Message no. 1

From:	Curtis Askren vykar@*****.com
Subject:	EMP and Urban Legends
Date:	Mon, 10 Jul 2000 11:32:20 -0700 (PDT)

Ken responded:

From: Curtis Askren <vykar@*****.com>
> I read an article last year about a few well known
>hackers that went into the data security business.
One
>of the things they talked about was rigging a van to
>do that.

Hmm, well frankly I tend to take anything said by
members of the
underground
with a bucket of salt. ;)~

>*basics of what i read follow, i'll dig up the
article
>if i can. this is not a quote*
> You take the van, buy a cheap emitter and a few car
>batteries to power the thing, park it across the
>street of target building. The monkey flips the
>switch, and all the hard drives without massive
>protection from said device are wiped. Along with the
>gonads of the person standing immediately
>next/back/front of the emitter. and i think that was
>the only drawback of said device (due to emitted
>radiation i believe)
>If that makes sense, then huzzah!


This sounds like a variation of other stories. Urban
legend in the
making.

Ken

And i write thusly:

About said members of the underground, yes, a nice
serving of salt is needed, but they described it in
rather nice detail that most of the scientific
principles worked out, it seemed feasible, etc etc, so
that's the only reason i felt justified to post it.


about the urban legend, yes i can see it now....

" And then, I looked out the window, and there it
was..."

"What was it daddy? The boss the overdue project?"

"No... it was the big... black... VAN!"

*and the screams of little children commence*

Heh


====Dr.Vyk,
UV scientist and 100th member of the Order

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