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Free Software Hits Back at Crackers
flokemon writes "This article from the Register announces the release of some free software from Backfire Security called Payback. "The software has the ability to instantly and dynamically 'trace' the IP source address - no matter how well masked - of the network attack/infection and respond by launching either a Domain Name or Mail Server flood attack in the direction of the attacker." This raises quite a few questions though, the legality of the software first, and I'm not really convinced that this would hit back at hackers more than it would hit back at infected servers." Hopefully those would be crackers will think twice now before engaging in their 31337 activities!
I get it. This is an ongoing April Fool about posting excessive amounts of April Fools?
God, I hate April Fools... and it's only 9 in the am. What am I supposed to do in the absence of interesting news? Work? My boss might think I'm playing an April Fools on him.
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I owned my roommates computer last nite...and she couldnt trace NOTHING! Err...yes...it would have been EASIER to go into her room...but less fun
:)
Only on Slashdot men find more joy in owning a girls pc than actually owning the actual girl
usually it's comic relief... though there are interesting tidbits... i think the mantra is "news for nerds, stuff that matters", which thankfully doesn't exclude anything providing it's of some interest to most people... i actually found this one quite amusing, at least more than the others today.
PAYBACK v1.0 is a new kind of anti-hacker application called an IRS (Intruder Retaliation System) and is based upon "guerrilla" programming protocols and algorithms originally developed for the Chinese Space Program.
The IRS is not only every American's nightmare, it is now Godless Red Thread In Cyberspace
Yeah, DIE you motherf*cking animal crackers! I'll bite your heads off and drown you!
Repeal the DMCA!
it would have been EASIER to go into her room...but less fun
Me, personally, I would've gone into her room and gained direct access to her box.
Of course that has more to do with the type of female roommates I have had.
--Drunk as in Beer
...all those open ports....yum...*rubs hands together menacingly*
Yikes, i creeped myself out on that one. yeesh...
why run from Vincenzo?
So this backfire thing might backfire on the backfirer? ie what goes around comes around goes around comes around x 6000.
Personally I like the one about internet cleanup day (there goes my cobweb).
As many of you know, each year the Internet must be shutdown for 24 hours in order to allow us to clean it. The cleaning process, which eliminates dead email and inactive ftp, www and gopher sites, allows for a better working and faster Internet.
This year, the cleaning process will take place from 12:01 a.m. GMT on April 1st until 12:01 a.m, GMT on April 2nd. During that 24-hour period, five powerful Internet search engines situated around the world will search the Internet and delete any data that they find.
In order to protect your valuable data from deletion we ask that you do the following:
1. Disconnect all terminals and local area networks from their Internet connections.
2. Shut down all Internet servers, or disconnect them from the Internet.
3. Disconnect all disks and hardrives from any connections to the Internet.
4. Refrain from connecting any computer to the Internet in any way.
We understand the inconvenience that this may cause some Internet users, and we apologize. However, we are certain that any inconveniences will be more than made up for by the increased speed and efficiency of the Internet, once it has been cleared of electronic flotsam and jetsam.
We thank you for your cooperation.
Interconnected Network Maintenance staff,
Main branch,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
-- it must be true, it's on the internet.
No, no.. You interpreted what I said that wrong way, that's not what I meant. What I meant was, the female roommate I had didn't mind me going into her room late at night and playing with her box. In fact she encouraged me to, since she usually needed me to do something with it. She depended on me to work on her box. And man, did she have a nice one, I didn't mind one bit. I played with it a lot.
--Drunk as in Beer
you have to stay away from the roommates.
If you're a guy living with a girl, you're already screwed.
Reason #1. Hot girls generally have hot friends. And lots!
If you mean lots of hot male friends, you might be right.
Reason #2. You do something with her...she gets pissed at you later...then who is going to cook and clean?!!?
She's going to get pissed at you for any given reason, you can't do anything about this. And you need someone to cook and clean for you? That's fucking pathetic. Roommate != mommy. Relying on her for cooking and cleaning will only bring you closer to being married to her.
Reason #3. You have to put up with her 24/7...can you really take the risk of having a bitchy roommate?
You're already running the risk of having a bitchy roommate by moving in with a girl.
Reason #4. She will catch you with other girls. Girls you dont live with wont find out about each other.
So? Why should she care? If she slept with you, she's probably sucking and fucking 12 other guys. Shit, get a threesome going or something.
And the list goes on and on....
Yes it does. That's what happens when you move in with a girl. You think of long lists of why you won't fuck her, but you're already screwed.