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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!
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
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Aren't April Fools jokes supposed to at least be funny? Seriouusly now...
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
...a.k.a. April Fool's day. Remember when the jokes were really like, "HA HA, GOTCHA!" Now their about at bright as a crackhead trying to get past "J" with a crayon on wallpaper.
Looks like today is going to be a C-Strike day!
Trolls make great pets. Adopt one today!
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
This is an ongoing April Fool about posting excessive amounts of April Fools?
Annual, actually.
1) There haven't been any real articles today so far
2) All the jokes so far aren't even remotely believable
I remember the fun we had last year with some well-crafted stories. (In particular I remember a lot of flames generated over Linus quitting kernel development). The fraction of hoaxes was more than it should have been, but not as bad as this.
Anyway, about the article in question, note that backfire security doesn't exist, nor does Archie Mendoza.
...all those open ports....yum...*rubs hands together menacingly*
Yikes, i creeped myself out on that one. yeesh...
why run from Vincenzo?
I learn so much. Maybe it's that spring is in the air and that the annual rebirth of the earth leads to exciting decisions being made, bold new ideas in software, and just general inspiration all around.
;-) )
I haven't figured out how this applies in the Southern hemisphere yet, but I'm sure I'll figure it out soon.
(It never grows old for me...
Acquiescence leads to obliteration
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.
try http://www.backfiresecurity.co.uk/aprilfool.htm for more jokes.......
People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
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