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Last Year's ICOs Had Five Security Vulnerabilities On Average, Say Researchers (bleepingcomputer.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the heads-up dept.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bleeping Computer: Security researchers have found, on average, five security flaws in each cryptocurrency ICO held last year. Only one ICO held in 2017 did not contain any critical flaws. According to Positive.com, a security firm specialized in ICO security audits, most of the vulnerabilities they found, they discovered in the smart contracts at the base of the ICO itself.

"71% of tested projects contained vulnerabilities in smart contracts, the heart and soul of an ICO," the company said. "Once an ICO starts, the contract cannot be changed and is open to everyone, meaning anyone can view it and look for flaws. Typically, these would consist of non compliance with the ERC20 standard (the token interface for digital wallets and cryptocurrency exchanges), incorrect random number generation and incorrect scoping amongst others," Positive.com experts say. "Generally, these vulnerabilities occur due to lack of programmer expertise and insufficient source code testing." According to the researchers, all the mobile apps ICO organizers have launched in 2017 contained security flaws. "The most common flaws in mobile apps are the use of insecure data transfer methods, storage of user data in phone backups, and disclosure of session IDs that an attacker could capture and use against the user," reports Bleeping Computer. Security bugs were also found in the web apps.

44 comments

  1. Remind me again... by Noryungi · · Score: 1, Insightful

    ... why I should invest some $$$ in the shitcoin "du jour"?

    I have always said that computer security is a huge mess. As the crypto-currencies gain value, they provide more and more incentives to bad guys to hack your computer to get at your wallet.

    --
    The right to offend is far more important than the right not to be offended. (Rowan Atkinson)
    1. Re:Remind me again... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Windows 3.0 was perfectly secure because it didn't have networking, and Windows 10 is touted as the most secure version of Windows ever, therefore its security must be perfect.

  2. So Did Banks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    but so what, banks are insured, 'coins are insured. You are covered. Don't worry. Be happy. Invest! Invest! Invest! 'coins are safe.

  3. "Only one" by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 1

    "Only one ICO held in 2017 did not contain any critical flaws."

    And that one would be...?

    1. Re:"Only one" by Actually,+I+do+RTFA · · Score: 2

      The one invented by/invested in by the researchers.

      --
      Your ad here. Ask me how!
    2. Re:"Only one" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It was shitcoin, the one referenced in the post above.

  4. Please! Steal my money! by aaarrrgggh · · Score: 1

    Who the heck thinks these things are a good idea, beyond the fraudsters at the top of the pyramid?! Of course shortcuts are taken... after the first round of suckers, who really gives a s#!t?

  5. Oops by vtcodger · · Score: 1

    "According to the researchers, all the mobile apps ICO organizers have launched in 2017 contained security flaws."

    My, that's awkward. Maybe they'll do better in 2018. ... or 2019 ... or 2020.

    I'm confident that if they prsevere, they can create a cryptocurrency that is merely pointless instead of being pointless and fatally flawed.

    --
    You can't see ANYTHING from a car, You've got to get out of the goddamned contraption and walk...Edward Abbey
  6. NWO Ponzi scheme by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Folks, haven't you realized that many of the ICO's are actually a Ponzi scheme. If you set up any other form of Ponzi scheme, authorities would shut you down real fast. Why don't you think they are shutting the ICO Ponzi schemes down?

    The answer is simple. because the NWO is behind it. Authorities WANT you to be indoctrinated to the idea and even the practice of using a crypto currency because they are going to try and force you to use the crypto of their choice.

    ANY Crypto currency that is currently out is either under the control of central bankers and government, or it can easily fall under their control via government gun point.

    All Cryptos will make you into a slave.

    1. Re:NWO Ponzi scheme by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I'm sorry, APK is posting on this topic which means we've hit the one-crank-per-topic limit.

      I know, you have an important message and it's vital to let people know. Perhaps you'd like to take a number and sit down beside Dr. Otis Ray and HomelessInLaJolla?

  7. Greed before good ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "Generally, these vulnerabilities occur due to lack of programmer expertise and insufficient source code testing."

    So, basically these ICOs are being pushed out the door by lazy and incompetent people who are more concerned with cashing in than making anything of actual quality.

    Why am I not surprised?

    As usual with this kind of stuff, the marketing happens long before the technology. And then the technology is crap.

  8. All cryptocurrencies and ICOs are scams by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Are (any) fiat-currency and (any) cryptocurrency really equivalent, as cryptocurrency fans claim?
    For example, US Dollar and Bitcoin are really equals?
    Value/validity/authorization of US dollar is provided/guaranteed by US Government (and in-turn whole US Public)!
    Also, not to mention, US Dollars in any US Bank is insured by US Government!
    What authorization/guarantee/insurance is behind Bitcoin? Nothing!
    Sorry but that is the end of discussion then!

    Why do you think Satoshi Nakamoto is really hiding his identity, if Bitcoin is really such a great innovation?
    He is just someone does not like media/fan attention?
    Or, could it be really because Bitcoin (and all cryptocurrencies followed it) are actually Ponzi Schemes?
    (So he knew very well that law enforcement would come after him sooner or later?!)

    If so-called cryptocurrencies are really good innovation, why they attract so many criminals/criminal activity?
    Could it really be because, all cryptocurrencies themselves are scams, and that is why they attract all kinds of criminals/criminal activity?

    If so-called cryptocurrencies are really currency, why no company/store can use Bitcoin as currency anymore?
    Because the price of Bitcoin proved to be extremely unstable to use as a currency?
    Would the result be different, if Bitcoin replaced by any other "cryptocurrency"?
    Aren't all work the same way?

    If so-called cryptocurrencies are really money; isn't people issuing their own money, illegal already, in all countries?
    If so then, why they are still not banned in all countries?

    Or, they are not actually virtual currency but virtual investment?
    But, if they are actually investment, why we need/want them?
    What would happen to world economy, if people invested in virtual investments, instead of real investments?

    Or, all so-called cryptocurrencies are actually just a modified (made decentralized and paying variable interest) Ponzi Schemes?
    (Price of cryptocurrencies would keep increasing in the long term (by their design), so it is equivalent of paying variable interest to all long term investors.)

    Also, since all so-called cryptocurrencies are actually financial scams (Ponzi Schemes), that means, they cannot be the solution for any of existing financial problems of our world!

    As more and more people invest in cryptocurrencies, it will become harder and harder to ban their trading everywhere (because people invested in cryptocurrencies, would try to stop anyone trying to ban cryptocurrencies)!
    All cryptocurrencies need to be banned globally before it is too late!

  9. Everybody knows by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    What's an ICO? Editing is dead, I'm kicking a horse, there's glue on my shoe.

  10. Alex McQuown/Khyber impersonating me again? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject: Khyber we saw u start crap w/ me & fail technically https://news.slashdot.org/comm... & I point out why https://news.slashdot.org/comm... you're so twisted!

    * You ruined your LIFE yourself, Khyber/Alex McQuown - nobody else (it's your OWN fault, not mine OR anyone else's).

    (ENJOY YOUR DOWNMOD!)

    APK

    P.S.=> ... & since you're SUCH a miserable self-wreckage you try take it out on others to fill them w/ your self-created hell but you can't - we just have to LAUGH @ "your kind", lol... apk

    1. Re:Alex McQuown/Khyber impersonating me again? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Not the GP, not Khyber.
      I'm the AC that's been replying, recently, to highlight things you get wrong but can't admit.

      Let's see, claiming to identify an A/C as a user - paranoid.
      Linking to an old argument and where you doxed them while complaining that people stalk you - hypocrticial.
      Taking joy in someone else's misfortune - malignant.
      Describing someone else as being 'miserable', 'self-wreckage' and living in a 'self-created hell' - projection.
      Use of 'we' when putting someone down - appeal to popularity and kind of desperately insecure.

      I can certainly see why you're growing old, lonely and alone. It's where most people with NPD end up. Something about people not being able to stand to be around them.

      APK. You may want to look up Malignant Narcissism. It's NPD with some distinctly anti-social tendencies and your behaviour, here, is kind of textbook

  11. Hosts work vs. cryptocoin looters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject & APK Hosts File Engine 2.0++ 64-bit for Linux h t t p : / / a p k . i t - m a t e . c o . u k / A P K H o s t s F i l e E n g i n e F o r L i n u x . z i p (remove spaces between characters & download).

    Yields more security/speed/reliability/anonymity vs. any SINGLE solution (99% of threats = hostnames vs. IP address that most firewalls use) more efficiently/FASTER + NATIVELY 4 less!

    (Vs. "Bolt on 'MoAr' illogic-logic" competitors slowing you, hosts speed you up 2 ways (adblocks + hardcodes u spend most time @) vs. competition loaded w/ bugs (DNS/AntiVir) + their overheads (messagepass ('souled-out' to advertiser addons) + filtering drivers) & their complexity leads to exploitation).

    * ONLY 1 of its kind in GUI on Linux

    APK

    P.S.=> See subject: "hosts trick to block the Coinhive or Crypto-Loot" - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/a-new-player-joins-coinhive-on-the-browser-cryptojacking-scene/ ... apk

    1. Re:Hosts work vs. cryptocoin looters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Hi APK,

      Yields more security/speed/reliability/anonymity vs. any SINGLE blah blah blah [same tired, oft debunked claims as always]

      I've been over this, others have been over this. Your claims are ridiculous, or based on such a narrow definition as to be meaningless. Anything you can't deny or dismiss you shift goalposts or just go into full narcissistic rage.

      So I'll just cut this short - your claims are false. Explaining why is pointless, you may as well just go full retard straight away.

      * ONLY 1 of its kind in GUI on Linux

      Did you ever wonder why?

      "hosts trick to block the Coinhive or Crypto-Loot"

      Yeah. The link lists using hosts to block these third of three suggestions, behind both AV and browser based solutions. I know why. Do you?

      How about people wanting to continue to visit the sites that were self-hosting these miners? APK Fail. Browser extension Win.

      APK. Doesn't read or understand the things he links to, but any press is good press amirite?!

  12. Registered /.ers review of the Win64 model by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Your software is just fine - well written, functional... I'm going to continue using the Host File Engine by mmell February 17, 2017

    (APK's work), I've flat out said it's good by BronsCon February 11 2016

    his hosts program is actually pretty good by xenotransplant August 10 2015

    his hosts tool is actually useful for those cases in which one does indeed want to locally block stuff outright while consuming minimum system resources by alexgieg September 25 2015

    I like your host file system by Karmashock September 09 2015

    I do use APK's host file on all my systems at home by OrangeTide December 01 2017

    I personally use a HOSTS file blocker produced from a genius called APK by 110010001000 October 27 2017

    * See subject: Best part's the Linux 64-bit model's faster & more efficient (does 2x the work in 1/2 the time)

    APK

    P.S.=> Enjoy a faster/safer/more reliable internet... apk

    1. Re:Registered /.ers review of the Win64 model by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Quoting out of context. Informal logical fallacy. Fail.

      APK. When you can't get real endorsements, misquote, selectively quote or just make claims up. When you're called on it, attack!

  13. And nothing of value was lost by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    They were already ICOs. Since they're worth roughly the same as snake oil, I'm not sure it matters how many vulnerabilities there were.

  14. Time to destroy your bs easily as always by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Behind AV or browser addons matters? Hosts do MORE for LESS natively (not "Bolt-on-''MoAr'" illogic logic using more resources & moving parts EXPLOIT vs. using a 45++ yr. PROVEN IP stack (more cpu precedence faster in KERNELMODE vs. slower usermode) + speeds up 2 ways (hardcodes + adblocks + securing you both ways) & others SLOW U or don't DO as much as hosts by themself (ask Tavis Ormandy on AV security errors he found & TREND had more recently)

    Browser addons = inferior+slower, more messagepass & RAM overhead & NONE do as much as hosts for FAR less + FASTER!

    Afraid to stand behind your words? Yes. I'm not.

    * You HIDE behind UNIDENTIFIABLE ac STALKING me!

    (Why not use ur FAKE NAME 4 ur FAKE LIE of a WASTED "so-called 'life'" REGISTERED 'lusername'? Answer = I've TORN U UP under those too as I did above easily).

    APK

    P.S.=> Don't TRY tell me "it doesn't go on @ /." SOCKPUPPETERRING as Zontar The Mindless = TrollingForHostsFiles https://slashdot.org/comments.... = PROOF

    1. Re:Time to destroy your bs easily as always by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Behind AV or browser addons

      Ah, so you can read. Yes, the site you link to mentions hosts as the third option after AV and browser add-ons. Because both of those can stop some elements while allowing access to other elements on the same site. Hosts can't. Which makes it a lot less useful for most people. And you can't admit that, or even acknowledge it - a classic trait of NPD.

      blah blah blah [misspellings, same tired claims]

      Hostfile resolution might use less resources, but managing them with your software uses more and especially more of my time and attention. Managing more than one device just magnifies this problem. Your 'less' is only true by ignoring most of the process and focusing only on name resolution, not on total use. You're dishonest and you FAIL

      Blacklists are reactive. You can't whitelist. You have no heuristic capacity. You can't refine what is and isn't blocked on a site. You can't dynamically manage more than one device. You can't protect mobile devices without even more trouble. Your 'more' is only true by ignoring the enormous list of things that other security measures offer. More dishonesty and another FAIL

      ...[more claims of being stalked] ...

      Hypocrite.

      ...[more whining about people posting AC] ...

      *laugh* Poor APK. Turns out that people online want nothing to do with you either. What's hilarious is that you demonstrate exactly why people post AC by linking to a four year old post where you demonstrate that you've replied to the user to continue an argument from an even older thread.

      Read my lips. I post AC because you are toxic.

      Corollary. Constantly whining about it isn't going to persuade, coerce or trick me. That you keep trying shows how much of your behaviour is reflexive.

      APK. Same arguments. Same phrases. Because NPD means never being able to change

  15. Ah the "integrity" (not) of ANONYMOUS stalkers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject (u FAIL right there alone): Are you trying to say those I quoted didn't say they like & use my ware + saying it's GOOD work?

    APK

    P.S.=> ANSWER that simple question & we'll SEE who the REAL "phalussy" (lol it's you) is... apk

    1. Re:Ah the "integrity" (not) of ANONYMOUS stalkers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Calling other people stalkers when you quote year's old arguments and even dox people - hypocrite.

      You post, I reply. It's what a forum is for. It's not stalking. Find the law that describes this behaviour as stalking. It's pure NPD grandiosity.

      I've linked to what I'm calling you out on. You refuse to address it because you have NPD like behaviour and simply cannot address criticism except by denial.
      Selectively quoting, or quoting out of context changes the meaning of the words that are quoted. Accuracy of the words has never been what this is about, but because that's all you have to defend yourself, you keep trying to make that what this is about. It's pathetically obvious.

      APK. Too illiterate to understand context. Even when he's offered a link.

  16. (Cough) "*BULLSHIT*" (cough) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Khyber attacked me there 1st FAILING HUGELY on his erroneous hosts file entries he typed saying "hosts don't work" https://news.slashdot.org/comm... & he has THREATENED MY LIFE + breaks MORE laws on threats to SUE ME but NOT doing so (for years now a FEW times & there too - ATTEMPTING his EXTORTION he's been CONVICTED OF BEFORE ON NO LESS).

    Khyber/Alex McQuown wouldn't last 10 seconds where I'm from (1 of the MOST violent cities in the USA) acting as he does & the fact he's a 135 lb. WHIMP faggot (Truth).

    * WHO are you TRYING to fool? Yourself?? Please... lol!

    APK

    P.S.=> Listen up & LISTEN good: I try to live by Christ's fine model but I CANNOT turn the other cheek (where I am from you get it up the ASSCHEEKS, you know, like Khyber the HOMO likes) but even Jesus GOT VIOLENT in righteous indignation vs. the PHARISEE JEWS & literally beat their ASSES w/ a whip outta the temple - so I am JUST doing the same when ATTACKED first & successfully (no f'ing around when I am attacked & NO "PC BULLSHIT" either for pussies)... apk

    1. Re:(Cough) "*BULLSHIT*" (cough) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Hmm, let's see - ignores the things he has done, shifts attack back to someone else ...

      Yup, standard NPD response.

      Your actions two posts, above, are a fine example of you trying to follow Christ's lead. Hypocrisy, paranoia, projection and hypocrisy. And then you try to justify that as being 'angry'.

      You are toxic. It's why you're alone in life and why all you've got from decades here are a collection of a dozen, out of context quotes that say vaguely nice things.
      I have never seen an interaction with you that didn't end with you hurling insults, so if there's anyone fooling themselves about behaviour it's you - which, surprise, surprise, is a common trait of people with NPD.

      APK. NPD means it's always them. You'rs a saint

  17. Howl of injured "ne'er-do-well" you = NPD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    WHITELISTS = maintenance nightmare vs. blocked users bitching, NO DNS level security (vs DNS security issues/tracking/slower resolution vs. hosts) + NO SPEED GAIN (hosts give you 2 in adblocking + hardcodes USERS SPEND MOST TIME @ ONLINE + DNS bennies whitelists don't).

    Heuristics/Wildcards = falsepositives!

    DNS & AV = security issues (Tavis Ormandy) complexity in moving parts + SLOW YOU vs hosts speed up 2 WAYS & protect you vs. DNS security/tracking/slowup issues in resolution vs hosts.

    AV's + Addons = REACTIVE "noted 1st" by YOU bs performs LAST in security/speed/resource use/complexity 4 exploit vs. hosts (both get updates).

    Hosts on smartphones = GodMode/iPhone & ADB/Droid!

    (more coming - funny you can post TONS & I can't after you post eh? Not you cheating bastards).

    APK

    P.S.=> Hosts' native/ free/LESS is MORE = superior vs. "Bolt-on-'MoAr'" ILLOGIC logic!

    1. Re:Howl of injured "ne'er-do-well" you = NPD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      WHITELISTS = maintenance nightmare

      *laugh* Would you care to explain that? Go on. Do you even understand the terms you're using? How is a small list of allowed sites/elements harder to maintain than the every changing sea of possible malware sites? If something changes, it's usually only a single site changing where it pulls data. I can look at the requests and modify my white list from a simple browser add-on far, far more simply than having to rely on the thousands of entries supplied by host-list maintainers.

      Are you, literally, retarded?

      Heuristics/Wildcards = falsepositives!

      Blacklists=false positives! Both are rare. But with heuristics I don't need to wait for someone else to identify a possible malware site, report to a repository, have the repository update their list, download their list, merge, sort, write to file and _then_ be safe.

      You have no idea of modern usage and clearly no idea of security.

      Just because you only own one device capable of using the internet, only visit the same five sites and have a machine so slow you have to save every Mb of RAM and every CPU cycle doesn't mean that the rest of the world hasn't moved on from the 90s. If you weren't so powerfully narcissistic, maybe you'd realise that you =/= everyone else.

      blah blah blah ... complex ...

      That's what computers are for.

      blah blah blah ... slower ...

      it is an undeniable FACT that opening your app, downloading lists, merging, sorting, writing to the host file and then opening a browser to visit a site is SLOWER than opening a browser that uses an extension that auto-updates on and during use and which has a list of whitelisted elements and sites that I will allow. The only part of your ridiculous 'solution' is the actual name resolution. One. Tiny. Part.

      blah blah blah ... reactive ...

      Yup. But unlike you I believe in using a mix of blacklisting whitelisting and heuristics as a security system. You try to pretend that your reactive, blacklist is enough on its own. Big FAIL

      APK. Same tired arguments. Can't read. Can't understand. NPD is a hell of a thing

  18. Addendum (why can other ac post tons & not I?) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    MY program = hosts EZ 2 manage & interior = EASIER vs. addon regex (slower, messagepass overhead ridden SLOWER inefficient RAM hogs vs. hosts 'SOULED-OUT' to not work by default not doing their 1 job (hosts do more for less vs 'em) + vs. AV dll's sigs/dns rules.

    Block a non 3rd party script via OPERA classic BY SITE prefs (no slow usermode tag parse NoScript needed)!

    ADDON TO MY OTHER POST as 'suddenly' I can't post a post as big as the ac stalker I just blew away here https://it.slashdot.org/commen...

    LESS size vs. UNIDENTIFIABLE ac stalking me & LOSING as usual but HE CAN POST LARGER POSTS than I but after he replies I SUDDENLY CAN'T post 1/2 the size of his post?

    ANYONE can compare post sizes & SEE his post is larger & more character vs. my post I just replied to & SUDDENLY when I try to reply I have to HACK MY POST to worse grammar to fit it in vs. asshole AC UNIDENTIFIABLE stalker I kicked the SHIT out of.

    APK

    P.S.=> FUCK YOU whipslash

  19. Why do you post UNIDENTIFIABLE ac then? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject: Is it because I KICKED THE SHIT out of your bullshit like I did here https://it.slashdot.org/commen...

    Thats where anyone can COMPARE the size of your post I replied to vs. mine there - yet YOU can post encyclopedia brittanica size as AC but when I try reply to it "SUDDENLY" I can only post 1/2 the size you did?

    You make me hack up my writing's grammar + into 2 posts BOTH less in size COMBINED vs. STALKERS via UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts I kick the crap out of on EVERY ONE OF HIS BULLSHIT easily beaten 'points' in that link above!

    * Whimp, you STALK me via UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts & I kicked the CRAP out of EVERY bullshit you threw point by pointeasily & yet my posts can't be big as yours?

    FUCK YOU /. CHEATER BASTARDS!

    Especially vs. YOU who can't STAND BEHIND YOUR WORDS stalking me UNIDENTIFIABLY fucker.

    (That last part REALLY says it ALL about you weezil)

    APK

    P.S.=> Listen you chickenshit cheating little BITCH - NPD is the HOWL of an INJURED "ne'er-do-well" DO NOTHING like you that couldn't write a program like MINE to save your worthless WASTED life fucker & you know it - ESPECIALLY WHEN I KICKED THE SHIT OUT OF YOU IN THE LINK ABOVE (anyone normal does - cry of weezil's LOSING vs. someone superior is ALL your NPD cunt crap is)... apk

    1. Re:Why do you post UNIDENTIFIABLE ac then? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      *laugh*
      You kick the shit out of nothing. You're a big man posting threats from behind the keyboard.

      You can't work out how to post? Persecution!
      As you get more worked up, the ugly bits of NPD just get more obvious. Persecution and paranoia are the flip side of the same centre-of-the-universe thinking that gives rise to the grandiose claims.

      You make me hack up my writing's grammar

      *wiping a tear from my eye*
      Grammar? You're bordering on illiterate. There are parts of some posts that are incomprehensible it's such an un-punctuated salad of words, tenses and ideas.
      Please don't try to pretend that the mess you make of posting has anything to do with restrictions. You're language dysfunction is all your own.

      ... blah blah blah stalking ...

      *yawn*

      I've responded to your threats, elsewhere and told you to let me know when you're in Sydney, Australia. Of course, you haven't worked in years and it's not like your 90s shareware made any money so I can see how airfare would be a problem. So I guess you can keep on pretending to be an Internet Tough Guy.

      I'm done for today. I'm hitting limits and having to wait to post. Another time. Another thread. More NPD.

      APK. Doesn't take long for the NPD to show. Hypocrisy. Rage. Threats.

  20. Re:Addendum (why can other ac post tons & not by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I post logged in. I just tick the AC box. And I'm restricted to 10 posts per day. But my 'day' is in Australia, so my posts spread out over what seems to you to be longer. I'll often hit limit replying to you, so I'll wait until I can post the reply. I have a life. I get on with it and check in when I'm waiting for something else. And don't forget, these days there's about 3-4 people posting replies.

    But you hit limit and OMG! Persecution!

    Or are you just noticing the 'lameness' filter that stops you using the same word more than (X) times? Why do you think I have to use host, hosts, hostfile, host-file etc. when I respond to you?

    I thought you regularly switched VPNs or IP addresses to get around your posting limit.

    APK. When bad things happen to other people, laugh. When they happen to APK, it's a CRIME!

    You know, one of the things about freedom of speech is that we are only tested when it's someone saying something we don't agree with. That you've been let run your toxic mouth for so many years is a testament to Slashdot's tolerance. I admire it. Every other forum has banned you within 18 months. Here, you've been given an enormous gift, but all you can do is spit in the face of those who provide it.

    ---

    whipslash, I see a lot of criticism thrown your way. It's a thankless task, and I've been guilty of not saying 'thanks' when things are going well. So thank you. Thank you for keeping Slashdot's stance on not censoring speech. Thanks for keeping this old dinosaur alive.

  21. WRONG: EAT YOUR WORDS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    News aggregator sites or new site NOT in NO DNS bennies whitelist users blocked = maintenance!

    Heuristics+wildcards make more fps vs hosts & hosts = EZ 2 edit (vs. AV heuristics/DNS rules/regex addon for NON-TECH USERS).

    Time I save in hosts (1 min on a tiny daily intake & rare ALL sources update) & merge = 2 min PALES vs what I save vs ADS daily ALONE remotely calling to orig site, 3rd party ads servers, processing javascript LOCALLY on my power/time (hidden COST of script & ads w/ INFESTATION cleaning time = more & ads + script ARE main source of infection)

    Remote DNS lookups I don't do (avoids dns security & tracking too) I save MORE time + gain speed & security.

    WRONG - Security guides I wrote for windows 1997-2007 got me PAID unexpectedly http://pcpitstop.com/news/winn... no less that use CIS Tool (highly esteemed & they took FIXES from me too on errors THEY MADE) & LAYERED-SECURITY/DEFENSE IN DEPTH!

    APK

    P.S.=> See subject you lose

  22. You're also CHEATING me again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject: on shortening my AC posts https://it.slashdot.org/commen... vs. UR huge one https://it.slashdot.org/commen...

    WHY AM I BEING RESTRICTED TO THAT SIZE (that's exactly ALL I could post & no more) vs. YOUR "RAMBLING BULLSHIT ENCYCLOPEDIA?

    * Just because I am KICKING THE SHIT OUT OF YOU & yours POINT by POINT means /. has to CHEAT?

    APK

    P.S.=> Doesn't matter cheaters - FACT is kicking your ass & so am I easily point by point vs. your easily outsmarted bs... lol & you KNOW it as ANYONE can see BOTH posts to compare size AC's BOTH posting, losers! apk

  23. Dirtbag PUSSY from downunder has no balls? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject: So you're harassing me HIDING behind AC posts when you have a REGISTERED 'luser' acct? Punk bitch you are losing to my every post SHORTENED or not I tore up your bullshit EASILY point by point, you MENIAL moron.

    Why do I call YOU that? OK - the DAY you can show you create a program that our /. PEERS like & use as I do https://it.slashdot.org/commen... is the day I might respect you loser (my guess is @ best/most you're a MENIAL "ScryptKiddie" OpenSORES codethief (it's what they are, funny when they hit bugs in that stolen code vs. WRITING YOUR OWN from scratch as I do) OR a mere "SysAdmin" wannabe that is helpless minus coders like me merely USING our work as they're USERS w/ a better password & nothing more))

    APK

    P.S.=> Yup, you're an UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous pussy no doubt about it... apk

  24. U post ac but have a registered luser acct? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject: Call me "big man behind a keyboard" but you are just a PUSSY punk big mouth little bitch from Australia doing AC when u have an acct here.

    * I tore your bs COMPLETELY & EASILY apart point by "so-called bs 'point'" of yours vs. hosts here 1st https://it.slashdot.org/commen... & here after you vainly tried & F'd up on new sites not in whitelists meaning maintence & more (but more on your accusation I BLEW AWAY on layered security bitch) here after that 1st link too https://it.slashdot.org/commen...

    APK

    P.S.=> You laugh? I get the LAST LAUGH @ your sorry bullshitter ass dumbo on all levels (especially that you're AFRAID to use your REGISTERED 'lusername' facing me pussy boy bitch)... apk

  25. Ah wannabe "SiDeWaLk-ShRiNk of /.", lol by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject: Your NPD Howl of the injured ne'er-do-well isn't making you some pro for your "prognosis" moron & I state facts from reputable legal sources on Khyber the LOON who stalks me & f's up HUGELY when he does, lol... want to see another JERK I worked over today TOO since he's a KNOWN admitted mentalcase, druggie & threatened me too (even sending me a postcard out of butthurt that I took him down on tech? See FAKE NAME for his FAKE LIE of a WASTED druggie loon "so-called 'life'" in Zontar the Mindless https://news.slashdot.org/comm... )

    * Between Khyber, Zontar, & the PUSSY from 'downunder' I tore apart today on tech too + his being a PUSSY hiding from me stalking me by AC posts https://it.slashdot.org/commen... when he HAS a registered 'luser' acct here butHIDES from me instead?

    Please...

    APK'

    P.S.=> /. is RAPIDLY degenerating into a SHITHOLE full of troll losers who take shots @ guys like me FAR in advance of them in tech (my code ALONE proves that vs. you MENIAL scriptkiddie @ best OpenSORES thieves OR SysAdmins stitching together work GUYS LIKE ME MAKE FOR THEM TO USE minus us they're helpless)? Slashdot's become a home of trashbags (like you but NOT I)... apk

  26. Cocksucker pussy from australia AGAIN? LOL! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    You're a punk HIDING from me not I vs you https://it.slashdot.org/commen...

    You're a DISGUSTING hotair blowhard windbag talk NO SUBSTANCE do-NOTHING scared little JEALOUS "Jowie" waste of life "ne'er-do-well" I easily TORE APART in 2 posts https://it.slashdot.org/commen... & then here https://it.slashdot.org/commen... vs. your TRYING to bs YOUR WAY OUT to FAIL hugely EATING YOUR WORDS @ the end vs. me too

    * Good luck "forums sliding" BURYING my posts w/ only 43 posts @ time I post this OR downmodbombing me to HIDE my posts & me having UNLIMITED ac posting unlike most ACs I nullify by reposting what you try "hide" by abused sockpuppet driven downmods per Zontar The Mindless = TrollingForHosts Files proof https://slashdot.org/comments....

    APK

    P.S.=> Replies of MINE that for 'some reason' (not) my posts are AC are forced SUPER SHORT vs. your AC ones (/. let you post LIBRARIES by AC but I'm shortened to 1/4 of yours "oddly" ('not'))!

    Doesn't matter - I show EVERYONE what u r & /. too - pitiful, hiding from me COWARDLY unidentifiable AC & STUPID on tech I ate you alive on (WHY you hide by ac even though you ADMIT you have a registered LUSER acct)