pdog Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 its complete ****, someone just made all this up, IPB by default stores all passwords in MD5 hashes, not in cleartext! WHY IN THE HELL WOULD THEY ENABLE CLEARTEXT!!!??? They didn't enable cleartext!!! The ony way that this could happen is if the hacker took the MD5 hashes, and put them into the password field (dont think this would work), but the last time I saw something like that was in phpbb 1.0.6 or somewhere like 6 years ago Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/210120-half-life-2-gold-hoax-what-really-happened/page/2/#findComment-584452380 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomn Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 They can be spoofed though, cant they? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/210120-half-life-2-gold-hoax-what-really-happened/page/2/#findComment-584452412 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CdCViRus Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 I hope that ###### burns eternally in hell getting raped by Ron Jeremy. wow, we have a f*cking saint here :rolleyes: i am guessing that you would not take advantage of such a hole, right? the guy who stole the password did what almost any human would do in his place, you retard Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/210120-half-life-2-gold-hoax-what-really-happened/page/2/#findComment-584452414 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotRoot Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 You don't 'compile' PHP for one. Its an interpreted languange. So unless the database and the username and password to that sql database was in plain text, there is no way someone could have gotten access, but hey guess what? Someone would have to specifically set up permissions for something not specifically on the server to be able to even access the config file with the information in it. So you see, its complete garbage, regardless whether the passwords were encrypted or not. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/210120-half-life-2-gold-hoax-what-really-happened/page/2/#findComment-584452515 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LingeringSoul Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 the guy who stole the password did what almost any human would do in his place, you retard Most humans I know wouldn't impersonate somebody with the intention of lying to thousands of people for the sake of humor. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/210120-half-life-2-gold-hoax-what-really-happened/page/2/#findComment-584452528 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kairon Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 wow, we have a f*cking saint here :rolleyes: i am guessing that you would not take advantage of such a hole, right? the guy who stole the password did what almost any human would do in his place, you retard so you would steal a password from a man who works his ass off on releasing an awesome game for us and pose as him to the public and get everyone's hopes up knowing that when they find out the truth they will be ****ed off? your an ass. i wouldn't dare do such a thing like that. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/210120-half-life-2-gold-hoax-what-really-happened/page/2/#findComment-584452789 Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimreaper Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 so you would steal a password from a man who works his ass off on releasing an awesome game for us and pose as him to the public and get everyone's hopes up knowing that when they find out the truth they will be ****ed off? your an ass. i wouldn't dare do such a thing like that. if he really was working his ass off shouldnt the game be out by now? :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/210120-half-life-2-gold-hoax-what-really-happened/page/2/#findComment-584453101 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 the guy who stole the password did what almost any human would do in his place, you retard that says a lot about you :whistle: glad I dont know you well :rofl: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/210120-half-life-2-gold-hoax-what-really-happened/page/2/#findComment-584453127 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamthief Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 get over it guys.... even if it was the real Gade, so what? The real Gabe also promised us a release soon but it was let down a COUPLE of times. As i said, so what? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/210120-half-life-2-gold-hoax-what-really-happened/page/2/#findComment-584453136 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banjo Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 (edited) If they did get Gabe's password hash, couldn't they just mod their IPB cookie to change the UID to Gabe's and replace their password hash with his? Edit: Just tried it and it took about 7 seconds to crack the hash. Edited August 29, 2004 by Banjo Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/210120-half-life-2-gold-hoax-what-really-happened/page/2/#findComment-584453156 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasondefaoite Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 if he really was working his ass off shouldnt the game be out by now? :p Have you seen the size of that ass, still plently of work to do :woot: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/210120-half-life-2-gold-hoax-what-really-happened/page/2/#findComment-584453159 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 I dont care if Gabe's password was gaben or something else, in fact I really dont care what just happened yesterday & today as long as Valve gives us a accurate release date. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/210120-half-life-2-gold-hoax-what-really-happened/page/2/#findComment-584453187 Share on other sites More sharing options...
csabo2 Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 Which they wont. gabes sitting around eating twinkies rather than making the devs do work. all the preload did was load graphics and maps.. im really getting annoyed with valve Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/210120-half-life-2-gold-hoax-what-really-happened/page/2/#findComment-584453192 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kairon Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 Which they wont. gabes sitting around eating twinkies rather than making the devs do work. all the preload did was load graphics and maps.. im really getting annoyed with valve So then don't buy Half-Life 2. Either way, we don't care. You obviously don't know what kind of work it takes to program a whole game engine and game and it shows. :rolleyes: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/210120-half-life-2-gold-hoax-what-really-happened/page/2/#findComment-584453218 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojomonkee Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 i heard he's gay and likes to kick puppies. spread this rumor. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/210120-half-life-2-gold-hoax-what-really-happened/page/2/#findComment-584453222 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pto Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 So what did he say when he supposedly posted from Gabe's account? I assume we're talking about the forums, sorry if it's not. I haven't paid any attention to stuff for like two weeks. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/210120-half-life-2-gold-hoax-what-really-happened/page/2/#findComment-584453539 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrigamer Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 He said "We're going gold monday..." and then something like "Maybe he shouldn't have had his password as 'gaben'. Come on Gabe, you could've thought of something better than that." Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/210120-half-life-2-gold-hoax-what-really-happened/page/2/#findComment-584453675 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chode Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 "Will the real Gabe Newell please stand up?" Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/210120-half-life-2-gold-hoax-what-really-happened/page/2/#findComment-584454101 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISKER_Q Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 I don't know if they changed anything but minimum password length was 3 chars when i registered on HL2Fallout today. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/210120-half-life-2-gold-hoax-what-really-happened/page/2/#findComment-584454140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoNuTs Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 "Will the real Gabe Newell please stand up?" He can't :rofl: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/210120-half-life-2-gold-hoax-what-really-happened/page/2/#findComment-584454239 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanky Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 He can't :rofl:: ROFL!!!! :laugh:: :rofl:: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/210120-half-life-2-gold-hoax-what-really-happened/page/2/#findComment-584454256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chode Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 He can't :rofl:: lol. Good call. Tomorrow, the photoshoping shall begin....... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/210120-half-life-2-gold-hoax-what-really-happened/page/2/#findComment-584454258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredde87 Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 If they did get Gabe's password hash, couldn't they just mod their IPB cookie to change the UID to Gabe's and replace their password hash with his?Edit: Just tried it and it took about 7 seconds to crack the hash. doh, I was going to say that! You stole my post :p But what I dont understand is that if the php was down wouldnt they just se the source of the php file? How could the php file get the username and hash password from teh mysql database if php wasnt working? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/210120-half-life-2-gold-hoax-what-really-happened/page/2/#findComment-584454295 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medievil Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 wondering same thing... but ipb has many exploits so you never know, once you got the md5 hash you cant recode it, but you can put it in a cooky... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/210120-half-life-2-gold-hoax-what-really-happened/page/2/#findComment-584455369 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdog Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 you COULD have gotten the admin password somehow, and executed sql stuff via the admin cp. Or, the password/uname for sql could have gotten exposed. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/210120-half-life-2-gold-hoax-what-really-happened/page/2/#findComment-584455502 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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