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grzaks
2114 days ago
Please be aware, that the most popular emule server software available many years ago was backdoored. That's why it was distributed as a binary, without code.
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0134340
2114 days ago
Source? I remember trying it last year for old time's sake and I'd like to know in what way it could've compromised the OS.
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grzaks
2114 days ago
My own reverse engineering. There was a hidden packet in protocol implementation that opened a shell for you
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fsflover
2114 days ago
That would make a great article for HN.
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dang
2114 days ago
Indeed it would! grzaks, please email hn@ycombinator.com if you might like to write about this.
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grzaks
2114 days ago
I would first have to find out if I still have that research data
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0134340
2114 days ago
Please do. I think it'd be fascinating so bookmarking this thread in hopes of an article.
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