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Can Hackers Hack It?


By David M. Ewalt
InformationWeek
March 18, 2002 12:00 AM (From the March 18, 2002 issue)

A couple of high-tech challenges offer big bounties for folks who can do some serious code breaking. Data security software vendor Meganet is offering a new Ferrari Modena 360 to anyone who can break its flagship Virtual Matrix Encryption. Meganet's encryption is based on a 1 million-byte algorithm.

If you prefer cold cash, Bodacion Technologies promises $100,000 to any hacker savvy enough to break the encryption on its Hydra Internet servers.

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Bodacion Technologies' code uses chaos theory. "The chaos is derived from functions used to describe cell growth," says chief software architect Eric Uner. "Any patterns which seem to reveal themselves quickly take a left turn."


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