ABQ Journal: N.M. Tech Student’s Work Aces Microsoft

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for this link.

“Chalk up one for the little guy. In an impromptu computer
security competition this week, a free system developed by a New
Mexico graduate student continued running under repeated attacks
from Internet intruders, while a Microsoft computer suffered
repeated software failures.”

“The Internet battle began Tuesday, when Microsoft publicly
challenged crackers — people who use the Internet to try to break
into other people’s computers — to break into a computer running a
test version of its new Windows 2000 operating system.”

“Within hours, a Wisconsin company matched Microsoft,
challenging crackers to break into a computer running LinuxPPC, a
version of the free Linux operating system that runs on Macintosh
computers.”

“By 10:45 a.m. Tuesday, the Microsoft computer had crashed for
the first time. The Mac, run on software developed by New Mexico
Institute of Mining and Technology graduate student Cort Dougan,
was still withstanding a steady assault on Thursday.”

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