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Dreamcast revived as hacker's tool
[05/08/02: 11:42]
Sega's defunct console has found a bizarre new lease of life - as a handy bit of kit for hackers
Demand for Sega's Dreamcast may be on the rise again - from hackers, at least. At Las Vegas hackers conference the Black Hat Briefings last week, a demo took place of how to hack into corporate networks with the aid of a humble Dreamcast.
Hackers Aaron Higbee and Chris Davis advocate gaining physical access to the corporate network they want to hack but, while they reckon it's relatively easy to enter the buildings themselves, tapping into the networks has proven to be more troublesome.
Which is where the Dreamcast comes in. It's small, cheap, relatively powerful, has an ethernet adaptor and is easy to program. Hackers simply bung in custom Linux-based software and plug it into a spare network socket, giving them a bug that will look for an opening in the company's firewall - which would then allow access to the network from the intruder's home PC.
All exciting stuff although, to be honest, we'd rather use our Dreamcast for a game of Virtua Tennis.
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Dreamcast revived as hacker's tool
[05/08/02: 11:42]
Sega's defunct console has found a bizarre new lease of life - as a handy bit of kit for hackers
Demand for Sega's Dreamcast may be on the rise again - from hackers, at least. At Las Vegas hackers conference the Black Hat Briefings last week, a demo took place of how to hack into corporate networks with the aid of a humble Dreamcast.
Hackers Aaron Higbee and Chris Davis advocate gaining physical access to the corporate network they want to hack but, while they reckon it's relatively easy to enter the buildings themselves, tapping into the networks has proven to be more troublesome.
Which is where the Dreamcast comes in. It's small, cheap, relatively powerful, has an ethernet adaptor and is easy to program. Hackers simply bung in custom Linux-based software and plug it into a spare network socket, giving them a bug that will look for an opening in the company's firewall - which would then allow access to the network from the intruder's home PC.
All exciting stuff although, to be honest, we'd rather use our Dreamcast for a game of Virtua Tennis.
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