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Vulnerability Numerology - Defective by Design?
rdmreader writes "RDM has a point by point disassembly of the security vulnerability story phenomenon. We regularly see these, comparing various vulnerability lists for different operating systems. ZDNet's George Ou, for example, condemns Linux and Mac OS X by tallying up reported flaws and comparing them against Microsoft's. What he doesn't note is that his source, Secunia, only lists what vendors and researchers report. Results selectively include or exclude component software seemingly at random, and backhandedly claims its data is evidence of what it now tells journalists they shouldn't report. Is Secunia presenting slanted information with the expectation it will be misused?"
Source: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nsmamerica/message/6788
Comrades:
I have kept quiet about the Ron Paul campaign for a
while, because I didn't see any need to say anything
that would cause any trouble. However, reading the
latest release from his campaign spokesman, I am
compelled to tell the truth about Ron Paul's extensive
involvement in white nationalism.
Both Congressman Paul and his aides regularly meet
with members of the Stormfront set, American
Renaissance, the Institute for Historic Review, and
others at the Tara Thai restaurant in Arlington,
Virginia, usually on Wednesdays. This is part of a
dinner that was originally organized by Pat Buchanan,
Sam Francis and Joe Sobran, and has since been mostly
taken over by the Council of Conservative Citizens.
I have attended these dinners, seen Paul and his aides
there, and been invited to his offices in Washington
to discuss policy.
For his spokesman to call white racialism a "small
ideology" and claim white activists are "wasting their
money" trying to influence Paul is ridiculous. Paul
is a white nationalist of the Stormfront type who has
always kept his racial views and his views about world
Judaism quiet because of his political position.
I don't know that it is necessarily good for Paul to
"expose" this. However, he really is someone with
extensive ties to white nationalism and for him to
deny that in the belief he will be more respectable by
denying it is outrageous -- and I hate seeing people
in the press who denounce racialism merely because
they think it is not fashionable.
Bill White, Commander
American National Socialist Workers Party
Any operating system can be broken into. A bank vault can be broken into. Any OS can be rooted given an attacker has the expertise.
Any OS can be trojaned, but only one company's OS has viruses and spyware. And I think it incredibly unprofessional (incompetent?) that AV companies can't seeem to tell the difference between a virus and a trojan.
-mcgrew (not the security mcgrew, not the comedian mcgrew, but I do what I can to secure my PC and sometimes I can make people laugh).
mcgrew's razor: Never attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by greedy self-interest
It just struck me that I wish the company that makes my favorite brand of condoms would change its name.
mcgrew's razor: Never attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by greedy self-interest
Any other subscribers see the story about the FBI bullet analysis getting shot down? It was up in "the mysterious future" and has equally mysteriously disappeared...