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Internet News   Internet News : Hackable bug found in net's heart
   posted by DaveyD on 24-Apr-2004 12:18:38 (2654 reads)
One of the net's central technologies has a serious security vulnerability warn UK and US infrastructure protection agencies.

Anyone exploiting the loophole could cause widespread disruption by subverting the way the internet ensures data reaches its intended destination.


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Bodie_CI5 
Re: Hackable bug found in net's heart
Posted on 24-Apr-2004 13:54:39
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So what would such a disruption mean for my posts and online gaming?


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So what would such a disruption mean for my posts and online gaming?


It would mean that your post count would start to decrease and that you would get owned by a bunch of 9 year olds.

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Oh dear... that would have to be a nightmare of EPIC proportions.


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Re: Hackable bug found in net's heart
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... at least half the cables in the clipart chosen for the article would normally never carry any IP packets at all

- Paul

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The security agencies are trying to plug the hole before the bad guys find out about it. So, of course, what does the press do? Why,

PUBLICIZE IT WORLDWIDE ON THE INTERNET

of course.


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@ Billsey

How else are they meant to keep it under wraps?


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It took me a few reads to see it was a hackable bug and not a huggable bug. I already wondered how you can find them anyway.

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@ Coder

Possibly, only once you take that bucket off your head!


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lol


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@Bodez:

Mate, it's "gambling", not "gaming". You won't lose less money by taking the "bl" out of the word.

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