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True Tales of Hands-on Hacks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the necessity's-a-mother dept.

PCM2 writes "InfoWorld is running a fun special report offering true tales of "enterprise hacks" -- real-world folks and how they solved IT problems in unorthodox ways. Can you beat the story about the tech who hacked a USB switch with a timer to bridge two air-gapped networks? Or the one who used Wi-Fi to track a missing tool cart? What's your proudest hack?" It's in PDF, but freely downloadable.

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  1. Server Admin 1, Glass Door 0 by Mignon · · Score: 3, Insightful
    real-world folks and how they solved IT problems in unorthodox ways

    I'm hazy on the details, but during a power failure in server closet one admin wanted to get in to bring down the boxes gracefully before the UPS gave out. But the door was locked and the power failure prevented him from gaining access. So rather than his users losing lots of data and several hours of checking and rebuilding filesystems, he busted his way in with a big metal fire extinguisher and got the job done. His boss told this story proudly.