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Summer holidays (July & August) 2000

1. [scrbug.htm]: Looking behind the curtains of server side scripts by DQ, part of the [essays] section. (Advanced)
2. [sonof_01.htm]: Feed the search engines with synonyms by Sonofsamiam, part of the [essays] section. (Advanced)
3. Luc's mirror's got a new IP address. You can now reach it at http://62.2.252.210/fravia/ or even better through its registered domain name http://www.2113.ch/fravia/. Note that this change affects the phplab too.
4. As usual, some new (or slightly updated) pages:
   [essays.htm] ~ [mirrors.htm] ~ [specs.htm] ~ [tools.htm] ~ [bots.htm] ~ [classroo.htm] ~

Summer holidays Until September: updating by DQ & Laurent! :-)

Begin of July 2000

1. [bots.htm#friend]: Searching bots galore (www::search modules in perl) by Jim Smyser, Martin Thurn et alia, part of the [bots] section. (Advanced)
2. [rumst_01.htm]: Getting the SIZE of the search engines by Rumsteack, part of the [essays] section.
3. As usual, some new (or slightly updated) pages:
   [basic.htm] ~ [advanced.htm] ~ [info.htm] ~ [g_prscam.htm] ~ [c_third1.htm] ~ [AdvancedWeb.pm.txt] ~ [AltaVista.pm.txt] ~ [AlltheWeb.pm.txt] ~ [Deja.pm.txt] ~ [Dejanews.pm.txt] ~ [Excite.pm.txt] ~ [Google.pm.txt] ~ [HotBot.pm.txt] ~ [Infoseek.pm.txt] ~ [Lycos.pm.txt] ~ [Magellan.pm.txt] ~ [OpenDirectory.pm.txt] ~ [Yahoo.pm.txt] ~ [X-Search.pl.txt] ~

End of June 2000 (17-30)

1. [phost-re.htm]: Prohosting Banners Revisited by Alex, part of the [removing banners] section: An improved and very advanced anti-advertisement essay.
2. [hump_man.htm]: Getting a list of ALL the IPs that are hosted at the -say- Isle of Man by ~S~ Humphrey P., part of the [essays] section: Things you simply NEED to know when seeking. (For advanced seekers).
3. [g_prscam.htm]: The great printer scam by fravia+, part of the [reality cracking] section: "Citius, Altius, Fortius, Scamius".
4. [mapquest.htm]: MapQuest Lite: CGI-reversing MapQuest by DarkWyrm, part of the [remobann.htm] section: URL investigation carries rewards :-)
5. As usual, some new (or slightly updated) pages:
   [fu_intro.htm] ~ [mirrors.htm] ~ [local.htm] ~ [obscure.htm] ~ [links.htm] ~ [tools.htm] ~ [hexchart.htm] ~ [main.htm] ~

Second week of June 2000 (9-16)

1. [c_fourth.htm]
   Spelunking altavista's acronyms by ~SS~ Humphrey P., Gregor Samsa & Iefaf, June 2000, part of the [classroo.htm] section: A fundamental 'search engines reversing' classroom. (For advanced seekers).
2. [http://www.2113.ch/phplab/news.htm]: PHP laboratory news (fairly advanced stuff :-)
3. As usual, some new (or slightly updated) pages:
   [specs.htm] ~ [introd.htm] ~ [tools.htm] ~ [tips.htm] ~ [accamail.htm] ~

First week of June 2000 (1-8)

1. [phostban.htm]: free.prohosting.com, banners, & server-side includes by Alex, part of the [remobann.htm] section: A fundamental anti-advertisement essay.
2. [http://www.2113.ch/phplab/news.htm]: PHP laboratory news (fairly advanced stuff :-)
3. [hu_smare.htm]: A small research into SIRS researcher database accesses by ~S~ Humphrey P, part of the [specdba.htm] section. (For advanced seekers).
4. [bg_weird.htm]: The weird ways of searching and the weird findings by ~S~ svd, Introduction and "Etymological bibliography" added by fravia+
5. As usual, some new (or slightly updated) pages:
   [links.htm] ~ [essays.htm] ~ [main.htm] ~ [goog_lin.htm] ~ [info.htm] ~ [stalking.htm] ~ [altavi1.htm] ~ [tools.htm] ~ [specs.htm] ~ [fobegano.htm] ~ [antiadve.htm] ~ [basic.htm] ~ [advanced.htm] ~ [classroo.htm] ~ [further.htm] ~ [fu_speci.htm] ~ [translin.htm] ~ [previnew.htm] ~ [noanon.htm] ~ [nonimizz.htm] ~

Fourth week of May 2000 (25-31)

1. [passwo22.htm]: Authentication & Authorization lore for Apache servers, part of the [ideale.htm] section
2. [allinone.htm]: Two different javascript approaches for the "allinone" searcher's swiss knife [glancekr.txt] and [glancekw.txt], part of the [further.htm] section
3. [http://www.2113.ch/pwpl/phplab.htm]: PHP laboratory (in fieri) by Laurent & DQ, (on my Swiss mirror)
4. [http://www.2113.ch/phplab/news.htm]: PHP laboratory news (fairly advanced stuff :-)
5. [info.htm]: Big problems at Linuxmail (I had to change my own public main email addresses)
6. As usual, some new (or slightly updated) pages:
   [details.htm] ~ [tools.htm] ~ [regional.htm] ~ [../protec/protec.htm] ~ [../protec/htp_essa1.htm] ~ [../protec/lazatips.htm] ~ [classroo.htm] ~ [links.htm] ~ [allinon2.htm] ~ [specdba.htm] ~

Third week of May 2000 (17-24)

1. [realmal1.htm]: RealNetwork's latest heavily-promoted goodie by Lauren Weinstein, part of the [malware.htm] section
2. [plbtgrab.htm]: Source code for a spam bot (Kevin's spider) by Kevin Jobson, part of the [bots.htm] section
3. [com1921.htm]: The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine (Google: Scaling with the Web) by Sergey Brin and Lawrence Page
4. As usual, some new (or slightly updated) pages:
   [local.htm] ~ [illov.htm] ~ [tadimens.htm] ~ [regional.htm] ~ [antiadve.htm] ~ [others.htm] ~ [iefatool.htm] ~ [proxies.htm] ~ [chainin.htm] ~ [pro_essa.htm] ~ [tools.htm] ~ [proxy.htm] ~ [pxylist1.txt] ~ [pxylist2.txt] ~ [essays.htm] ~ [compound.htm] ~ [targets.htm] ~ [main.htm] ~

Second week of May 2000 (9-16)

1. [raging.htm]: Some Oddities @ Raging: reversing the most recent search engine by ~S~ Humphrey P. and others, part of the [details.htm] (search engines details) section
2. [illov.htm]: analysis of the LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU worm many people are blabbering about in these days by ~S~ Fravia+, part of the [exegesis.htm] section
3. As usual, some new (or slightly updated) pages:
   [local.htm] ~ [main.htm] ~ [links.htm] ~ [fu_speci.htm] ~ [regional.htm] ~ [targets.htm] ~ [papers.htm] ~ [tadimens.htm] ~ [further.htm] ~ [tools.htm] ~ [usenet.htm] ~ [info.htm] ~

First week of May 2000 (1-8)

1. [raging.htm]: Some Oddities @ Raging by ~S~ Humphrey P., part of the [details.htm] (search engines details) section
2. [httport.htm]: Httpport: TCP/IP through HTTP, a working tunneling client by Dmitry Dvoinikov, part of the [pro_essa.htm] (proxy essays) section
3. [teport_2.htm]: Teleport Pro 1.29, malware galore by Faulpelz, part of the [malware.htm] section
4. [son_33_1.htm]: Javascript obscure conversion by sonofsamiam, part of the [obscure.htm] section
5. [pdfessa.htm]: How to create PDF-Files from any application that allows printing by hasann, part of the [pdffing.htm] section
6. [badlywri.htm]: What search engines don't index and why by Rumsteack
7. [scan_php.htm]: a php network security scanner by Devergranne, with DQ's comments
8. As usual, some new (or slightly updated) pages:
   [tools.htm] ~ [regional.htm] ~ [tuttiope.htm] ~ [c_third1.htm] ~ [basic.htm] ~ [advanced.htm] ~ [classroo.htm] ~ [further.htm] ~ [nomomem.htm] ~ [general.htm] ~ [essays.htm] ~ [ideale.htm] ~ [dod1.htm] ~ [dod2.htm] ~ [specs.htm] ~ [tools.htm] ~ [basimk.htm] ~ [connecti.htm] ~ [tadimens.htm] ~
9. "Infoseek proximity" snippets added both on [tips.htm] and [main.htm]

(16-30) April's holydays (no updating until May :-)

Second week of April 2000 (8-15)

1. [antiadve.htm]: The Anti-advertisement section ported to searchlores!
2. [trojashop.htm]: Trojanized Commercial Shopping Cart, by joeATblarg.net, part of the [malware.htm]: new 'malwares' section
3. [tuttiope.htm]: Tutti all'opera!
4. [local.htm]: More 'local' search engines!
5. [classfra.htm]: 'French' search engines!
6. A new searching essay: [lucksea1.htm]: How luck works with searching, by event=horizon
7. [regional.htm]: More regional search engines!
8. [tools.htm]: A powerful (ahem :-) firewall for windoze
9. As usual, some new (or slightly updated) pages:
   [remobann.htm] ~ [jef_rem4.htm] ~ [others.htm] ~ [boobytra.htm] ~ [sha2adw.htm] ~ [terr22.htm] ~ [gorhost.htm] ~ [perl_es1.htm] ~ [remocra1.htm] ~ [specs.htm] ~ [s01003e1.htm] ~ [s01004n1.htm] ~ [introd.htm] ~ [advanced.htm] ~

First week of April 2000 (1-7)

1. [tximasea.htm]: Of Lazyness, Greed, and Image Searching..., by -Tx: a very good 'image searching' essay, now accessible (it targeted a running contest)
2. [seamara2.htm]: a look behind the loggings of a search engine
3. [regional.htm]: the "regional search engines" page, added forms for RCAAU, Odin and Goo (Japanese search engines, yumm ^-^) and Rambler (a good russian search engine)
4. [kuriri22.htm]: Public opinion enslavement and soul by Kuririn
5. As usual, some new (or slightly updated) pages:
   [obscure.htm] ~ [links.htm] ~ [protec.htm] ~ [fobegano.htm] ~ [basimk.htm] ~ [targets.htm] ~ [tadimens.htm] ~ [basic.htm] ~ [usenet.htm] ~

Fourth week of March 2000 (22- end March)

1. [dq_ospc.htm]: An Open Source Proxy Checker, application and essay by Don Quijote
2. [siluring.htm]: simple luring, by A+heist
3. [notvweek.htm]: It's so far! TV-off for a whole week! (22-28 April) (part of the [anti-advertisement] section)
4. As usual, some new (or slightly updated) pages:
   [compapr.htm] ~ [links.htm] ~ [tadimens.htm] ~ [proxy.htm] ~ [fobegano.htm] ~ [luring.htm] ~ [aaatalk.htm] ~ [others.htm] ~ [connecti.htm] ~

Third week of March 2000 (15-21)

1. The amazing "namazu" search engine: you may now [search] fravia's searchlore!
2. [pdffing.htm]: Those annoying pdf files Old and new essays, among others: Enabling Print-Challenged PDF Files by Kayaker
3. [toworsh1.htm]: Fravia's topic tablet
4. [pepldoin.htm]: Live search displays  (What other people are searching for)
5. [protec.htm]: The whole "How to protect software" section ported to searchlore
6. As usual, some new (or slightly updated) pages:
   [intro.htm] ~ [annoyanc.htm] ~ [introd.htm] ~ [info.htm] ~ [basic.htm] ~ [index.htm] ~ [advanced.htm] ~ [classroo.htm] ~ [further.htm] ~ [tools.htm] ~ [twmuster.htm] ~ [twexam1.htm] ~ [connecti.htm] ~ [antiadve.htm] ~ [links.htm] ~ [boobytra.htm] ~ [fuobgr_1.htm] ~

Second week of March 2000 (8-14)

1. [ftpbot1.htm]: FTP Sitebot: search a FTP site for a particular file (in Perl), by DarkWyrm
2. [howsewor.htm]: how search engines work, a first attempt, by fravia+
3. [accmail.htm]: huge list of yahoo examples & grabpage.com added
4. [cartvis.htm] ~ : an example of visual searching
5. As usual, some new (or slightly updated) pages:
   [connecti.htm] ~ [tips.htm] ~ [rumstea1.htm] ~ [proxies.htm] ~ [proxy.htm] ~ [pro_essa.htm] ~ [bonedi1.htm] ~ [030300.htm] ~ [chainin.htm] ~ [advanced.htm] [fu_intro.htm] [specs.htm] ~ [tadimens.htm] ~ [dod1.htm] ~ [critics.htm] ~ [evaluate.htm] ~ [evalessa.htm] ~ [main.htm] ~ [altavi1.htm] ~ [usenet.htm] ~ [accmail.htm] ~ [introd.htm] ~ [bots.htm] ~

~ 9 Mar 2000: daily average @ main site only: [37.000] hits ~

First week of March 2000 (1-7)

1. [compound.htm]: Compound page revamped; the "Metameta" search form has been added as well
2. [virtualga.htm] Truth Searching: the Chechnya example by -IPFreely: a good reality cracking, propaganda countering AND seeking 'lores' essay
3. [nolink]: Of Lazyness, Greed, and Image Searching..., by -Tx: (this good 'image searching' essay will be accessible only after March because it targets a running context and -Tx does not want to spoil the game for those among you that are playing it)
4. [evillin.htm] Evil nicks that people use on the net, by eidan yoson: a Web-Searching, Web-Sociology, Stalking lore, "Falsehood cracking" essay
5. As usual, some added (or slightly updated) pages:
   [critics.htm] ~ [info.htm] ~ [seachal1.htm] ~ [mirrors.htm] ~ [accmail.htm] ~ [basic.htm] ~ [intro.htm] ~ [annoyanc.htm] ~ [tips.htm] ~ [connecti.htm] ~ [proxies.htm] ~ [chainin.htm]

February 2000

27-28-29 February 2000 (leap!): Some added or slightly updated pages: [mirrors.htm] ~ [specs.htm] ~ [tools.htm] ~ [fu_intro.htm] ~ [index.htm] ~ [usenet.htm] ~ [basic.htm] ~ [lab1.htm] ~ Common errors you encounter on the web: [errors.htm] ~

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25-26 February 2000: Some added or slightly updated pages: [local.htm] ~ [specs.htm] ~ [tools.htm] ~ [obscure.htm] ~ [basic.htm] ~ [advanced.htm] ~ [usenet.htm] ~ [details.htm] ~ Let's have a look at the structure of Altavista: [altavi1.htm] ~ [addwo.htm] ~

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23 -24 February 2000: Some slightly updated pages: [introd.htm] ~ [tips.htm] ~ [basimk.htm] ~ [info.htm] ~ [whoiam.htm] ~

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21 - 22 February 2000: Rumsteack's 'combing resources': [combress.htm] ~ Some updated pages: [local.htm] ~ [info.htm] ~ [basic.htm] ~ [introd.htm] ~ [tools.htm] ~ [tadimens.htm] ~ [basimk.htm] ~ [specs.htm] ~ [ideale1.htm] ~ mp3 searching: Getting da mp3 beef by TheLearner_ [learmp31.htm ] ~

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19 - 20 February 2000: Classrooms: Lab1 beta: Search challenges for newbies [lab1.htm] ~ [seachal1.htm] ~ old "search lessons" ported to searchlores.org (admittedly obsolete, but one never knows): [essays.htm] ~ [sear1197.htm] ~ [sear0698.htm] ~ [sear0198.htm] ~ [sear0397.htm] ~ [sear1296.htm] ~ [sear0796.htm] ~ +Tsehp's Copernic 4.1 reversing: If Unregistered then ads: [tsecoper.htm] ~ some other updates and/or addenda: [tools.htm] ~ [papers.htm] ~ [luring.htm] ~ [trolls.htm] ~ [social_1.htm] ~

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17 - 18 February 2000: "Reality cracking section restored": [realicra.htm] ~ "text-exegesis" section as well: [exegesis.htm] ~ some other updates: [proxies.htm] ~ [4surrea5.htm] ~ [new_0101.htm] ~ [4surrea5.htm] ~ [new_0101.htm] ~

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15 - 16 February 2000: "Elementary anonymity steps for beginners": [fobegano.htm] ~ GetRight lore by Rumsteack: [rumstea1.htm] ~ some updated pages: [tools.htm] ~ [links.htm] ~ [hosts1.htm] ~ [main.htm] ~ [basimk.htm] ~ [annoyanc.htm] ~ Ah yes: all links that don't work have been dimmed everywhere ~

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13 - 14 February 2000: added a zipped subdirectory ~ First mirrors are appearing ~ More comments ~ added a welcome message with a wanderer approaching a classroom ~
[welcome.htm] ~ [crackzs1.htm] ~ [critics.htm] ~ [essays.htm] ~ [tools.htm] ~ [specs.htm] ~ Iefaf's advanced IPtools! [iefatool.htm] ~ "A Tale of the Spider in a Jar", by Servo: [spiderja.htm] ~ [archftp.htm] ~ Added the whole "ideale" block [ideale.htm] ~ "Denial of service attacks": [dod1.htm] ~

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11-12 February 2000: Some graphical modifications ~ Some updates and/or additions:
[surrsea1.htm] ~ [surrsea2.htm] ~ [surrsea3.htm] ~ [surre_05.htm] ~ [bots.htm] ~ [rt_bot1.htm] ~ [rt_bot2.htm] ~ [sono_bot.htm] ~ [botcgi.htm] ~ [critics.htm] ~ [links.htm] ~ A whole series of essays by FiatLux: [fiatlu/index.htm] ~ A great short note by Bone Digger: [bonedi1.htm]: "Uncommon sense will increase your privacy; common sense will just make you common"

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9-10 February 2000: searchlores.org seems to work now ~ "Caetera desiderantur" warning added ~ Some graphical modifications for good ole Netscape, missing images-links added ~ Some updates and/or additions:
[tools.htm] ~ [links.htm] ~ [introd.htm] ~ [annoyanc.htm] ~ [connecti.htm] ~ [info.htm] ~

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7-8 February 2000: All images ported to /images subdir ~ Some updates:
[nb_se_main.html] ~ [essays.htm] ~ [c_third.htm] ~ [c_third1.htm] ~

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5-6 February 2000: Added some "low" levels... eheh this site is now like an iceberg ~ also:
[tools.htm] ~ [tadimens.htm] ~ [connecti.htm] ~ [c_third.htm] ~ [enemy.htm] ~ [lanpat.htm] ~ [schroedi.htm] ~ [classroo.htm] added & or modified ~

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3-4 February 2000: Intro modified, now "begin", "intro" and "other" have same layout as main entrance ("index") ~ first critics arrived i.e. first corrections applied ~ searchlores.org nearly operative ~ connection problems and various scattered tips added ~ anonimity
[intro.htm]; [basimk.htm]; [noanon.htm]; [obscure.htm]; [connecti.htm]; [introd.htm]; [specs.htm] added & or modified;

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1-2 February 2000: Entrance added, Structure in "tiers": basic, advanced, classrooms, farewell. Everything else in "other stuff".
[tadimens.htm]; [approach.htm]; [nomomen.htm] added;

[Feb 2000: daily average @ main site only: 12.000 hits]

Before February 2000

31 January 2000: Official opening of the new site postponed. Lotta work to do. [c_intro.htm]; [c_first.htm]; [c_secon.htm] added;

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26 January 2000: [intro.htm]; [targets.htm]; [others.htm]; updated

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1-15 January 2000: working on the new site, bought searchlores.org. Structure in "tiers": basic, advanced, classrooms. Everything else in "other stuff".

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December 1999: previous site abandoned: designing the structure of the new site, concentrating on searching "lores". Developing the ~S~ idea.

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October & November 1999: previous site frozen: thinking about the new site, trying the "spiral stairwell" prototype. Discarded.

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October 1999: Reversers' meeting: Closing of my old site explained (panta rei) and very good beer - in spates - offered to all presents.

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August 1999: Held my reversing workshop: "Software reversing: Beyond simple protection cracking" at the CCC camp near Berlin. Huge feedback. Officially announced my decision to close my 'pages of reverse engineering': panta rei.

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The [history of the previous five years] of my net activities, less important in this context, is located elsewhere :-)

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More recent news: [news.htm]

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