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  1. Re:iptables rules by fizl · · Score: 2, Informative · on Worm vs. Worm Battle Slows Networks

    Path MTU Discovery and Filtering ICMP

    dropping all ICMP doesn't "just make sense" without thinking of the consequences.

  2. Re:Complete Breach of Trust by Jord · · Score: 1 · on Examining Microsoft Update
    How does this rate a +5 interesting? Clearly you do not do your homework or bother to research. A simple google search for Microsoft Passport returns (near the top no less) instances of their security being bypassed:

    Microsoft Passport to Trouble
    Stealing MS Passport's Wallet

    I could go on all day and show you where Microsoft is anything but trustworthy.

    The moderators who bumped this post up should be shot. Microsoft is going for the least trustworthy company in history award.

  3. Slashdot may sell out but ... by beanerspace · · Score: 4, Funny · on Total Commercialization Awareness

    The author of the article got it wrong. It should read The popular discussion site for fans of open source software will disclose that it's perilously close to bankruptcy and will rewrite and abstract SlashCode into .NET components using Visual Basic which it will license and monitor through Microsoft Passort ...

  4. Re:so, instead... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on U.S. Considers Microsoft Passport as National ID

    So, what are they supposed to use, a really big passwd file? OpenLDAP? Novell NDS? A big Oracle database? Why should we even care what the technology is, as long as it works?

    Maybe because it doesn't work.

    ever thought of that?

    Unfortunately, all the Microsoft-hating government pawns around here seem to have missed the real point of the article.

    This isn't just "Microsoft-Hating"
    These are valid concerns...

  5. Passport? not likely. by eyegor · · Score: 1 · on U.S. Considers Microsoft Passport as National ID
    Given the documented weaknesses in the Passport "scheme", I find it highly unlikely that anyone in their right mind would consider such a move.

    Perhaps it's time to start random drug testing at the White House Staff. Because SOMEONE is clearly smoking something.

  6. Re:Salon lost major tech and street cred by samhart · · Score: 1 · on .NETly News

    I agree, but the absolute biggest gripe I have about this article (aside from the fact that it was written by an obvious MS groupie- the dude wrote a book on Visual Basic, I mean come on!) is that the author either ignores or is unaware of the horrible security problems in Passport:

    http://alive.znep.com/~marcs/passport/

    The author dismisses any security issues with the flippant remark that Passport is a "thoroughly tested and validated service that works just fine with 160 million user accounts around the globe". Yeah, but if you crack it now, all you get is access to some dork's e-mail. I'd wager things will be a bit different once it's used to store credit card numbers and financial info as well.

  7. more info by Leper · · Score: 5, Informative · on Passport's Pocket Picked

    ok, obviously my post will be rejected as this one already made it through (they rejected Marc's initial story which I guess shouldn't surprise me), but here's more linkage about where you can read about the technical details:

    Marc's Passport Advisory