----------------------------------- josh Wed Oct 13, 2004 9:59 pm Hack into A Tech TV Computer Challenge ----------------------------------- I don't know if n e 1 here watches the G4 techtv show the screen savers but on the epidsode that aired tonight they challenged anyopne that could to hack into a computer they had set up that was running windows XP PRo SP2. You have to leave some kind of mark on the desktop of the PC such as a file with your contact info in it. THe fisrt person to hack in will be given an invitation to appear on the show but u have to get to California yourself. The IP of the machine is: 68.65.212.211 Here is the link to theri site describing the challenge. http://www.g4techtv.com/screensavers/features/49952/The_Screen_Savers_Hack_Our_Box_Challenge.html I thought maybe we could all work togther on this and try and learn something. rhysticlight ----------------------------------- Dan Wed Oct 13, 2004 10:29 pm ----------------------------------- so they whont you to hack in to G4 the nextwrok that has pissed off 100s of tech poleop and then leave your contact info for them so they can find you? :eh: This soulds like such a set up that i do not whont to touch it with a 100 foot poll. ----------------------------------- josh Wed Oct 13, 2004 10:31 pm ----------------------------------- I think u just need to leavesomething so they know it was you, Like a phrase in a file and they u contatct them, I dunno, I don't think it is a scam but w/e EDIT: I am not sure if the PC is on their internal network, probobly not. ----------------------------------- Dan Wed Oct 13, 2004 10:35 pm ----------------------------------- Hostly i whould not trust G4 for a second, i do not see why u still wtach that show now. It used to be gr8 but now it is an insualt to the tech world. ----------------------------------- josh Wed Oct 13, 2004 10:40 pm ----------------------------------- I actually never got the chance to see it when Techtv wasn't part of G4 so I don't know how it used ot be. I will admit that the reruns that i have seen were much better than n e of the new episodes. Every other line in the new ones seems to be about downloading files. well I thought i would post it. ----------------------------------- Dan Wed Oct 13, 2004 10:44 pm ----------------------------------- See the thing is there where not "lines" in the old one. It was live and unscripted. Now it is like some MTV reject show. ----------------------------------- Tony Thu Oct 14, 2004 12:10 am ----------------------------------- [url=http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=98]visual aid #1 ----------------------------------- josh Thu Oct 14, 2004 6:29 am ----------------------------------- thats is a good comic :D I guess u guys were right, it all does seem very scripted and corny on the new shows. and n e guest ppl they get on are pretty lame. I think that it is still live though. ----------------------------------- timmytheturtle Thu Oct 14, 2004 2:18 pm ----------------------------------- lol, that comic was funny I also wouldn't hack there computer, don't no why. I just wouldn't, and I agree the show isn't what it used to be. I don't remeber seeing any dark tips yet (if there was, they probley were'nt good or else I would have remembered them). The guest aren't cool, there just a bunch of people who did something thats kinda important or just made something (example, the guys who made some show for the cartoon network, and the people for the rock the vote). I still watch it, but I dont enjoy watching it as much as I used too. ----------------------------------- Martin Thu Oct 14, 2004 3:37 pm ----------------------------------- Probably due to the fact that nobody here knows how to ;) ----------------------------------- josh Fri Oct 15, 2004 7:56 am ----------------------------------- Probably due to the fact that nobody here knows how to ;) that is also a posibility :!: ----------------------------------- Martin Fri Oct 15, 2004 10:15 am ----------------------------------- Let's work together and try to figure this out. Here's a starting point: http://centralops.net/co/ ----------------------------------- josh Fri Oct 15, 2004 1:05 pm ----------------------------------- kk, no one has managed to do it yet ----------------------------------- Dan Fri Oct 15, 2004 1:37 pm ----------------------------------- Probably due to the fact that nobody here knows how to ;) Any one that whould know how to do it or go about doing it whould 1. probly not do it b/c in the end it is helping a big media network, 2. no longer wtachs techtv due to g4 taking the teck part out, 3. whould know that since the merger techtv is no longer an unbiased netwrok and basily is payed by M$ and other big comapys to show only there products and there games and 4. it whould be helping M$ in the long run b/c they whould obverly be watching what you do and whould show M$ how to fix there crapy OS slighty. If you realy whonted to geting in shit from M$ and helping the evil G4 the way to go about it whould be looking in to windows expolites that all ready exits (tho most of witch will have been fixed in SP2 hopfuly) and then seeing if there is anthore way of doing the same idea. I whould constraite on the windows shares and the windows netwroking. Uhsely thess are the week points of windows, eplsetaly when there is no admin password. The problem being tho that if that new firewall of windows is working and there is a admin password and not just the defat password that i could be blocking off all the ports. To get around that whould be even more difucalt. Also if this thing is behind a hardware firewall that is made and set up right it makes it even harder. ----------------------------------- josh Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:48 pm ----------------------------------- Well the contests is over. They say no one managed to hack into the box, but ppl did manage to screw aroudn with theri ISP so the ISP forced them to stop the challenge. ----------------------------------- Martin Sat Oct 16, 2004 2:17 am ----------------------------------- To arms! I say we get weapons, run into the TechTV office, force them to give us the password and then make a file on their desktop. Bam. I bet we can get even more free stuff in exchange for their children. ----------------------------------- josh Sat Oct 16, 2004 9:03 am ----------------------------------- thats a good idea :!: :!: but with airline costs these days and taxes....I don't know if I can afford it :lol: ----------------------------------- Hikaru79 Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:55 pm ----------------------------------- Bam. I bet we can get even more free stuff in exchange for their children. Haha!! Even though you have a set amount of bits that will never change... +BITS!! Because that's the funniest thing I've read all day!! :D :D :D ----------------------------------- Leftover Sat Nov 06, 2004 1:49 am ----------------------------------- Hmm too bad it's over, SP2 machines are easy to root, and the scanning's already done :P ----------------------------------- josh Sat Nov 06, 2004 10:16 am ----------------------------------- would u like to enlighten the less able of us on exactly how you would go about doing this??? ----------------------------------- Leftover Sun Nov 07, 2004 5:18 pm ----------------------------------- Scanning for open IP's is the hard part, rooting is the easy part. The IP is there, therefor the scan is not needed. ----------------------------------- josh Sun Nov 07, 2004 9:26 pm ----------------------------------- how do u do this rooting???