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22. On October 8, 2010, Swartz connected a second computer to MIT’s network and registered as a guest, using similar naming conventions: the computer was regist
by mukyu 15y ago
22.
On October 8, 2010, Swartz connected a second computer to MIT’s network and
registered as a guest, using similar naming conventions: the computer was registered under the
name "Grace Host," the computer client name "ghost macbook," and the throw-away e-mail
address “ghost42@mailinator.com."
23.
The next day, October 9, 2010, Swartz used both the “ghost laptop” and the
“ghost macbook” to systematically and rapidly access and download an extraordinary volume of
articles from JSTOR. The pace was so fast that it brought down some of JSTOR’s computer
servers.
- gwern 15y agoHuh; my bad. Also mentioned is that Swartz used the network closet to take 2 IP addresses. Are we to infer he hooked up both laptops with an IP each? Or is the real scenario that he was using one laptop under 2 identities? (Not that impossible.)