Re: Five days left to find the oldest data loss incident

["Elazar Broad" <elazar () hushmail com>]

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Do cipher disks count? Though not mechanical, I guess you could say
that they compute in a way similar to manual calculators i.e. the
abacus.

On Mon, 11 May 2009 12:39:47 -0400 Dragos Ruiu <dr () kyx net> wrote:
> On 11-May-09, at 7:29 AM, Juha-Matti Laurio wrote:
>
> > The oldest documented vulnerability in computer security world
> is
> > password file disclosure vulnerability from 1965, found by Mr.
> Ryan
> > Russell.
> >
> > Open Security Foundation launched a competition in April to find
> the
> > oldest documented data loss incident.
> >
> > They have announced that the last day to make a submission is
> next
> > Friday - 15th May.
> >
> > The contest page is located at
> > http://datalossdb.org/oldest_incidents_contest
> >
> > Juha-Matti
>
>
> Mechanical computers are computers. The loss and the algorithmic
> crack
> of the Enigma machine circa 1939 should count - the story and
> break
> of the more difficult 4 rotor Naval Machine at Bletchley park
> recovered from the U-boat and cracked in 1941 is the most famous.
>
> http://users.telenet.be/d.rijmenants/en/enigmauboats.htm
>
> But I would nominate the break of the 3 Rotor Enigma circa 1939,
> by
> the Polish, as the first documented computer security
> vulnerability.
>
> http://www.avoca.ndirect.co.uk/enigma/index.html
>
> cheers,
> --dr
>
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