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Netcraft Jokes About SCO's Virus Fears
Elektroschock writes: "Through the media SCO Group sent the message that a virus writer that targets its website would be a Linux enthusiast. Netcraft has its own funny remarks in a dogfood article." Some of you might get a cackle out of the third solution.
Maybe the person who wrote the virus is trying to tackle the real virus - SCO's lawsuits.
Seriously, SCO's DOSing every Linux user's stress level...
(And yes, I read the whole thing. ;) )
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Are you sure you read this one?
Solution 5: SCO Execs point www.sco.com at the loopback address 127.0.0.1, end lawsuits, dismiss lawyers, and invest remaining corporate cash reserves in call options in Dell & Microsoft stock.
The IT section color scheme sucks.
I thought Netcraft kept tabs on what webservers were used on the Internet? But now they are a news site taking sides in the SCO vs Linux argument?
What happened?
It loads just fine for me. You need karma bad, hmm?
Fascinating that they (=Netcraft) think that Slashdot is doing more damage to SCO than what Groklaw did.
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As I pointed out on freebsd-chat (google link since the FreeBSD archives are broken right now), this DDoS attack could be handled relatively easily.
The attacking machines are easily recognizable: They issue distinctive[ly minimalist] HTTP requests. It is therefore easy to build a list of "evil" source IP addresses.
Given these IP addresses, all you have to do is filter those packets and send them to a LaBrea tarpit. Each connection hangs indefinitely at a very low packet rate: If I did my arithmetic right, the expected half a million machines would only require 85 Mbps of bandwidth.
Now, that's hardly a trivial amount, but it shouldn't be too hard for a company SCO's size to buy that sort of capacity. Defending against this attack might cost $100K, but that's still less than the $250K they've already offered as a bounty for catching the worm author.
Tarsnap: Online backups for the truly paranoid
I went from a high school that was 60% asian to a college that was over 90% white. It surprised me to see all the white people walking around. I had almost the exact same reaction as the girl above and I'm white. It was an observation and has nothing to do with being racist or prejudice or whatever.
The document you're looking for is here. But they're people too, and so they have an opinion of their own. Now they felt like letting the rest of the net know what their opinion on this matter is.
But seriously, if the DDoS code doesn't work, then it really sounds like that part is a secondary red-herring that was either never properly tested, or it was deliberately left non-functional. Either way, that would mean the proxy/backdoor function is the primary purpose--which might tend to point to spammers and their Igor and Renfrew hirelings.
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
Would you say that a place like Japan or India needs to be improved with diversity?
Disclaimer: IANAL. This post is, however, legal advice, and creates an attorney-client relationship.
Exactly why is diversity better?
You seem to be making this a racial issue when it really is not. However, to understand why diversity is oftentimes better, you should read a little biology. Or since this is Slashdot, read about monoculture in computing and discover why we have so many problems with virii and worms. But if you are speaking culturally, lets talk food. Traditional Utah cuisine sucks. Vegetables are overdone, meats are cooked to within an inch of bone dry, there is no alcohol in foods to carry flavors to the olfactory system etc...etc...etc... I myself love a variety of foods and I cannot count on a bunch of white boys to provide them all the time. If you are talking arts, pioneer handicraft can only go so far. If you are talking music, come on now, get real. If you are talking science, progress without diversity of thought and scientific input goes nowhere.
Is there something wrong with having a primarily Mormon state that needs to be "improved" upon?
Apparently from Utah history, the Mormon church wanted to be a part of the United States and thus become a part of the greater union of states. This tells me they wanted other benefits associated with being a state and did not want a Mormon monoculture. (Also, from what I hear, the Mormon church is expanding quite rapidly in other nations around the world in cultures that are not necessarily white.) If you want to be a state and accept federal tax dollars, then you have to be willing to be a part of the greater diversity that has made the United States unique in the modern world.
Or is it that white people are not allowed to have their own place with their own distinct culture?
Sure they can. Nobody is saying that cannot occur. But if you live in the United States of America, there are some things that you need to be aware of: The Constitution of the United States, The Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independance should be the first three things you read. After that, read up on other aspects of democracy, issues of statehood, and some court cases such as Brown vs. Board.
Would you say that a place like Japan or India needs to be improved with diversity?
You have not been to Japan or India have you?............
You might be surprised at the diversity in those cultures, but more to the point, those countries do not have the same history of law as does the United States. Specifically, we (U.S. citizens) have a little amendment to our Constitution. The 15th to be precise that states "Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." And in Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation." This amendment specified a precedent that has carried through to other aspects of our culture besides voting to include issues of discrimination in the work place, in housing etc....
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Through the media SCO Group sent the message that a virus writer that targets its website would be a Linux enthusiast.
Because the SCO Group has Linux as their target, sinking to lower levels for each attack they do, why should it be news or strange that some Linux user would do so as well? SCO has chosen to fight a dirty battle.
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