Hacker Rattles Internet Security Circles
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Hacker Rattles Internet Security Circles
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#2As being somewhat old-school (I learned to program on a TI55 calculator before having a real computer - an Apple II clone) I am offended by the insinuation old-schoolers like to boast. In fact, only the lowest of the larvae would dare to qualify their work as the most sophisticated anything.
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#3How I wish the Times would actually put in some technical details! If their aim is the transparent diffusion of news, they shouldn't shy away from technicals that maybe most people don't know. In fact, perhaps it's time more people found out about public-key cryptography, and who "third party" verifiers actually are. Put some due diligence back in the hands of the public.
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#4This article is a bit late. Anyone who has been keeping up with the Diginotar etc stuff knows that:
1, Diginotar is dead in the water now (they've been effectively killed off by browser vendors)
2. The exact problem here is very well known. That is, the problems with the SSL system having trusted authorities, and the number of companies trusted to issue certificates. (any trusted company can issue a cert for any domain it chooses)
3. This problem has already happened before with other certificate vendors, the only difference here is that Diginotar is a small enough fish that browser vendors are reacting (see, for example: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/29/ca_mozzilla_cert_sna... in 2008) Oh, and that Diginotar was silent on the breach.
And I like his boasting...sounds to me like a misquote or a script kiddie.
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#5The worst part about this is that the guy who posted on Pastebin has offered no evidence that he's the one who actually pulled off these hax.
Is the media willing to believe any claim they read on Pastebin in this post-LulzSec world we live in?
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#6The worst part about this is that the guy who posted on Pastebin has offered no evidence that he's the one who actually pulled off these hax. Is the media willing to believe any claim they read on Pastebin in this post-LulzSec world we live in?
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#7The worst part about this is that the guy who posted on Pastebin has offered no evidence that he's the one who actually pulled off these hax. Is the media willing to believe any claim they read on Pastebin in this post-LulzSec world we live in?
> the guy who posted on Pastebin has offered no evidence that he's the one who actually pulled off these hax.
He certainly has. http://pastebin.com/jhz20PqJ
In particular, he claims to have signed the Windows calculator with the (his) Google key.