Subject: HTTPResume v1.6a fake Date: 16 May 99 05:54:00 +0200 From: "Andrija Antonijevic"Organization: mail2news@nym.alias.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications,comp.sys.amiga.networking,comp.sys.amiga.misc Here's the message I wrote to HTTPResume users whose e-mail addresses I know: You received this message because you expressed interest in HTTPResume. If you don't want to receive these announce messages in the future, please tell me. HTTPResume v1.6a appeared on Aminet. It was *not* released by me and it's *not* official HTTPResume release. The latest official release is still v1.6, dated 24-Apr-99 01:22:40 and its size is 107036 bytes. Official archive is 110318, .readme 2109 bytes long. Checking on http://www.bigfoot.com/~TheAntony/HTTPResume/ is the only way to be sure that the new version is out. It will always have information on latest HTTPResume releases and latest HTTPResume archive on local server. I have no connection to v1.6a and can't say whether it has backdoors or anything malicious inside it (I doubt it, though). I have uploaded the official v1.6 archive to Aminet today. If you haven't downloaded "v1.6a", you have no reason to download any comm/www/HTTPResume.lha archive from Aminet for a while since next version (v1.7) won't be released in near future. If you are unsure which version you have, download the official archive from HTTPResume page mentioned above. If you have installed this "new" version, please replace it with the official one. Thank you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The story goes like this: Tonight I received an e-mail message: rom: "xxx" Name and address removed to protect the guilty. Subject: HTTP Resume Date: 15 May 1999 10:59:59 GMT Hello, Just to tell you that I find it very childish of you to include propaganda against the war in an Amiga program. If removed the line of text and replaced it with what it should be, and will release this on Aminet within 36 hours as version v1.6a you can stop me by releasing your own version with the message string REMOVED It's your choice That's it, l8er alligator ! [SNIP signature] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [The propaganda mentioned is string "Stop NATO bombs!" in title bar of HTTPResume's main window. Any discussion about this to e-mail, please.] I looked at Aminet recent list and found out that HTTPResume v1.6a was there (so much about 36 hours). The guy that uploaded it also decided that he can speak in my name and wrote version history for "v1.6a" making it look like I wrote (the word he likes to use, "childish", comes to mind). The rest can be read in message above. The scary thought is that anyone can replace anything on Aminet with no problems, and there's nothing that can be done about that. It seems that PGP signing is the only solution... -- /// /_\ _ _| |_ ___ _ _ _ _ http://www.bigfoot.com/~TheAntony __ /// / _ \| ' \ _/ _ \ ' \ || | Amiga Translators' Organization \\\/// /_/ \_\_||_\__\___/_||_\_, | (*Serbian department*) \XX/ TheAntony bigfoot com |__/ Team *AMIGA* Could you please be a bit less specific?