http://www.metafilter.com/1564// Comments on MetaFilter post Comments on 1564 Sun, 07 May 2000 09:11:23 -0800 Sun, 07 May 2000 09:11:23 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/1564/ <a href="http://www.dataloss.net/papers/how.defaced.apache.org.txt">www.apache.org</a> was for a brief time "Powered by Microsoft BackOffice".<br><br> Ooops... post:www.metafilter.com,2000:site.1564 Fri, 05 May 2000 12:23:38 -0800 Steven Den Beste apache site defaced hacked http://www.metafilter.com/1564/#5261 At least the Apache folks seem to be taking the hack <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/000506-000002.html">quite gracefully</a>. comment:www.metafilter.com,2000:site.1564-5261 Sun, 07 May 2000 09:11:23 -0800 harmful http://www.metafilter.com/1564/#5274 Little choice they have. When crack dot com's server got broken into and the full source for Quake II was stolen, and instantly spread out among the hacker community, there was little id could do besides grin and bear it. When ports to Linux and OS/2 appeared, they accepted the fait accompli and turned their heads. Had they made nasty, all that would have happened is to alienate their customer base. They really had little choice but to ignore the whole thing. Of course, suing crack dot com (which they had every right to do) would have accomplished nothing. So it is here. If Apache makes nasty, all they do is make themselves look bad. comment:www.metafilter.com,2000:site.1564-5274 Sun, 07 May 2000 12:11:00 -0800 Steven Den Beste