[funsec] Wondering

[Paul Ferguson]

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On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 8:56 PM, steve pirk [egrep] <steve at pirk.com> wrote:

>
> Sounds like the same thing as a trusted system administrator who might
> call up the data center where he owns servers etc, and say "our entire
> cage has been compromised, please cut the data cables leading from the
> cage. Here is your authorization code."
>

It doesn't have to be a "trusted admin" -- putting my "evil" cap on, it
could certainly be someone who impersonates a "trusted admin" or
"interested party".

Don't forget the swatters:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/04/judge-throws-th/

- - ferg

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