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As a couple of reddit commenters point out, the user agent string that bypasses auth (according to the post) can be read backwards as "Edit by 04882 Joel Backdo
by ttctciyf 13y ago
As a couple of reddit commenters point out, the user agent string that bypasses auth (according to the post) can be read backwards as "Edit by 04882 Joel Backdoor", and one possible Joel is CTO Alpha Networks, whose thttpd this appears to be.
I've no security expertise, but this seems cataclysmically bad!
- acqq 13y agoCTO of Alpha Networks is named Kang Ting-Kan. http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/3380:TT/profile http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/3380:TT/profile Where did you get "Joel"?
- xyzzy123 13y agoI hope Joel doesn't get in trouble :( He was kind enough to leave his employee number in there.
- brokenparser 13y agoAnd if he did, I wonder which door they've shown him on the way out.
- jyap 13y agoHe's not the CTO. Specific title: Senior Director-Chief Technology Office Via: http://www.joesdata.com/executive/Joel_Liu_421313008.html http://www.joesdata.com/executive/Joel_Liu_421313008.html
- ttctciyf 13y agoSigh. Should never have trusted that reddit comment!