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Growing Commercialization Threatens Net Security

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the fewer-windows-to-jimmy dept.

dr3vil writes "The BBC is reporting that the concentration of the net's backbone in fewer hands has made it more vulnerable to attack. The report compares an attack to travel problems when traffic is disrupted at O'Hare. Hopefully someone in a position to act will pay attention."

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  1. Whoa, that's big news! by sulli · · Score: 1, Troll

    Commercialization of the Net is a Bad Thing? STOP THE PRESSES! Next thing you'll tell me is that Linux is still hard to install, and *BSD is dying!

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    sulli
    RTFJ.
  2. DUH! by SHEENmaster · · Score: 0, Troll

    In other news, Micro$oft just lost ALL of their source code.

    Two fourth level domains will never get a security update again!

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    You can't judge a book by the way it wears its hair.
  3. I demand the source code for this! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Is it GPL'd?

    Troll Out.

  4. IN TROLLVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It gets in you!

  5. FIRST /ETC/SERVICES POST - TROLL TUESDAY IN EFFECT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    #
    # Network services, Internet style
    #
    # Note that it is presently the policy of IANA to assign a single well-known
    # port number for both TCP and UDP; hence, most entries here have two entries
    # even if the protocol doesn't support UDP operations.
    # Updated from RFC 1340, ``Assigned Numbers'' (July 1992). Not all ports
    # are included, only the more common ones.
    #
    # from: @(#)services 5.8 (Berkeley) 5/9/91
    # $Id: services,v 1.9 1993/11/08 19:49:15 cgd Exp $
    #
    tcpmux 1/tcp # TCP port service multiplexer
    echo 7/tcp
    echo 7/udp
    discard 9/tcp sink null
    discard 9/udp sink null
    systat 11/tcp users
    daytime 13/tcp
    daytime 13/udp
    netstat 15/tcp
    qotd 17/tcp quote
    msp 18/tcp # message send protocol
    msp 18/udp # message send protocol
    chargen 19/tcp ttytst source
    chargen 19/udp ttytst source
    ftp-data 20/tcp # File Transfer [Default Data]
    ftp-data 20/udp # File Transfer [Default Data]
    ftp 21/tcp # File Transfer [Control]
    ftp 21/udp # File Transfer [Control]
    ssh 22/tcp # Secure Shell Login
    ssh 22/udp # Secure Shell Login
    telnet 23/tcp
    telnet 23/udp
    # 24 - private
    smtp 25/tcp mail
    # 26 - unassigned
    time 37/tcp timserver
    time 37/udp timserver
    rlp 39/udp resource # resource location
    nameserver 42/tcp name # IEN 116
    whois 43/tcp nicname
    domain 53/tcp nameserver # name-domain server
    domain 53/udp nameserver
    mtp 57/tcp # deprecated
    bootps 67/tcp # BOOTP server
    bootps 67/udp
    bootpc 68/tcp # BOOTP client
    bootpc 68/udp
    tftp 69/udp
    gopher 70/tcp # Internet Gopher
    gopher 70/udp
    rje 77/tcp netrjs
    finger 79/tcp
    www 80/tcp http # WorldWideWeb HTTP
    www 80/udp # HyperText Transfer Protocol
    link 87/tcp ttylink
    kerberos 88/tcp krb5 # Kerberos v5
    kerberos 88/udp
    supdup 95/tcp
    # 100 - reserved
    hostnames 101/tcp hostname # usually from sri-nic
    iso-tsap 102/tcp tsap # part of ISODE.
    csnet-ns 105/tcp cso-ns # also used by CSO name server
    csnet-ns 105/udp cso-ns
    rtelnet 107/tcp # Remote Telnet
    rtelnet 107/udp
    pop2 109/tcp postoffice # POP version 2
    pop2 109/udp
    pop3 110/tcp # POP version 3
    pop3 110/udp
    sunrpc 111/tcp
    sunrpc 111/udp
    auth 113/tcp tap ident authentication
    sftp 115/tcp
    uucp-path 117/tcp
    nntp 119/tcp readnews untp # USENET News Transfer Protocol
    ntp 123/tcp
    ntp 123/udp # Network Time Protocol
    netbios-ns 137/tcp # NETBIOS Name Service
    netbios-ns 137/udp
    netbios-dgm 138/tcp # NETBIOS Datagram Service
    netbios-dgm 138/udp
    netbios-ssn 139/tcp # NETBIOS session service
    netbios-ssn 139/udp
    imap2 143/tcp # Interim Mail Access Proto v2
    imap2 143/udp
    snmp 161/udp # Simple Net Mgmt Proto
    snmp-trap 162/udp snmptrap # Traps for SNMP
    cmip-man 163/tcp # ISO mgmt over IP (CMOT)
    cmip-man 163/udp
    cmip-agent 164/tcp
    cmip-agent 164/udp
    xdmcp 177/tcp # X Display Mgr. Control Proto
    xdmcp 177/udp
    nextstep 178/tcp NeXTStep NextStep # NeXTStep window
    nextstep 178/udp NeXTStep NextStep # server
    bgp 179/tcp # Border Gateway Proto.
    bgp 179/udp
    prospero 191/tcp # Cliff Neuman's Prospero
    prospero 191/udp
    irc 194/tcp # Internet Relay Chat
    irc 194/udp
    smux 199/tcp # SNMP Unix Multiplexer
    smux 199/udp
    at-rtmp 201/tcp # AppleTalk routing
    at-rtmp 201/udp
    at-nbp 202/tcp # AppleTalk name binding
    at-nbp 202/udp
    at-echo 204/tcp # AppleTalk echo
    at-echo 204/udp
    at-zis 206/tcp # AppleTalk zone information
    at-zis 206/udp
    z3950 210/tcp wais # NISO Z39.50 database
    z3950 210/udp wais
    ipx 213/tcp # IPX
    ipx 213/udp
    imap3 220/tcp # Interactive Mail Access
    imap3 220/udp # Protocol v3
    ulistserv 372/tcp # UNIX Listserv
    ulistserv 372/udp
    #
    # UNIX specific services
    #
    exec 512/tcp
    biff 512/udp comsat
    login 513/tcp
    who 513/udp whod
    shell 514/tcp cmd # no passwords used
    syslog 514/udp
    printer 515/tcp spooler # line printer spooler
    talk 517/udp
    ntalk 518/udp
    route 520/udp router routed # RIP
    timed 525/udp timeserver
    tempo 526/tcp newdate
    courier 530/tcp rpc
    conference 531/tcp chat
    netnews 532/tcp readnews
    netwall 533/udp # -for emergency broadcasts
    uucp 540/tcp uucpd # uucp daemon
    remotefs 556/tcp rfs_server rfs # Brunhoff remote filesystem
    klogin 543/tcp # Kerberized `rlogin' (v5)
    kshell 544/tcp # Kerberized `rsh' (v5)
    kerberos-adm 749/tcp # Kerberos `kadmin' (v5)
    #
    webster 765/tcp # Network dictionary
    webster 765/udp
    swat 901/tcp
    #
    # From ``Assigned Numbers'':
    #
    #> The Registered Ports are not controlled by the IANA and on most systems
    #> can be used by ordinary user processes or programs executed by ordinary
    #> users.
    #
    #> Ports are used in the TCP [45,106] to name the ends of logical
    #> connections which carry long term conversations. For the purpose of
    #> providing services to unknown callers, a service contact port is
    #> defined. This list specifies the port used by the server process as its
    #> contact port. While the IANA can not control uses of these ports it
    #> does register or list uses of these ports as a convienence to the
    #> community.
    #
    ingreslock 1524/tcp
    ingreslock 1524/udp
    prospero-np 1525/tcp # Prospero non-privileged
    prospero-np 1525/udp
    rfe 5002/tcp # Radio Free Ethernet
    rfe 5002/udp # Actually uses UDP only
    #
    #
    # Kerberos (Project Athena/MIT) services
    # Note that these are for Kerberos v4, and are unofficial. Sites running
    # v4 should uncomment these and comment out the v5 entries above.
    #
    #kerberos 750/udp kdc # Kerberos (server) udp
    #kerberos 750/tcp kdc # Kerberos (server) tcp
    krbupdate 760/tcp kreg # Kerberos registration
    kpasswd 761/tcp kpwd # Kerberos "passwd"
    #klogin 543/tcp # Kerberos rlogin
    eklogin 2105/tcp # Kerberos encrypted rlogin
    #kshell 544/tcp krcmd # Kerberos remote shell
    #
    # Unofficial but necessary (for NetBSD) services
    #
    supfilesrv 871/tcp # SUP server
    supfiledbg 1127/tcp # SUP debugging

    cvspserver 2401/tcp # CVS!

  6. G TO THA MOTHERFUCKIN OATS SEE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Cowboy Kneel