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Re: If you watch Matrix2.0...
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Date: 
Mon, 19 May 2003 17:43:49 GMT
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Dan Boger <dan@peeron.com> wrote:
An oh-so-real hack -- we've had quite a few systems here compromised in
that exact way. I'm pretty sure that this is an all-time first.
tsk tsk - not keeping up with updates? :)

We've got a lot of bad/lazy/untrained (take your pick) admins. The cool
thing is, if it's an Intel box, the security team pretty much swoops down
and tells them: wipe this and install BU Linux, or else lose your network
connection.


but yes, it was cool.  insecure.org is collecting screenshots of that
scene - understandably.  When was the last time an opensource project
(nmap) was featured on a big budget movie? :)

Gnome in Antitrust.


--
Matthew Miller           mattdm@mattdm.org        <http://www.mattdm.org/>
Boston University Linux      ------>                <http://linux.bu.edu/>



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  Re: If you watch Matrix2.0...
 
(...) I forgot - you're in an .edu environment :) (...) doh - always wanted to see that, but never got the chance. Dan (22 years ago, 19-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
  Re: If you watch Matrix2.0...
 
(...) Just to keep this thread going.... Antitrust, I would hope featured some sort of open source software. The whole plot was about a major company stealing open sources and using them for their own profit. And the ultimate slam being that the kid (...) (22 years ago, 20-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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  Re: If you watch Matrix2.0...
 
(...) tsk tsk - not keeping up with updates? :) but yes, it was cool. insecure.org is collecting screenshots of that scene - understandably. When was the last time an opensource project (nmap) was featured on a big budget movie? :) Dan (22 years ago, 19-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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