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PCWeek "Hack This Page" Cracked
mrflip writes "On September 20th, PCWeek announced a $1000 contest to be the first to hack either the linux or the NT server they set up. Well, four short days later, the linux box seems to have been compromised. The winner states "Hi guys, It's been a nice challenge, now send me the cash :)." He explained that the exploit was not a linux feature but was due to a closed source CGI script with improper security checks. " Going to require Solomonic ruling - the intent was to test the two OSes, and this is obviously not an OS test. -
PCWeek "Hack This Page" Cracked
mrflip writes "On September 20th, PCWeek announced a $1000 contest to be the first to hack either the linux or the NT server they set up. Well, four short days later, the linux box seems to have been compromised. The winner states "Hi guys, It's been a nice challenge, now send me the cash :)." He explained that the exploit was not a linux feature but was due to a closed source CGI script with improper security checks. " Going to require Solomonic ruling - the intent was to test the two OSes, and this is obviously not an OS test. -
PCWeek "Hack This Page" Cracked
mrflip writes "On September 20th, PCWeek announced a $1000 contest to be the first to hack either the linux or the NT server they set up. Well, four short days later, the linux box seems to have been compromised. The winner states "Hi guys, It's been a nice challenge, now send me the cash :)." He explained that the exploit was not a linux feature but was due to a closed source CGI script with improper security checks. " Going to require Solomonic ruling - the intent was to test the two OSes, and this is obviously not an OS test. -
PCWeek "Hack This Page" Cracked
mrflip writes "On September 20th, PCWeek announced a $1000 contest to be the first to hack either the linux or the NT server they set up. Well, four short days later, the linux box seems to have been compromised. The winner states "Hi guys, It's been a nice challenge, now send me the cash :)." He explained that the exploit was not a linux feature but was due to a closed source CGI script with improper security checks. " Going to require Solomonic ruling - the intent was to test the two OSes, and this is obviously not an OS test.