### ### ### ### ### #### ### ### ### #### ### ### ##### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ##### ### ### ########## ### ### ########## ### ### ### ### Underground eXperts United Presents... ####### ## ## ####### # # ####### ####### #### ## ## ## ## ##### ## ## ## ## #### ## ## #### # # ####### ####### ## ## ## ## ## ##### ## ## ## ## ## ## ####### ####### # # ####### ####### ###### [ Ripped Off - Big Time ] [ By Phearless ] ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Ripped off - big time. You probably have seen the "competitions" advertised by big software companies in newsgroups and newspapers. They want you to try to break or prove that their product's security is weak and breakable. I must admit that it's much better than hiring your own computer security staff to do this, but what's in it for you? In most cases, a pathetic price and a pat in the back for a job well done. You spend hours and hours trying to break their product's security because you know it's possible! For all that, you receive a lousy T-shirt in the mail. You get really mad because you know the company itself will make millions, perhaps even billions just because you helped them fix their product's problem. You promise yourself that this was the last time you ever helped these people out. There is a chance though, but only if they would give you an appropriate reward for your work. Next time, you will probably make more money breaking their security after it's been released and promised "secure". You really would like to find out how many copies of "The Wondiws TN Cracking Kit" or "PicoHard Network hack maschine" you could sell for a cheap buck. Or why not just post it on some newsgroups for free. If they want to commercialize The Net, they got it. Think about it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- uXu #281 Underground eXperts United 1995 uXu #281 Call SOTH'S DOMAIN -> +1-401-463-8889 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------