Warez??

From: Kip Crosby <engine_at_chac.org>
Date: Fri Apr 17 12:18:52 1998

At 12:09 4/17/98 -0400, Christian wrote:
>Forgive me for not knowing what _might_ be common knowledge amongst some
>folks here, but what is this "warez" thing??

Well, now that Kai has had his fun --

"Warez attack" or "warezbomb" refers to the charming habit of storing vast
amounts of pirated software by uploading it to inconspicuous public ftp
directories of ISP's, then tipping off selected people that it's there.
Happened to me -- that is, CHAC -- and we just had to amputate the directory.

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