[Clips] Spies in the Server Closet

[Tyler Durden]

One thing I've always wanted is a way to leverage "insider" information on 
possible large corporate takeovers via a darknet.

Anyone know of a way I could buy stocks/futures/etc... purely anonymously? 
(And then, of course, cash in like a fuckin' bandit after Bigass Bank X buys 
Bank Y...)

-TD


>From: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah at shipwright.com>
>To: cryptography at metzdowd.com, cypherpunks at jfet.org
>Subject: [Clips] Spies in the Server Closet
>Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 13:37:27 -0500
>
>If this most recent darknet-as-IP-bogeyman meme persists, Hollywood et al.
>is probably going to make Tim May famous.
>
>*That* should be interesting.
>
>:-)
>
>
>
>Cheers,
>RAH
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>  <http://www.cio.com/archive/110105/tl_filesharing.html?action=print>
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>  NOVEMBER 1, 2005 | CIO MAGAZINE
>  FILE SHARING
>  Spies in the Server Closet
>  BY MICHAEL JACKMAN
>
>
>
>  The Supreme Court might have stirred up a bigger problem than it settled
>  when it ruled last June that file-sharing networks such as Grokster could
>  be sued if their members pirated copyrighted digital music and video.
>
>  Since then, some programmers have announced they would pursue so-called
>  darknets. These private, invitation-only networks can be invisible to 
>even
>  state-of-the-art sleuthing. And although they're attractive as a way to 
>get
>  around the entertainment industry's zeal in prosecuting digital piracy,
>  they could also create a new channel for corporate espionage, says Eric
>  Cole, chief scientist for Lockheed Martin Information Technology.
>
>  Cole defines a darknet as a group of individuals who have a covert,
>  dispersed communication channel. While file-sharing networks such as
>  Grokster and even VPNs use public networks to exchange information, with 
>a
>  darknet, he says, "you don't know it's there in the first place."
>
>  All an employee has to do to set one up is install file-sharing software
>  written for darknets and invite someone on the outside to join, thus
>  creating a private connection that's unlikely to be detected. "The 
>Internet
>  is so vast, porous and complex, it's easy to set up underground networks
>  that are almost impossible to find and take down," says Cole.
>
>  He advises that the best-and perhaps only-defense against darknets is a
>  combination of network security best practices (such as firewalls,
>  intrusion detection systems and intrusion prevention systems) and keeping
>  intellectual property under lock and key. In addition, he says, companies
>  should enact a security policy called "least privilege," which means 
>users
>  are given the least amount of access they need to do their jobs. "Usually
>  if a darknet is set up it's because an individual has too much access,"
>  Cole says.
>
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>"When I was your age we didn't have Tim May! We had to be paranoid
>on our own! And we were grateful!" --Alan Olsen