By Way of Introduction

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The Players

 

One who knows neither the enemy nor himself, will invariably be defeated in every engagement.

 Sun Tzu - Art Of War

_0bfu5cati0n A White Hat hacker and a senior web developer working in the financial services sector. He has been recently introduced to the subject of application security due to the increasing exposure to risk through e-channels. Prior to this he was been involved in NT administration and remote deployment to a network of 20,000 clients. His great love, however, stems from his time as a Solaris administrator (2 years) at a University Research Group. Ironically, his RedHat 6.0 system was compromised with this binary around August/September 2001 but since the system was due for a rebuild he never investigated further, just upgraded. The only reason he knows is because he didn't understand what the [mingetty] was. Luckily for him he only has a dialup which limits the damage these things can do - but here is the real danger. Even someone taking all reasonable precautions (although he has hardened the defences since then) can still be compromised. Key skills: Using his brain. Additional skills: C, C++, perl, VB, NT admin, Solaris admin, any scripting language that falls within his path. Anything computer related. Moto: If it moves - work out how.
g0dzg1ft A White Hat hacker (jedi in training) and humble, web developer working in the financial sector. Like 0bfu5cati0n, he has been recently introduced to the subject of application security within e-channels. Before this his career has taken him on a long and winding path, covering everything from various levels of helpdesk support to analyst / programmer and developer roles (none of which have captivated his attention as much as IT Security). Moto: Don't you trust me?
sunzi A white-hat hacker/InfoSec enthusiast for 8 years, he has been the Web Site Administrator for a high-profile Government of Canada Website for the last 3 providing Design Architecture, and Security services. Sunzi is also an avid supporter of the virtues of Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" and how it applies to Information Security.