Re: Research Project- If you wanted to Hack an AS/400 theoretically, what would you do? (NFM)

Most real cracking (not hacking ... people and the media use 'hack'
incorrectly) is done through good old social engineering.  One of the most
famous 'hackers', Kevin Mitnick, did it o it by exploiting software security
holes.  He did it by getting peopel to give him the information needed to
access the systems.

That is really where the largest threat to security is.

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Subject: Re: Research Project- If you wanted to Hack an AS/400
theoretically, what would you do? (NFM)


> Ah yes, the old credit card type scam.  "Hello, this is Jake from the IS
> department and we need to test your account.  Could you please tell me
> your user id and password?"
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> Rob Berendt
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