Re: Site Defacement

Jim,

You seem to have touched a nerve here, in that at least two other people
have already taken offense at your blanket statement that implies that
computer/webdesign savvy CANNOT go hand-in-hand with those who know about or
do anything with horses. I'm going to add my name to the list of people you
offended because not only do I manage a number of domains, do graphics work
and build websites, I am also a cowboy. That means I ride horses, herd
cattle, and occasionally compete in local rodeos. I make more money with the
computer thing, but have quite a bit of fun doing the cowboy thing, too. The
two CAN go together, and frequently do.

Perhaps you meant to say "...I doubt an equestrian competitor has a CRACKER
working for them..." If that's what you meant, I would agree with you, as I
find those who work with animals to be generally of a calmer, more relaxed,
easy-going spirit (but not always). Sure, there's competition, but it's
usually FRIENDLY competition, and not the kind that would resort to
malicious vandalism. Unfortunately, you didn't say this, and have insulted a
number of people with your choice of words.

Because of this, your second paragraph seems to have been overlooked, which
is really more of the point of discussion anyway. I agree with your
assessment that the graphic likely got corrupted somehow, either while being
sent to the server, a glitch on the server, a transmission error in coming
back to the browser, or whatever. It's very unlikely that a cracker would
scramble just one picture, and leave the textual data intact. My
recommendation to Lauren would be to just resend the damaged file, clear her
browser cache, and try again. If the image corrupts a second time, then
there might be cause for concern (but I'd still shy away from the cracker
theory).

Kehvan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim O'Brien" <JObrien(at)witness.com>
To: <bluejay(at)starband.net>
Cc: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 04:05
Subject: RE: Site Defacement


> I have to agree with Mike for the most part.  Usually if someone goes to
the
> effort, they go all the way and do it right.  Plus, I doubt that an
> equestrian competitor has someone with THAT much savvy anyway.
>
> I have had graphics scramble on me before and to date I can't definitively
> say what it was.  Just make sure you save the original properly.  Save it
> again and make sure it is small and easy to download.  Sometimes there
will
> be glitches in the server or in the browser as a web page delivers.  I
> wouldn't be too concerned at this point.

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