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Re: Hacker Scholarship

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From: Roger Murray
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1987 21:09
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In article <1610@stb.UUCP>, michael@stb.UUCP (Michael) writes:
> Well, from personal experience, I learned a lot by screwing around. Sometimes
> on my system, sometimes on other people system (the security holes were truck
> sized). Damage anything? Never. Steal unused cycles? A few.
> 
> Belive me, if the people are not ?ssholes, then it does work.

For example, when Michael was running his BBS on his TRS-80 Model I, we would
spend hours thinking of ways of getting into BASIC, modifying the program, etc.
They ranged from the very basic (password hacking, etc) to the very complex
(replacing SYS files, replacing the RS232 driver, sending a stream of ^S's).
But every time we managed to do something, we told him.  Well, there was that
one time..... :-)

Now it's running on a Model 16.  Streams of ^S's don't do it anymore, but wait
till he gets a load of the new /xenix I installed!  :-) :-) :-)

Enter your name (or handle)? BASIC/CMD
...
Delete this? Y

Ah, those were the days!
-- 
Roger Murray

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ARPA: cepu!ucla-an!remsit!rem@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU
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From: rem@remsit.UUCP (Roger Murray)
Newsgroups: misc.headlines,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Hacker Scholarship
Message-ID: <309@remsit.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 29-Jun-87 17:09:43 EDT
Article-I.D.: remsit.309
Posted: Mon Jun 29 17:09:43 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 4-Jul-87 06:07:03 EDT
References: <2757@mtgzz.UUCP> <345@genesis.UUCP> <1102@apple.UUCP> <1610@stb.UUCP>
Organization: REM's IT, Santa Monica, CA
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Summary: Boy did WE give him experience!