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...says a senior Microsoft executive. "People go looking for that weak link." Recently hackers found a backdoor through a user in Europe--an administrator, no less--with a blank password. This allowed the hacker root access--the ability to change everyone else's password, jump onto other systems and mess up the payroll file...
...first class, we have no problem rooting around in the Web servers of a top Internet company. We find three open ports on the firewall and a vulnerable mail server. "This network is a f___ing mess," says a classmate. "We need to have a word with these people...
...this kind of scandal that hit the White House last week--and the fact that it involved China made the mess even harder to clean up. Bill Clinton has already been bruised by accusations that illegal Chinese contributions found their way into his 1996 campaign and that he was overeager to allow U.S. firms to sell high-end computers and satellite technology to Beijing. Now the "soft on China" shouts are louder than ever, boosted by claims from critics in both parties that top Administration officials delayed and soft-pedaled the investigation into alleged Chinese spying at Los Alamos National...
...basketball games between Ben and Vince are all perhaps a little overly sentimental. Even the ending may seem a little much for the more cynical moviegoers. But the glossy, sophisticated look of the overall film compensates for these unfortunate lapses. And the film deals with such a tangled mess of problems that a tidy resolution must inevitably entail some fluff.The Deep End of the Ocean works best in presenting family confrontations. Arguments flair up suddenly but subside quickly with no more melodrama than necessary...
...Birtwell created the beginnings of his own mess by walking two batters, then uncorking a wild pitch to move the runners up to second and third. Corrigale drove in the game's first run with an RBI single that scored third baseman Darryl Clark. He then scored, along with leftfielder Patrick Siemers, when Portman muffed a fly ball...