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Mudge is for real. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVJldn_MmMY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVJldn_MmMY
by 29athrowaway 4y ago
Mudge is for real.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVJldn_MmMY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVJldn_MmMY
- bumbledraven 4y agoEpic video. Broadcast live on CSPAN in 1998. Transcript: https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/sites/default/files/documents/5680645/Document-01-Senate-Committee-on-Governmental.pdf https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/sites/default/files/documents/5680... Fred Thompson (R, TN), Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs: …If you gentlemen would come forward… We’re joined today by the seven members of the L0pht, Hacker think Tank in Cambridge Massachusetts. Due to the sensitivity of the work done at the L0pht, they’ll be using their hacker names of Mudge, Weld, Brian Oblivion, Kingpin, Space Rogue, Tan, and Stefan. … Sen. Thompson: I am informed that, you think that within 30 minutes the seven of you could make the internet unusable for the entire nation, is that correct? Mudge: That’s correct. Actually one of us with just a few packets.
- 29athrowaway 4y agoLikely they referred to creating a routing black hole in BGP networks. Announcing you have the fastest route to other nodes, and then not routing the traffic you receive.