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Zero Day Battle - 2008

Wednesday, 27 February 2008

CanWest 2008 has it's contest laid out this year. It's official. Apple vs. Linux vs. Microsoft. All three OS's will be highlighted in the contest to see who can gain access to the computer. All OS' will be fully patched at contest time and running common applications (Web browsing, IM and e-mail). The Mac will be a MacBook Air (on Leopard), the Microsoft laptop will be a Fujitsu U810 running Vista (no word yet on which flavor), and the Ubuntu machine will be a Sony VAIO VGN-TZ37CNB (which apparently has a really poorly placed power switch).

This contest will be a good one. Winner gets the laptop they break into. The question is who is going to go after what? Will people try to break into a specific OS because of the prize, lack of secuirty, or for notoriety of breaking what is considered a strong OS? Either way I feel that one will break fast (Microsoft), Ubuntu will go toward the end of the week, and the Mac OS will fall in the last two days.

Good Luck Leopard!

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Comments (9)

	28-02-2008 10:35
	Ah, the classic communications breakdown :P I'm not sure how I feel about having to find a file... that seems less like a hack and more like an easter egg hunt, in both the literal and software meanings of the phrase. Unless it's also encrypted... Registered

~Antonio

	28-02-2008 05:27
	I was referring to the contest goal, not the hack that one would use in the contest. The contest goal is to find a specific file that is on each machine and retrieve it's contents. The first person who shows the judge the location and the contents of the file wins for that machine. I'm very interested in your hack and can't wait to read about it. Registered

ctan

	27-02-2008 20:52
	ctan, you're close, but still a way off. I'll write up a tutorial for it... it's really not that difficult and there's more than one way, and actually more than one type of exploit in this same vein for OS X to suit your purpose. However, I'm going to wait until sometime around the event before posting it to the site. Registered

~Antonio

	27-02-2008 18:45
	Specifically the contents of that file, not the location. Registered

ctan

	27-02-2008 18:45
	Breaking in means that there is a file in the system somewhere that you have to find. It would be on a non-shared folder. Registered

ctan

	27-02-2008 16:45
	what does breaking in entail? Registered

oojacoboo

	27-02-2008 16:29
	Better get your skates on then.....! Registered

Waragainstsleep

	27-02-2008 11:25
	Don't forget that the competition doesn't start for another month. Apple could easily push out a security update in the week leading up to the conference. Registered

ctan

	27-02-2008 09:57
	I know how to break into that MBA... The Ubuntu rig would go down similarly. Registered

~Antonio

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