Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!samsung!uunet!bywater!scifi!nrtpc!nrt From: nrt@nrtpc.uucp (Nicholas R. Trio) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Computer Hacking Research Rpt Message-ID: <1991Feb6.035410.5352@nrtpc.uucp> Date: 6 Feb 91 03:54:10 GMT Organization: NRT Unix System Lines: 49 I'm the person who wrote IBM's Research Report RCC 16111 "Computer Hacking - An Overview of an Underculture". I believe if you want a copy and you're from outside IBM you could try sending a note to: Technical Publications IBM T.J. Watson Research Center P.O. Box 218 Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 If there's a problem getting a copy of the report (I don't think there should be....it's unclassified and I presented it publically at the Mid Atlantic conference of the American Society of Public Administrators in Pittsburgh September 1990), then let me know via e-mail. The research report is not, in any way, an official statement by IBM on computer crime or the activities of the cracker "computer underground" but rather work by me giving an overview on hacking and discussion of incident prevention/incident response. The paper is geared toward public policy types who need to be concerned with the impact of these vulnerabilities in their respective realms. I'm the sole person responsible for what was written (other than information that is attributed to others). The reason it came out as a research report is simply that whenever someone at the research center publishes a paper for a conference, journal etc., it is simultaneously released as a research report. I'm kind of suprised at the response this research report has gotten (I didn't know anyone outside of IBM or who attended the conference where I presented the paper even knew I had written it). Also, I actually started doing research in this area about six years ago when I was in graduate school (I hold an MA in Sociology in addition to my MS in Information Science)...someone remembered the paper I wrote on hacking way back then (when just about everyone still called it "hacking") and persuaded me to get back into the field. At the time, I spent time interviewing hackers who hadn't been caught by (people) networking around. Unfortunately, I don't have as much contact today with folks really active in breaking into systems, though I try to keep up with the various electronic newsletters on the subject. I'm pretty easy to find on the net if you read the report and have any questions... Take care, Nick -- Nicholas R. Trio, WB3COR UUCP: nrt@nrtpc.uucp Internet: nrt@ibm.com IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Work: (914) 784-7222 Home: (914) 228-1651 Any above opinions are mine and not necessarily those of IBM, so there!