http://securityratty.com/tag/fiberwan Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:00:00 +0000 iRatty Engine http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://securityratty.com/article/4dfc6350ce4b4ef18fff74f6b95fe189 http://securityratty.com/article/4dfc6350ce4b4ef18fff74f6b95fe189 The latest article in the San Francisco Chronicle on the story of Terry Childs, the City of San Francisco network administrator who held the city's FiberWAN hostage until a couple of days ago, is dominated by descriptions of the crimes and suspicious behavior committed by Childs according to the city. These claims, along with the $10,000 Childs had on him at the time of the arrest, convinced the judge not to reduce bail from the extraordinary $5 million, even though Childs has released the passwords he held. The Chronicle article is full of the sorts of weirdness we've heard about Childs so far, but taken to the next level. The strangest claim is that he installed 1,100 modems in locked storage cabinets and other hiding places, as a private remote access system. There are no details, but the story implies that the 1,100 modems were functioning inside the cabinets. The story also claims that Childs booby-trapped the network so that it would self-destruct if anyone tried to figure out the passwords he had hidden. Prosecutors claim that a scheduled maintenance last Saturday would have "vaporized numerous files" because of Childs's trap.
]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:49:30 +0000 childs terry childs story implies story claim cabinets storage cabinets san francisco chronicle city SF Expands On Childs's Crimes. Bail Maintained. http://securityratty.com/article/c12a2138b81e201da6184d119d780d80 http://securityratty.com/article/c12a2138b81e201da6184d119d780d80 The latest article in the San Francisco Chronicle on the story of Terry Childs, the City of San Francisco network administrator who held the city's FiberWAN hostage until a couple of days ago, is dominated by descriptions of the crimes and suspicious behavior committed by Childs according to the city. These claims, along with the $10,000 Childs had on him at the time of the arrest, convinced the judge not to reduce bail from the extraordinary $5 million, even though Childs has released the passwords he held. The Chronicle article is full of the sort of weirdness we've heard about Childs so far, but taken to the next level. The strangest claim is that he installed 1,100 modems in locked storage cabinets and other hiding places, as a private remote access system. There are no details, but the story implies that the 1,100 modems were functioning inside the cabinets. The story also claims that Childs booby-trapped the network so that it would self-destruct if anyone tried to figure out the passwords he had hidden. Prosecutors claim that a scheduled maintenance last Saturday would have "vaporized numerous files" because of Childs' trap.]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:49:30 +0000 childs terry childs story implies story claim cabinets storage cabinets san francisco chronicle city SF Expands on Childs' Crimes. Bail Maintained. http://securityratty.com/article/3c67abab0bfc19c6115073ad0004880e http://securityratty.com/article/3c67abab0bfc19c6115073ad0004880e Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:00:00 +0000 san francisco network administrator allegedly city administrative passwords fiberwan network routers officials access time Questions abound as San Francisco tries to repair network