Doug Huff [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2011-06-28 🗒️ Summary of this message: Doug Huff ...
📅 Original date posted:2011-06-28
🗒️ Summary of this message: Doug Huff reported a live trade matching bug on mtgox.com to the Bitcoin Development mailing list, which was deemed irrelevant to core Bitcoin development.
📝 Original message:Begin forwarded message:
> From: Doug Huff <dhuff at jrbobdobbs.org>
> Date: June 27, 2011 11:28:28 PM CDT
> To: Gavin Andresen <gavinandresen at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Fwd: Live mtgox.com trade matching bug.
>
> Already talked to Jeff and agreed to stop posting them here. There is just currently no other forum for such reports. I think he was going to talk to you about starting a bitcoin-vendor-sec or similar list.
>
> I agree it does not belong there.
>
> On Jun 27, 2011, at 11:22 PM, Gavin Andresen wrote:
>
>> The bitcoin-development list is for discussion of core bitcoin
>> development, not about Mt.Gox or other sites or software that uses
>> bitcoin.
>>
>> --
>> --
>> Gavin Andresen
>
> --
> Doug Huff
>
>
--
Doug Huff
On Jun 28, 2011, at 1:35 AM, Mike Hearn wrote:
> Hi Doug,
>
> Could we keep the Mt Gox related stuff off bitcoin-development please?
> It's not related to the core software.
>
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 4:48 AM, Doug Huff <dhuff at jrbobdobbs.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> From: Doug Huff <mith at jrbobdobbs.org>
>>> Date: June 27, 2011 9:46:13 PM CDT
>>> To: full-disclosure at lists.grok.org.uk, "Mt.Gox" <info at mtgox.com>
>>> Cc: Bitcoin Dev Development <bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net>
>>> Subject: Live mtgox.com trade matching bug.
>>>
>>> Step 1: Have USD available for spending on mtgox.com.
>>> Step 2: Put in a buy order large enough to drain your account. Low enough under the current trading price that it will not execute immediately.
>>> Step 3: Withdraw all USD funds.
>>> Step 4: Wait for market to fall enough to meet your order.
>>> Step 5: ...(self explanatory)...
>>>
>>> There's a bit of luck in being able to take advantage, obviously.
>>>
>>> I would suggest you take the site down asap until this is corrected or publicly show how this order will never execute:
>>>
>>> ==========
>>> Welcome <username removed> 0.00000000 ฿TC 424.44901
>>> Buying 138468.901 0.01 Active 1384.69 06/26 15:27 cancel
>>> ==========
>>>
>>> I cannot guarantee this order will execute but from everything I've observed about the new trade matching code I have no reason to believe it will not.
>>>
>>> At the very least this could be used to influence market conditions if it is only a display bug.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Douglas Huff
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Doug Huff
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable.
>> Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security
>> threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes
>> sense of it. IT sense. And common sense.
>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-c2
>> _______________________________________________
>> Bitcoin-development mailing list
>> Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net
>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
>>
>>
--
Doug Huff
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🗒️ Summary of this message: Doug Huff reported a live trade matching bug on mtgox.com to the Bitcoin Development mailing list, which was deemed irrelevant to core Bitcoin development.
📝 Original message:Begin forwarded message:
> From: Doug Huff <dhuff at jrbobdobbs.org>
> Date: June 27, 2011 11:28:28 PM CDT
> To: Gavin Andresen <gavinandresen at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Fwd: Live mtgox.com trade matching bug.
>
> Already talked to Jeff and agreed to stop posting them here. There is just currently no other forum for such reports. I think he was going to talk to you about starting a bitcoin-vendor-sec or similar list.
>
> I agree it does not belong there.
>
> On Jun 27, 2011, at 11:22 PM, Gavin Andresen wrote:
>
>> The bitcoin-development list is for discussion of core bitcoin
>> development, not about Mt.Gox or other sites or software that uses
>> bitcoin.
>>
>> --
>> --
>> Gavin Andresen
>
> --
> Doug Huff
>
>
--
Doug Huff
On Jun 28, 2011, at 1:35 AM, Mike Hearn wrote:
> Hi Doug,
>
> Could we keep the Mt Gox related stuff off bitcoin-development please?
> It's not related to the core software.
>
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 4:48 AM, Doug Huff <dhuff at jrbobdobbs.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> From: Doug Huff <mith at jrbobdobbs.org>
>>> Date: June 27, 2011 9:46:13 PM CDT
>>> To: full-disclosure at lists.grok.org.uk, "Mt.Gox" <info at mtgox.com>
>>> Cc: Bitcoin Dev Development <bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net>
>>> Subject: Live mtgox.com trade matching bug.
>>>
>>> Step 1: Have USD available for spending on mtgox.com.
>>> Step 2: Put in a buy order large enough to drain your account. Low enough under the current trading price that it will not execute immediately.
>>> Step 3: Withdraw all USD funds.
>>> Step 4: Wait for market to fall enough to meet your order.
>>> Step 5: ...(self explanatory)...
>>>
>>> There's a bit of luck in being able to take advantage, obviously.
>>>
>>> I would suggest you take the site down asap until this is corrected or publicly show how this order will never execute:
>>>
>>> ==========
>>> Welcome <username removed> 0.00000000 ฿TC 424.44901
>>> Buying 138468.901 0.01 Active 1384.69 06/26 15:27 cancel
>>> ==========
>>>
>>> I cannot guarantee this order will execute but from everything I've observed about the new trade matching code I have no reason to believe it will not.
>>>
>>> At the very least this could be used to influence market conditions if it is only a display bug.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Douglas Huff
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Doug Huff
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable.
>> Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security
>> threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes
>> sense of it. IT sense. And common sense.
>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-c2
>> _______________________________________________
>> Bitcoin-development mailing list
>> Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net
>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
>>
>>
--
Doug Huff
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