RE: POSSIBLY O/T: ETHICAL HACKING/CRACKING (WAS RE: GLUG: Re: your mail)

["Thinus Pollard" <thinusp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hmmm, sounds good... just waiting for a new box, we are upgrading our 486
linux server to a P166MMX ;) i'll keep you guys posted

we also got our greedy little hands on a book called maximum linux security,
should be interesting to see what they have to say for themselves (and how
effective the methods they suggest will be)

T

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Fryer [mailto:nielf@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 01 August 2000 09:09
> To: John Carter; Thinus Pollard
> Cc: GLUG
> Subject: Re: POSSIBLY O/T: ETHICAL HACKING/CRACKING (WAS RE: GLUG: Re:
> your mail)
>
>
> Now, that sounds like a great idea, fun too.
>
> Neil Fryer
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Carter" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Thinus Pollard" <thinusp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "GLUG" <glug@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 8:22 AM
> Subject: RE: POSSIBLY O/T: ETHICAL HACKING/CRACKING (WAS RE:
> GLUG: Re: your
> mail)
>
>
> > On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Thinus Pollard wrote:
> >
> > > will only be fun if someone else sets up the machine...
> otherwise you'll
> be
> > > in the know of root passwd, package versions etc etc etc... ;)
> >
> > So set up "Please crack me" box and tell us about it on Glug. It would
> > be an innocent form of amusement and good education for all.
> >
> > There are a couple of things like that on the net. (The latest
> one I read
> > about on lwn.net got cracked by something as utterly silly as a vendor
> > default password...)
> >
> > It would be good to have a couple of "Please crack me boxes" in the Glug
> > community.
> >
> > Another one that would be fun would be a "out of the box"
> DeadBat distro.
> >
> > No hardening apart from setting the root passwd.
> >
> >
> > John Carter
> >
> > Work Email : john@xxxxxxxxxxxx Private email : cyent@xxxxxxxxxx
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> >
> > Carter's Compass...
> >
> >    I know I'm on the right track when by deleting code I'm adding
> >    functionality.
> >
> >
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