Date   : Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:35:24 +0000
From   : Martyn.Ruks@... (Martyn Ruks)
Subject: Request for Help - Security Research Project

Hi everyone,

I've only just been pointed at this list so hopefully this is the right 
audience! I am a security consultant and researcher based in the UK and 
am currently looking at revisiting my past experiences by running a retro 
research project to look at BBC security using today's knowledge of vulnerabilities 
and exploitation techniques. At school in the early 90s I came into contact 
with what I now realise must have been an econet environment with a room 
full of BBC computers. I am now working on a research project to remind myself
of the things I used to do on that network and will be trying to apply the
techniques used in modern security attacks and vulnerability exploitation
to the old technology.

To set the context I have no hardware so will be confined to emulators for 
all my work and literally started on this on Sunday. I would be interested 
in any knowledge or info anyone has on security in these types of networked 
environments, whether its facts, stories or sneaky attacks you have seen
or experienced. I will supplement this with my testing and experimentation
using some modern tools to produce what will hopefully be an interesting
and most importantly fun project.

I have already picked up some interesting nuggets from the various Beeb 
sites that are out there but would love to expand and build on it. I am 
happy to share any results and will publish my research as I go, I will publish
the URL for where the project will live when its up and rolling. All help
and information is welcomed and please reply to me directly if needed!

Thanks in advance.

Martyn