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Misconfigured Webserver, Threats to Call FBI

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the all-in-a-morning's-work dept.

the_harlequin writes "The Register is reporting that a city manager threatened to call the FBI over a misconfigured webserver. From the article: "The heartland turned vicious this week when an Oklahoma town threatened to call in the FBI because its web site was hacked by Linux maker CentOS. Problem is CentOS didn't hack Tuttle's web site at all. The city's hosting provider had simply botched a web server." "

6 of 564 comments (clear)

  1. Re:!!!!~11111!!! by Vengeance · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The guy is a real piece of work. I liked this:

    "I am computer literate! I have 22 years in computer systems engineering and operation. Now, can you tell me how to remove 'your software' that you acknowledge you provided free of charge? I consider this 'hacking.'"

    22 years in systems engineering, but he hasn't got a clue as to how web sites operate. This guy epitomizes problems we all see every day: Incompetents who don't recognize their own incompetence. Then he compounds it by being an arrogant bastard and an overbearing, threatening weenie to boot.

    Nice.

    And these are the kinds of jackasses we ELECT to have power over us.

    --
    It was a joke! When you give me that look it was a joke.
  2. Re:!!!!~11111!!! by fabs64 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    realising you're incompetent doesn't make you competent, it just means you're not ignorant to your incompetence.

  3. Re:Interesting study on incompetence by jsight · · Score: 5, Insightful

    by definition, it is impossible for a majority of people to be above average.


    No, it's not.
    --
    Throw the bums out!
  4. Re:"I welcome this publicity" by beheaderaswp · · Score: 4, Insightful

    With one caveat:

    The press is his town might not be savvy enough to understand what he did.

    --
    Another consultant who stuck it out.

    "We are the Priests, of the Temples of Syrinx..."
  5. comic sans by BenjyD · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The guy's website provides further proof for the "low IQ and use of Comic Sans" correlation.

  6. Re:This is wrong! by sethadam1 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Sorry, Builder, but all this shows is that incompetents shouldn't be left in charge of IT. I would say it demonstrates the exact opposite of what you say. Clearly the city manager is unqualified and ignorant. The open source project helped him -- for free -- even when he threatened litigation! Ultimately, CentOS solved the problem for him too, outdoing the ISP he presumably pays.

    I would argue that this furthers the cause significantly, and as an aside, encourages towns to take IT seriously.