[BLU] Re: guerrilla.net?

[david at thekramers.net (David Kramer)]

On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, John Chambers wrote:

> --------
>
> Derek Martin writes:
>
> |   *** sol.pizzashack.org can't find lopht.com: Non-existent host/domain
> |
> | Stupid browser tricks cause http://lopht.com to be replaced with
> | www.lopht.com which does, in fact, resolve to @Stake's web server...
> |
> | > l0pht.com       internet address = 199.201.145.1
> |
> | This is correct...  Evidently @Stake/L0pht has sucked up (or not-so
> | secretly sponsored) guerrilla.net.  Unsurprising, given the history of
> | these guys.
>
> So what about these guys' history?  I don't recall having heard  much
> about them. I've seen their web site with all its security stuff, but
> I don't seem to find anything other than what I'd expect  at  such  a
> site.   Of  course, an organization's web site would tend to say what
> they want it to say, and  if  there's  any  "history",  you  wouldn't
> expect to find it there.

You mean L0pht?  I think the full name is L0pht Heavy Industries.  They've
been around for quite a few years.  They're always posting when someone
cracks some uncrackable encryption/algorithm, and have also broken a few
themselves.  And their t-shirts have VERY cool logos.

See http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2418023,00.html
See http://www.l0pht.com/~weld/
See http://slashdot.org/interviews/99/12/31/1030242.shtml


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