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MelbourneIT Lapse Permitted Panix Hijack

Posted by timothy on from the malice-finds-a-way-in dept.

McSpew writes "Netcraft reports MelbourneIT's CTO, Bruce Tonkin, has admitted the Panix domain hijacking occurred because of a loophole in MIT's domain transfer process. He doesn't go into detail about what that loophole was, or how it was closed. As a Panix user, I'd like more detail, and I'd like to know what can be done to stop this sort of nonsense happening to other domains."

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  1. The is simple by crunk · · Score: 5, Funny
    There was an error in the checking process prior to initiating the transfer

    Someone screwed up.

    The loophole that led to this error has been closed.

    And they fired the guy.

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  2. Clearly, MIT has it's priorities. by Saeed+al-Sahaf · · Score: 5, Funny
    Panix CEO Alex Rosen said. "I didn't find useful 24-hour NOC-type info anywhere. MIT apparently has no weekend support at all; I finally located their CEO's cellphone in an investor-relations web page."

    Clearly, MIT has it's priorities.

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    1. Re:Clearly, MIT has it's priorities. by SteeldrivingJon · · Score: 5, Funny


      I expect that is the loophole they have fixed. The CEO's contact info is probably completely gone, now.

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  3. Re:The weekend rule by philovivero · · Score: 5, Funny
    In a recent terrorism trial the suspect could not contact anyone on a weekend to report a bomb plot - in 2002.

    Those Aussie terrorist suspects are a lot more polite than the Muslim and American ones. If all terrorist suspects would call in bomb plots, the authorities' jobs would be a lot easier.

    "Yes officer, if you cut the red wire directly after the green one, you should have the bomb defused and be home by tea time."

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