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Security Vulnerability Bingo

Posted by samzenpus on from the fun-and-games dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Ben Bitdiddle of MIT fame sends an open letter to system administrators encouraging them to stop patching their systems so they can play 'Security Vulnerability Bingo.'"

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  1. Sounds fun... by Jurily · · Score: 4, Informative

    Shame it's such a blatant advertisement.

  2. A-D-O-B-E by ducomputergeek · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bingo!

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  3. ...you insensitive clod... by philipmather · · Score: 2, Funny

    I administer an online bingo site and just had a panicky moment whilst reading that headline. "Security, Bingo? Erk!"

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  4. Attention Underlings... by Thelasko · · Score: 3, Funny

    the first person to get bingo, will be terminated.

    That is all...

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  5. old news by Jafafa+Hots · · Score: 3, Funny

    I discovered this security hole years ago at our volunteer fire dept. hall.
    I used to call out BINGO without actually having bingo, and at least one time in ten they gave me the prize without even checking my board.

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  6. Re:We seem to have broken their server by mortonda · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think a slashdotting is the free token in the middle of the board.

  7. Old ladies game by DrugCheese · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bingo is associated, at least with me, with an older crowd set. For the more youthful who would enjoy a faster developing game try setting up multiple dhcp servers in the same address range. It would ne the equivalent of Texas holdem.

      Entertainment is the only reason I can think of why a sys admin at a clients chooses to set them up that way. Well maybe it is closer to beer pong and the guy is just an idiot...

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  8. Re:We seem to have broken their server by selven · · Score: 2, Funny

    reducing their server to ruble.

    I'm pretty sure hiring hackers in Russia is cheating.