Tour de Telegraaf
2007/09/15 filed under /personal
Recently I discovered a XSS hole and got invited for a tour of the building ("de Telegraaf" is one of the major newspapers in the Netherlands; founded in 1893). Unfortunately the presses weren't pressing any papers when I was there, so I have to come back for that tour some day.
I did however get to see the data center of de Telegraaf. Not sure of what to expect, I went over there and was warmly welcomed. I got my official "thank you" for pointing out the hole (which got patched rather fast!). After a brief chat, I was allowed in the many halls packed with servers, backup tape robots and all the goodie blinking leds. I was surprised by the volume of servers and network connections (mostly fiber, of course).
All in all I had a great time walking through the data center, chatting with the technicians and have to conclude that the IT department of the Telegraaf took my discovery very well. The tour and friendliness have made me rethink my opinion of the newspaper. I still don't think it's a good newspaper, yet at least it's a nice bunch of folks! ;-)
