, SecurityFocus 2002-04-25
Self-styled patriotic intruders deface a government airline security site and download a detailed screener database. Their proclaimed mission: saving the U.S. from foreign cyber terrorists.
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of the topic of "network security". The fact is they exposed some very sloppy configuration of an important
entity's network, the F.A.A. This in itself confirms to me that many Gov. entities have little regard for computer
and/or network security. There is no excuse for this, as many software tools, such as Retina, Stat, SecureIIS, Shavlik Admin Suite, Etc, Are available as "free" trial ware.Also many Unix and Linux tools as well. One would hope,that someone at the F.A.A. would avail themselves
of the rich resources waiting to be plucked like ripe fruit.
Hamster1
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