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RIAA protects itself against hackers - sort of

Obviously embarrassed by the numerous successfull hacking attacks made against their website, RIAA has recently upgraded their Web servers to stop it from happening again.

According to Netcraft RIAA first upgraded to Windows Server 2003 and IIS 6.0 in June, then quickly masked the operating system to "unknown", and finally, earlier this week, changed their Web server to "TST-SECURE-OS", which The Register suspects is just a modified IIS 6.0.



It'll be interesting to see how long RIAA manages to keep hackers away this time. It has, after all, been a school holiday season.

Source:
The Register


Written by: Jari Ketola @ 26 Jul 2003 13:36

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• 11 comments

• domie

  "It'll be interesting to see how long RIAA manages to keep hackers away this time"
  
  -about 5 minutes...i'm on to them already !

  26.7.2003 16:28 #1

• Shegax

  ooooohhhweeeee Man I can't wait for the Riaa to go down. I'd love for them to go bankrupt. A new rein of music industry head will probly charge less, and revolutionize to music industry soon. Thats what we need. A music company that promises this.
  

  Shega
  (adrenaline Is the closest Total freedom)

  26.7.2003 20:23 #2

• Dela

  Ah they can try all they like to protect themselves but i guarantee somebody will deface it again soon!
  

  http://www.BillLonero.com - Check out a true artists music!
  
  aD Channel on IRC: Server: rod.liquidirc.com channel: #ad_buddies
  
  

  27.7.2003 01:51 #3

• Toiletman

  *ahem* *ahem* that somebody could be *ahem*
  me... watch out RIAA, I'm coming to get YA!
  

  When you are on your deathbed, you will wonder, "Did I waste my life? Was it worth spending all that time on that?" Do not despair, no one has wasted their life. After all, you can only waste something if you throw it away. And you can't throw life away.

  27.7.2003 01:55 #4

• Dela

  lol, ok man, remember what i said about all talk and no action lol, prove it to me!!
  
  lol! im just kiddin man ;-)
  

  http://www.BillLonero.com - Check out a true artists music!
  
  aD Channel on IRC: Server: rod.liquidirc.com channel: #ad_buddies
  
  

  27.7.2003 01:59 #5

• Toiletman

  Problem is, I need to get my hands on a Linux program. And I can't download it because I have dial up. My modem would fry, and my mum would fry me!
  

  When you are on your deathbed, you will wonder, "Did I waste my life? Was it worth spending all that time on that?" Do not despair, no one has wasted their life. After all, you can only waste something if you throw it away. And you can't throw life away.

  27.7.2003 02:07 #6

• gzi_recs

  support local / independent / diy music!!!
  

  rob zero
  global zero records
  http://gzi.8m.com
  
  

  27.7.2003 03:07 #7

• Amakuza_8

  Oh yea, i like to play David against Goliath.

  27.7.2003 09:15 #8

• sly_61019

  What do you mean, "My modem would fry" Toiletman?

  27.7.2003 17:05 #9

• Toiletman

  What I had intended to say was that given the duration of 120 hours of continous downloading, my modem would overheat and probably become defected.
  

  When you are on your deathbed, you will wonder, "Did I waste my life? Was it worth spending all that time on that?" Do not despair, no one has wasted their life. After all, you can only waste something if you throw it away. And you can't throw life away.

  28.7.2003 02:30 #10

• LIVE4DVD

  When are the RIAA going to learn that they what they are doing is alienating everybody. If somebody comes up with an easy to use interface, inexpensive songs, gives the buyer full control of the music they buy, people might try it.
  
  Hackers and consumers will tear them up if they don't embrace the technology, instead of trying to continually fight it.
  

  28.7.2003 20:42 #11