From: peter1@megaquebec.net   
      
   I WISH, just WISH i was capable of doing this   
   "jds"  wrote in message   
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   > In my 22 years of IT exeperience I have seen numerous hacking   
   > challenges. Some to destroy what someone percieved as a greedy   
   > corporate villian others to test how far someone could get into a   
   > specific system. So I was watching the news the other day and I   
   > started to think about a great hacking challenge. So here are the   
   > details. We have learned that terrorists are doing the majority of   
   > their planning and communicating over the internet. Now I really don't   
   > care what your political persuasion may be I think we can all agree   
   > that a group that is killing childern and innocent people is not good   
   > for humanity. There has got to be a better way. So with all political   
   > debate aside why not a challenge to the hackers of the world. If your   
   > good, I mean really good, and you would have to be to do this. Locate   
   > traffic on the internet that belongs to these thugs and bring their   
   > systems down. Now a simple google of news articles over the past   
   > couple of years will tell you that these guys are using laptops and   
   > most but not all have learned how to encrypt their laptops.   
   >   
   > I doubt you will find a "corporate type" LAN to hack into, I told you   
   > you would have to be good, but there are stories of money transfers   
   > and emails. How about redirecting a terrorist money transfer to a home   
   > for crippled children, that would be too cool.   
   >   
   > So here is the deal; No big prize, No fancy award ceremony. Just the   
   > knowledge that you've done something that nobody else has done, ever   
   > not even the NSA.   
   >   
   > Since this group has no known address and no known infrastructure the   
   > skills necessary to track and crack will way beyond those possessed by   
   > script kiddies. This challenge is for the serious expert only.   
   >   
   > How do you prove to the world you did it? That is up to you. If it was   
   > me I think I might be very public about it. But that is just a   
   > personal thing I would want the bad guys to know that they have been   
   > compromised. Of course if you can gain access undetected then you   
   > really have something powerful. Imagine what some government agencies   
   > would do for the person who gained undetected access inside the bad   
   > guys communications.   
   >   
   > OK there it is you can add to or not. You can post what a stupid idea   
   > it is, or not but someone, someone really good may just try it.   
      
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