[LINK] Do as I say....

[Jan Whitaker]

>Subject: Do as I say, not as I do
>
>Maybe you have to be a computer geek to find this funny.  But I 
>think there are a few of those on the list...
>
>http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/french-reporter.html
>
>Three reporters have been booted from the "Black Hat" conference on 
>computer security.  Their offense: hacking the conference's press 
>room computer network to zing some fellow reporters.
>
>The conference includes a "Wall of Sheep" display on which is 
>displayed IDs of people discovered to have used the network in 
>insecure ways that leave themselves exposed to hacking.  The 
>conference attendees' network is advertised as insecure and users 
>are warned that they may be subjected to hacking.  The idea is to 
>reinforce awareness of the need for secure practices.
>
>The press room network, however, was assumed to have been more 
>secure than the open wireless network for general 
>attendees.  Apparently it was not secure enough to make it harmless 
>for some of the reporters to have been sloppy about their own security.
>
>The offending reporters asked to post their fellow reporters' 
>identities on the Wall of Sheep but were refused, and instead were 
>ejected from the conference for the hacking.
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