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Re: NASA Has Been Hacked

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Post by borumpilot » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 12:06 PM UTC

dvtrn wrote: post #103

cbsks wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I interned at Goddard in 2006 and my PI had a rogue wireless access point for his interns to use. Apparently it was a long and convoluted process to get network access for personal computers, so he didn’t even bother trying. I remember some of my fellow interns complaining about having to work offline for the first month of their 10 week internship.

it was a long and convoluted process to get network access for personal computers, so he didn’t even bother trying "When people can't work with you, they will look for ways to work around you". - former IT boss of mine. Every time.

Cool thing is: with that argument I was able to convince management to roll out WiFi worldwide at a large corp where the CISO hated WiFi and had halted all projects that sought to implement it.

Needless to say, there where dozens of rogue AP's in the network, which where a biatch to find (was a manual job actually walking around with a laptop trying to find them). With the global rollout we made sure "rogue AP detection" was implemented as an additional feature, which came with its own challenges (sometimes not knowing something is easier to deal with...).

Re: NASA Has Been Hacked

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Post by Just147 » Thu, Jun 27, 2019, 12:35 AM UTC

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Re: NASA Has Been Hacked

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Post by eggy » Sun, Jun 30, 2019, 12:32 PM UTC

Theodores wrote: post #83

eggy wrote: post #79

I remember back in the late 80s telnetting out of the NYU Bobst library on their VAX 11(?) system to some pretty interesting systems. The Johnson Space Center in Houston (running VAX 11/785s was one I particularly remember. Of course, back then things were not battened down as much as they are now; the spirit was an open network. A sysadmin would interrupt your session with quesitons like "Who is this? You are unauth…

I used to love roving around VAX networks. In the UK the ones for science (and defence research) were all setup the same. They didn't design the login scripts for pests like me. So I was able to go round the different boxes looking for interesting datasets. I only wanted super hi resolution satellite imagery, convinced there was some sub-metre resolution stuff out there. All was going well until I put my own backdoor…

Yes, the early days were more innocent, and really fringe. I didn't connect with other hackers until years later, and then attended the monthly 2600 Wednesday meeting or two (Citicorp bldg.?) in the late 80s/early 90s.

A great moment when an analogue red box device could be made digital by simply changing out a crystal in a pocket digital speed dialer by RadioShack (RIP).

Nowadays you can find the recipes galore, and have no need to bang keys on your to discover hacks and tricks. It's probably why I have given it up. As they say, "those were the days, my friend."

Re: NASA Has Been Hacked

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Post by eggy » Sun, Jun 30, 2019, 12:35 PM UTC

killjoywashere wrote: post #108

Theodores wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used to love roving around VAX networks. In the UK the ones for science (and defence research) were all setup the same. They didn't design the login scripts for pests like me. So I was able to go round the different boxes looking for interesting datasets. I only wanted super hi resolution satellite imagery, convinced there was some sub-metre resolution stuff out there. All was going well until I put my own backdoor…

I have two DEC VT510 terminals in my lab, serving mission critical functions, right now.

Wow, that's wild. Never upgraded that system I guess. I hope mission critical is not something that could effect things outside the scope of your workplace. Although, security through obscurity or age here, might actually work ;)