[plug] Microsoft ask users to crack win2000 site (fwd)

[Mike Holland]

On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Matt Bruce wrote:

> approached. It's totally different to how it is in the field, and I'm damned
> sure they're going to use the results of this little competition in their
> marketting later on down the track.

To be the devils advocate, I dont think MS would be that stupid.
Talk about red rag at a bull!

> My point is that if they want to see if it can be compromised, then there
> should be no interconnectivity-based restrictions.

Whats that mean? All I read was "dont flood the link". Of course, brute
force can be used as a preparation for a more sophisticated attack.
e.g. filling the log files.

> >I'll bet cutting their power lines wouldnt count either.
> 
> Erm...that doesn't really compromise it. It's the ultimate DoS. :)

Hows that different from ping flooding?

> They do sell good apps, it's just a pity that most of them are buggy as

Amen. A consequence of feature-bloat, backwards compatibility, ...


To link this to Linux, anybody know a "locate/updatedb" equivalent for
win32?


Mike Holland <mike at golden.wattle.id.au>            Perth, Australia.
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