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KnoppiXMAME 1.0 Released
Ant writes "KnoppixMAME is a bootable arcade machine emulator with hardware detection and autoconfiguration. It works automatically on all modern and not-so-modern hardware, including gameports and joysticks. It is powered by Knoppix Debian GNU/Linux, X-MAME, and gxmame." Update: 06/19 23:18 GMT by S : Although there are earlier versions in the release directory, looks like V1.0 hasn't made it onto the FTP just yet. Meanwhile, Jim points out the AdvanceCD image, which is "..also a bootable ISO image of a minimal Linux
distribution containing MAME, but weighing in at 16 MB rather than
200 MB so there is more room for ROMs."
get your copy here!
Thanks,
Bill Stevens
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Linux losing ground on security front: Study
By JACK KAPICA Globe and Mail Update
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Linux, the operating system that has become the darling of its security-conscious promoters, came out second-best to Microsoft's Windows Server in a new survey released Wednesday.
Security experts at London-based mi2g who have been tracking digital attacks closely for the past three months, specifically because of increased tensions over the war in Iraq, say that Linux-based servers recorded most of the successful breaches.The company said that in May, 19,208 successful breaches worldwide were recorded against Linux-based systems (76 per cent) and 3,801 breaches were recorded against Microsoft Windows systems (15 per cent). Both corporate and government servers were counted.Microsoft Windows-based servers proved to be the more resilient during the war months from March through to May.This is an abrupt change from January, when 53 per cent of all successful and verified hacker attacks were recorded against Microsoft Windows-based systems (10,435) and 34 per cent against Linux (6,688).The company recently reported that three security records were set in May: the highest number of overt attacks in one day (May 4, with 2,576 attacks); the greatest number of attacks for one month, (May, with 23,009); as well as the highest number of attacks in one year (91,088 overt attacks).The company has been tracking attacks since 1995 and maintains its records in its Security Intelligence Products and Systems (SIPS) database. The information is used to estimate economic damage, such as loss of business, productivity, management time, intellectual property rights violations, customer and supplier liabilities and share price decline (where applicable). The database has information on more than 220,000 overt digital attacks and 7,000 hacker groups.The company said there are three main reasons for the increased numbers of successful attacks against Linux systems.First, they said that improperly configured systems running a combination of Linux and third-party applications are vulnerable because they are either too old, do not come with sufficient default security configurations, or the appropriate patches have not been applied.Next, mi2g said that there is a lack of a coherent trustworthy computing initiative within the open-source community. Microsoft, on the other hand, has recently been taking the initiative to inform customers specifically about server management.Finally, Linux is being targeted simply because of its dominant position in the server market. Companies and government agencies are buying Linux to cut the costs of site licences, but are not factoring in the heavy fire from transnational hackers.Open-source software is not cost-effective if the technical experience used to protect the systems is inadequate, and if training costs are not factored in at the start, mi2g said."As automatic attack tools scanning for vulnerabilities become ubiquitous, the on-line system security is heavily dependent on settings and when the last patch was applied," mi2g chairman D.K. Matai said."There are plenty of instances where the server administrator assumes that just because they are running open source they are somehow going to be more secure. There is no such thing as secure computing without following rigorous procedures for monitoring the system software and keeping track of enterprise-wide system configuration."The SIPS database defines successful hacker attacks as incidents in which a hacker group has gained unauthorized access to an on-line system and has made modifications to any part of it while executing data attacks (compromising the integrity of data) or command-and-control attacks (Simple Network Management Protocol control of computers).
There is blood coming out of my cats' ass. I dont' mean a trickle, like after willy scott lockwood (the third)comes over. I mean a LOT. He's running around the howse with his tail sticking straight up, yowling and PROJECTILE SHITTING BLOOD like an intestinal firehose of BLOOD.
Never mind, he just collapsed while I was typing this. Does anyone know any good tips for getting blood out of shag carpeting?
Club soda and salt.
wait..that's hardly news.
yesterday waiting in line for onion ring sauce for my onion rings and this little kid came up behind me and asked for a simpsons watch and i was like "hey punk where are you goddamn manners" and his dad came up behind me and he thought he was a tough ass because he was driving a ford f150 with the calvin windows decal pissing on the dodge logo and i said "look motherfucker my pythons are registered weapons with the federal government" and he said "yeah sure" so i socked him in the gut then in the face and then stomped on him about 672 times while his kid and girlfriend watched and then i ran off with his boots
I see by your pathetic attempts at karma wh0ring why you are relegated to posting at 0.
you worthless piece of shit!