Please secure your FTP access

[Gautham Ganapathy]

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 10:46 PM, Allen <Unix.Hacker at comcast.net> 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...

He may have actually used his real name too :) -
https://www.facebook.com/sarang.chepe