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               Volume 0x0b, Issue 0x3f, Phile #0x07 of 0x0f

|=---------------------=[ The 6 Degrees of Jobe ]=----------------------=|
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|=-----------------------------=[ m1lt0n ]=-----------------------------=|


1 - Background

2 - Linking Hackers
	2.1 - Linking by Asociation
	2.2 - Linking by Rm'Ing

3 - Reader Exercises



--[ 1. Background

   For all you trivia fans out there who may have enjoyed playing the
'6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon,' I now introduce a new and fascinating game
with a hacking/IRC twist! The name of the game is, as you may have
guessed, 'The 6 Degrees of Jobe' and there are several ways to play...
some more challenging than others. 

  Intuitively, the game is to show that Jobe is at the center of the
hacking universe. The goal is two link two arbitrary people through Jobe,
in no more than 6 links. There are a few ways to play:
    
        linking people through those who KNOW jobe
        linking people through those who have OWNED jobe

Sometimes, a few more than 6 links are needed, especially to establish a
very strong link. What we could have done sometimes flimsily in 6 links,
we chose to do in more just to be convincing.


--[ 2. Linking Hackers


----[ 2.1 Linking by Asociation

Let's start off with the first example:

ROUND I: 

Title :      Linking the Perverts to the Religious Right
Route :      Hugh Heffner -> Brigham Young
Answer:      Hugh Heffner -> napster -> jobe -> Shok -> Brigham Young

Explanation: a). napster recently attended a party at the Playboy Mansion
             b). napster, jobe, and Shok are all members of the notorious 
                 hacking group known as w00w00
             c). Shok is a Mormon and has direct blood ties to
		 Brigham Young


2.
Title :      Hollywood Squarez
Route :      Bruce Willis -> Dave Chapelle
Answer:      Bruce Willis -> kimble -> horizon -> jobe -> Dave Aitel -> 
             Dave Chapelle

Explanation: 
             a). Bruce Willis attended a private party thrown by Kimble
             b). horizon used to work for kimble's company, DataProtect
             c). horizon and jobe know each other through the ADM/w00w00
		 link
             d). jobe and Dave Aitel have presented at the same sec
		 conferences
             e). Dave Aitel and Dave Chapelle both have shows on Comedy
		 Central
             f). OK, I cheated. Dave Aitel and Late Night with Dave Attel
		 aren't the same person. But it was pretty clever. Remember,
		 you can use Kimble to link to a few other people including
	         Demi Moore.


--[ 2.2 Linking by Rm'Ing


Round II: Linking through the Magic RM

3.
Title :      The Middle Eastern Conspiracy
Route :      Ariel Sharon -> Osama bin Laden
Answer:      Ariel Sharon -> analyzer -> mixter -> gayh1tler -> jobe -> 
             chameleon -> Khalid -> Osama bin Laden
            
Explanation: 
             a). Ariel Sharon met with analyzer on Israeli TV to
		 congratulate him for his "master hacking abilities."
             b). analyzer and mixter worked together for the security
		 company "2xss."
             c). mixter and jobe were both rm'd by the gayh1tler in the
		 same wave of destruction that led to the creation of the
		 infamous 'seiki.log'
             d). jobe and chameleon (Marc Maiffret) are IRC/sec-con 
                 acquaintances
             e). Remember the MTV special where chameleon was contacted by
		 the Al-Qaeda terrorist?
             f). Yup, that guy worked for Osama!

4.
Title :      Even Dorks Have a Chance at Hitting Pussy
Route :      Denise Richards -> Bill Gates
Answer:      Denise Richards -> Agent Steal -> Kevin Poulsen -> #phrack -
	      jobe -> dugsong -> Steve Wozniak -> Bill Gates
Explanation: 
             a). Agent Steal (Justin Tanner) dated Denise Richards after
		 getting out of a federal pound-me-in-the-ass penitentiary
             b). Agent Steal narqd on Kevin Poulsen
             c). We've met Kevin Poulsen!
             d). Several of us have independently rm'd jobe!
             e). jobe and dugsong are w00w00 members
             f). dugsong and the woz are friends (pictures on the net to
		 prove it)
             g). woz and Bill Gates know each other through Apple/Microsoft 
                 competition

5.
Title :      Musician Mix-Match
Route:       The Grateful Dead -> The Dead Kennedys
Answer:      Jerry Garcia -> well.com -> Kevin Mitnick -> Kevin Poulsen ->
	     jobe -> skyper -> HAL 2001 -> Jello Biafra
Explanation: 
             a). Jerry Garcia used to be a well.com user
             b). Kevin Mitnick "owned" the Well and used it in his gay
		 hacking escapdes
             c). Mitnick -> jobe link is apparent if you read above.
             d). jobe and skyper are hert.org/ircsnet/w00w00 friends
             e). skyper was a key organizer for the HAL 2001 conference
             f). Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys was a key speaker at
		 HAL2001.

6.
Title :       "Special Friends"
Route :       Michael Jackson -> Emmanuel Goldstein
Answer :      Michael Jackson -> jobe -> Emmanuel Goldstein
Explanation #1: 
             a). Jobe was the un-identified child who would not testify
		 against Michael Jackson in 1993.
             b). jobe "met" Emmanuel at nyc2600 and they instantly 'hit'
		 it off.

            OR
Explanation #2: 
             a). Jobe was in the middle, like in the diagram.

TIPS FOR SUCCESS:        

             You can also link to Steve Wozniak through Captain Crunch.
             well.com is a great resource
             Mark Abene (Phiber Optik) featured in NY who's who
             

--[3. Reader Exercises

  There are a few ideas we had which we still weren't able to solve.
For example, try linking "The Blue Boar" to skillz and see how
impossible this task becomes.  I'm sure The Blue Boar, however, will
prove us wrong and dispute this claim, since he loves to post to
esoteric messages to public security lists, and drop casual references
to topics in computing such as "genetic algorithms." Perhaps the Blue
Boar can submit a program database of irc links and use a genetic
algorithm to find the shortest path between two persons by optimizing
the traveling salesperson problem?
Hope you enjoy!

    Love,
        m1lt0n


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