Hipcrime (Usenet)
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Hipcrime refers both to the screenname of a Usenet vandal and software distributed by, and presumably written by, this individual. The name derives from a neologism in the John Brunner SF novel Stand on Zanzibar.
Hipcrime Newsagent
The Hipcrime Newsagent software is a free and open source Usenet control client. The program is written in Java and allows the user to auto-cancel any messages on Usenet based on author, subject, organization, message-iD, or path. It also allows the user to replace the body of any message with text of their choosing. The software also monitors any posts you choose and reposts them if they are removedhttp://newsagent.p7.org.uk/#whatis.CA Inc. has classified this as denial of service software, as well as flooder software, a specific type of denial of service attackhttp://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/pest/pest.aspx?id=54636.
Hipcrime
Hipcrime is referred to as "a leading Usenet Terrorist" by James Farmer, maintainer of [Spamfaq: Part 3: Understanding NANAE]. Hipcrime is also given credit for creating the earliest web-distributed spambot by Andrew Leonard in his book Bots: The Origin of New SpeciesLeonard, Andrew: "Bots: The Origin of New Species", Chapter 8. Hardwired, 1997.Further Reading
- [Gibbering clones the future of Usenet?]
- [Tim Skirvin's Killfile Dungeon entry on Hipcrime]
- [HipCrime: A History in URLs July 1996 - May 1998] and [May - June 1998]
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