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The Slow Bruteforce Botnet(s) May Be Learning
badger.foo writes "We've seen stories about the slow bruteforcers — we've discussed it here — and based on the data, my colleague Egil Möller was the first to suggest that since we know the attempts are coordinated, it is not too far-fetched to assume that the controlling system measures the rates of success for each of the chosen targets and allocates resources accordingly. (The probes of my systems have slowed in the last month.) If Egil's assumption is right, we are seeing the bad guys adapting. And they're avoiding OpenBSD machines." For fans of raw data, here are all the log entries (3MB) that badger.foo has collected since noticing the slow bruteforce attacks.
"Spirit," said Scrooge, with an interest he had never felt before, "tell me if *BSD will live."
"I see a vacant seat," replied the Ghost, "in the poor chimney-corner, and a crutch without an owner, carefully preserved. If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, *BSD will die."
"No, no," said Scrooge. "Oh, no, kind Spirit! say it will be spared."
"If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, none other of my race," returned the Ghost, "will find him here. What then? If it be like to die, it had better do it, and decrease the surplus operating system population."
Scrooge hung his head to hear his own words quoted by the Spirit, and was overcome with penitence and grief. It was sad to see any operating system die, even one so obviously flawed and useless as *BSD.
God bless us, every one.
fBSD has always
it's enough to get me to ditch all my linfux boxes. yeah, i'm just talking shit but it's no different than the fags who claim they're sick of windows/osx/ea/steam or whatever. you fucking fags take it in the ass.
go fuck yourselves.
if I knew of someone involved in this sort of business close by, I would appear on the news shortly thereafter
Oooh, you're a BIG MAN. Show me your MANLY MUSCLES. What would you do? KILL them? BEAT THEM UP? Does your nonexistent wife APPROVE of your PLAN? Will she AID AND ABET you? Will she be RAPED in prison, or will she WILLINGLY SCISSOR her cellmate(s)?
I am very INTRIGUED by your FUTURE PLANS. Please GIVE US MORE INFORMATION. Perhaps I can come OVER TO YOUR HOUSE and your nonexistent wife can GO TO THE LAUNDROMAT and you and I can mutually MASTURBATE while setting up a BOTNET. Then you will APPEAR ON THE NEWS shortly THEREAFTER... for ENGAGING IN SODOMY.
(this is my first post here, BTW--been lurking for years.)
Welcome to Slashdot.
Here's your first project: Build a fembot, preferably one that looks like Kristanna Loken or Summer Glau.
Alternatively, you can instead teach us how to get and keep girlfriends.