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Yet Another Crack-This-Box Challenge

Posted by Hemos on from the who-else-is-tired-of-this dept.

Sand_Man wrote to us with the latest public relations stunt with crack-a-machine trials. This is a month long trial, pitting Linux vs. NT boxes against each other. Details are in the story, but does this whole thing strike everyone else as tired PR stunts now?

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  1. Errors in the Article! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5

    From the article: "Taschek also noted that, in recent weeks, the Nasdaq/Amex, the Drudge Report and ABC sites were all hacked in someway. Each of these three web sites runs either Windows NT with IIS or Linux as their front-line web servers. " From Netcraft: www.nasdaq.com www.nasdaq.com is running Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4 or Windows 98 www.abc.com www.abc.com is running Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4 or Windows 98 and finally (the worse yet!) www.drudgereport.com www.drudgereport.com is running Microsoft-IIS/5.0 on Windows NT5 beta We all know that both OSes are only as good as the person who administers them. This is an absolute joke. How much says Microsoft is sponsering this?

  2. Sick of "crack this box" contests. by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 5
    What we need now is a "box this crack" contest: drive through Harlem and pick up a few dealers and have them compete to see how fast they can get a shipment packed, false-bottomed, filled with Beanie Babies, and sent out via UPS.

    That's real, honest-to-God, cutthroat competition.

    - A.P.
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    "One World, one Web, one Program" - Microsoft promotional ad

    --
    "Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"
  3. [sarc] The Ultimate "Hack This Machine" Challenge by Pont · · Score: 5

    If you, yes you, hack www.fbi.gov and put up porn, instructions for building nuclear weapons, and your actual home address, you will win the following:
    Free housing for 10-30 years!
    Free "food" for 10-30 years!
    Free sex for 10-30 years!
    Free training in a useful trade!

    Who can resist!