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twerk_face
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[SPEC] NYUHome
anyone tried logging in?

I may get screamed at (TROUT!!! DONT HACK!!!) but i figured i'd give it a shot, for the sake of the game.

we all know rob went to NYU. i went to the web page and saw that the college features something called "NYUHome", a feature that, as far as i can tell, lets students and staff comunicate and such. basically, somewhat of a private email server for NYU students.

I was wondering if anybody here ever went to NYU and therefor knew if the login process involves something like other colleges use, i.e. firstname.lastname or something like that. i figure that if we could get robs username, the password could be something like AKM, his fraternity that apparently does not exist at NYU in real life.

Up for discusion. Post people!

p.s.--shut me down with a link to the thread that covers it if i'm trouting. thnx Smile

edit to add tag ~rose

PostPosted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:03 pm
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I really doubt the college would condone allowing a fake alumnus to use their site for a movie ad. It would really be like, fraud? I guess that's the word i am looking for.

what i thought was needless to say {but obviously isn't}, don't brute force it, with all the issue with school terrorism happening, chances are it will become a fed matter faster than you can say ARG, and just give the ARGing world a bad rep....
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Sounds like a pretty horrifyingly bad idea all around.

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Agreed. Sorry but has to be done: Trout

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=20409


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 11:35 pm
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KrazyKacy
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Are you an idiot? Seriously, no hacking is needed to solve ANY ARG. And this idea is just retarded. He doesn't actually go to NYU, because he doesn't exist. And hacking NYU's site could easily make NYU demand a pull out of the story in "overnight". This means that because you want to brute force, Abrams may have to redo a complete scene.

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twerk_face
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dude, i already said, i wasnt saying we shud brute force our way in. i was just opening speculation on if they made a real page for it or something, i dunno! wasnt condoning it or suggesting it.

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KrazyKacy wrote:
Are you an idiot? Seriously, no hacking is needed to solve ANY ARG.


anyone remember a little arg called "The Beast"?

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anyone remember a little arg called "The Beast"?

I suspect so, as at least some of the site admins here played the Beast.

I don't think that is relevant to the general idea of trying to access NYU's private mail system to get information about a fictional character. I don't think NYU has any data on the characters.
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Anonymous wrote:
KrazyKacy wrote:
Are you an idiot? Seriously, no hacking is needed to solve ANY ARG.


anyone remember a little arg called "The Beast"?


I didn't read the *entire* write-up on "The Beast" (War and Peace was shorter), but I do remember something to the effect that one of the steps in question that did involve some degree of hacking was somewhat frowned upon.

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ThePhantomLimb
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I don't know why I'm choosing this of all threads to mark my first actual participation in this discussion, but I suppose everyone starts somewhere.

First off, the standard format for NYU usernames is as follows: first, middle, and last initials followed by what's usually a three-digit number. For instance, xxx123. That's not always the case, but most often. Secondly, I really can't imagine a good reason to attempt to go down this particular avenue. It just has "bad idea" written all over it. I'm sure there are much more productive areas of pursuit.

On the whole, however, let me just say I've most enjoyed following the board these past few weeks. Y'all have been doing awesome work. I just thought I should chime in that it might be best to leave nyu.edu alone.

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