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Re: A ReYou'll be the judge. (was: Hackers from leb.net)
On Thu, 29 Oct 1998, Yuval El-Hanany wrote:
> Ira Abramov wrote:
>
> >
> > unlike the US army servers we don't put ours on the web, see... I wonder
> > how you would make that comparison... I'm sure you never tried to hack
> > into an Israeli army server.
> >
>
> You're wrong there. I believe (or rather hope) no mission critical servers are
> on the web. However but a few weeks back, it was released to the press that the
> Air Force has established its place in the collective web memory (or memorial).
> The site (which I haven't visited) has, allegedly, exposed unheard of details
> such as the geographical location of all Air Force bases. Hacking into such a
> site would be synonymous to hacking into the Israeli army, even if the actual
> content would not be great news to your average professional espionage operator.
The IAF site is a public relations site put on the web for the express
purpose that outside people would acces it, so there is no reason to
"hack" into it. Hacking into such a site would be synonymous to the great
intelligence coup of buying "Bit'on Hel Ha-avir" in any bookshop or
newsagent.
I can understand why sensationalist newspapers often blur the distinction
between such web sites which by definition do not contain anything
confidential, and classified computer networks which are NOT connected to
the internet. But what is your motivation?
--Roi.