-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I was working for Johnson & Wales University and we had a Citrix server running on NT 3.51. I was one of the first people who got a cable-modem at home from Cox Communications, and it rocked! It rocked so much, someone else on the LAN discovered my workgroup and host, and connected to an unprotected share on my Windows 98 machine where he grabbed the .ica file with a stored password to the Citrix server. He called me at home to let me know how r00ted I was, after getting my home phone number from my wife's resume.doc file.
Yeah, it was pretty painful, but it was my motivator to get into infosec. "Wow, that sucks, but at the same time, it's so awesome too" is the best way I can describe it. Years later we bumped into each other in Providence, and he told me how he's been watching my career since he called me that first time. I thanked him for his help. :) - -Josh Paul Asadoorian wrote: > All: > > I'd like to start a new thread where we all share our experiences on how > we got into computer security. Specifically I want to hear about people > whose boxes got hacked, and sparked a life-long career in infosec. > > I may use your story in an upcoming piece I am working on, if I do I > will contact you off-list for permission and such. > > Larry, I know you got a good story here ;) > > Thanks! > > Cheers, > Paul > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) iEYEARECAAYFAkoMZm0ACgkQapC4Te3oxYy3FQCfR0ziVWtWs9aNzRi4+0UbWgEy uC8An3st451iUrFsaZu1nLEWXN+WU3a7 =+LQ1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
