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I once wrote a tool to automatically connect to all the company boxes. I became actually frightened by it, because in the wrong hands the tool could destroy the
by danielweber 14y ago
I once wrote a tool to automatically connect to all the company boxes. I became actually frightened by it, because in the wrong hands the tool could destroy the company in a matter of minutes. I eventually just deleted it and discouraged anyone from building another.
- sargun 14y agoHow does this differ from tools like puppet or mcollective, which are commonly deployed in operational environments today, and almost necessary for day-to-day operations?
- jahewson 14y agoPuppet use client certificates, and is pull-only so you'd need to hack the puppet master machine to cause any damage.
- antihero 14y agoYou shouldn't have destroyed the tool, you should have just prevented it working so easily, else someone else could build a tool.