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Linuxense Break-in Challenge Over

Posted by timothy on from the aw-they-werent dept.

hot_Karls_bad_cavern writes "As previously mentioned on Slashdot, the Linuxense Break-In Challenge has ended and some results posted, including a torrent link to the packet capture dump. The great Linux guru winner: no one. After the 96 hours, the machine was still safe and sound. Distro on the target machine: Adamantix."

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  1. In this case i believe by A+beautiful+mind · · Score: 4, Interesting

    the timeframe was too short to do anything high profile. In other words, the distro was more secure than it could be hacked in 96 hours. However, with servers online years, you have a much better situation from the attacker's viewpoint, even if your box is fully patched.

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    1. Re:In this case i believe by cfavader · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I fully agree.

      Apparently they expected people to whip out their magic wands of hax0ring skillz.

      Personally, I would have kept the server up until someone finally broke through (although for a lesser prize?) just out of curiosity.

  2. I hacked it! by Lally+Singh · · Score: 4, Funny

    I didn't report it, just b/c I thought it was too little a feat to mention. Password: Joshua.

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