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| by David M Williams | |
| Sunday, 28 September 2008 | |
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Page 3 of 5 #3 – The Matrix ReloadedThe Matrix is my all-time favourite movie. It was brilliant. Then the little matter of two crap sequels ruined it. Nevertheless, the writers certainly did know a thing or two. Featured Whitepaper
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Heck, in a superhero comic called The Mighty Avengers – maybe you’ve heard of it? – someone even busts into a computer while it boots up. Yet in The Matrix Reloaded when Trinity sits down to hack, she really does hack. Faced with the problem of breaking in to the city power grid Trinity whipped out Nmap version 2.54beta25 and probed for a vulnerable SSH server. She exploited this with the SSH1 CRC32 exploit which was publicised in 2001 (although the script used, sshnuke, is fictional.) Curse the city network for being unpatched! It’s a totally plausible scenario and a genuine use of Nmap (well, that said, we all use it protect our networks, not break into others, right?) and is found in a genuine Hollywood blockbuster, despite my own views on the overall plot. If you’re interested, the commands Trinity ran were: # nmap –v –sS –O 10.2.2.2 # sshnuke 10.2.2.2 –rootpw=”Z10NQ101” # ssh 10.2.2.2 –l root   You’ll also find Nmap in The Bourne Ultimatum and Die Hard 4. Woot! #5 – Dilbert #4 – The Mighty Avengers #3 – The Matrix Reloaded #2 – George W Bush and the NSA #1 – Jurassic Park |
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