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Wittebolx the hostname stealer [message #271270] Fri, 06 July 2007 18:31 Go to next message
AoBfrost is currently offline  AoBfrost
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So it goes like this.

One day me and our server operator were talking, he had finished adding a new scripts.dll mod to the serer and ready to turn it on, no go, our hostname "a0000000u" would not work. So we remade a new name and it worked, and it so happened, after that I saw a server called Wittebolx marathon, i looked at the hostname and what do you know....our clan's hostname was stolen by him, we kept thinking serials were the issue of our server, but using several different serials didnt help, because the hostname was already logged in and being used to host Wittebolx. I have talked to a few people, but they say they have no relation to him and cannot help me, we have proof that it is our hostname as many of our members also remember it beig a, seven zero's and a u at the end....so beware, a00 names are rare now so protect yours! (we have no clue how he got it's password, but we do have some ideas)

EDIT: We are pretty sure how he did it, and we have proof that he played in our server too:

-[AoB]Chopper- [NR] wittebolx last played in this server 2 Week(s), 5 Day(s), 2 Hour(s), 35 Minutes(s), 7 Seconds(s) Ago.

THus being in the server with some hack or ability, he could have accessed our password to the hostname and used it for his own marathon server.


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Re: Wittebolx the hostname stealer [message #271271 is a reply to message #271270] Fri, 06 July 2007 18:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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or maybe he just got hosting from the same person your hosted with and they gave him the nick, or amybe the persons serial its registered to gave him the nick, maybe he didnt steal it at all, ever consider this idea.
Re: Wittebolx the hostname stealer [message #271272 is a reply to message #271270] Fri, 06 July 2007 18:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Our operator wouldnt give away free serials to someone he has never heard of before, or the hostname, impossible that our server hoster gave it to him also because we were still using it at the time, but shut the server down to mod...kinda odd his server appeared the same day we shut down our server to mod.

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Re: Wittebolx the hostname stealer [message #271274 is a reply to message #271270] Fri, 06 July 2007 18:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Do you know the serial that the nick was registered with? If so, you can reset the password.

Use http://www.renegadeforums.com/index.php?t=msg&th=19368&start=0&rid=2 7 to change the serial of your client to the serial used to register the nick. Then follow the directions here to reset the passwords.


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Re: Wittebolx the hostname stealer [message #271275 is a reply to message #271270] Fri, 06 July 2007 18:59 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Hmmmmmm seems pretty good, but what if he already did it to his own server....thus changing our password we set?

it seems possible he could have deleted then remade the username with a new password hmmm


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Re: Wittebolx the hostname stealer [message #271276 is a reply to message #271270] Fri, 06 July 2007 19:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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You don't need to know the current password to reset it. You just need to know the serial it was registered with.

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Re: Wittebolx the hostname stealer [message #271277 is a reply to message #271270] Fri, 06 July 2007 19:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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AoBfrost.. are you talking about a0000000t?
Well wittebolx gaming servers are currently hosted by Nightmar12
And I doubt they have stolen your host name!
You probably missed a 0 or something Thumbs Up
Re: Wittebolx the hostname stealer [message #271279 is a reply to message #271270] Fri, 06 July 2007 19:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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No, I checked my logs, checked SS's of his hostname, even his sig says "a0000000u" 7 zero's same as ours....we logged in with paging it EVERYDAY when we played i remember typing my pass all the time too......plus, it's not a000000t, thats his other server hostname, he has 2.

Quote:

Xwis name: wittebolx AOW Mode
Xwis host: a0000000t
Xwis name: wittebolx AOW New Maps
Xwis host: a0000000u
website: www.wittebolx.com



Ok, I have the pass reset, but it doesnt say where to type the new password, theres no box or anything....


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Re: Wittebolx the hostname stealer [message #271283 is a reply to message #271270] Fri, 06 July 2007 19:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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XWIS names can not be deleted, only "recycled" which frees up one of your 9 allowed nicknames per serial. The nickname can not be re-registered once it has been recycled, and it takes an XWIS admin to undelete a nickname once you have deleted it.

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Re: Wittebolx the hostname stealer [message #271285 is a reply to message #271270] Fri, 06 July 2007 19:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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We are not deleting it, we are just trying to reset the password so we can have our hostname back.

where will it show the new password when i reset it? I dont see anything.


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Re: Wittebolx the hostname stealer [message #271286 is a reply to message #271270] Fri, 06 July 2007 19:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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You don't give it a new password, it generates a new one randomly.

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Re: Wittebolx the hostname stealer [message #271287 is a reply to message #271270] Fri, 06 July 2007 19:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Thats just it...I dont see it.

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Re: Wittebolx the hostname stealer [message #271293 is a reply to message #271270] Fri, 06 July 2007 19:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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If you reset the passwords successfully, XWIS pages you with all your new passwords.

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Re: Wittebolx the hostname stealer [message #271294 is a reply to message #271270] Fri, 06 July 2007 19:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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What do you mean pages? how can it page a0000000u when we cant even get into it...

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Re: Wittebolx the hostname stealer [message #271299 is a reply to message #271270] Fri, 06 July 2007 20:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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If it didn't give you the new password right after you typed "reset passwords" then you did something wrong.

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Re: Wittebolx the hostname stealer [message #271303 is a reply to message #271270] Fri, 06 July 2007 20:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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This sounds similar to the Black-Brigade and Kamuix incident over the 'a00000004' nick. Basically what happened was that Kamuix apparently registered it with his serial first, but XWIS completely failed at telling Infinint that the nick was already taken, and set the password to what Infinint put in. We had used it for some 8+ months before he got his grubby hands on it, and XWIS just sat back and twiddled their thumbs after "proving" he registered it first.

But, I guess that's all in the past, and now that nick rotates between several servers like a cheap hooker.


Re: Wittebolx the hostname stealer [message #271315 is a reply to message #271270] Fri, 06 July 2007 21:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I dont think Xwis or Nightma12 would give off hostnames when being used by the server currently, if a xwis admin will not help me, then I will kill off the nick for good, then no one will be able to use it currently, but until I get everything understood and solved out, i will not delete it.

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Re: Wittebolx the hostname stealer [message #271327 is a reply to message #271270] Fri, 06 July 2007 21:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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contact me on MSN please
Re: Wittebolx the hostname stealer [message #271331 is a reply to message #271327] Fri, 06 July 2007 22:01 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Nightma12 wrote on Sat, 07 July 2007 00:49

contact me on MSN please


I dont quite understand the problem.
Can someone explain this to me?


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Re: Wittebolx the hostname stealer [message #271344 is a reply to message #271303] Fri, 06 July 2007 22:59 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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cmatt42 wrote on Fri, 06 July 2007 22:27

This sounds similar to the Black-Brigade and Kamuix incident over the 'a00000004' nick. Basically what happened was that Kamuix apparently registered it with his serial first, but XWIS completely failed at telling Infinint that the nick was already taken, and set the password to what Infinint put in. We had used it for some 8+ months before he got his grubby hands on it, and XWIS just sat back and twiddled their thumbs after "proving" he registered it first.

But, I guess that's all in the past, and now that nick rotates between several servers like a cheap hooker.


Your story makes absolutley no sense whatsoever, considering if kamuix registered the nick to start with using his serial, then the nick belong to kamuix, no one else, he can do with it as he pleases.

As for this other nick AoB is talking about, I wouldnt suggest trying to delete a nick that you do not own/that doesnt belong to your serial. If its not YOUR nick, its the server hosts nick, and you delete it, you might find yourself in a very bad spot.
Re: Wittebolx the hostname stealer [message #271345 is a reply to message #271344] Fri, 06 July 2007 23:01 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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IR4p3dy0u wrote on Sat, 07 July 2007 00:59


Your story makes absolutley no sense whatsoever, considering if kamuix registered the nick to start with using his serial, then the nick belong to kamuix, no one else, he can do with it as he pleases.


Take your ADD pills. XWIS never gave Infinint the "this nick is already taken, a-hyuck!" message that was supposed to pop up. Instead, it let him set his own password for it and we used it for a long time.


Re: Wittebolx the hostname stealer [message #271361 is a reply to message #271270] Sat, 07 July 2007 00:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I know which serial ID owns that nickname, but I'm not entirely sure who owns that serial.

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Re: Wittebolx the hostname stealer [message #271376 is a reply to message #271361] Sat, 07 July 2007 02:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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to clear things up.

im hosting my servers at AOhost.
i had a0000000t for a while and asked who had the a0000000u.
it was in use, so badluck.


after a while i asked again if it was in use and the answer i got was NO, it isnt anymore, so i asked if i can use the nick for a second server and as you can see.. no problem, because im using it at the moement.

BlackIntel gave some nicks to aohost in exchange for something.
so the owner of this nick is Aohost at the moment, and im using it with the permission of aohost, bacause the nick was not in use, that nick is only available if you rent a server at aohost.

so i dont steal! i asked for it.



Re: Wittebolx the hostname stealer [message #271378 is a reply to message #271270] Sat, 07 July 2007 02:17 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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The nick was not stolen, and Crimson, the serial is registered to Cat998.

I checked the XWIS listing and the 0u nick was not in use.. plus i checked my backlog (which after just checking it broken on XWIS Blush) and it hadnt been used in 2 months, altho that figure was wrong Razz

So the nick got given out, i might start accually recording who has what nickname rather than just checking the XWIS listing. Contact me on MSN about the nick and i will issue you a higher nick to make up for the mistake.
Re: Wittebolx the hostname stealer [message #271384 is a reply to message #271270] Sat, 07 July 2007 03:46 Go to previous message
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I was pretty sure it was Cat998 but due to the confusing-ness of XWIS' admin panel, I wasn't 100% sure.

Anyway, this is cleared up apparently, so locky.


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