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I once got suspended because I figured out how to bypass my schools lockdown policies on the computers in the lab and wouldnt tell them how i did it. (Hint: i
by croutonwagon 3y ago
I once got suspended because I figured out how to bypass my schools lockdown policies on the computers in the lab and wouldnt tell them how i did it.
(Hint: i learned they kept the "bypass" code in clear text in the registry, and later simply killed the processes from a command prompt with a batch file).
I also had a small apache server and ftp box i would tunnel though or get executables from i wanted to play (like pinball, the monsters blocked pinball). Since it was the very early days of the internet my morning routine generally consisted of waiting for folks to leave, firing up the server and taking over the fax line for the day and getting the IP before heading off to school.
I used a scheduler (probably cron, i dont remember) to bring it all down around 3pm before my parents got home.
- HPsquared 3y agoDid they ever notice anything amiss with the phone bill?
- croutonwagon 3y agoMy pops was in sales. The fax line itself was a write off. That said, at one point he told a colleague to fax him something and he would pick it up at home and it was busy, which got me busted. Mostly the fax line was used then for him to send his receipt scans into accounting though. I was grounded for that as well. But it was also near/around the time that broadband/docsis was rolling out so they moved to it at some point soon after. My tech inept dad was what got me into tech honestly. He had a nack for turning off the computer by just holding the power button back in the windows 95 days. Eventually he corrupted the thing, blamed me and forced me to "fix" it with gateway support. I ended up searching up how to install an OS at the school lab, and just re-installed windows for him and stopped using a computer at home until i could get my own.