Please secure your FTP access

[Beech Rintoul]

On Thursday 15 September 2011 13:46:35 Allen wrote:
> Sorry for top posting but can anyone send this to "Computer Stupidities"
> ? It seems to good to waste like this.  Anyone who thinks they're a
> Hacker yet doesn't know how FTP works is not only funny, it's
> entertainment. And also, the web site I'm speaking of, has a similar
> story sent in from another reader, where they talked about back when
> they were in a Web Development class once, the teacher partnered
> everyone up with someone else, and so, since he had already made his own
> web site, he figured he'd show it to his new partner, and said "This is
> my web site here" and the guy, like a moron, highlighted ALL of the text
> with a Mouse, and threatened to hit the "Delete" button on the Keyboard...
> 
> This reminds me of that quite a bit lol.
> 
> On 9/14/2011 5:57 AM, Eduardo Morras wrote:
> > At 21:43 13/09/2011, Sarang......... wrote:
> >> H! there,
> >> 
> >> I have seen your site and also got ftp access..
> >> 
> >> Please secure your ftp acces otherwise anyone can delete your data....
> >> 
> >> Why anyone? even I am also interested in it.. please move your ass
> >> otherwise it will cost you.
> >> 
> >> If you are not going to fix this problem then I will delete all the
> >> files tommorrow...
> >> 
> >> Take care..
> > 
> > You log in as anonymous user but the user whom owns the ftp is another
> > one (perhaps ftp). The permises you get are r-x (thh last ones) not rwx.
> > 
> > HTH
> > 
> >> Ethical but Bad Hacker...

All your files are now belong to us :-P

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