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NYU Accidentally Exposed Military Code-breaking Computer Project To Entire Internet (theintercept.com)
An anonymous reader writes: A confidential computer project designed to break military codes was accidentally made public by New York University engineers. An anonymous digital security researcher identified files related to the project while hunting for things on the internet that shouldn't be, The Intercept reported. He used a program called Shodan, a search engine for internet-connected devices, to locate the project. It is the product of a joint initiative by NYU's Institute for Mathematics and Advanced Supercomputing, headed by the world-renowned Chudnovsky brothers, David and Gregory, the Department of Defense, and IBM. Information on an exposed backup drive described the supercomputer, called -- WindsorGreen -- as a system capable of cracking passwords.
Anything like this was even connected on the "internet".
Does Trump know about this? Is this the underground resistance? How can I get in contact with this group?
Where can i haz this Shodan-"Program"??
a pathetic creature of meat and bone
Found files referencing a new supercomputer project... this isn't evidence that it exists, ever received funding, or is a real project. Always be a bit skeptical about news pertaining to secret projects. If it is real then it's obviously going to be some kind of new crypto super computer. It's pure conjecture, speculation, and most importantly fake news without proof of its existence and capability.
I get a lot of crap for posting on Slashdot during business hours (4:30AM - 10:30PM), but I wouldn't be stupid enough to connect a military code-breaking computer to the Internet for posting on Slashdot.
I'm surprised the military and research institutions don't have a new research network by now. Maybe they do and I'm just not aware of it, and if so they messed up big time by not isolating this. Either way, someone violated protocol. Probably won't be the last time this will happen.
My user name was a mistake. Input wasn't restricted, my bad.
Ooops.
"I say we take off, nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
Anything developed using tax dollars MUST be made open source and freely available to all. It absolutely should, and *must*, be available on the internet.
Move along now. It's just the Setec Astronomy server.
Have gnu, will travel.
"...coming to slashdot ... to get a cognizant idea...."
I think I found your problem.
>Anything developed...
It was not yet developed, it was developing. Still baking in the oven per-se.
How about while you are thinking about something, but yet to actually say it, we demand that you reveal, what iffy ideas you are putting together in your head about what you have yet to even say. And remember, this must be in a well laid out presentation (or speech) form that is comprehensible & easily understood.
IMPOSSIBLE! Because we've interrupted you! How about we let you finish putting your thoughts together and you tell us when you've got something real- because then you can really expertly share your idea.
You are a retard.
Your main contribution to the debate seems to be using TWO entirely different methods of bold (followed by the near synonym "absolutely" and a second helpful repetition, this time of the word "available"—but I don't see these as your main contribution; did I mention your main contribution?)
Also cute is how you managed to conceal the word "government" under the tiny word "tax". Weird assertions about the true and absolute nature of government are one of the principle diagnostic aids for Goldbug's disease (and several other, related conditions).
The definitive diagnostic for Goldbug's disease is when Anarchy, State, and Utopia laughs you out of the room (check out its prescient lack of a chapter on open-kimono DoD).
I mean you bring your password there to be cracked?
Trump already leaked this to the Russians, and the Chinese stole it by themselves. The only ones left out of the loop are US allies, and that is because IBM wants to sell them the system instead of having them build their own.
Why is Snark Required?
I'd be more surprised if a group with the NSA's budget, talent, and goals didn't build a system to attack encryption with brute force.
Combine massive computing power with clever ways of narrowing the target...for example, something like an advanced dictionary attack would improve the odds against encryption keys that a human has to remember. Most computers don't use very high quality random numbers, there's potential for weakened encryption there I'm sure.
So if you have this system, you can give it your most potentially valuable encrypted data and let it work on that 24/7/365 in the hope that it pays off, because you can do that on a practically unlimited intelligence budget. I'll only be disappointed if the program isn't named Sisyphus...although Cipher Lotto would also be acceptable :-P
"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel