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Web Site Lets Anyone Create Fake Boarding Passes
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 16:03:34 -0400
This grad student would be an ex grad student if I were there or at least a very very yelled at one. To do what was done is not research -- in fact it is not hard and everyone knows the weakness so " just pointing it out " is no excuse.
Then again maybe it is the Universities job to talk about ethics Dave Begin forwarded message: From: EEkid () aol com Date: October 28, 2006 3:08:20 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Web Site Lets Anyone Create Fake Boarding Passeshttp://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/web-site-lets-anyone-create-fake/ 20061027231809990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001
Web Site Lets Anyone Create Fake Boarding Passes Student Says Site's Meant to Show Loopholes, Feds Don't See It That Way By JONATHAN SILVERSTEIN, ABCNews.com(Oct. 28) - A 24-year-old computer security student working on his doctorate at Indiana University Bloomington has created a Web site that allows anyone with an Internet connection and a printer to create and print fake boarding passes for Northwest Airlines flights.
The passes look virtually identical to the ones printed from the airline's site, and are intended to get you past security -- but not onto an airplane.
By entering your name and plugging in information about the flight -- flight number, gate, seat number, departing city, destination, departure, and arrival times and class -- the site generates a boarding pass the program's creator says will get you past security checkpoints, even without ID.
Christopher Soghoian, creator of "The Northwest Airlines Boarding Pass Generator," knew he would be opening up a can of worms by writing the program and creating the site, but says it's the only way to show people how deeply flawed airport and airline security are.
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