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Can you find a hole?
my friend is taking a pretty high level class - mcs494 - it is a "special topic" class; this semester they are doing unix/linux security and such. 60% of their total grade consists of finding 10 security holes in current unix/linux distros that have not been found before. As soon as a person finds one, they post it on the course website, so if you find the same hole it will not count.
What do you guys think about it?
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Gotta be pretty tough to find ones that haven't been found before... It just doesn't sound right to me.
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th4tz t0ta1y h4x0r 6u6er, wayaauw
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Jesus does that ever sound hard.
I think it might be a bit easier on them if they go to relatively unknown distros and poke around. Maybe look around in some lesser-known programs.
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do they get to look in any distro they want? how about programs that introduce holes in the system, or is it strictly the kernel?
either way, that's a hard project. but since it's a special class, they probably know the good students can handle it.
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its not a "special" class - it is just a class with "special topics"...i.e. the topic changes from semester to semester.
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Howdy,
I'd like to see that web site.
M.R.
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>> I'd like to see that web site.
yeah, I would like to see it as well Howdy. Unfortunately most of our course websites are on a system called blackboard, which is not viewable to people outside of the course. I might, however, have some insight into this whole thing and will keep you guys posted :)
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axon do your own homework :P
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It sounds as if any security fault counts. In theory, there exist a lot of problems. That doesn't mean they are exploitable or practically "usable".
Do a search for strcpy or strcat and you've got yourself a ton of potential errors waiting to happen.
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Anyone else see the title of this thread and thought it would be about something completly different?
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Only you thantor (sorry, had to do it in memory of our dear ethic).
As for blackboard, try using the username/password combo of guest/guest.
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or student/student
thats almost as common as guest/guest for schools.
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That's an interesting assignment indeed. Is it 10 per person, or 10 total for the class?