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RayW
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Re: Wiggle

said by en102 See Profile :

Does anyone remember back in the Windows NT4 days when a hacker exposed the TCP buffer issues in Windows which caused a BSOD, and spawned the nice app known as 'WinNuke'? Microsoft dismissed this originally.
Or even earlier, AT&T telling the US gov that the "Blue Box" was impossible?

We can come up with all sorts of 'head in the sand' stories down through history, all in the name of money, power, or loss of face.
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Re: Wiggle

Just because investigating these holes are against TOS, doesn't mean they don't exist. Some are big enough to drive a truck through, and if companies aren't aware, less 'benign' hacking in the form of awareness can cause issues with much more impact.
permalink · 2007-04-18 13:10:30 · Reply to this

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said by RayW See Profile :

AT&T telling the US gov that the "Blue Box" was impossible?
Interesting quote.

AT&T know when they decided on using in-band signalling rather then out-of-band for long distance it was vulnerable to hacking. They chose it because it was cheaper. Remember back in those days telephone computing was done with relays.

/Tom
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