[10793] in bugtraq
Re: Exploit in the newest AIM 2.0
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aleph One)
Thu Jun 10 16:00:14 1999
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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 13:23:00 -0700
Reply-To: Aleph One <aleph1@UNDERGROUND.ORG>
From: Aleph One <aleph1@UNDERGROUND.ORG>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To: <19990610110729.A13587@zork.net>
Folks, the reason this is an issue is because until now AIM
was anonymous in as much as the client IP was never disclosed
to other clients. All communication between clients in AIM
was handled via an intermediary server. This breaks that
anonymity which is a shame. Anyone who is been on IRC can
attest to the harassment one can come under by someone else
just by them knowing your IP address.
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