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IBM using Napoleon Dynamite Quote to Encrypt Data

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the masters-of-the-bo-staff dept.

schmack writes "A developer discovers a quote from the movie Napoleon Dynamite is being used as the cipher key by IBM to publish encrypted XML at this year's Wimbledon grand slam. But is this a rather glaring lapse in security or an easter egg for curious hackers, many of whom would surely be fans of the quirky movie?"

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  1. Re:What is with that movie? by NexFlamma · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    As to being a security issue, unless someone compiles all quotes from all movies into a text file, it is not. And how difficult a task would that really be?

    See, movies these days, have these things called "scripts"...

  2. Re:What is with that movie? by Kreigaffe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I've heard "The Office" stank/stinks..

    but "Office Space" is truly a work of genius. It's barely even a movie about an office. It's more about the battle with an absolute lack of motivation and work ethic, the pitfalls of trying to scheme your way out of the daily grind.

    Also, it's about avoiding federal POUND ME IN THE ASS prison.. which is something we all can identify with.

    --
    ... still waiting for this free-as-in-beer free beer I keep hearing about. :|
  3. It was on Digg... by Computer+Guru · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ..and the result was a disaster. Digg v3 isn't what it's cracked up to be. http://neosmart.net/blog/archives/205