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Re: security on Dial-up Systems
On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:
> > Do hackers really look for home computers connected with dynamic IP to
> > crack
> > into?
>
> OK, i guess its time for the war stories to come out... ;-)
> here's my own -
>
> It was not so long ago, i was using my trusty Linux machine to irc on
> the #linux channel on EFNet when someone i didn't know messaged me with
> the word: "bye". I was very puzzled,, but by the time i typed /whois my
> system hard drive started to REALLY make weird noises. I tried to ps -ax
> to see what's going on, but i didn't got any response, so i just shut
> the machine off on the spot.
3 years ago a hacker broke into huji's NIS networked unices, the legand
says he did it regularly but the system group noticed it one night when he
started to actually mess around with files... they casually fingered him
machine, found out the bozo's address and phone number from the .plan file
(!!!) and actually picked up the phone and called the teenager at home to
ask him what the hell was he doing.
"never underestimate the power of human stupidity"
- some famous Jew...
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