Mixter

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Computer security specialist

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::summary Computer security specialist ::

Mixter is a computer security specialist. Mixter first made the transition out of the computer underground into large-scale public awareness, in 2000, at which time newspapers and magazines worldwide mentioned a link to massively destructive and effective distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks which crippled and shut down major websites (including Yahoo!, Buy.com, eBay, Amazon, E-Trade, MSN.com, Dell, ZDNet and CNN). Early reports stated that the FBI-led National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) was questioning Mixter regarding a tool called Stacheldraht (Barbed Wire). Although Mixter himself was not a suspect, his tool, the Tribe Flood Network (TFN) and an update called TFN2K were ultimately discovered as being the ones used in the attacks, causing an estimated $1.7 billion USD in damages.

In 2002 Mixter returned to the public eye, as the author of Hacktivismo's Six/Four System. The Six/Four System is a censorship resistant network proxy. It works by using "trusted peers" to relay network connections over SSL encrypted links. As an example, the distribution includes a program which will act as a web proxy, but all of the connections will be hidden until they reach the far end trusted peer.

References

References

  1. "[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/641921.stm Hacker inquiry leads to Germany]", ''[[BBC News Online]]'', February 13, 2000.
  2. [http://staff.washington.edu/dittrich/misc/tfn.analysis The "Tribe Flood Network" distributed denial of service attack tool, An Analysis] David Dittrich, University of Washington, 1999
  3. Lemos, Robert. "[http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-518461.html Author of Web Attack Tool speaks] {{Webarchive. link. (2007-08-11 ", ''[[ZDNet]]'' news, February 9, 2000.)
  4. Wallack, Todd. "[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/02/15/BU31981.DTL Probe Focuses on Prime Hacking Suspects - Investigation hampered by bogus attack bragging]," ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', February 15, 2000.
  5. "[https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1541252.stm 'Mafiaboy' hacker jailed]", ''[[BBC]]'' news, September 13, 2001.
  6. Schachtman, Noah. "[https://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,53799,00.html A New Code for Anonymous Web Use]," ''[[Wired magazine. Wired]]'' online, July 12, 2000.
  7. "[https://www.chron.com/business/technology/article/Hackers-release-software-to-battle-censorship-2092948.php Hackers release software to battle censorship]," ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''/[[Reuters]], July 15, 2002.
  8. "[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hackers-take-aim/ Hackers Take Aim]" ''[[CBS News]]'', July 15, 2002.
  9. Mixter. "Six/Four System Protocol Specs," 2003. mixter@hacktivismo.com.
  10. Mixter. "The Six/Four System; A Decentralized Anonymous Peer-To-Peer Network Infrastructure With Trust," README file in Six/Four distribution, 2003.

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