Ugh does Hollywood even try??

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Gamingphreek

Gamingphreek

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Watching Criminal Minds. Good show, HIDEOUSLY bad IT research...

I can list any number of examples (1 second hacking into random systems), but this just popped up on the TV and, as an IT Security Professional, I almost tripped and fell walking across the room. It went like this:

"What is his IP Address?"
"374.14.12.3"

*Double Facepalm* - IPv4 addresses are broken into 8-bit octets and, thus, cannot exceed 255 in any octet.
 
PieIsAwesome

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Eh, this is excessively picky. As long as its not something absolutely retarded that makes no sense like 'I'm going to make a GUI to track him down' its fine.

Need to lower your standards when it comes to the movie industry. A lot.
 
Nintendesert

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Hollywood does not cater the the educated. The more you know, the more you dislike their product.
 
RedCOMET

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I've seen them do stuff like that 24. I'm pretty they didn't want to use a "live" IP address just like how they don't use "live" telephone number is most tv shows and films. People would invariability try to call it or in the case of the ip address... connect to it and DDoS in the process.
 
PottedMeat

PottedMeat

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you're not watching the show for the new blond chick and the brunette with the giant schnoz?
 
destrekor

destrekor

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Gamingphreek said:
Watching Criminal Minds. Good show, HIDEOUSLY bad IT research...

I can list any number of examples (1 second hacking into random systems), but this just popped up on the TV and, as an IT Security Professional, I almost tripped and fell walking across the room. It went like this:

"What is his IP Address?"
"374.14.12.3"

*Double Facepalm* - IPv4 addresses are broken into 8-bit octets and, thus, cannot exceed 255 in any octet.
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Which would be worse?
1) Using an impossible IPv4 address
2) using a private address (10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, 192.168.0.0/16)
3) using a private address from the 169.254/16 address block
4) using a 127.0.0.0/8 address

because that's about what it boils down to, one of those options. With IP addresses, it's kind of like phone numbers, a fictional production rarely includes a real-life number (555-1234).
 
Gamingphreek

Gamingphreek

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Well outside of that, it also trivializes what a lot of people do for a living.

"Can you hack into the system"
"Yea give me 2 seconds... Ok I'm in"
I couldn't type in a password that I knew that fast, much less break into a system like that.

"It's booted up but there appears to be nothing there... no BIOS, no registry, no Operating System"
I don't know that much needs to be said about that one. Thats just sad.

I can overlook it a lot of times, but sometimes its just painfully bad research.

(As for not using a real IP Address, why not just use 192.168.33.1 or something that is typically a local IP)
 
zinfamous

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RedCOMET said:
I've seen them do stuff like that 24. I'm pretty they didn't want to use a "live" IP address just like how they don't use "live" telephone number is most tv shows and films. People would invariability try to call it or in the case of the ip address... connect to it and DDoS in the process.
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exactly.


Bahhh! I saw this movie and this dude had this telephone number 555-3254 and that was so god damn fake! 555 is not authorized. Hah ha! I caught you, Hollywood! Blahhhh!
 
child of wonder

child of wonder

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"Someone was just murdered!"
"I'll hack the killer's WiFi's and download his internet."
"We've captured the murderer! Yay IT!!!!"
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Gamingphreek

Gamingphreek

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zinfamous said:
exactly.


Bahhh! I saw this movie and this dude had this telephone number 555-3254 and that was so god damn fake! 555 is not authorized. Hah ha! I caught you, Hollywood! Blahhhh!
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Yea so 555 is at least a valid number that fits. Its not like:
"What was his phone again"
"5555-5555-1"

At least attempt to make the show real is all I'm asking...
 
Jeeebus

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Yes, because the show would be much more entertaining if we saw them go before a magistrate to get a warrant, then spend a few episodes sitting around while their password generator takes a crack at the login info, while the IT guy makes obscure anime joke after obscure anime joke.

The rest of us would have committed suicide to avoid watching, but at least the IT nerds would be satisfied.
 
Triumph

Triumph

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Gamingphreek said:
Watching Criminal Minds. Good show, HIDEOUSLY bad IT research...

I can list any number of examples (1 second hacking into random systems), but this just popped up on the TV and, as an IT Security Professional, I almost tripped and fell walking across the room. It went like this:

"What is his IP Address?"
"374.14.12.3"

*Double Facepalm* - IPv4 addresses are broken into 8-bit octets and, thus, cannot exceed 255 in any octet.
Click to expand...

Are you serious? Am I missing a parody thread somewhere? There's no possible way that a rational human would get upset about this. No possible way. Nobody cares about IPv4 standards when watching a crime drama. I don't even know what they are. Jesus. You need a punch in the face more than you need a double face palm.
 
Gamingphreek

Gamingphreek

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Ns1 said:
it feels real to anyone not on ATOT, [H], etc....

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx = an attempt to make the show real
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Ok lets journey back a couple years to the release of "Fast and Furious" (I wish I could erase it from my memory). Uses apparently too much Nitrous Oxide which then causes the screws to fly off on the undercarriage of his car which then leave a hole in the floor?

Or better yet, he apparently "Fries the piston rings" in his car, yet he is able to drive around in it like nothing is wrong whatsoever.

All I'm saying is that Hollywood needs to give at least half of an effort in its movies/shows. IT was just the thing that popped up right now...
 
Triumph

Triumph

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Gamingphreek said:
Yea so 555 is at least a valid number that fits. Its not like:
"What was his phone again"
"5555-5555-1"

At least attempt to make the show real is all I'm asking...
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Nobody talks about IP addresses the way they use phone numbers.
 
Gamingphreek

Gamingphreek

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Jeeebus said:
Yes, because the show would be much more entertaining if we saw them go before a magistrate to get a warrant, then spend a few episodes sitting around while their password generator takes a crack at the login info, while the IT guy makes obscure anime joke after obscure anime joke.

The rest of us would have committed suicide to avoid watching, but at least the IT nerds would be satisfied.
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Or you could transition to "a few days/hours/minutes" later at some point in time...

24 was entertaining but was notorious for this sort of thing - especially like 2 seasons ago when terrorists broke into the white house.

Guy right out of the African jungle: "I've broken into the White House wireless network and have the locations of all the Secret Service Officers and have control over the security cameras"

Huh.... that easy?
 
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