True story. Once upon a time, a website that shall remain nameless, for reasons that are soon going to be evident, suspended me for "hacking."
Oh, I'll also mention that this site is a site for software engineers. Yeah, that's relevant.
I had not done any hacking. So I contacted them. They said that they could clearly see in their logs that I had been hacking them, but they could not tell me what it is they actually saw, because that would allow me to hack them some more. They thought they were playing some sort of four-dimensional chess with a mastermind.
I was angry... but then I relaxed, and I talked to my cable modem. I said:
"Yo! Could you renegotiate a new address on the Internet?"
It replied:
"No trouble, boss!"
It renegotiated, got a new address, and then... I was able to access the site again.
:catthinking:
So:
1. These idiots used a technique that could easily be circumvented.
2. Why the hell did they not suspend *my login?????* I could use the site just as well as before.
:headache:
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Bonus storytelling round!!!
I can imagine this being the plot of some #shitty #Hollywood show.
Prosecution: "Member of the jury, I'd like to point out that the defendant asked his modem to... [dramatic pause]... negotiate an IP address!!!!!! [Points to the defendant dramatically.]"
Audience: [Gasps and clutches the pearls.]
Judge: "Negotiating an IP address is so vile, that I find you guilty on all charges, irrevocably, and in perpetuity. TO THE CROCODILES!!!!!!"
Jury: "What's our role in all this?"
Judge: "Fuck all! I decide everything, hahahahaha!"
#CableModem #IPNegotiation #SoftwareEngineers #SoftwareEngineering #FourDimensionalChess #PearlClutching #Law #HollywoodLaw
