DC++ 0.173 out
Posted by aco on 09 May 2002 - 09:26 · 11 comments & 209 views
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#1 Posted by spike232 on 09 May 2002 - 09:48
- Does this contain spyware or stuff like that??
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#2 Posted by noir on 09 May 2002 - 09:55
- nope no spyware
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#3 Posted by wog boy on 09 May 2002 - 09:56
- open source and free...the only problem is the amount of hubs that dont let you use this software
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#4 Posted by neenee on 09 May 2002 - 11:11
- *waves
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#5 Posted by neenee on 09 May 2002 - 11:20
- hi everyone.
to prevent any hub-bashing:
the hubs which disallow usage of this client, do so because of sound reasons. it so happens, that this client has certain features which are, though useful, easily misused. since so many users misuse these features, some hubs choose to disallow this client. in addition, there are certain differences between this client and the original neo-modus client. these differences produce hub-side problems, like increased strain on the hub by searching too often within a certain amount of time.
would these issues be addressed, and above all, tested properly, then hubs might have less of a problem with this client.
ofcourse there are users whom do not misuse this client and adhere to the rules. but the amount of proper users is so small, that at the moment they are neglected and will have to use the original client in some hubs.
hoping that i have prevented a hub-bashing thread which exists in too many places already,
kind regards,
neenee.
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#6 Posted by PKHelloNasty on 09 May 2002 - 16:03
- sounds like someone is a LITTLE upset... :smart:
REVOLT!!!
HUBS THAT DONT ALLOW DC++ SUCK!!!
Who's with me???
Who's with Me???
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#7 Posted by timdorr on 09 May 2002 - 17:19
- this is what I love about open source: you can download the source and fix the method the hubs use to block DC++
No banning, and plenty of DC++ fun!
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#8 Posted by Ice Blue on 09 May 2002 - 22:42
- That's stupid. Support the hub you use... not stab it in the back.
The Redmond, Wash.-based software maker issued a critical security bulletin to users advising them to upgrade by visiting an MSN Chat site and downloading an upgraded new chat control, or by upgrading on the site to the latest version of MSN Messenger or Exchange Instant Messenger.
The chat control feature is not automatically included in Windows Messenger, which is installed with the XP version of Windows, Microsoft's flagship operating system.
The company was aware of no user who had been hacked via the flaw, Microsoft Security Program Manager Christopher Budd said, though he cautioned users not to be complacent about downloading the upgrades.
MSN Messenger has some 46 million users, but the chat control is automatically included only in the two latest versions, 4.5 and 4.6, Budd said.
He said the company had been informed of the flaw by a security firm about a month ago but did not disclose it until late Wednesday because it was developing the fixes or "patches" for customers to download.
Version 4.5 was released in October 2001 and version 4.6 was released two months later.
"Software always will have flaws," Budd said. "We always do our best to ensure we do not have flaws or vulnerabilities, but while we strive for perfection, we know we're not always going to achieve perfection."
Last month, the company released a new plan, called "Trustworthy Computing," whose goal is to fix security flaws in its Web server software, the most serious of which could let a hacker take over someone else's server. The plan followed a series of embarrassing security flaws and growing criticism that the software giant had been ignoring the flaws for too long.
Microsoft said the newest vulnerability was caused by what is known as a "buffer overflow problem." Hackers could use the problem to run their own malicious commands in a user's computer.
Buffer overflows occur when software is programmed to accept information but not given the ability to validate or limit it. That allows hackers to send commands that an operating system is not expecting but that end up in a computer's memory and are executed.
In February, Microsoft warned of an unrelated flaw in MSN Messenger that could allow a hacker to gain access to screen names and e-mail addresses.