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AIM subprofiles were my first foray into writing HTML, hosting web servers, and "hacking." I used a server called SmallHTTPServer to host my subprofile that I l
by robgibbons 4y ago
AIM subprofiles were my first foray into writing HTML, hosting web servers, and "hacking." I used a server called SmallHTTPServer to host my subprofile that I later ended up bundling into a self-extracting ZIP file. The trick was to make people think the ZIP was just photos. When you did Direct Connect to people, you could see their IP address in your command prompt. So when they opened the ZIP it started serving their C:\ drive over FTP/HTTP at a known IP. Good times.
- sejje 4y agoOne of the first serious HTML pages I remember editing was a clone of an "AOL InstaKiss" page that was used for phishing. Spoofed email address sends you an email with a link to an instakiss some secret admirer sent you, you get there and are presented with a very official-looking login, credentials are logged and it passes you through to some generic instakiss card. I didn't create the cloned page, but I did maintain a copy of it for a while. We got a few admin-level accounts this way (various levels of admin). Admin accounts were kinda like nukes, it was good to have some to protect yourself from other nefarious teenagers messing with your normal accounts.