit and others,
|
||
I believe, don't really have a rightful place on the net
|
||
period. Now, the server you have you're account on offers
|
||
something back to the net, It may be as little as a WWW server
|
||
where others can go and look at the users home pages, but at
|
||
least it's there, if it's like mine, it probably also at least
|
||
a mirror FTP site for something. AOl and others offer nothing
|
||
back. They allow they're users to go in and totally f*ck up
|
||
newsgroups (at a totally ridiculous cost to the users), FTP
|
||
stuff, WWW browse (all at bullshit costs), but offer NOTHING
|
||
back. If you're not on AOL, you can't get any files from them,
|
||
got no pages to even browse. And after hearing of you're
|
||
little incident, that just goes to far."
|
||
|
||
--------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
" Thanks. With all of the guys out there who say that they are
|
||
active, but never do anything, somebodys got to do something. You did
|
||
something. Keep doing it and assholes like AOL will realize that THEY
|
||
DO NOT OWN THE INTERNET, and to keep there butts out of
|
||
cybercitizens home pages. Your account, your homepage. They cant go
|
||
to your house and wreck your car because they dont like the paint job,
|
||
they cant wreck your homepage cause they dont like the files. If I ever
|
||
set up an inet site, I am gonna get a degree in law first. Bye!"
|
||
|
||
--------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
" >...I see to many posers (or l.a. stylers if you are from the old school)
|
||
^^
|
||
>A fate determined by those with money.
|
||
(gasp!! and to imagine that somebody would want to control how their
|
||
own money was used!! heresy!)
|
||
>Though I really expect a lame responce to the rant & rave above...
|
||
^^^^^^^^
|
||
OK, Here it is...
|
||
1. I've got Money, it's GREAT!!
|
||
2. Get a life/job, maybe then you'll wise up,
|
||
3. Learn to spell big words like "response",
|
||
4. Learn the proper use of the word "to".
|
||
The world is odd enough without illiterate extremists boo-hooing
|
||
because they can't have their way with other people's money/equipment.
|
||
The way to make a difference is to get to a position where control can be
|
||
exerted. Rants about "Cyber Rights" (found in the Cyber Constitution,
|
||
no doubt) do little more than waste bandwidth and make you look
|
||
foolish.
|
||
BTW, if you're not a "poser" or "l.a. styler" yourself (which leads to the
|
||
observation: most people I've heard use the term "Old School" think the
|
||
60's are ancient history, and would'nt know OLD if it bit them on the
|
||
ass), you should be able to figure out where this came from. (I'll give you
|
||
a hint: I'm not jbmyers.)
|
||
Have a nice day. ;^)
|
||
Bill Gates"
|
||
|
||
EDITORS NOTE: This was in response to the original header I had
|
||
placed upon entering my homepage after the AOL incident. Granted I
|
||
can't spell well. But I am probably older than this gentleman, and I do
|
||
know how to use port 25 to write fake e-mail. But, everyone is allowed
|
||
their opinions. It's one of the great things about America. On yes. I do
|
||
have a good job.
|
||
|
||
**********************************************************
|
||
HOW TO JOIN
|
||
|
||
Want to join CRN!? It's easy!
|
||
Mail your E-mail address to:
|
||
seaman@phobos.lib.iup.edu
|
||
|
||
We don't need your name or anything! Comments are welcome!
|
||
|
||
NOTE: All comments sent to CRN! become property of CRN!.
|
||
|
||
***********************************************************
|
||
NEXT ISSUE...
|
||
|
||
Some of the things that will be in the next Issue:
|
||
|
||
The Return of Bone's H/P/C page o 'rama
|
||
AOL's Method of AOHELL repression
|
||
|
||
that's just the start!
|
||
|
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|
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EOF
|
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|
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