Lance, try to run a sniffer yourself.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lance Whitmore [SMTP:vesuvus@...]
> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 7:22 PM
> To: EverQuest@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: SV: [EverQuest] Verant's new security policy..
>
> Verant says it's YOUR responsibility to keep your account secure.. Well,
> there's not a damn thing in hell you can do if your dorm mate decides to
> run a sniffer and there he'll be able to read your login name and password
> in plaintext.. But Verant still thinks that it's the players
> responsibility.. *sigh* braindead fools...
>
> Actually there are a couple of viruses that were made specifically for
> EverQuest, and they were quite successful.. If you know how much money
> some people have made on just ebaying legit loot then you can figure out
> how much they can make from spreading a simple EQ virus to gain access to
> hundreds of accounts(I've had one guildmate this year that had a virus
> like that, she ended up being banned).. They get your account info, ebay
> all tradable loot then they sell the account itself.. Unfortunately the
> buyer is screwed since the real owner will report the theft most likely..
> But the virus programmer still makes a bundle.. :(
>
> Where do you guys think its up.. Hundreds of accounts? Please... If
> you have any real evidence please include some reference.. not just, I
> have a friend whos equipment was stolen and sold on ebay. Where was she
> the whole time? Did she notice her equipment as missing? Where they able
> to sell and trade all the items while none of her friends noticed she her
> online? Why was the account banned?
>
> And the comment about "sniffers" and their use to gain access to EQ
> information is trival to accessing any of your other private
> information. Where is it noted that your username and password are
> transfered as plain text?
>
> Ah well.. be paranoid if ya want to.. =)
>
>
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