"cheesy" aim dos

From: leon (leonat_private)
Date: Thu Oct 11 2001 - 06:04:03 PDT

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    Ok I got a dos for you guys.
    
    If you have someone's screename and they are not logged on you can
    prevent them from logging on quite easily.  Try to log on with their
    name and a fake password, after about 10 or so attempts it will give you
    a message that says rate limited you are trying to sign on too quickly.
    
    When they try to log on with the real password they will be denied
    service.  This is cheesy in the sense that you every 10 - 15 minutes you
    will have to mess up the password at least once after the initial
    "attack" (if you can call it that).
    
    However it is still very annoying if someone has one user name and they
    prefer that over others.
    
    Hope that helps.
    
    Regards,
    
    Leon
    



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