Re: Microsoft ask users to crack win2000 site

1999-08-06 Thread Ray Barnes
On Thu, 5 Aug 1999, John Horn wrote: > > Hmmm, interesting. Nevertheless, such activity contravenes various federal > statutes and/or possibly state statutes at either the point of origination > and/or the destination (or both). I would suggest that anyone interested > in accepting this offer con

Re: Microsoft ask users to crack win2000 site

1999-08-06 Thread Duncan Simpson
Since nobody has pointed it out yet it has been said by various people, at least one of them in print, (including Spafford, I think) that these challenges are unlikely to attract the real experts, who can charge large consulting fees. It simply makes no sense for these people to give their service

Re: Microsoft ask users to crack win2000 site

1999-08-06 Thread John Horn
Aleph1, I don't know if this posting is really pertinent to the list but considering the potential for serious penalties, I thought it might be advisable to point this out. Hmmm, interesting. Nevertheless, such activity contravenes various federal statutes and/or possibly state statutes at either

Re: Microsoft ask users to crack win2000 site

1999-08-05 Thread j nazario
[ executive summary: Microsoft are asking you to crack their machine running on win2k and iis. ] The LinuxPPC folks have set up a similar site as a response. It's located at http://crack.linuxppc.org/ . Similar rules, ie DoS attacks are discouraged (and uninteresting), and they want a better

Microsoft ask users to crack win2000 site

1999-08-05 Thread Peter Lowe
[ executive summary: Microsoft are asking you to crack their machine running on win2k and iis. ] I haven't seen anything about this on bugtraq before, and I'm not entirely sure if it's appropriate, but this is from http://www.windows2000test.com/ground_rules.htm: Microsoft