Comments on: Girlfriend Discovers a DoS Vulnerability in Gaim http://www.thesamet.com/blog/2007/02/22/girlfriend-discovers-a-dos-vulnerability-in-gaim/ The Ramblings of a Freelance Software Developer Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:23:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Abel Cheung http://www.thesamet.com/blog/2007/02/22/girlfriend-discovers-a-dos-vulnerability-in-gaim/#comment-2387 Abel Cheung Sun, 04 Mar 2007 17:47:56 +0000 http://www.thesamet.com/blog/2007/02/22/girlfriend-discovers-a-dos-vulnerability-in-gaim/#comment-2387 Not entirely equivalent, but I've experienced similar issue with a gaim plugin as well: gaim-festival, which turns IM text into speech and speak it out. My colleagues make fun out of it, and send me messages like: "hihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihi..." at first it's really funny to see the sound deteriorate with the sheer length of message, but that managed to crash my gaim once later. I never turn it on again anymore. Not entirely equivalent, but I’ve experienced similar issue with a gaim plugin as well: gaim-festival, which turns IM text into speech and speak it out. My colleagues make fun out of it, and send me messages like: “hihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihi…” at first it’s really funny to see the sound deteriorate with the sheer length of message, but that managed to crash my gaim once later. I never turn it on again anymore.

]]> By: MILITANTPLATYPUS » Blog Archive » Monday Morning News http://www.thesamet.com/blog/2007/02/22/girlfriend-discovers-a-dos-vulnerability-in-gaim/#comment-2181 MILITANTPLATYPUS » Blog Archive » Monday Morning News Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:44:48 +0000 http://www.thesamet.com/blog/2007/02/22/girlfriend-discovers-a-dos-vulnerability-in-gaim/#comment-2181 [...] Girlfriend Discovers a DoS Vulnerability in Gaim [...] [...] Girlfriend Discovers a DoS Vulnerability in Gaim [...]

]]> By: Jim Davis http://www.thesamet.com/blog/2007/02/22/girlfriend-discovers-a-dos-vulnerability-in-gaim/#comment-2153 Jim Davis Sun, 25 Feb 2007 10:25:59 +0000 http://www.thesamet.com/blog/2007/02/22/girlfriend-discovers-a-dos-vulnerability-in-gaim/#comment-2153 Thats weird you have got me curious now i am definately going to try it. Thats weird you have got me curious now i am definately going to try it.

]]> By: andy http://www.thesamet.com/blog/2007/02/22/girlfriend-discovers-a-dos-vulnerability-in-gaim/#comment-2136 andy Sat, 24 Feb 2007 15:56:32 +0000 http://www.thesamet.com/blog/2007/02/22/girlfriend-discovers-a-dos-vulnerability-in-gaim/#comment-2136 obviously you're not a golfer obviously you’re not a golfer

]]> By: gutistg http://www.thesamet.com/blog/2007/02/22/girlfriend-discovers-a-dos-vulnerability-in-gaim/#comment-2124 gutistg Sat, 24 Feb 2007 03:50:59 +0000 http://www.thesamet.com/blog/2007/02/22/girlfriend-discovers-a-dos-vulnerability-in-gaim/#comment-2124 I think he might have been using intentional hyperbolic statements to a comical effect... lol. I think he might have been using intentional hyperbolic statements to a comical effect… lol.

]]> By: Drooling_Sheep http://www.thesamet.com/blog/2007/02/22/girlfriend-discovers-a-dos-vulnerability-in-gaim/#comment-2121 Drooling_Sheep Sat, 24 Feb 2007 00:37:55 +0000 http://www.thesamet.com/blog/2007/02/22/girlfriend-discovers-a-dos-vulnerability-in-gaim/#comment-2121 GTK != Java Yes, the GTK widgets and the (whatever the default java graphical library is called...swing mabye) are both ugly as all get out, but they're distinct. GTK != Java

Yes, the GTK widgets and the (whatever the default java graphical library is called…swing mabye) are both ugly as all get out, but they’re distinct.

]]> By: Adam Fortuna http://www.thesamet.com/blog/2007/02/22/girlfriend-discovers-a-dos-vulnerability-in-gaim/#comment-2118 Adam Fortuna Sat, 24 Feb 2007 00:06:35 +0000 http://www.thesamet.com/blog/2007/02/22/girlfriend-discovers-a-dos-vulnerability-in-gaim/#comment-2118 Nice. :) I remember there used to be a similar hole in AIM where you could send someone a file with a specific name and it would crash that users AIM before they even had an idea that they were receiving something. You could do it to anyone on your list and no one would know. Nice. :) I remember there used to be a similar hole in AIM where you could send someone a file with a specific name and it would crash that users AIM before they even had an idea that they were receiving something. You could do it to anyone on your list and no one would know.

]]> By: thesamet http://www.thesamet.com/blog/2007/02/22/girlfriend-discovers-a-dos-vulnerability-in-gaim/#comment-2116 thesamet Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:10:45 +0000 http://www.thesamet.com/blog/2007/02/22/girlfriend-discovers-a-dos-vulnerability-in-gaim/#comment-2116 towsonu2003, I am sorry that you have found this post sexist. As I didn't say (or meant to imply) anything about women in general, but only about my girlfriend, I don't think there is a room for this interpretation. Perhaps, the combination of the headline I chose with the huge public attention the post generated, can suggest that many people see it as a curious that a woman discovers anything security related. But that's society. I never claimed that I filed a bug report. The moment I found about this, I immediately notified one of the developers by e-mail. I got a reply from him few hours later. towsonu2003, I am sorry that you have found this post sexist. As I didn’t say (or meant to imply) anything about women in general, but only about my girlfriend, I don’t think there is a room for this interpretation.

Perhaps, the combination of the headline I chose with the huge public attention the post generated, can suggest that many people see it as a curious that a woman discovers anything security related. But that’s society.

I never claimed that I filed a bug report. The moment I found about this, I immediately notified one of the developers by e-mail. I got a reply from him few hours later.

]]> By: towsonu2003 http://www.thesamet.com/blog/2007/02/22/girlfriend-discovers-a-dos-vulnerability-in-gaim/#comment-2115 towsonu2003 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:58:10 +0000 http://www.thesamet.com/blog/2007/02/22/girlfriend-discovers-a-dos-vulnerability-in-gaim/#comment-2115 > AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO GIVES A DAMN ABOUT THE RULES?! Apart from the childish outburst, by rules, do you mean the rules of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarchy" title="this" rel="nofollow">? oh, and, not knowing is not bad... not learning is. I hope the blog owner learnt from his mistake, looked deep inside his own assumptions, and is now doing something to change those false assumptions that lead to this whole thing. > AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO GIVES A DAMN ABOUT THE RULES?!

Apart from the childish outburst, by rules, do you mean the rules of ?

oh, and, not knowing is not bad… not learning is. I hope the blog owner learnt from his mistake, looked deep inside his own assumptions, and is now doing something to change those false assumptions that lead to this whole thing.

]]> By: Tyler http://www.thesamet.com/blog/2007/02/22/girlfriend-discovers-a-dos-vulnerability-in-gaim/#comment-2114 Tyler Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:21:38 +0000 http://www.thesamet.com/blog/2007/02/22/girlfriend-discovers-a-dos-vulnerability-in-gaim/#comment-2114 Anyone who thought this post was "chauvinistic" is fucking retarded. No need for clarification, the story speaks for itself. Not to mention the fact that your girlfriend, herself, wrote the first paragraph. AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO GIVES A DAMN ABOUT THE RULES?! Anyone who thought this post was “chauvinistic” is fucking retarded. No need for clarification, the story speaks for itself. Not to mention the fact that your girlfriend, herself, wrote the first paragraph. AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO GIVES A DAMN ABOUT THE RULES?!

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