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So my question is even though we keep calling people who play with systems "hackers" should they really be referd to as "crackers" as the original definition of a "hacker" I've read originally defined only "hacking" code and not actually breaking into computer systems? Or have I got it arse about?

Well you did ask how they do it... so simple answer, CSS :)

Or you could be like me, and just not have a myspace account and not bother :P Peer pressure! haven't given into it to sign up for myspace. Never will!

As I said, it depends on the TASK of the computers. If both are doing word processing then, you are completely correct. They can be the same spec machine. Again, I work at a school that runs close to 200 staff laptops, 100 student access computers (desktops), and 1000 student laptops. Every mac address is recorded. The Laptops MUST be entered into radius. They get their ip address that way. The desktops are all entered into DHCP and the switches are configured with a cisco setting called "Port Security" so that no one can just plug in. Believe me when I say recording ALL MAC addresses is a task that IS done. And the university that I used to attended, have all the MAC addresses imported into the LDAP directory for re-imaging and ip addressing via Novell's eDirectory. Edit: I neglected to mention that the University has close to over 1000 student access computers across just one campus. There are 5 campuses. Do the sums.

Actually, this is not as stupid as you think. It really depends on the specifications and needs for the students/staff. I.E. student PCs might need a CD-RW/DVD-RW drive for backing up photoshop images because they do an arts subject, however Admin Staff might only need a CD-RW/DVD Drive because everything is backed up to the network attached storage. Again, not as absurd as you think. Using VLANs you can designate that all student PCs plugged into specific ports are automatically assigned a "student ip address range". Likewise, for staff. This is usually a good idea because you wouldn't want a student impersonating a staff machine and getting information such as payroll or student records. In a small LAN, it's quite easy to record the MAC address of each PC and enter it into a DHCP server. In fact, it's best practice to record the MAC address, serial number, and slap an asset barcode onto the machine to know that it's the company's. As for your hardware solution. I believe a cisco VPN concentrator would do, else you could budget on a smaller scale for say a DLINK router that actually does VPN between routers and do it site to site instead of site to endpoint

If you view the source of the page, it seems as though they have created each dot, and assigned a css class to it.... The css page on http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/images/p.css shows this: /* Asia */ .aspk1 { top: 75px; left: 225px; } .aspk2 { top: 71px; left: 228px; } /* Europe */ .eunl1 { top: 45px; left: 170px; } .eunl2 { top: 45px; left: 165px; } .eunl3 { top: 49px; left: 168px; } .eugr1 { top: 50px; left: 173px; } .eufr1 { top: 53px; left: 159px; } .eufr2 { top: 55px; left: 163px; } .euuk1 { top: 47px; left: 157px; } .euuk2 { top: 43px; left: 154px; } /* North America */ .nany1 { top: 62px; left: 88px; } .natx1 { top: 70px; left: 63px; } .natx2 { top: 66px; left: 60px; } .natx3 { top: 66px; left: 66px; } .trp { top: 64px; left: 66px; } .nach1 { top: 58px; left: 74px; } /* South America */ .sacl1 { top: 114px; left: 92px; } .saar1 { top: 120px; left: 100px; } Which is basically the exact pixel positions, absolute to the page, the dots should exist. Hope this helps ya out!

uhh woops. Should have read this thread before i made a torrent and 8 people already downloaded off me :P

That's ok, the site I linked to doesn't have any flash or annoying music :P Just good old fashioned HTML and Images!

Just to bring the topic back. Looks like I'm the first Aussie to post in this thread! Melbourne Australia rawks!

Just to add to the "no pants" thread: http://www.improveverywhere.com/mission_vi...p?mission_id=54 This is deemed "No pants 2k6". Enjoy!