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Browser Tracking....

May 26, 2002, 10:53am
Thing is.. no one (except a few people at AWC) know where that number is. As
far as I know, there's no way of telling what exactly that hex number really
represents. I think you're over reacting a little strike...

From Ima's posts, it sounds like those radio buttons aren't there. If they
were there, his question (how do you do each kind of ejection) would have
been totally stupid. Ima replied to his post saying that the browser does
all three when you eject someone. It also sounds as if this hex # is never
displayed anywhere. I'm pretty sure you can't get it though the SDK either..
The eject function takes a session #, and a mode of ejection.

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Browser Tracking....

May 27, 2002, 12:43am
Read carefully.... :o)

> I think you're over reacting a little strike...

-J

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Browser Tracking....

May 27, 2002, 1:06am
Ok.. so what's the big deal?

Even if they can lookup your system ID, it's just a hex number... So, you
use your neato 'scientific' calculator to convert it. You end up with a
decimal number... BIG DEAL!! Do you know what it means? Do you know where
to break it apart and how to decyper the fields? No? .... I didn't think so,
it's impossible.

(1. Get the real definition of "Spyware" -

Spyware is ANY SOFTWARE which employs a user's Internet connection in the
backgroud (the so-called "backchannel") without their knowledge or explicit
permission. - Steve Gibson (www.grc.com)

AW is obviously NOT doing this... The hex number is comunicated to world
server upon entry to make sure you have not been ejcted. The hex number is
not being used for any sort of tracking, and is not (i'm relativly sure)
available to bots.

(2. What are they going to do with it?

Ok, so they've got some weird decimal (since you converted it) number that
identifes your system... what good is it?

(3. The number is a hash.

For those of us who are not cryptographers (someone who studies
cryptography, the art of encoding/encryping information), a hash is a string
of letters and numbers derrived from a some "key". For example, on
linux/unix systems.. your password is stored in a 'hash'. When you set your
password for the first time it is encrypted using a 'crypt()' system call
and the result is stored on the hard drive. This should tell you something.
If the linux community uses it, it's most likely *really* good.

There are a few neat things you should know about a hash. A hash only goes
one way.. Meaning once you encrypt something into a hash there is no way to
decrypt it. Also, encoding the same key will always result in the same hash.

So, each time you log on (to a linux/unix system) the password you enter is
'crypted()'. The resulting hash is compared to the stored version of the
hash. A good match means your password was correct, and you can log in.
This is why linux/unix passwords are so strong. There is no way to discover
the password without trying every possible combination (guesing a password,
encrypting it into a hash, and comparing it to the stored hash).


http://grc.com/optout.htm

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Browser Tracking....

May 27, 2002, 1:23am
Maybe I can provide more clear explanation...

IP Address....

IP stands for Internet Protocal - Something invented way back when, in the
beginning of the internet.

Computers, in order to communicate, need to have a protocal. When your
browser goes out on the internet looking for a webpage it finds a server and
askes for the page you wanted. The browser expects that page to be delivered
in HTTP (hyper text transmission protocal). HTTP is simply a format for
sending requests and recieving replies. The IP protocal is much the same.

The basis of the IP protocal is the IP adress. An IP address is four numbers
seperated by decimal points.. (i.e. my IP addres is currently:
208.61.132.45). IP address are used to uniqely identify your computer to the
rest of the internet. No other computer has the same IP address as your
computer at any given time.

There are two types of IP address - Static and Dynamic.

Dynamic IP address are used for dial-up internet users. Eace time you
connect to the internet (dial-up), your computer is assigned an IP address.
This address can varry from connection to connection. If you disconnect from
your ISP, and the re-dial you will most likely recieve a different IP
address. Thus, it is Dynamic. It changes... and cannot be predicted.

Static IP address are becoming common for DSL and cable modem users.
However, they are most often found on internet servers. When you type a URL
like www.activeworlds.com your computer interprets that into an IP address.
(64.94.241.210) This IP is always the same, and will not change. This makes
it much easier for your computer to find activeworlds. It always knows the
IP address, and can therefore start a connection.

Hope that makes it a little more clear.

-J

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Browser Tracking....

May 27, 2002, 1:24am
It is the hex form of a hash. You *can* convert it to a decimal number.
However, you cannot reverse the hash.

-J

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Browser Tracking....

May 27, 2002, 3:58pm
What I said in my message about the OP passwords was all correct. By any
normal means, what you were talking about was totally stupid. The fact that
AWC released a version of AW could would give out all the information
changes a lot of things :-)

I was not trying to be insulting at all and I'm sorry you feel that way. I
was simply stating the obvious and posing simple questions.

Regards,
Jeremy

P.S. Don't make me fix all the spelling and grammar problems in your message
(i.e. repeated words, missing punctuation, typos, slang, etc...) Maybe I
made myself look stupid by being proven wrong, but at least I don't sound
like a stupid 12 year old kid.
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Browser Tracking....

May 27, 2002, 4:51pm
Not that anyone could actully find out what that number was... remember,
that hex number is a hash...

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Browser Tracking....

May 31, 2002, 4:59am
lol.. I'd have to be really desperate to resort to those measures. However,
if the "computer id" was based solely on the MAC address, that would
theorectily be possible. MAC address make good identifies because no 2
network cards have the same address. However, not everyone has a network
card. And there are plenty of ways to change/spoof your MAC. For example, my
router (a LinkSys BEFSR81 allows me to clone MAC addresses.

My best bet would be that the system ID is based on the serial numbers of
several key peices of hardware. These serial numbers are put into some sort
of formula/algorythm, then put into a hash. The resulting number can't be
used to determine what those serial numbers were (you can't 'decrypt' a
hash), but it will be totally unique.

I have ideas of a few tests I could do in my world, that is, *if* I were on
beta. But, seems AWC/Roland want to be stingy with it again..


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Slide Detection

May 27, 2002, 1:29am
d'oh! I don't mean to be a Eep... but I mean, c'mon people.. think! Obvious?

:o)

-J

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Server Space

Jun 2, 2002, 1:14am
Poseidon,

Give me a gram sometime, I might be able to give you some free space.

-JerMe

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Don't Look Now! It's...

Jun 11, 2002, 1:47am
.... He's gotta save some content for the second edition...

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Don't Look Now! It's...

Jun 15, 2002, 4:05am
That is awesome.. I've been looking for that page for a long time. Ever
since my school web site got hacked and replaced by that. I tried to grab it
before they restored the site from backups, but i didn't get it..

That's all PERL code 'ya know.. If you look closely.

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[NG Survivor 2] Win "the Million" Please read. :)

Jun 13, 2002, 2:19pm
aww.. heck, why not? I'll give it a shot.

Count me in....

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FTP costs a bomb - Seriously, you could buy a nuke with how much this costs

Jun 19, 2002, 8:40pm
AWC has at least 1 Sun Microsystems server in their new location.... goto
http://www.sun.com/servers/index.html and check out the prices on a decent
server (with multiple procs). You'll see the prices get very high, very
quickly. They have to make money somehow...

I offer free and fee based hosting, check my website:
www.JTechWebSystems.com

Regards,
Jeremy

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itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." -Mathew 5-34
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FTP costs a bomb - Seriously, you could buy a nuke with how much this costs

Jun 19, 2002, 8:44pm
Hmm.. i guess you already knew that I offered hosting... I didn't notice who
i was replying to, lol.

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[NG Survivor 2] 1st to go.../2nd week challenge

Jul 9, 2002, 2:54am
Dear Diary....

Not much action to speak of.... So far I've missed all the events due to RL
issues. Was on vacation (a small island in South Carolina) for the first
week of the game. Missed the Sat. challenge because of a wedding.

Only one vote to kick me off so far.. I wonder who the little twerp was...
I'd bet my money on Maki. He's still crazy over the whole panda thing (don't
ask.. inside joke... visit the world "JTech" and maybe you'll figure it
out... ROFL).

In other news....

Our camp looks like absolute crap!! There's no coodination, and rows of
trees/plants everywhere... What's up with our flag? It's run down the pole
and says

Now entering llama-land.
~
Team: Ambient Spirit, Maka, Mongo, Gandalf,Joeman,
Shorah,Jerme

Hmm....We also have some kinda gate/fence system going on... lol, nice...

No alliances to speak of yet. I've hardly talked to anyone. Lioness seems to
be a nice lady though.

Until next time...

-Jeremy

[NG Survivor 2] 1st to go.../2nd week challenge

Jul 13, 2002, 12:59am
Hey everyone... After reading the update, I thought I should clear things up
a little... This is a telegram I'm about to send to Gand.

-----

Hey man.. I wasn't trying to accuse you of setting that tent on fire, or
trying to ruin your reputation. The flame had your name on it, so I thought
you'd be the first to ask about it. I realize that all of us survivors have
ED and anyone could have set that tent on fire. When I asked you about it, I
was kinda half joking anyway... Didn't know you'd take it the wrong way. I
think it's pretty funny in a way. Everyone's getting upset about the camps
changing and stuff being deleted/moved. On top of that Norny knows all
about it, but isn't talking. Anyways, sorry about that. :o)

-----

Sincerely,
Jeremy


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itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." -Mathew 5-34

Survivor updates??????

Jul 18, 2002, 2:30am
As I heard it... Nornny is gone to camp IRL. He said he may not get access
to a news reader while he was there, but would try.

-Jeremy

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WORLD & BOT HOST

Jul 22, 2002, 4:01am
You'd be surprised how much a decent connection runs... lol

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WATCH Out For Idiots That Like To Stir Up Old Hate Flames

Aug 6, 2002, 11:55pm
He has no reason to be... but no doubt that he is...

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Traffic Lights On AW

Aug 6, 2002, 12:35pm
Just In (from this universe) may have some he'd let you use from Broadway. I
believe he also has the walk + don't walk signs. You'll have to talk to him
about it though... :-)

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[NG Survivor 2] It's a flaming hotbed out there...

Aug 8, 2002, 4:30am
[NG Survivor 2 - Diary entry #3]

Dear Diary....

Yea, this makes it entry #3. Why so few entries? Because not much has been
going on since the last time I wrote. With this big "switch" thing, maybe I
can find some stuff to say now.

Since last time I wrote, the camps have only gotten worse. All of our
objects were gone, there was alomst *nothing* in our camp. The only thing
that kept it from becoming totally baron was the makeshift table and chairs
made from rotated palm trees. When the OP died on us all of Ambi's hard work
on that was turned into black triangles. Along with most of the other
greenery around our camp.

Our tribe was widdled down to a mere 4. We lost 2 more to fudged immunity
challenges, and maka resigned.... Not a cool deal. We're making it though.
Doesn't matter much anyways, as our tribe has been completly split.

I must say nornny, interestig twist.... It seems I'm now with Builderz,
Binary Bud, and Maki. Thats fair enough... I don't like the doubt nornny
shows about my place in the tribe. I don't think I'm going anywhere anytime
too soon.

-Jeremy



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[NG Survivor 2] It's a flaming hotbed out there...

Aug 9, 2002, 5:20pm
Hey guys... I haven't played that much.. maybe for 10 mins... But I'm gunna
hit it hard tonight. I'll let you know....

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[NG Survivor 2] It's a flaming hotbed out there...

Aug 11, 2002, 3:41pm
*joins BB in his head hangning....*

I thought I was doin good... lol


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What you mean? you cant understand English

Aug 8, 2002, 11:46pm
..... Interesting waste of bandwidth, I must say.....

-Jeremy

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Fwd: Security Update

Aug 14, 2002, 10:58pm
Yea, I was a little disturbed (not necessarily mad) when the first I heard
about this was from a couple of world owners I host for.....

Not a good deal....

When are the folks at AWI going to figure out that they *can* actully post
in NG's?

Maybe an automated mailing list (where you send an e-mail to an account
controled by a progam to signup, remove and edit your prefrences) for
pressing info would be better.

-Jeremy


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[NG Survivor 2] Public Participation

Aug 25, 2002, 4:58pm
Dear Diary,

Well... Yet another loss... It seems I never make it onto the winning team.
:-/ I'm not too upset over it though. I share builderz's opinion. I got
short notice, and didn't even have a chance to look at it until the judging
was over. Take a look at the number of objects we had to work with... what
did you people expect?!?

In other news... I've got the odd feeling that this round I'm out.. I admit
i've not been online as much as usual. I'm 2 weeks into the new school year,
and I'm trying to be a little more dedicated to my grades this year. That
means the work is stacking up high.... I've also not even said a word to BB
or Builderz since the big 'switch'. I an never seem to catch them online.
I've gotten a few grams from them over the week informing me of the
challenge and of the council.... I don't have a single alliance within my
tribe, and I'm not sure if the pre-switch alliences are still around or
what... Like I said, I haven't talked to anyone. I also think the lack of
anyone else trying to get in touch with me, may be an indicator that
everyone else is teamed against me.

So, i'm feeling a lot like the odd-man-out. Maybe it's not so bad though.
I've known maki for a while now, and builderz and I are good friends. I host
maki's world, and OP for free... the least he could do is show a little
appreciation :o). I also know Builderz because he does some hosting for a
couple friends of mine. I'm not a complete stranger to either of them, yet I
don't know if that would prevent them from voting for me. BinaryBud is the
only one I don't know, and have never talked to.

About that last reward challenge. I hunted those damn deer for over an hour.
When, afer about 20 mins of hunting, I came upon a few deer... I let them
get as close as I thought they would, and shot my bow straight at the
nearest one. Couldn't hit crap. In the rest of my time playing, I never
managed to see another deer. Pick an easier game Norn.. We could have used
those objects for cryin out loud!

Well, that's my thoughts on that..... Until next week (maybe)...

-Jeremy


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[NG Survivor 2] Public Participation

Aug 25, 2002, 6:09pm
That's not my fault... I'm still waiting on all the paperwork.....

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[NG Survivor 2] The past does hurt

Sep 2, 2002, 3:13pm
I believe my last words will be the same as Mongo's. "No Comment".

I'd also like to send this post with the feeling that I have some sort of
dignity remaning. I don't want to make myself look like a fool, unlike the
numerous other people that feel the need to grace us with their needless
posts and flames.

I also share Mongo's opinion of the game. This whole round of NGS has been a
crock. From people cheating, times changing..... For example: (not to whine
or anything) I would still be in the game if it wern't for that public
voting thing. Since when does the public get to vote? And who set up the
vote so that anyone could vote as many times as you want? All the other
survivors had mabye 10 votes at the most for them.... Number of votes for
me: over 1000. Some little shit got his jollies the other day by clicking
that damn button a thousand times or so. ....What a load of crap. *rolls
eyes and shakes his head*

Looking back, it's all pretty funny.... It is indeed good for laughs.

-Jeremy

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[NG Survivor 2] There's no such thing as safety in numbers

Sep 10, 2002, 11:25pm
So... you thought you'd just vote me off and that'd be it.... lol. Ohh, how
mistaken you were.

Looks like no one (from the tribes) won the challenge this week....
whoops..... :-P

Hey norn... don't I get to take part in that Public voting BS? Didn't you
say a while back that if a memeber of the "public" won the challenge that
the winner would choose the tribe that won the challenge?

Sounds like things are getting interesting... g'luck... you'll need it. :o)

-Jeremy

"Been there, done that.... got the t-shirt"

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