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A Tale of Access Control and Config File Backups

Location: A security area with access control. Two pentesters need to get (legitimate) access to the area, which requires three things: An authorisation token, your signature, and your identity card. The token is ready, the paper sheet signed and… access is granted. Wait, what about the identity card? The friendly security guard is stumped.
“Well, the [...]

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Gender Issues

We found the following funny config setting in our new LANCOM device:
For those with only limited German language knowledge (or a textmode-only RSS feed reader or browser): It reads
Admin Gender

unknown
male
female
geek

Sometimes, there’s just nothing more to say. It’s also a really nice touch to add this in the “expert configuration” area. Like they wanted to say [...]

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