Whoa!

[Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org>]

Hi Everyone.  There is a disturbance in the force!  You may recall a
couple weeks ago that MS started recommending Nmap on some of their
web pages.  That was strange, but I did not foresee the anomalous omens
that would ensue.

Like almost any self-respecting geek, I bought tickets to 'Matrix:
Reloaded' several weeks back (no spoilers, I promise).  After all, who
can resist the combination of philosophical mind games and Trinity
(Carrie-Anne Moss) in that tight leather bodysuit?

So after waiting an hour in a line snaking out of the theatre to the
parking lot, I finally got in to my 10pm Wednesday showing.  All was
going well until Trinity needed to do some hacking.  Oh, no!  I was
sure we'd see a silly "Hackers"-esque 3D animated "hacking scene".
Not so!  Trinity is as smart as she is seductive!  She whips out 
Nmap (!!!), scans her target, finds 22/tcp open, and proceeds with an
über ssh technique!  I was so surprised, I almost jumped out of my
seat and did the "r00t dance" right there in the theatre!

There can be only one explanation: Carie-Anne has the hots for me!

Now your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to secure a
screen-shot of that few-second episode!  Not only is it important for
the coolness factor, but we can learn how Nmap looks in the future by
studying that output!  So perhaps some of you gray hats in the
audience have a quality DivX/MPG of the movie already?  Let me know if
you do (but no 2GB email attachments please!)  Or perhaps someone
could sneak a quiet flashless digital camera into the theatre and take
a shot.  But you must react quickly as it is literally only up for a
few seconds (Nmap is actually fast in the future).  Do this, and you
will prove that you are truly "the one"!  I'll also put your name and
a thumbnail on the front page of Insecure.Org if you send in the best
shot.

In other news, a few people have inquired about further survey
results.  Sorry I have been so slow, but things have been very busy.
I'm pretty sure I'll be able to send more by next week.  I hope to
have a couple other announcements ready for next week as well!

Keep it real,
Fyodor


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