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A sentimental tour of late 1990s and early 2000s hacking tools

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Re: A sentimental tour of late 1990s and early 2000s hacking tools

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Post by nogridbag »

Terr_ wrote: post #11

Oh man, this is all one solid block of "I remember that!" nostalgia. For example, in the late 90s I volunteered in a DALNet support channel, helping people diagnose and remove exactly those infections. [0] We had a hard policy of never going "I'll connect to it and remove it for you." Sure, it could be quicker, but it would also be legally problematic, especially if the person seeking help was actually an impersonato…

I wish I did something valuable. Instead I spent most of my time writing kick scripts for #warfactory pretending I was some l33t coder... I still have some of those scripts saved somewhere!

Re: A sentimental tour of late 1990s and early 2000s hacking tools

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Post by hattmall »

Netbus was everywhere. I would just scan random subnets and find open servers. I had one file bundled with a subseven server that somehow got passed around extensively to the point that I was constantly getting ICQ notifications of people being online that I had no idea who they were.

One of my favorite tools though was the Munga Bunga HTTP brute forcer. Uncovered tons of awesome hidden parts of websites.

Also the trick where you could specify a domaing like https://freemoneygiveaway.hotmail.com@192.168.1.1 or whatever and people would think it was some legitimate Hotmail thing and dump in their credentials.

Re: A sentimental tour of late 1990s and early 2000s hacking tools

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Post by alfiedotwtf »

myself248 wrote: post #18

The best thing when someone sent me a sub7 or BO dropper, was to immediately rename the extension (so I wouldn't accidentally execute it), then open it up in a file viewer and skip to the end. Both programs just appended their configuration variables to the end of the executable file. Which meant I now knew what port and password the sender was expecting to connect to me with. However, most of them were skids, and ha…

Ok, this made my day

Re: A sentimental tour of late 1990s and early 2000s hacking tools

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Post by iv4122 »

JohnMakin wrote: post #9

> Beyond pure operations, IRC was also a social space with its own culture, rituals, and hierarchy. You proved yourself by sharing information, by having access to tools before others did, by being present when something interesting happened. The channels were chaotic, frequently toxic, and also a brutal apprenticeship in network security for anyone who could not afford a conference ticket. Many people who are now re…

IRC was truly life changing for me in my youth.
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