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Re: 5 MB free ftp-space - Something weird

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From: Maarten van Schaik
Date: Tue, 06 May 1997 00:00

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Andrew Ansell wrote:
> 
> Tim McKillican wrote:
> >
> > Franklin Hoek wrote:
> > >
> > > Goto the site http://leden.tref.nl/fhoek
> > >
> > > And click on the 5 MB-space button. You will get 5 Mb www-space to use at
> > > your one will.
> > >
> > > Also Ftp-access...
> >
> > I went to this site, and while loading, in the status bar while loading
> > the page, it said "Uploading C: 67% complete."  I didn't realize until
> > it had gone up to 67 or 70%, but as soon as I saw it I quickly exited.
> > What happened?  I have never seen this before.
> 
> There is definatly something dodgy about that site. At a guess it only
> sends the directoy listing, the drive would be to big.
> I'll have a better look from linux tomorrow, lets see it find a c drive
> then. If I can figure out exactly what he's doing I'll let you know.
> 
> Andrew

I'll tell you what he's doing. He's faking. Watch the JavaScript in the
lower frame. It makes fake messages in the status bar. Take a look at
the functions faketake() and fakeformat(). In Linux it'll say the same
thing, unless you have disabled javascript in your browser.
-- 

  Groeten/Regards

Maarten van Schaik

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