25 Sep
2002
25 Sep
'02
12:50 a.m.
Hello, all:
While flipping through PC Magazine this morning, I noticed the
following quote on page 26 of the 10/15/02 issue:
"You might expect highly technical security advice from Kevin
Mitnick, whose alleged 1982 hack into NORAD inspired the movie War Games."
This is the first time I've seen this reference. Is this true?
Rich
25 Sep
25 Sep
1:47 a.m.
On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Cini, Richard wrote:
While flipping through PC Magazine this morning, I
noticed the
following quote on page 26 of the 10/15/02 issue:
"You might expect highly technical security advice from Kevin
Mitnick, whose alleged 1982 hack into NORAD inspired the movie War Games."
This is the first time I've seen this reference. Is this true?
Kevin did a lot of stuff people don't know about.
But I don't know if this is true or not. Sounds plausible.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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5:56 a.m.
On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Cini, Richard wrote:
Hello, all:
While flipping through PC Magazine this morning, I noticed the
following quote on page 26 of the 10/15/02 issue:
"You might expect highly technical security advice from Kevin
Mitnick, whose alleged 1982 hack into NORAD inspired the movie War Games."
This is the first time I've seen this reference. Is this true?
"inspired the movie" is NOT the same as saying that it was based on real
events, merely that some event gave somebody the idea.
"somebody broke into our computer"
"Gee, what if they were to break into the computer that controls the
missiles?"
(aka paranoia)
When somebody breaks into a computer owned by the military, paranoid
people don't differentiate between the multitudinous different machines
that the military has (which do not all have the same level of security).
Do the launch computers have dial-up modems? Do they have websites?
Missile control computers and ones used for requisitioning toilet paper
are both "military computers".
Never mind the missiles,
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF TERRISTS DISRUPTED THE TOILET PAPER SUPPLY??!?
8:58 p.m.
It was thus said that the Great Cini, Richard once stated:
Hello, all:
While flipping through PC Magazine this morning, I noticed the
following quote on page 26 of the 10/15/02 issue:
"You might expect highly technical security advice from Kevin
Mitnick, whose alleged 1982 hack into NORAD inspired the movie War Games."
This is the first time I've seen this reference. Is this true?
I belive that both Kevin Mitnick *and* the producers of War Games both
deny this. The producers did, however, create the concept of ``war
dialing'' from which we now get ``war driving'' (which is searching for
open
wireless access points by driving down the street with your laptop and a
wireless network card).
-spc (Just found a neighbor (not sure which one) with a wireless access
station nearby ... )
26 Sep
26 Sep
1:09 a.m.
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner wrote:
I belive that both Kevin Mitnick *and* the producers
of War Games both
deny this. The producers did, however, create the concept of ``war
dialing'' from which we now get ``war driving'' (which is searching for
open
wireless access points by driving down the street with your laptop and a
wireless network card).
Actually, "war dialing" had been around long before War Games. The
term "war dialing" came about as a result of the movie, but the practice
had been known by other terms ("scanning" being one, which has its obvious
routes in another hobby).
-spc (Just found a neighbor (not sure which one)
with a wireless access
station nearby ... )
WAP hacking is the new frontier. It's just too damn easy.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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3:32 a.m.
I belive that both Kevin Mitnick *and* the producers
of War Games both
deny this. The producers did, however, create the concept of ``war
dialing'' from which we now get ``war driving'' (which is searching for
open
wireless access points by driving down the street with your laptop and a
wireless network card).
More reasons to stay with hard lines. (100BaseT until death, baby.)
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