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Information Security On An Olympic Scale

Posted by timothy on from the five-rings-of-fire dept.

jeffy124 writes: "Wired is running a story about the man in charge of securing the computer systems at the Salt Lake City Olympic Games next February. Matt McClung discusses how he's withstanding an 'overhype' in the media on the possibility getting his systems cracked and what he's doing to prevent it in the first place. With 4500 PCs and 550 servers, that shall be a daunting task, especially given the reliability problems at the '96 Atlanta games."

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  1. Winning the gold for America... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    This can't be right...

    1337 h4x0r5 5cH001 r0x0r5

    (Must be an Eastern Europe immigrant...)

  2. A chance to win... by Swannie · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hmm... with a little hacking, and I could be the first person in my family to win a gold medal for figure skating.

    Swannie

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  3. The Test by Rolo+Tomasi · · Score: 5, Funny
    OK, after they've got all rigged up and ready to go, they're ready for

    The Ultimate Test

    Fill the servers up with pr0n and serve it to the public, for free! If it withstands that, the Olympics will be a piece of cake.

    Hey, I'm serious ...

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