Dogwalker (story)
"Dogwalker" is a cyberpunk short story by Orson Scott Card. It appears in his short story collection Maps in a Mirror.
| "Dogwalker" | |
|---|---|
| Author | Orson Scott Card |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Published in | Maps in a Mirror |
| Publisher | Tor Books |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Publication date | 1990 |
Plot summary
"Dogwalker" is the story of a man who cracks into a government database by logging in using a system administrator's password. He gets caught because he logged in correctly the first time while the administrator always deliberately failed his first log-in attempt and logged in correctly on his second try.
gollark: You know, it was said that the communist revolution is inevitable. So communists don't actually have to *do* anything.
gollark: My IP is 2a00:23c7:5401:a500:1ee6:715a:99db:dda1. Hackerize me if you dare.
gollark: The loopback one for IPv4 is 127.0.0.1.
gollark: * router
gollark: That's the IP of, on most home networks, your routerm
See also
- List of works by Orson Scott Card
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