Re: Hackers

Not true.  An Australian called SureFire hacked a web server running WebSTAR
in 1997 or '98, although not in the allotted 45 days of digital.forest's
$10,000 challenge.  Since I don't know the hacker's intentions, I'm giving
the benefit of the doubt and not calling this one a cracker.

More info: Maximum Security: A Hacker's Guide to Protecting your Internet
Site and Network, 2nd Edition.

-Jeff

----- Original Message -----
From: "Deborah Shadovitz" <DebShadovitz(at)mac.com>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: Hackers


> Server from a Mac. The US military caught on when tired of hackers. There
> are tons of Mac servers out there. (They run Apache and WebSTAR (now under
> 4D Inc). No one cracks a WebSTAR server - despite $10,000 challenges to do
> so.
>
> On 7/10/00 9:52 AM, Sue Bailey <sue(at)bartandsue.co.uk> tapped:
> > Hi all.
> >
> > Got to work this morning to find that the public html directory of our
> > website had been completely cleaned out overnight. The lovely
neighbourhood
> > hackers had saved me the task of getting rid of all the files we're not
> > using any more. You can imagine my joy on a Monday morning.
> >
> > Our ISP's advice amounted to 'change your password', which we've
obviously
> > done - and back up back up and back up again, which I had also done -
but is
> > there anything else I can do to stop these ****s  having another go?
> >
> > Thanks for any advice,
> >
> > Sue
> >
>
>

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