Nmap Featured in The Matrix Reloaded

rajiv was among dozens to report that unlike most "Hacks" in film, The Matrix reloaded actually has an ounce of reality where other films would rely on fancy 3D graphics. You can see more at Insecure.org where they have screenshots. It's only on screen for a split second, but Tritnity uses Nmap to find a vulnerable SSH server, and then exploits it using the SSH1 CRC32 exploit from 2001.

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10.2.2.2

[zdzichu]

They screwed. They've used IPv4 address for private networks.

Why movie makers can use something more real?
10.2.2.2 is not as bad as IP's from "The Net" with Sandra Bullock - xx.374.x.x is certainely not a valid address.
10.x.x.x class was used in "Antitrust" to address satellites. Justified - they were on internal net for sure.
But hacking from open net is not possible with that kind of address.
I know that using real IPv4 address (like 66.35.250.150) is not desirable.
But maybe not? Maybe WB should pay Michal Zalewski and have him secure some box, connect
it to the internet and then use real IP address in movie? That would be fun - the box itself could store some unpublished photos or something like that, related to Matrix. Let's the hackers hack and give them something to hack for.

My advice: next time you try to show some IP address, show some IPv6 address from class 324f::. Nobody wil be hacked and it will not look so much pathetic as 10.x.x.x