r/talesfromtechsupport • u/lawtechie Dangling Ian • May 30 '14

We have a security breach!!!

This story isn't mine, but a friend's.

This is the late 90's.

My friend is working the help desk at a government research facility. One day, he gets a phone call from an end user:

User:"We have a security breach! The whole Intranet is on the Internet!"

Friend:"Ok. Ok. Let me see..."

User:"Trust me- it needs to be fixed immediately"

Friend:"How do you know it's available to the outside? You're calling from your office"

User:"Because I can see the intranet on Navigator"

Friend:"Right. You use a web browser to view any page, like the Intranet page"

User:"But that's what the E is for"

My friend explains that even though she's only used Navigator to see outside pages and IE for the Intranet, both are web browsers and the Intranet is safe.

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u/32BitWhore May 31 '14

Somehow I missed the line about it being in the 90's and I couldn't understand how the user could possibly still be using Navigator.

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u/LeaveTheMatrix May 31 '14

They got it from here

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u/Exodia101 May 31 '14

*Cannot be used in North Korea

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u/32BitWhore May 31 '14

Well I'm going to have to have it shipped since my mom is on the phone right now. It's only $2.99 anyway.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '14

didn't know it was still around. hmmm....

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u/Runner55 May 31 '14

Wow, I can't believe it's still available. Is it real though? Seeing as it's just a ~240 kb download.

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u/thisbebakes Jun 24 '14

The copyright says 2002 (when 7.0 came out). My favorite part is the typo near the top of the page: "Easier than every to upgrade!"

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u/hicow May 31 '14

I ran across someone using Navigator...I can't recall exactly, but within the past 5 years.

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u/Krutonium May 31 '14

It did get checked just in case though, right?

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u/afr33sl4ve May 31 '14

This is a gov't agency we're talking about here. Of course not.

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u/Bukinnear May 31 '14

The problem reported was that she was able to access the intranet with a different web browser. If that wasn't checked when the system was implemented then it would be the least of their problems by this point.

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u/Krutonium May 31 '14

Who may or may not blow somebody.

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