Subject: Re: Microsoft ask users to crack win2000 site (fwd)
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: Grant Stockly <gussie@stockly.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 08/10/1999 13:40:11
>This came through on BUGTRAQ last week. A new posting on BUGTRAQ indicates
>that LinuxPPC has issued a similar challenge with similar or identical
>rules. I'm wondering if there may be some fame or notoriety to be gained
>for OBSD by joining in this challenge. It probably won't be difficult,
>or long, before someone breaks in to the NT2K challenge site so there may
>not be much time.

They don't even need to ask for people to hack it, it looks like
www.windows2000test.com has a little problem.

I've never been able connect to it.  Its either refused my connection or
just sat there trying to answer.

A trace route shows that there is a little loop going through their network.

 <traceroute:207.46.171.196>  www.windows2000test.com
 Hop Sent Received Seconds  IP Address       Name
  1  YYY  YYY      0.024    24.237.0.1       inetgw.anchorageak.net
  2  YYY  YYY      0.025    208.138.129.1    anc7513.admin.gci.net
  3  YYY  YYY      0.054    205.140.87.218   anc-ds3-sea.wan.gci.net
  4  YYY  YYY      0.059    207.159.159.169  core1-h410.lightrealm.net
  5  YYY  YYY      0.073    198.32.180.30    iuscwestnc7501-f2-1-0.cp.msft.net
  6  YYY  YYY      0.075    207.46.190.97    No host name found.
  7  YYY  YYY      0.059    207.46.129.7     iuscb11ixc7501-a0-00-1.cp.msft.net
  8  YYY  YYY      0.087    207.46.168.68    iusd27nt5c7201-a2-0-1.cp.msft.net
  9  YYY  YYY      0.076    207.46.175.250   No host name found.
 10  YYY  YYN      0.070    207.46.175.249   iusd27nt5c7201-f4-0.cp.msft.net
 11  YYY  YYY      0.062    207.46.175.250   No host name found.
 12  YYY  YYY      0.072    207.46.175.249   iusd27nt5c7201-f4-0.cp.msft.net
 13  YYY  NYY      0.060    207.46.175.250   No host name found.
 14  YYY  YYY      0.065    207.46.175.249   iusd27nt5c7201-f4-0.cp.msft.net
 15  YYY  YYY      0.076    207.46.175.250   No host name found.
 16  YYY  YYY      0.067    207.46.175.249   iusd27nt5c7201-f4-0.cp.msft.net
 17  YYY  YYY      0.11     207.46.175.250   No host name found.
 18  YYY  Y Y      0.10     207.46.175.249   iusd27nt5c7201-f4-0.cp.msft.net
 19  YYY  YY       0.14     207.46.175.250   No host name found.
 20  YYY  Y Y      0.093    207.46.175.249   iusd27nt5c7201-f4-0.cp.msft.net
 21  YYY  YYY      0.13     207.46.175.250   No host name found.
 22  YYY  YY       0.13     207.46.175.249   iusd27nt5c7201-f4-0.cp.msft.net
 23  YYY  Y Y      0.11     207.46.175.250   No host name found.