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Message-ID: <200407212003.i6LK3JkP005401@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> From: Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu (Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu) Subject: Hacking Challenge? On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 14:48:13 CDT, Ron DuFresne said: > I have a different question; how does one acertain that this is indeed an > open 'hacker challenege'? Could be a critical production server for the > swedish banking system and folks tapping upon it;s service could end up > finding that the legal authorities are bashing down the backdoor shortly > after tapping the tcp/udp ports it might have or might not have exposed. > Get-out-of-jail-free cards are not assured here are they? If the type of hacker that would be attracted by a mere $137 prize poses any threat to a critical production server, the site has *bigger* problems. :) And if the hacker's moral system says it's OK to hack without having the get-out-of-jail-free card in hand in advance, well... that's the hacker's problem. ;) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 226 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/attachments/20040721/7991bf5f/attachment.bin
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