MelbourneIT Lapse Permitted Panix Hijack 200
McSpew writes "Netcraft reports MelbourneIT's CTO, Bruce Tonkin, has admitted the Panix domain hijacking occurred because of a loophole in MIT's domain transfer process. He doesn't go into detail about what that loophole was, or how it was closed. As a Panix user, I'd like more detail, and I'd like to know what can be done to stop this sort of nonsense happening to other domains."
Meh (Score:1, Funny)
whatever you do..., (Score:0, Funny)
The is simple (Score:5, Funny)
Someone screwed up.
The loophole that led to this error has been closed.
And they fired the guy.
Re:Overworked (Score:4, Funny)
You're joking right ? If my experiance in the IT sector is anything to go by the guy who wrote the code while most probably overworked and caffeine addicted, is almost certainly NOT paid to write this code.
More than likely he's paid to do something else and has had to put this together in an afternoon between other projects.
In A Word... (Score:2, Funny)
In a word - Fosters.
Translation of Translation of corporate speak (Score:4, Funny)
Translation: We are committed to solutions which enhance your whole internet experience and lifestyle. Please see our website if you have any questions concerning customer service.
404 - Page not found
Clearly, MIT has it's priorities. (Score:5, Funny)
Clearly, MIT has it's priorities.
Re:The weekend rule (Score:5, Funny)
Those Aussie terrorist suspects are a lot more polite than the Muslim and American ones. If all terrorist suspects would call in bomb plots, the authorities' jobs would be a lot easier.
"Yes officer, if you cut the red wire directly after the green one, you should have the bomb defused and be home by tea time."
Re:Not very surprised (Score:3, Funny)
I expect that within the year they'll change their name to GoatseIT.
Re:Clearly, MIT has it's priorities. (Score:5, Funny)
I expect that is the loophole they have fixed. The CEO's contact info is probably completely gone, now.
Re:The is simple (Score:4, Funny)
The CEO is not to be disturbed when he's cooking up Vegemite on the barbie.
Re:Overworked (Score:1, Funny)
Ahh, evolution at work. Go genes go!