On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:21:50 -0600 Bob Beck <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Users are cautioned about rogue ftp sites claiming to have > OpenBSD. > The best place to get OpenBSD is from an official CD set, > produced in a secured location > > It has come to our attention that some ftp sites > (ftp.kd85.com) which are not official OpenBSD mirrors are purporting > to serve OpenBSD 4.5 at this time. We have noted that what is > actually present in the 4.5 directory is not 4.5, but rather a late > development cycle snapshot which they have moved into place claiming > it is 4.5. > While we have no problem with anyone mirroring OpenBSD for > the good of the user community, we do believe that people who offer > up the wrong thing are being deceptive and will hurt the userbase - > particularly when the packages being offered up are not the release > versions. > please ensure you look at http://www.openbsd.org/ftp.html > when choosing to do an ftp install, and don't be fooled by someone > "phishing" for your ftp traffic. > > > Wow! The depths that these scumbags will go is amazing, but I kinda figured something might be wrong when I logged into FTP and saw: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NOTICE: NSFW! . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 Guest login ok, send your email address as password. 230- 230- _____ ____ _____ ____ __ _ _____ _____ 230- / ___ \ | _ \| ___|/ __ \| | / |/ ____| ___| 230- / / / /___ ___ ____ | |_) | |_ | | )_| |/ /| (___ | |_ 230- / / / / __ \/ _ \/ __ \| _ <| |_| | | __| | < \___ \| |_| 230- / /__/ / /_/ / __/ / / /| |_) | |___| |__) | |\ \ ____) | |___ 230- \_____/ .___/\___/_/ /_/ |____/|_____|\____/|_| \_|_____/|_____| 230- /_/ 230- / \ \ /\ \ The proactively insecure Anus-like 230- | `. | | : \ Orifice System. 230- ` | | | | | Please visit the OpenBECKSE web site 230- \ | / / \\\ \ : | at http://www.openbeckse.org/ 230- ` \/ -~~ ~--__| \.' | 230- \ \-~ V ~-_\| / All transfers are logged, if you don't 230- \_ \ _.-----.____\| : like this policy, disconnect now! 230- \ \____// _ __ (___ \ | 230- \ . __)_ ___ (_____ | / 230- \ | ___)/ \ (_____|_/ OpenBECKSE 4.5 is available for order! 230- /\| ____) | (___ /\ You can order a CD of OpenBECKSE from 230- | ( _____)\__/ // _/ / \ http://www.openbeckse.org/orders.html 230- | \ |_ \\______//(__/ | CD sales are important to support the 230- |\ \___) `--- --' /| continued development of the project. 230- '._ _\ /_ _.' 230- \ / | | \ / 230- | | / \ | | "Hearing him scream like a 230- : / | | \ : little girl when he had to hack 230- | : \_/\_/ : | in NFS was priceless" --phessler 230- VK. | | | | | | 230- 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp> -- J.C. Roberts
