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Re: [privacy] California: Angelides Campaign StafferDownloadedGovernor's Comments
From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () bsf-llc com>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:56:32 -0400
Oops, did someone leave open a directory? For heavens sake, why don't *all* Web servers default to access denied when asked to show a directory with no index.htm or equivalent file? Enquering minds would like to know..... Richard -----Original Message----- From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:AlexE () sunbelt-software com] Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 6:30 PM To: Fergie; privacy () whitestar linuxbox org Subject: Re: [privacy] California: Angelides Campaign StafferDownloadedGovernor's Comments Well this is interesting: "Using a link from a Schwarzenegger press release, the staffer was able to manipulate the web address and access a large number of audio files." Alex -----Original Message----- From: Fergie [mailto:fergdawg () netzero net] Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 5:57 PM To: privacy () whitestar linuxbox org Subject: [privacy] California: Angelides Campaign Staffer DownloadedGovernor's Comments Via The San Francisco Chronicle. [snip] The manager of Democrat Phil Angelides' gubernatorial campaign acknowledged Tuesday that two staff members downloaded a controversial audio file containing private comments of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and leaked it to the media. Cathy Calfo, Angeldies' campaign manager, said however, that the campaign did nothing improper and insisted that the file was left available on a public Web site. "There was no hacking, no password, no expertise required," she told a news conference. The California Highway Patrol has opened an investigation into whether the file was obtained illegally. Calfo said no one at the campaign had been contacted by the CHP. [snip] More: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/12/MNGSOL43OV4. DTL - ferg p.s. Extra bonus fun story: "Girls Gone Wild company pleads guilty in sex exploitation case " http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/09/12/state/n12274 2D10.DTL :-) -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy
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- Re: [privacy] California: Angelides Campaign Staffer DownloadedGovernor's Comments Alex Eckelberry (Sep 12)
- Re: [privacy] California: Angelides Campaign StafferDownloadedGovernor's Comments Richard M. Smith (Sep 12)