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mystery abounds by Mark Siegmund 22 March 2002 20:39 UTC |
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Hi, on top of all the www.whitehouse.org mystery--I also learned this morning that our webpage domain name http://www.tetworld.org has not been available for months--as when I click it on my browser it goes directly to the domain name redirect url which is: http://members.tripod.com/~Tetworld/intro.html also, following the "cache clearing" strategy sent to me by Washington Post, I received the following email from someone who had been following this morning's drama... mark >>> Hi again, >>> You may keep your paranoia a bit longer I think - it should really not >>> matter what you got in your browser cache! But as they recommend you to >>> clear the cache, I suspect the following: >>> >>> Most probably they have had a server intrusion by someone who >> deliberately >>> altered this information on their web site. So what you saw was probably >>> very real, although neither the White House nor the Post wasn't >> behind this >>> disinformation. You went there before they found out about this and when >>> your browser was there, it stored the page in its internal cache on your >>> computer. They corrected the mistake and probably don't want >> anyone to know >>> about this - it is very embarrasing for them that someone >> hacked into their >>> server (ie therefore they want you to clear your cache to get rid of the >>> evidence, more or less!) So now when you visit their site, your browser >>> doesn't reload the page properly as it uses what it has in the browser's >>> cache - thus you see the problem with your netscape but not >> with your other >>> browser. And when I, and other, visit their site now, we do >> instead find the >>> correct version of the page. >>> >>> So it's probably a successful, paranoia-inducing hacker attack that is >>> behind this intermezzo, with the Post trying to cover it all up. >>> >>> Yours,
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