When I said that "the LUCA is a far more interesting platform than the IES", I was referring to the operating system. The IES is dos based, and there isn't any practical thing you can do with them, as far as I know. But any Linux system, once 'root' access is gained, will give you a really nice place to hack other system from. And the knowledge base of hacking with Linux is probably far more extensive than Windows, simply due to more time.
The LUCA was on a Public IP - simply because it's a CIX 40 system that also uses VOIP ... and no VPN tunnels available. Not my favorite configuration, I must admit, putting everything on the 'outside' - but I didn't have a choice. With a 100 or 670, I could use multiple IP cards. I should have been smart enough to change the password...
Keep in mind that the user 'root' has to be changed as well as the user 'toshiba'.
