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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. ah, yes, salt lake city... by Wakko+Warner · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    where apparently it's perfectly okay to bribe IOC officials into selecting your city...

    but what can you expect from a state where it's a-okay to have a dozen wives?

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    "Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"
    1. Re:ah, yes, salt lake city... by Lee+Cremeans · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Actually, it's NOT technically okay to have a dozen wives (I won't go into the details), but you'd never know the difference from some of the loonies I hear live out in the boonies.

      -lee...and what the hell do you do with 60 kids, anyway?

    2. Re:ah, yes, salt lake city... by SquierStrat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Actually, legally it's not okay, it's just kind of...overlooked. Also, what kind of nut would want a dozen wives? One, as I can see it, is a little difficult to handle, much less 12! Also, what business is it of the government's how many wives a person has?!?! If they have no sanity, and want 12 that should be there...warped but legal right. Also, instead of worrying about who is bribing the IOC officials, maybe one should worry about the fact that they are taking the bribes. Aside from that, Salt Lake City seems like a fairly nice venue, so no need to complain to much! :-)

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      Derek Greene
    3. Re:ah, yes, salt lake city... by fishebulb · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      that always has been common practice for the olympics, (not saying its okay) so its not just a salt lake city problem. also what is the problem with having a dozen wives? in the moral sense it may be wrong (i personally dont care if someone else does it) but why is it legally wrong? where does it supposidly harm society etc? stop pushing your personal morals onto others that dont want them

    4. Re:ah, yes, salt lake city... by Havokmon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Yeah, seven is pretty much the max. Any higher and the mathmatics involved in determining who's sleeping in what bed beyond next week become too tedious.

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      "I can't give you a brain, so I'll give you a diploma" - The Great Oz (blatently stolen sig)
  2. Re:C: A Dead Language by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mr. Egg Troll, you have wonderful trolling potential. Your trolls are well-written and conceived, and generate large numbers of biters when used properly. But why the fuck do you waste all this trolling talent with your horrible crapflooder cut-and-paste mentality? Instead of posting the exact same four or five pieces over and over again like a moron, why not keep churning out more quality material? That is what prevents you from being a real troll and keeps you in the vein of "Turd Report", "WIPO" and other morons.

  3. Oh sure by eclectric · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They post this drivel with no content, but not my post from the *same* website about selling the Moon.

    Anywho, who really cares about this? It will go away when the winter games are over. It'll be amusing if it gets hacked. Probably, an anthrax scare or two (or 463) will get much more news attention.

    Nerds do not care about the olympics. The olympics test how much Weight Gain 4000 a single person can consume and not have their liver fail (at least before the games.)

    I still can't see why this was posted. This is a tiny network. Is it even critical? The games will still be playable if every single machine decides to melt.

    Let's go back to our normal posts, mainly, 23 ways to bitch about MS.