On Sunday 07 June 2009 20:11:47 3BUIb3S50i 3BUIb3S50i wrote:
> >From FMS:
> 
> fala...@ixvqeqm0lyydtmyaf5z49sjzuxr7ntqkoqvyg0hvitw wrote :
> > I tried to update to #1215 and now I find this message, and I am still on
> > #1214:
> >
> > Your node has found the auto-updater's revocation key on the network. It
> > means that our auto-updating system is likely to have been COMPROMIZED!
> > Consequently, it has been disabled on your node to prevent "bad things" to
> 
> > be installed. We strongly advise you to check the project's website for
> > updates. Please take care of verifying that the website hasn't been
> > spoofed either. The revocation message is the following : Could not read
> > revocation cert from temp file ...freenet/node/persistent-temp-12345/
> > revocation-12341234123412341234.fblob.tmp from node a.b.c.d:e !.
> >
> > Could this be some kind of targeted attack to try to identify FMS
> > identities behind a given IP address? So they send this message to my IP
> > address only, and then when I report it on FMS, they know falafel's IP
> > address?
> >
> > The IP address has no reverse lookup hostname but the IP address block
> > seems to be in Costa Rica, which seems a little suspicious if you are of
> > the tinfoil hat persuasion.
> 
This has been fixed in 1216. Please upgrade. Yes, there probably was a 
deliberate attack as the root cause, but bugs were exacerbating its impact.

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