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| date      = November 12, 2007
 
| date      = November 12, 2007
 
| title    = 1337: Part 1
 
| title    = 1337: Part 1
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| image    = 1337_part_1.png
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| titletext = If you're not cool enough to do it manually, you can look up tools like Upside-Down-Ternet for playing games with people on your wifi.
 
| titletext = If you're not cool enough to do it manually, you can look up tools like Upside-Down-Ternet for playing games with people on your wifi.
 
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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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This is the first part of five in the "[[:Category:1337|1337]]" series. The title 1337 is "L-eet," or "elite," using the {{w|Leet}} alphabet, a coding system used primarily on the internet (and on early text messaging systems), meant to provide a bit of {{w|obfuscation}} to plain text both to make it harder to read, and to show off in a creative way using in-group jargon.
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If a {{w|wireless network}} is unsecured it is usually a sign that the owner of the access point is not technically skilled enough to go into the admin panel and enable encryption. Obviously, someone in the area who wants to get on the net, but doesn't have a mobile data connection, will simply use this open access point. However, it is also common practice to leave open an access point to be able to claim that infringement of copyright may not have been the homeowner, but that anybody could have connected to the access point and started downloading files.
  
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This series was released on five consecutive days (Monday to Friday) and not over the usual schedule of three comics a week. These are all the comics in [[:Category:1337|1337 series]]:
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Another fun trick, for administrators of open APs, is to [http://www.ex-parrot.com/~pete/upside-down-ternet.html intercept pages and edit their contents]. The only way to stop this is to create a secure connection, or tunnel, to a server to stop the admin from playing {{w|Man-in-the-middle attack|man-in-the-middle}}. Of course, as the title text says, Mrs. Roberts is so cool, she can edit the tcp stream live, without the help of programs.
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Not only is Mrs. Roberts awesome enough to manually edit the live tcp stream, she's also manually ending individual {{w|VPN}} and {{w|Secure Shell|SSH}} connections as Cueball's friend makes them - while baking cookies at the same time.
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All comics in "[[:Category:1337|1337]]" series:
 
* [[341: 1337: Part 1]]
 
* [[341: 1337: Part 1]]
 
* [[342: 1337: Part 2]]
 
* [[342: 1337: Part 2]]
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* [[345: 1337: Part 5]]
 
* [[345: 1337: Part 5]]
  
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If a {{w|wireless network}} (Wi-Fi) is unsecured, it is usually a sign that the owner of the access point is not technically skilled enough to go into the admin panel and enable encryption. Obviously, someone in the area who wants to get on the net, but doesn't have a mobile data connection, will simply use this open access point. However, it is also common practice to leave open an access point to be able to claim that infringement of copyright may not have been the homeowner, but that anybody could have connected to the access point and started downloading files.
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This series was released on 5 consecutive days(Monday-Friday) and not over the usual Monday/Wednesday/Friday schedule.
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==Transcript==
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[Man 1 talks to man 2 who is lying down on the floor, using his laptop.]
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Man 1: You're not on the neighbour's WiFi, are you?
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Man 2: Yeah, why?
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Man 1: The admin... plays games.
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Man 2: No problem. I'll just hop on a secure VPN.
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Man 2: Whoa, my connections are dying as soon as I start to tunnel anything!
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Message on laptop: A VPN? How cute! And stop trying to SSH.
  
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Another fun trick, for administrators of open APs, is to [http://www.ex-parrot.com/~pete/upside-down-ternet.html intercept pages and edit their contents]. The only way to stop this is to create a secure connection, or tunnel, to a server to stop the admin from playing {{w|Man-in-the-middle attack|man-in-the-middle}}. Of course, as the title text says, [[Mrs. Roberts]] is so cool, she can edit the {{w|TCP}} stream live, without the help of programs, but then there is help to get with tools like the [http://www.ex-parrot.com/~pete/upside-down-ternet.html Upside-Down-Ternet], if you wish to play games with people misusing your Wi-Fi.
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Man 2: Holy shit! Someone's inserting notes into the pages I request! Editing the TCP stream live!
  
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Not only is Mrs. Roberts awesome enough to manually edit the live TCP stream, she's also manually ending individual {{w|VPN}} and {{w|Secure Shell|SSH}} connections as [[Cueball]]'s Cueball-like friend makes them - while wearing oven mitts and baking cookies at the same time. He has been {{w|pwned}} (meaning "owned") by Mrs. Roberts.
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Man 2: Nobody's that fast. Who is this admin?
  
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The question "How does she type with oven mitts?" is likely a reference to the old web video site {{w|Homestar Runner}} and its character of {{w|Strong Bad}}, who answered emails while wearing boxing gloves. "How does he type with boxing gloves?" was the most common question he received. Another unanswered question is how Cueball's friend knew she was typing with gloves on; however, the answer is probably that since they were neighbours, they could see her through the window.
 
  
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==Transcript==
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[Neighbour (Mrs. Roberts) with bun tray in one hand, with oven mitts on both hands typing on a desktop computer.]
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:[Cueball talks to his Cueball-like friend who is lying down on the floor, using his laptop. Cueball is pointing at the laptop.]
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:Cueball: You're not on the neighbor's WiFi, are you?
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Mrs. Roberts: My goodness. Neighbourhood scamps on the wireless.
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:Friend: Yeah, why?
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:Cueball: The admin... plays games.
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<<taptaptaptap>>
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:Friend: No problem. I'll just hop on a secure VPN.
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:[Cueball's friend now sits on his knees in front of his laptop frantically typing. A message from the laptop comes out with a zig-zag line.]
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Man 1: I should have warned you about Mrs. Roberts.
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:Friend: Whoa, my connections are dying as soon as I start to tunnel anything!
 
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:Message on laptop: A VPN? How cute! And stop trying to SSH.
 
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:Friend: Holy shit! Someone's inserting notes into the pages I request! Editing the TCP stream live!
 
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:Friend: Nobody's that fast. Who ''is'' this admin?
 
  
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:[In a frameless panel, Mrs. Roberts with a hot bun tray in one hand (indicated with five wiggly lines above the buns), with oven mitts on both hands, typing on her desktop computer on a table.]
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Man 2: How does she type with oven mitts!?
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:Mrs. Roberts: My goodness. Neighborhood scamps on the wireless.
 
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:''Taptaptaptap''
 
  
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:[Cueball is standing with a hand toward his now standing friend, the laptop lies between them.]
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Man 1: You've been pwned pretty hard, man. You might want to sit down.
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:Cueball: I should have warned you about Mrs. Roberts.
 
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:Friend: How does she type with oven mitts!?
 
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:Cueball: You've been pwned pretty hard, man. You might want to sit down.
 
  
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
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[[Category:Comics featuring Mrs. Roberts]]
  
 
[[Category:1337|01]]
 
[[Category:1337|01]]
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[[Category:Comics sharing name|1337]]
 
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
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[[Category:Comics featuring Mrs. Roberts]]
 
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[[Category:Multiple Cueballs]]
 
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[[Category:Computers]]
 
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[[Category:Food]]
 

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