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Trying (and failing) to hack the Wall of Sheep (2022)
The Wall of Sheep is a popular exhibit at DEF CON. Participants run packet sniffers on an insecure Wi-Fi network and try to catch people logging into unencrypted websites and other services. If they see that happening, they post the person’s username and password on a giant display. It looks something like: That’s an excellent reminder to be careful when you’re connected to an unknown network, and not to send your login credentials out in the open.
Participants run packet sniffers on an insecure Wi-Fi network and try to catch people logging into unencrypted websites and other services. The Shepherd was also skeptical that the login was successful because the server was returning the default “welcome to Nginx!” page and not something personalized for the (obviously fake) username. “Well,” they sighed, “it was until people started sending a bunch of vile usernames and passwords and kind of ruined it, so now we have to moderate the process.” I wasn’t giving up, though.
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