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Subject: Re: Air Force Web Site Hacked
From: Michael Idengren <midengre @ stetson . edu>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 23:57:45 -0500 (EST)
To: Christopher Klaus <cklaus @ iss . net>
Cc: firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <199612302303 . SAA00227 @ ocean . iss . net>

> Air Force Web Site Hacked and replaced with pornography. 
> 
> http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9612/30/air.force.porn/index.html
> 
> With so many government web sites getting hacked, you think they would
> spend a little more time securing them.  The tools exist to secure the
> web sites.

I don't know about the rest of you but I agree with the idea of putting a
webserver on a CD-ROM.  I think the government can afford to write a new
CD every time they need to update someone's email address anyways :)

Mike Idengren			 | MEISTER
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Center for Information Technology| Alachua Free-Net IRC Administrator
Stetson University		 | WorldWide Free-Net IRC Network Coordinator
			




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