9/14 How anonymous is motd? I'm asking because I'd like to post a few
deep secrets but I don't want to be exposed. Thanks. -newbie
\_ there are various ways to spy on the motd, but they are all
demonstrably unreliable. someone may jump up and down and claim
they know who you are, but they are probably full of shit and
everyone knows it.
\_ Your anonymity is virtually guaranteed!
Now out with it.
\_ 1) Don't use motdedit
2) Launch an editor
3) Open motd from inside editor (not as a command line argument to
your editor).
4) Write your change to the motd and leave your editor open--but do
not background the editor for several minutes.
\_ This works, but would put you in the relatively small group of
active (non-idle) users at the time of the change. Another way
is to logout and scp the changes over- your scp session will show
up in a ps for a very brief period of time, but if nobody catches
that you're not even a suspect. A third method is to constantly
keep an editor open and semi active (use screen), which gives you
plausible deniability.
\_ It is fairly trivial to track MOTD edits with a high degree of
accuracy.
\_ That's NOT the way to get him/her to spill the beans!
What's the matter with you?!
\_ Hasn't been my experience-- unless you're hacking in at the
filesystem level, it's difficult to tie the file-write to a list
of likely suspects: those that have the file open for writing (fstat)
active users (ps), etc. You can probably narrow it down to < 20
users, but not down to 1, not for every commit.
of likely suspects: those that have the file open for writing
(fstat) active users (ps), etc. You can probably narrow it
down to < 20 users, but not down to 1, not for every commit.
\_ Out of every 20 posts people accuse me of making, I maybe
actually make 1. -- ilyas
\_ Hi ilyas!...oh wait...damn.
\_ thanks for the response. My secret is this. Karen the
current csua pres is hot... skinny body, clean face, and
nice knockers [for an engineering Asian girl]. She is
pretty much the only reason for living, for going to Soda
hall. Whew, what a relief -newbie
\_ Hell, what's the big deal? A little wordsmithing and you
could say that (essentially) right to her face. You could
have walled this: "Hey, the current CSUA pres is really
beautiful. Clear complexion, slender, well-proportioned."
Even if it got back to her, with your name attached, I think
you'd have been all right.
\_ That's no secret. Everyone whose been at the CSUA in the
last 2 years knows that.
\_ So, was all of this thread a ploy to bust the next politburo
meeting attendance?
\_ Any pix? --remote alum too far from Berkeley
\_ I second that.
\_ Me third. PIX PLEASE!!
\_ No idea who she is, but I'm glad she's keeping the soda geeks
entertained. I am somewhat surprised that the karen login has
been unclaimed for so many years.
\_ Maybe it was reassigned by presidential order. But I'm
sure she gets a ton of spam.
\_ No, that's been her address since she joined. It was
just open. Evidence of how many girls we have in the
CSUA I suppose.
\_ WTH, there are GIRLS in the CSUA now???
\_ Hey newbie, how did you come to know of the motd? They no
longer have it display automatically on login for new users. I
assumed this was killing the influx of newbies. |
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