• The State of the Net… If Hackers Were Smart.
    The State of the Net… If Hackers Were Smart.

    [This was originally published on Hacker News Network (HNN) and mirrored on attrition.org.] You sit down at your work computer, ready for another day of work and Internet. Logging into your secure Windows NT machine, you check the daily mail and see that everything is smooth. No users forgot their password, no security alarms were…

  • Poetry #29: accidental tomorrow

    [This was originally published in F.U.C.K. poetry Issue #29. The publish date is approximate.] incomplete and empty, so my life is waiting for an accidental tomorrow current boundary set by dreams wishful thinking spread in black white walls accept my tale so stoic ends of the spectrum that shall never meet worthless pawn, sacrificed for…

  • Poetry #28: (untitled)

    [This was originally published in F.U.C.K. poetry Issue #28. The publish date is approximate. It was originally written April 16, 1999] leather constricting, rubbing raw, blood flows free. metal rings cold against arm, pain fires through. chain flows away into the wall. a virtual cross am i. eyes closed it could be a noose more…

  • Ulterior Motives (a look at shoddy journalism)
    Ulterior Motives (a look at shoddy journalism)

    [This was originally published on Hacker News Network (HNN) and mirrored on attrition.org.] Introduction Today, journalism has moved from shoddy to sleazy and demands correction and explanation. We are all aware of the deficiency in reporting on security and hacking and for those who have read stories in the past few months, you probably realize…

  • Dark Rain

    [This was originally published on attrition.org.] The alley stretched out forever in both directions. Dirty old alley lamps created an eerie lighting effect in the pouring rain. Derek had been walking for nearly an hour before he finally stopped. He pushed his lips together and tilted his head back, bathing his face in the downfall.…

  • mv index.new index.html (a look at web defacement)
    mv index.new index.html (a look at web defacement)

    [This was originally published on Hacker News Network (HNN), Hacker’s Club, and mirrored on attrition.org.] Introduction Browsing the web, enjoying your time, nothing better to do. Casual search for something interesting to read, or maybe even a little research for a project or term paper. Click here, click there, link from site to site. Some…

  • Poetry: best friends

    [This was originally published on attrition.org. The exact publication date is not known.] circle of light, lasting solitude, wretched am i for all the pains, suffer this indignity pointless recoil on open paper, as if to say to justify all that i am not shallow needy words to pamper tired egos not wanting to get…

  • Chain of Command

    [This was originally published on Aviary Magazine and mirrored on attrition.org. The exact publish date has been lost.] Since November of 1998 I have learned a lot of things in relation to the Internet, administrators, etiquette, and more. The biggest lesson I have learned is that I am far more tolerant than these high and…

  • The Power of One… How distributed computing can change the world.

    [This was originally published on Aviary Magazine and mirrored on attrition.org. The exact publish date has been lost.] October 19, 1999 – John Jackson of Montreal, Canada discovered the first million digit Mersenne prime number. John enjoyed the $50,000 reward and had his name added to the history books for his mathematical accomplishment. March 18,…

  • Disclosure: Possible problems with ‘sudo’ package

    During a recent client assessment, I discovered what I thought to be a bug in the ‘sudo’ package. After further investigating and talking with Todd C. Miller (the maintainer of ‘sudo’), I was informed that it was not a bug, but expected behavior under a default install. The reason for this post it to make…