AOL IM Punting
Discovered By:
Various
Date:
1996
Patched:
1999
It started with early versions of AOL (2.5 through late 4.0).
AOLers were often punted offline via constant strings of gibberish HTML or
other text
sent to victims in IM's. With 2.5 and 3.0, the text didn't matter as much
as how
fast your prog could send IMs. Most computers at the time 2.5/3.0 was
around
were Pentium I's or lower and could not handle a rapid succession of IMs.
This would either freeze your computer or GPF AOL.
Before 4.0, punting was
very easy and common,
users were punted offline left and right. When 4.0 came out, AOL planned
to eliminate punting (and some progs). Late into 4.0, IM
punting stopped working altogether in what many Proggers call "The Update
of Death".
Contributed By:
PHAT
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