And so on....the whole concept of trusted servers is so lame. Seems that an axiom has been in force the whole time' "any advance in security technology is outdated before implementation due to the sheer capacity for rising to the challenge" You may quote me "miffed".[grin]
I suspect the rebuilt 'flattener' is correct...I am now thinking back to these lines:
1/putting a $100 W95lite machine on the Internet, disabling EVERYthing except port 80 HTTP TCP/IP in/out. 2/ checking email at the library. 3/ Buying mp3s [ok, seriously though.....] 4/burning the CDs with shareware sitting in my drawer since they probably had the prototype plastic Semiconductor junctions molded into them allowing transmission to a w-lan [i kill me]. 5/OR....putting and useless old puter [see #1, voida (oops..works though) VIDA supra] on the net and leaving it wide open as a honey pot and sniffing the packets with sniper rifle in hand....makes me feel better if not superior.5a/ using same puter AS "5/" until it gets smoked and instead of flattening....just flatten it and replace. Thats it! FLATTEN AND REPLACE! $50 PIII 800s abound. And we all know they are just as fast running the era software right! Wait, Faster running prior era software devoid of OuthousE and IsajokE.
6/Giving up and going back to print media... no, WAIT...Snailmail spam was the first and still is pervasive......."your prise is waiting for __________ to collect it. Reply soon. Offer dated".
If I could only reach the trigger with the barrel pointed at my face!
miffed. S'pose?