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U of Wisconsin's Mac OS X Security Challenge

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the they-really-don't-have-anything-better-to-do-over-there dept.

digitalsurgeon writes "The University of Wisconsin [ed: Go Badgers] has launched a Mac OS X Security challenge, in response to a 'woefully misleading ZDnet article'. From the site: 'The challenge is as follows: simply alter the web page on this machine, test.doit.wisc.edu. The machine is a Mac mini (PowerPC) running Mac OS X 10.4.5 with Security Update 2006-001, has two local accounts, and has ssh and http open - a lot more than most Mac OS X machines will ever have open.' Are you up to the task? Can you prove ZDNet wrong, or can you show that Mac OS X can really be hacked in less then 30 minutes? More information about the challenge is at http://test.doit.wisc.edu/ The challenge ends Fri 10 March 2006 10:00 AM CST." Update: 03/07 14:32 GMT by Z : Commentary on the contest and original claim is available at VNUNet

5 of 401 comments (clear)

  1. DDOS by BJZQ8 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think that this will probably turn into a DDOS rather than an outright hack...

  2. Dupe! by tpgp · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This story was a comment a few days ago

    I don't think Dave understood the point of the original challenge however - local privilige escalation - or maybe he was just taking issue with the way it was reported on zdnet.

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  3. Re:Does /. win... by MacBoy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well, this story has been on the /. frontpage for about an hour now, and the website on the Mini still loads in a snap.

  4. Re:A Different Test by Wolfrider · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Make sure you are using the blowfish encryption algorithm for fastest transfer speeds...

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  5. OT: Badgers by merc · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    [ed: Go Badgers]

    mushroom! mushroom!

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