Christof,

OTOH perhaps, as a result of your 'poking around' with your attempt to dig out information regarding version 3.0 their network folks are very much on top of their game and wanted to make sure you were legitimate? Maybe you set off some alarms.. <g>


>Hi,
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>I was evaluating Visual UML 2.8 and yesterday downloaded version 2.9. When one registers with Visual UML, they send you a mail with a generic download link containing the version number. Curiously to find out if there's a preview version of 3.0, I tried the same link but replaced the version number. As a page didn't exist, I continued with testing 2.9.
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>This morning I check my firewall logs, and someone from Visual Objects tried to hack into my computer (vom1.visualobject.com). When this failed, they used my IP or a cookie to link to my customer data in their database and sent me an email giving me the links I entered. Obviously, they monitor what each visitor is doing on their website. Finally, they blocked my IP on their computer. At least that's what I was able to find out. Maybe they found a way to bypass my firewall and do something else on my machine.
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>I thinkt this is an incredible behavior for a company I was about to give over $800. It doesn't really make me trust that company. Obviously I will not buy Visual UML and don't recommend it to anyone. Besides that, is it legal in the US to link profile information with customer data without an agreement?
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>Christof