The last University that I attended in West Palm Beach FL (they can trace this back to me... see if I care) has some shitty network admins. Their network is anything but secure.
I found plenty of problems with their network security... I (as a regular user on their systems) had access to a lot of things that I shouldn't have had. I actually used one of these exploits to my advantage. We had a test that I didn't study for (all tests were handled by a CGI script on an insecure inhouse server). I shutdown the box, and... vualla no test that day.
I sent an e-mail to the heads of the school,
I ended up talking to them and asking for a job, they wanted to give me $5/hr so I told them that they can go f**k themselves (in a nice way). They wanted me to setup servers (SMTP, DNS, Webserver etc...), apply a security policy and write custom code for them.
I just ended up telling my teacher about the security vulnerabilities (he was real cool about it), he fixed the exploits that I knew off the top of my head. I corrected some of his code... now he sends me job oppertunities.
....
In a different situation in high school, I wrote a lot of code for my school, it was supposed to be a system where teachers and parents could view students grades and such securely... the school ended up expelling me for not going to detentions (I was working as a developer after school for a firm down here in FL). Every bit of code was encrypted with GnuPG so they didn't get one bit out of me.
BTW: if u found an exploit on a school's computer and u write a patch on the school's computer (ITS OWNED BY THE SCHOOL), they will try and screw u over, schools are just like that.
My advice is - they won't hire you or they will want to pay minimum wage, and just either talk to a teacher that you TRUST. They might appreciate it and send you work that comes their way:o)
oh ya, first change your grades though...;o)
Regards,
- Mick
(o> Web developer / designer
( ) UNIX Systems Admin
--- ~ www.mickweiss.com ~
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The last University that I attended in West Palm Beach FL (they can trace this back to me... see if I care) has some shitty network admins. Their network is anything but secure.
... vualla no test that day.
/hr so I told them that they can go f**k themselves (in a nice way). They wanted me to setup servers (SMTP, DNS, Webserver etc...), apply a security policy and write custom code for them.
....
:o)
;o)
I found plenty of problems with their network security... I (as a regular user on their systems) had access to a lot of things that I shouldn't have had. I actually used one of these exploits to my advantage. We had a test that I didn't study for (all tests were handled by a CGI script on an insecure inhouse server). I shutdown the box, and
I sent an e-mail to the heads of the school,
I ended up talking to them and asking for a job, they wanted to give me $5
I just ended up telling my teacher about the security vulnerabilities (he was real cool about it), he fixed the exploits that I knew off the top of my head. I corrected some of his code... now he sends me job oppertunities.
In a different situation in high school, I wrote a lot of code for my school, it was supposed to be a system where teachers and parents could view students grades and such securely... the school ended up expelling me for not going to detentions (I was working as a developer after school for a firm down here in FL). Every bit of code was encrypted with GnuPG so they didn't get one bit out of me.
BTW: if u found an exploit on a school's computer and u write a patch on the school's computer (ITS OWNED BY THE SCHOOL), they will try and screw u over, schools are just like that.
My advice is - they won't hire you or they will want to pay minimum wage, and just either talk to a teacher that you TRUST. They might appreciate it and send you work that comes their way
oh ya, first change your grades though...
Regards,
- Mick
(o> Web developer / designer
( ) UNIX Systems Admin
--- ~ www.mickweiss.com ~