Re: Disable database

Joel Garry wrote:

> blah_at_blah.com (blah) wrote in message news:<kqZ%a.610$U74.36258_at_news.optus.net.au>...
> > HI,
> >
> > Just for fun I'd like to hear some ideas on how to disable a database which
> > would take a DBA a long time to figure out.
> >
> > I thought a on startup trigger which does a database shutdown might stump a
> > few DBA's.
>
> Well, I agree with the others that you shouldn't hide behind an anon
> when asking questions like this, but I disagree in their apparent
> assertions that such things should be kept in the closet. See
> "security by obscurity" posts about viruses and such, particularly in
> comp.risks archives.
>
> <snipped>
>
>
> jg
> --
> @home.com is bogus.
> http://www.eff.org/br//sites.html

I agree. Part of my curriculum is teaching my students how to break into an Oracle database that has not been properly secured.

But someone asking how to commit an act of data-terrorism while hiding behind a false email address is clearly someone that is up to no good and with that I would hope everyone here would be responsible and not cooperate.

There are plenty of things one can do to make a DBA look the fool. Or for that matter any of us. But doing it to a database from which is the source of employment for others is irresponsible.

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Daniel Morgan
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