Part 2. URLs Unraveled

Case Study: Reconnaissance Leaks Corporate Assets

FOR yet another night, Jack was working late at the office. He was a Web developer extraordinaire (a.k.a. an elite Web hacker) who got bored easily and had a penchant for the market. One of those young geniuses who was always searching for a challenge, Jack was bored that night and decided to poke around the Internet.

In the past, Jack purchased a number of movies from an online Web site called Example.com (symbol EXMP.CO) with an online catalog of more than 10,000 movies, DVDs, VHSs, and music CDs. Earlier that day Jack had received a spam e-mail from Example.com proclaiming a brand new Web site that was easier to use than its previous one. The company also boasted about ...

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