U of Wisconsin's Mac OS X Security Challenge

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday March 7, 2006 @02:10AM 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

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Re:Hackorama Windows by XMilkProject · 2006-03-07 02:16 · Score: -1, Redundant

Thats a good idea. I think I might setup a box when I get home this evening.

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Contest? Pffft..... by archeopterix · 2006-03-07 02:37 · Score: 1, Redundant

Any reason why The Fallacy of Cracking Contests doesn't apply to this one?