tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11472996.post51836766131745877..comments2009-08-25T17:18:27.179+01:00Darranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568525567449216582darran@langersblog.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11472996.post-38974829666665164302009-08-25T17:18:27.179+01:002009-08-25T17:18:27.179+01:00Hi,<br /><br />I am flying with Ryanair this weekend and I&#39;ve printed out my passes only to realize that they look different from the ones you&#39;ve posted... Do you have any idea what priority looking boarding passes look like now? I dunno how to attach a picture to this thread, don&#39;t supposed it&#39;s possible...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11472996.post-64977738234843078182008-12-08T21:37:16.256Z2008-12-08T21:37:16.256ZI wouldn't try this in the near future. The Bar code is being upgraded to include the fact that Priority Boarding has been paid for. Once they scan in the Bar Code it will give different indications indicating whether the Passenger purchased Priority Boarding. Even if they miss you as you walk through the gate it show the error when they do the final flight numbers so they will come and off load you !!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11472996.post-10100678757854854282008-12-04T11:45:41.195Z2008-12-04T11:45:41.195ZYou calling me or Ryanair a crook?<BR/>And how am I selling myself?<BR/>--<BR/>Vous appellez-moi ou Ryanair Les escrocs? Comment suis-je vendre moi-même?<BR/>Il est facile de rester anonyme ;-)Darranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568525567449216582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11472996.post-6764584682423854612008-12-04T10:57:24.863Z2008-12-04T10:57:24.863ZIf there is one thing worse than being a crook...its being a cheap crook. How low can you sell yourself well done everybodyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11472996.post-34484679179154130522008-09-03T22:07:11.132+01:002008-09-03T22:07:11.132+01:00nice 1. i always wanted to know if it was possibleDankoozyhttp://pineapple.vgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11472996.post-77210239083189153822008-09-02T22:47:54.780+01:002008-09-02T22:47:54.780+01:00legend, nice one, although i will not be flying with them after their little situation they had the other day when the plane dropped 20,000 feet in 3 seconds, talk about shitting yourselfNeilhttp://photoneil.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11472996.post-29678353290567011152008-09-02T17:25:29.610+01:002008-09-02T17:25:29.610+01:00@Otto That Web Developer Tools plugin could cut out half the steps above!! I'll have to check it out next time I print out a boarding card! :-)<BR/><BR/>I knew that once I didn't change the barcode on the pass I was ok. I had an original copy with me incase there was any problems, which there wasn't as you know how rushed they are to get everyone onboard. Altho on that flight something strange happened.<BR/><BR/>As I was going up to board, the new flight attendant who was taking the boarding cards was being given out to be his superior who was scanning in the collected boarding cards. She was saying to him that he had to check that the name on the ticket matched the passport, as she was getting an error that this passenger has already boarded.<BR/><BR/>On board before take off there was a call out for a Mr Smith (or whatever the name was) to make themselves known. Several times they tried to identify them, but no one confessed to being the named person. <BR/><BR/>Did someone print two copies of their pass to get someone a free flight?Darranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568525567449216582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11472996.post-144783585546932122008-09-02T17:10:43.792+01:002008-09-02T17:10:43.792+01:00I love that companies are more and more relying on self-printed documents for verification, without adding any sort of checks and balances to their systems.<BR/><BR/>I ran across one of these the other day for a local bar. They do an occasional online mailing where you watch a video and then have a beer quiz afterwards. Score high enough on the quiz, and you get a printable coupon for a free beer. There's numerous holes in this system, but I always play by the rules regardless, in order not to louse up the ongoing free beer. :)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I went through it the other day, and the resulting coupon that it wanted to print for me had the wrong date on it. Seems they had forgotten to update the coupon program for the new date. Examining the screen, I discovered that the coupon was, in fact, generated in HTML and then simply printed using javascript:document.print(). A slight live modification to the HTML (Web Developer Tools is an awesome Firefox plugin), and then printing fixed the date and printed it just fine. But the other security checks they have on there (an IP address and ID number and so on) are all just as easily editable. There's no audit trail, no barcode, no nothing that confirms the legitimacy of the coupon itself.<BR/><BR/>More and more this is the case with these online coupons and passes and other confirmation systems. It's only a matter of time before there's a big hole somewhere that gets exploited. Companies really need to learn that any system must have end-to-end authentication. If I print something to be verified, then it must have a method of verification that relies on something not under my own control. You can't trust a printout, as it's easily altered as long as I'm the one printing it. But you can trust your own systems, as long as I didn't have access to them. :)Ottohttp://ottodestruct.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11472996.post-85453251345562869062008-09-02T17:05:01.998+01:002008-09-02T17:05:01.998+01:00"There are many ways in which forging a document can bring you advantages. It was probably for this reason that our forefathers made it a criminal offence, a decision that no generation has yet reversed."<BR/><BR/><BR/>WHen I recently detected a forged driving licence at DUBLIN PORT , reported it to the port police , and refused the passenger travel , I was told that I acted Wrongly ! And was fired the next day ! All hail the law of our forefathers !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11472996.post-91735032949821726552008-09-02T11:24:16.522+01:002008-09-02T11:24:16.522+01:00Would I be that cheap as to modify my boarding pass just to get comfortable sooner?<BR/><BR/>Hell yes!TheChrisDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05811643107782963612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11472996.post-89583628830045594492008-09-02T10:46:05.842+01:002008-09-02T10:46:05.842+01:00I agree completely, it's a false document. I'm just highlighting how easy it is to to modify this pre-printed boarding card.<BR/><BR/>I do have a problem with them saying in their official magazine you get it for free, then charge you for it.Darranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568525567449216582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11472996.post-10644542145630984112008-09-02T09:46:01.476+01:002008-09-02T09:46:01.476+01:00Hate to say it, but unfortunately I think Fergus may have a point :(Justin Masonhttp://taint.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11472996.post-17954274892283084362008-09-02T07:00:38.216+01:002008-09-02T07:00:38.216+01:00There are many ways in which forging a document can bring you advantages. It was probably for this reason that our forefathers made it a criminal offence, a decision that no generation has yet reversed.Fergus O'Rourkewww.irish-lawyer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11472996.post-86096049939301303362008-09-01T23:30:53.588+01:002008-09-01T23:30:53.588+01:00Genius.Enda Crowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10406351406078001235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11472996.post-78649949756364930342008-09-01T22:08:20.624+01:002008-09-01T22:08:20.624+01:00That's totally dishonest.....I love it!Ciaránhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419397173029612091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11472996.post-58505921245314799122008-09-01T21:41:31.194+01:002008-09-01T21:41:31.194+01:00Ooooh, that's devious, that is. :)Donncha O Caoimhhttp://ocaoimh.ie/noreply@blogger.com