Midshipmen Compete in NSA Security Drill

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via The Globe and Mail (AP).

[snip]

Midshipmen at the Naval Academy took part in a simulated battle Tuesday, defending their computer systems against an 
attack by hackers from the National Security Agency in Fort Meade.

The Mids were guarding their network against intrusions by NSA experts, who were sniffing around on servers, sneaking 
into systems and adding fake users, complete with passwords, that could allow unauthorized access. The intruders even 
induced the dreaded blue screen of death on a Navy machine.

This combat was part of the sixth annual Cyber Defense Exercise, in which all the nation's service academies compete to 
see who can best defend an information network from the NSA team. Navy won last year's event.

[snip]

More:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060412.gtdrillapr11/BNStory/Technology/

- ferg


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 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
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 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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