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I got an FBI record at age 11 from dabbling in cryptography (2015)

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Re: I got an FBI record at age 11 from dabbling in cryptography (2015)

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Post by hutzlibu »

vagrantJin wrote: post #133
andai wrote: post #127

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When I was 11 or 12 we had a bunch of old Windows (2000?) boxes with a shared network folder — all the students' files were in the same folder. I had just learned about basic batch file "programming" so I made one called Change Your Grades Click Here!!.bat which asked for your username and password (we had individual accounts on the Mac computers) and saved them to a hidden text file in the same folder. Most people d…

> I got one girl's login that actually worked, which scared the shit out of me, and I deleted the program. (I really wanted to tell her that "emma" is not a good password, but I thought it wouldn't turn out well for me. With all due respect for HN policy of nuanced, Intelligent debate. "Wimp"

Did you ever had the courage to tell, that you lacked courage, once?

Re: I got an FBI record at age 11 from dabbling in cryptography (2015)

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Post by kragen »

dekhn wrote: post #136
jacquesm wrote: post #108

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Let's ask. Also 79 -> 80... that's a bit of a hint. Edit: asked.

I think that's because Dr. Lee picked the lowest unused port at that time. But let us know.

According to https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/... the lowest unused ports are currently 4, 6, 8, and 10. I think these were originally the port numbers for the opposite direction of data transmission for services on ports 5, 7, 9, and 11 (RJE, echo, discard, and systat) but that function became obsolete with the switch from NCP to TCP in 01983. I may be misunderstanding this a bit because I don't really understand NCP.

Re: I got an FBI record at age 11 from dabbling in cryptography (2015)

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Post by Broken_Hippo »

rPlayer6554 wrote: post #84
Broken_Hippo wrote: post #26

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It makes me even more sad that we haven't remedied that sort of thing everywhere by giving children rights, including free association with others. In other words, parents cannot govern friends and romantic partners.

So would you be alright with your son/daughter choosing their romantic partner as a 50 yr old pedophile, drug dealer, and/or avid supporter of whichever religion or cause you find the most perverse and destructive to humanity?

Obviously, no one should be OK with their child dating someone that is a pedophile. That is obviously child abuse, and call the authorities. I*m not about to let a child be abused, and I find this particular question a strange place to go, since it does seem to be a slippery slope argument.

The only real way a parent would know if someone is a drug dealer is if the parent does drugs, or if their friends have bought or sold to the child. Otherwise, I'm just being judgemental or listening to gossip. If i have suspicions that my child can get in trouble with them, the proper thing to do is to have a discussion with the child. After that, it is their decision.

I don't realistically find any one religion to be that, in general, but again, if it concerns you, talk to your child about your concerns and hope that you aren't being xenophobic instead of reasonable. Same thing with racism: Chances are, you'll just drive a wedge between you and your child.

Re: I got an FBI record at age 11 from dabbling in cryptography (2015)

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Post by rot13xor »

avgDev wrote: post #67
torpid wrote: post #27

My FBI file was for hacking into my school district's AS/400 that handled my school's attendance and grading system. Somehow using a public IP address with no access restrictions allowed a clear telnet path in from home. Compounding username and passwords that were all the same for every employee. I didn't change a thing, just LOLed and told someone. Bad mistake. This was the late 90s. Oh well, 2 week suspension and…

This reminds of a Costco bug I discovered, it appears that they fixed it lol. So, Costco runs AS/400 in stores, and their online store is in .Net MVC. I worked with both technologies and often have to communicate with AS/400 devs and they are close to their retirement so little fucks are given. Plus, working with DB2 is annoying in general, the .NET data provider from IBM is expensive and sucks. Now onto the bug, whe…

I'd expect Costco would require receipts for returns, even for online purchases, like most stores. Then the store would only refund the amount after discounts. But perhaps Costco is more trusting of their customers because they have to pay for membership.

Re: I got an FBI record at age 11 from dabbling in cryptography (2015)

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Post by Broken_Hippo »

bityard wrote: post #147
Broken_Hippo wrote: post #26

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It makes me even more sad that we haven't remedied that sort of thing everywhere by giving children rights, including free association with others. In other words, parents cannot govern friends and romantic partners.

Are you a parent?

It doesn't matter whether or not I am. IF you agree, you do, and if not, you don't. I know some places have children's rights, which include freedom of association, especially as children get older. (Norway, for instance).

Re: I got an FBI record at age 11 from dabbling in cryptography (2015)

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Post by Broken_Hippo »

amatecha wrote: post #71
Broken_Hippo wrote: post #26

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It makes me even more sad that we haven't remedied that sort of thing everywhere by giving children rights, including free association with others. In other words, parents cannot govern friends and romantic partners.

There's definitely a balance to be had... Kids don't generally have those rights because they have far too little life experience to judge the effects of associating with people. Adults have seen the life paths of those around them and observed where certain directions can lead. So, parents look out for their kids. Sometimes the parents just have poor judgement, heh

Adults have seen the life paths of those around them and observed where certain directions can lead. So, parents look out for their kids. Sometimes the parents just have poor judgement, heh

That last bit is the issue. DO you really think a racist parent is going to allow a child to date somone that looks different - or a devout catholic is realistically going to allow their child to enter a same-sex relationship?

Re: I got an FBI record at age 11 from dabbling in cryptography (2015)

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Post by 77pt77 »

dheera wrote: post #39
torpid wrote: post #27

My FBI file was for hacking into my school district's AS/400 that handled my school's attendance and grading system. Somehow using a public IP address with no access restrictions allowed a clear telnet path in from home. Compounding username and passwords that were all the same for every employee. I didn't change a thing, just LOLed and told someone. Bad mistake. This was the late 90s. Oh well, 2 week suspension and…

> I didn't change a thing, just LOLed and told someone > Oh well, 2 week suspension God damn, these idiot school people have no fucking clue that someone who points out a security flaw to you without inflicting any harm is actually doing something good, and that behavior should be encouraged and rewarded .

> and that behavior should be encouraged and rewarded

He gave the reason why, fragile ego.

Re: I got an FBI record at age 11 from dabbling in cryptography (2015)

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Post by ngneer »

As long as everyone is sharing stories, it was the late '90s in the bay area when I was in high school and poked around in our computer lab systems. Other than running Quake and Starcraft, which we were not supposed to do, it occured to me to install a keylogger on an NT4 machine that was shared by the students and our admin. After finding a stealthy keylogger, installing it and verifying it worked for capturing my own password, I went home excited and nervous. When I got into the lab the next day, I looked around for some privacy and quickly checked the logs. Imagine my satisfaction when her password fell into my lap. I remember it to this day, it was "dj3j". Those were the days, of short passwords at least. I proceeded to immediately remove the log file and keylogger and never used her password, am a white hat through and through. Hopefully she changed it by now...

Re: I got an FBI record at age 11 from dabbling in cryptography (2015)

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Post by seabreezy »

mleonhard wrote: post #144
avgDev wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This reminds of a Costco bug I discovered, it appears that they fixed it lol. So, Costco runs AS/400 in stores, and their online store is in .Net MVC. I worked with both technologies and often have to communicate with AS/400 devs and they are close to their retirement so little fucks are given. Plus, working with DB2 is annoying in general, the .NET data provider from IBM is expensive and sucks. Now onto the bug, whe…

I met someone many years ago who bragged that they did this with sales tax. They purchased expensive items at Costco in Oregon, paying 0% sales tax, and then returned those items in Washington and received a full refund plus 10% sales tax. This was the first time I met a person who appeared normal but lacked social mores against fraud.

In grade school a class mate told me how to mail letters for free: print where the letter _should be sent_ in the return address, print anything for the apparent delivery address, apply no stamp, and drop in a public mail bin. The letter will be sent "back" to the return address because postage was not paid.

When I got home later that day I excitedly shared with my parents the new hack I had learned and they told me it was wrong because it was stealing. I had been so taken with the neatness of the scheme I did not register its immorality.

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