What is with the Python website?

It looks like www.python.org has been hacked. -- Paul Barrett, PhD Space Telescope Science Institute Phone: 410-338-4475 ESS/Science Software Branch FAX: 410-338-4767 Baltimore, MD 21218

Paul Barrett <barrett@stsci.edu> writes:
It looks like www.python.org has been hacked.
Looks perfectly normal to me. What do you see? Cheers, mwh -- If design space weren't so vast, and the good solutions so small a portion of it, programming would be a lot easier. -- maney, comp.lang.python

On Jul 8, 2004, at 1:34 PM, John J Lee wrote:
Wow, I didn't see that... It worked at first, but now I see a 403 Forbidden on www.python.org (but not docs.python.org)! This is what I get for DNS: [crack:~] bob% dig www.python.org ; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> www.python.org ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 35567 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.python.org. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.python.org. 86269 IN CNAME fang.python.org. fang.python.org. 86269 IN A 194.109.137.226 ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: python.org. 33600 IN NS ns.xs4all.nl. python.org. 33600 IN NS ns2.xs4all.nl. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: ns.xs4all.nl. 21233 IN A 194.109.6.67 ns2.xs4all.nl. 21233 IN A 194.109.9.100 ;; Query time: 37 msec ;; SERVER: 10.0.3.1#53(10.0.3.1) ;; WHEN: Thu Jul 8 13:36:09 2004 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 143 -bob

Bob Ippolito <bob@redivi.com> writes:
It was real, and is being fixed as we speak... Cheers, mwh -- All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
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Bob Ippolito
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John J Lee
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Michael Hudson
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Paul Barrett