Full Disclosure mailing list archives
RE: JAP back doored
From: "Drew Copley" <dcopley () eeye com>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 11:42:43 -0700
Why is the state of Germany trojanizing applications which may be run by anyone on the planet? How is it they believe they have a right to trojanize someone outside of Germany? This is blatantly illegal in just about every country outside of Germany. Literally. Are they trying to set a precedent for other countries to follow? Or, do they believe they are superior to other countries, and they may invade at will? <quote> We know this because the JAP operators immediately warned users that their IP traffic might be going straight to Big Brother, right? Wrong. After taking the service down for a few days with the explanation that the interruption was "due to a hardware failure", the operators then required users to install an "upgraded version" (ie. a back-doored version) of the app to continue using the service. "As soon as our service works again, an obligatory update (version 00.02.001) [will be] needed by all users," the public was told. Not a word about Feds or back doors. Fortunately, a nosey troublemaker had a look at the 'upgrade' and noticed some unusual business in it, such as: "CAMsg::printMsg(LOG_INFO,"Loading Crime Detection Data....\n");" "CAMsg::printMsg(LOG_CRIT,"Crime detected - ID: %u - Content: \n%s\n",id,crimeBuff,payLen);" and posted it to alt.2600. </quote>
-----Original Message----- From: full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com [mailto:full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com] On Behalf Of error Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 10:21 AM To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com; cypherpunks () lne com Subject: [Full-disclosure] JAP back doored This is a terrible day for privacy advocates that used the once (perhaps never true) "anonymous" Java Anonymous Proxy. According to a story ( http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/32450.html) by The Register (It was also posted to ("http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/334382/2003-08-18/2003-08-24/0) BugTraq) JAP was back doored by court order. It was a forced upgrade (after a service interruption) to monitor "one site" that continues to be unnamed. How sad it is when a group have a motto of "Anonymity is not a crime." and then hand logs to the police without a word? Clearly if they are able to defend themselves on alt.2600 (http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&frame=
right&th=f4ef43f695ca29e8&seekm=3f3d3740%241_1%40news.vic.com#link10), they aren't under a gag. Read it and weep. -- error <error () lostinthenoise net> _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
Current thread:
- JAP back doored error (Aug 21)
- Re: JAP back doored Thor Larholm (Aug 21)
- RE: JAP back doored Drew Copley (Aug 21)
- Re: JAP back doored Florian Weimer (Aug 21)
- RE: JAP back doored Drew Copley (Aug 21)
- RE: JAP back doored gml (Aug 21)
- RE: JAP back doored Drew Copley (Aug 22)
- Re: JAP back doored Florian Weimer (Aug 22)
- RE: JAP back doored Drew Copley (Aug 22)
- Re: JAP back doored Florian Weimer (Aug 22)
- Re: JAP back doored felix . roennebeck (Aug 25)
- Re: JAP back doored morning_wood (Aug 25)
- Re: JAP back doored felix . roennebeck (Aug 25)
- Re: JAP back doored Florian Weimer (Aug 21)