> Where does it say he needed to go to the network closet to regain net access? It sounds like the admins didn't have him on their radar until after he had planted his download box. It just seems like a convenient place to leave a computer downloading things for a long time.
You should go study the whole thing again.
Basically he started off leeching off of Wifi only.
At some point JSTOR noticed and complained to MIT so they blocked (get this), his IP address.
So Aaron picked a different IP.
Then they blocked his MAC (this is all on Wifi, still).
So Aaron changed his MAC.
Eventually MIT and JSTOR figured out how to block him off of their wireless completely (or at least, to rate-limit the JSTOR access over Wifi).
It was only at this point that Aaron changed strategies into trying to hookup with a wired connection directly to the MIT switches, by finding and utilizing the network closet.
You should go study the whole thing again.
Basically he started off leeching off of Wifi only.
At some point JSTOR noticed and complained to MIT so they blocked (get this), his IP address.
So Aaron picked a different IP.
Then they blocked his MAC (this is all on Wifi, still).
So Aaron changed his MAC.
Eventually MIT and JSTOR figured out how to block him off of their wireless completely (or at least, to rate-limit the JSTOR access over Wifi).
It was only at this point that Aaron changed strategies into trying to hookup with a wired connection directly to the MIT switches, by finding and utilizing the network closet.