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DHS Issues Security Alert About Recent DNS Hijacking Attacks (zdnet.com)
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has published today an "emergency directive" that contains guidance in regards to a recent report detailing a wave of DNS hijacking incidents perpetrated out of Iran. ZDNet reports: The emergency directive [1, 2] orders government agencies to audit DNS records for unauthorized edits, change passwords, and enable multi-factor authentication for all accounts through which DNS records can be managed. The DHS documents also urges government IT personnel to monitor Certificate Transparency (CT) logs for newly-issued TLS certificates that have been issued for government domains, but which have not been requested by government workers.
The emergency directive comes after last week, the DHS issued an alert about ongoing DNS hijacking attacks through its US-CERT division. The DHS US-CERT alert was based on a report published last week by U.S. cyber-security firm FireEye. The now infamous report detailed a coordinated hacking campaign during which a cyber-espionage group believed to operate out of Iran had manipulated DNS records for the domains of private companies and government agencies. The purpose of these DNS hijacks was to redirect web traffic meant for companies and agencies' internal email servers towards malicious clones, where the Iranian hackers would record login credentials.
The emergency directive comes after last week, the DHS issued an alert about ongoing DNS hijacking attacks through its US-CERT division. The DHS US-CERT alert was based on a report published last week by U.S. cyber-security firm FireEye. The now infamous report detailed a coordinated hacking campaign during which a cyber-espionage group believed to operate out of Iran had manipulated DNS records for the domains of private companies and government agencies. The purpose of these DNS hijacks was to redirect web traffic meant for companies and agencies' internal email servers towards malicious clones, where the Iranian hackers would record login credentials.
Build that firewall and make Iran pay for it!
It happened to me too. Is there a hotline I can call to report fraud? I have names and dates and details
DHS people still working as essential workers through the shutdown. Uncommon sense! Maybe we should take up a collection and send them a pizza.
How very true. None of the US government agencies ever report their own or each others attacks, which are widespread and constant, both to the US itself and the rest of the world. As for who to blame for attacks, it's extraordinarily rare to be able to accurately determine the origin, so all these claims made about who is doing them is nothing but political propaganda (AKA bullshit!).
If you bought the phone, you could call to find out. Guess you made the wrong decision!
Oh so I can only report fraud if I agree to he defrauded first? So itâ(TM)s extra fraudulent fraud? Like racketeering?
me too
Thank you fellow sock-puppets! Without your insight /. would be so much poorer.
Sincerely, kukla iz noska
Seriously, Slashdot. When is it professional to publicly bash someone who's going through a hard time?!
LEAVE APK ALONE!?! PLEASE! I MEAN IT!
Anyone who has a problem with him, you deal with me! Because he's not well right now.
Kill the Satanic demon Vladimir Putin, he lives by sucking the blood of Russia's children!
Those are pretty specific requirements for the DHS to just pull out of their ass. Wouldn't at all surprise me if Mircosoft or Google suddenly came into the picture again offering their "solutions".
These are administration problems not DNS as such doing things like enabling 2FA will -NOT- solve anything.
... welcome to the new narrative - cyber attacks by the countries the US is destabilising.
Thank you for this fellow sock-puppets! Without your insight /. would be so much poorer.
FTFM
See subject: GROW UP loon!
* For your own sake, loser...
APK
P.S.=> Seriously UNBELIEVABLE... apk
and totally breaks when the site moves or adds another node into their cluster, or has to move as their IP block get hacked.
DNS is needed in some form. A local host file for everything is just dumb.
The only problem of import is ability for attackers to record login credentials due to continued use of insecure authentication algorithms.
What should be an obvious basic fact known to all I'm 100% certain will be totally lost on whoever is not furloughed and responsible for these systems.
DNS is the problem. Yes insecure DNS providing insecure pointers to insecure network addresses is the problem. It's all DNS... lock that shit down or a disaster will occur. Yep we're all really THAT stupid.
Personally I blame browser vendors for their persistent refusal to support secure authentication algorithms.
When you cache an entry in hosts the first time, how can you be certain that DNS isn't poisoned at that time? If you cache the poisoned entry, you've exacerbated the issue by ensuring the user continually resolves the host incorrectly. Your software probably makes the situation worse.
Your software is shit. You've had the Mac Mini for a month but haven't ported your software because you're too busy spamming Slashdot and generally making an ass of yourself. Given the choice between repeatedly posting offtopic spam about Jews or porting your software, you'll choose the former every time. That's precisely why you're so unsuccessful and haven't done anything with your life beyond a program for concatenating files and sorting strings. Don't lie and pretend you were servicing rental properties because you ran from a completely fair challenge and made excuses when asked to prove that you actually own rental properties.
When you turn on the football game and see an NFL quarterback who looks just like Tom Brady, 99.99% of the time, it's Tom Brady.
Those of us who work in network security day after day, year after year, get to know the other people involved, including the opposition. I can often spot a root kit hidden on a Linux server within seconds of logging in. In those first few seconds I haven't absolutely proved it. I still have to confirm the root kit, but so far I've never been wrong when I spotted the clues. Not because I'm genius, but because after 20 years you get to know your job. Just like the auto mechanic with 20 years of experience can hear your spark plug missing as you drive up to the shop.
In medicine they say "when you hear hoofbeats in the night, look for horses - not zebras." Theoretically, what appears to be Tom Brady playing in the championship game could actually be John Elway come out of retirement wearing a Ton Brady mask. That's physically possible. But you know what, Tom Brady played in the AFC championship yesterday, it wasn't Elway in a mask.
You can't prove it was really Tom Brady in the game yesterday, and I can't prove it was really Iran. But it was Brady, and it was Iran. They are both pretty easy to recognize if you know what you're looking for.
Then, I am sure a renowned Slashdot collaborator and IT janitor living and working in in the Santa Clara county area in the states could help you with this topic.
He could even make a video about it!
Cdreimer left /. after 20 years and posted 100+ videos in 2018. His trolls are still butthurt that he left them alone with APK.
The thing to do for him: post more videos :)
Holy shit boy! Are you the same guy as depicted below?
Before the sex change:
https://ibb.co/cc7Ddw
After the sex change:
https://ibb.co/gVad65
That's what you get for connecting critical private services to a fragile public network all together by implicit trust. The internet has never been an appropriate place for primary means of operating. It is much too fragile. Have we learned nothing from the bgp snaffus and always growing list of systems that have been compromised.. this not with the internet was designed for. It should be no wonder that doesn't operate very reliably for that purpose
lulz assburgers detected
No one should ever listen to retarded bitch Alexander Peter Kowalski bullshit. Here is a small collection of him getting stomped on and being too dumb to realize he lost.
Here is a chronicle of your bitch ass getting beaten on your port filtering statements.
Here is another one where your got beaten hard because you can't back up anything you say. This was about how you claim your shitware can block all hosts in a domain, which it can't.
Then there is your claim that the Chinese copied you but you admit that at best all you have is wild ass speculation and can't offer any real proof or even actual evidence to support yourself.
How about the list of experts you claim support your statements, none of which actually support your work and have been shown to actually be saying things different from what you stated they were.
Maybe instead you can tell us about your "success" where a project rejected your stupid simplistic idea or maybe threaten to sue someone again because you are a insecure little man who is washed up and never amounted to anything.
Because he is so defective he will likely continuing to repeat his debunked BS hoping it might be true this time or maybe in an effort of convince himself that he isn't a loser.
Custom hosts files keep you safe from this via hardcoded favorite sites you spend most time @ online. My program places them @ the TOP of hosts for FASTEST POSSIBLE RESOLUTION cached in local system RAM as well - FAR faster vs. DNS & less moving parts + resource consumption.
* It also proofs you vs. DNS requestlog tracking & DNS' Kaminsky redirect poisoning security flaw that 95++% of ISP DNS are NOT patched for & stops malware attacks of all kinds & blocks ads too.
Even CHINA copied this idea from me http://theregister.co.uk/2017/...
APK
P.S.=> For the best hosts file multiplatform:
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 chars & download)
APK Hosts File Engine 10++ SR-1 32/64-bit for Windows https://hosts-file.net/?s=Down... (DL link @ bottom)
Soon for MacOS too (just got a NEW Mac-Mini to port it there)... apk
1.) My program stops portfilter errs in hosts https://news.slashdot.org/comm...
2.) CHINA did hardcodes LONG AFTER I DID "Time is on MY SIDE" (Rolling Stones) lol, period. I don't ADMIT you're right on a damn thing liar.
3.) Wildcards CREATE FALSE POSITIVES (try wildcard myftp.org, not all sites in it = bad). Hosts specifics don't cause that.
4.) I never had to sue Thor SCHMUCK - CA rescinded their FALSE POSITIVE error, sold off their shitty antivirus & I said I'd speak to an attorney & I did who advised I go thru their removal process & I won.
5.) /. users state the value of hosts for getting users more speed/security/reliability/anonymity listed here (enumerated as "Registered /.ers reviews") https://it.slashdot.org/commen...
6.) Security pros galore + /.ers praise the layered security efficacy of hosts quoted here https://it.slashdot.org/commen...
APK
P.S.=> You can't even STAND BEHIND YOUR WORDS (lies) you UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous STALKER of me... apk
OpenDNS (I do this one) or Root 13 DNS servers (or one right off 'em like ICANN etc.) is how: Both = PATCHED vs. Kaminsky redirect poisoning security flaw: How come you can't think of that but I CAN in seconds?
* You're STUPID is why - lmao!
(I'll get the MacOS port done soon once I get past doing other things that take precedence in my life like repairs on properties I have in businesses I own/run etc. (which is NO LIE) unlike YOU Jealous "Lil JOWIE" you are that STALKS me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts...)
APK
P.S.=> All YOU can do is WASTE your already WASTED "so-called 'life'" STALKING me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts lol - why not "Make a Wheel" per https://isc.sans.edu/forums/di... as I have instead? Oh, that's right - YOU DON'T HAVE THE SKILL (or will) TO DO SO - RoTfLmAo... apk
See subject: Can't setup my Mac Mini per what I said where I SHOT YOU TO PIECES via OpenDNS https://news.slashdot.org/comm... (soon, but not yet - life & business takes precedence unfortunately).
HOWEVER: Should only take me a week OR two @ most as it did when I ported the original Windows model (inferior to Linux one on a couple levels in speed/efficiency & features) to the Linux SUPERIOR version!
* RoTfLmAo!
APK
P.S,=> Face facts: Not only are you an UNSKILLED uneducated MENIAL Jealous "Lil' Jowie" who STALKS me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts & who can't Make a Wheel https://isc.sans.edu/forums/di... as I have which DOZENS of registered /.ers praise/like/use & 100,000++ users WORLDWIDE utilize for more speed/security online but you LOSE still yet again, hahahaha... apk
See subject & My program checks IP-2-hostname resolution everytime you run it & changes it as needed IF needed if you do that part AND I EASILY DUSTED YOUR OTHER BS using Root13 DNS (or rather servers RIGHT off it ala ICANN) or OpenDNS (which I do use) WHICH ARE PATCHED vs. Kaminsky redirect poisoning flaws (unlike 95++% of ISP DNS servers to this very day EVEN THOUGH A PATCH EXISTS FOR IT) STUPID https://news.slashdot.org/comm...
* See subject - no matter WHAT bs you TRY? I, the "Lord of Hosts" (sarcasm but applies) BLOWS YOU AWAY @ every turn!
APK
P.S.=> RoTfLmAo - This? This is just "too, Too, TOO EASY - just '2ez'" as always vs. UNSKILLED uneducated MENIAL DOLTS like you, Jealous "Lil" Jowie" who can't MAKE A WHEEL as I have per https://isc.sans.edu/forums/di... that DOZENS of registered /.ers like/use/praise & 100,000++ users worldwide use... apk
See subject & it was a PLEASURE proving how STUPID you are on DNS poisoning & how to avoid it https://news.slashdot.org/comm... & also using VERIFIABLE undeniable concrete FACTS vs. your other crap too here https://news.slashdot.org/comm...
* LOL - just to "start the show" vs. "your kind" (menial UNEDUCATED unskilled & no WILL to Make a Wheel https://isc.sans.edu/forums/di... as I have that not only I use daily, but also DOZENS of registered /.ers + 100,000++ users worldwide (more by now, I haven't checked on that in 1/2 a year or more)) & YOUR KIND?
You're JEALOUS "Lil' Jowies"!
APK
P.S.=> amicusNYCL is TOO busy EATING HIS WORDS & is showing manners, finally, NOT TALKING w/ his mouth full of them as he eats (lol) https://slashdot.org/comments.... & RAN vs. https://science.slashdot.org/c... too (which I know the CHATTERING little TWAT behind his FAKE NAME can't do a thing vs. as he is a DO-NOTHING punk "ne'er-do-well" TALKER & that's it - he's another UNSKILLED & no will UNEDUCATED nobody that can't CREATE good things (only TROLLING me & STALKING me - the province of JEALOUS "Lil' Jowies", hahaha))... apk
Big laugh I got was APK slamming you on avoiding DNS poisoning using OpenDNS as you impersonate him https://news.slashdot.org/comm... and the fact you stalk him by unidentifiable anonymous trollings only to get destroyed by APK.
See subject & you're CAUGHT IMPERSONATING ME BEFORE c6gunner (your name's on it) https://linux.slashdot.org/com... by ALTERING /.ers' words of praise who LIKE & USE my program (low).
* ADDITIONALLY AGAIN: It was a REAL PLEASURE showing EVERYONE how STUPID you are on OpenDNS &/or ICANN dns servers, slower resolving & tracking you by DNS request logs (maybe not OpenDNS but NOT SURE either on that) & how they BLOW YOU PAST your STUPID weak BULLSHIT attempt here https://news.slashdot.org/comm... you STUPID weezil... lol!
APK
P.S.=> Grow UP & quit WASTING your already WASTED LIFE by STALKING me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts OR by YOU IMPERSONATING me - I'll beat both using VERIFIABLE undeniable FACTS as always & you'll lose... apk
Big laugh I got was you pretending to not be APK while you simultaneously think there is only one person trolling you.
See subject & in addition to what you replied this made me look GREAT + YOU, very stupid lol https://news.slashdot.org/comm...
* RoTfLmAo @ U!
APK
P.S.=> I'd say "@ your EXPENSE PUBLICLY" too after the asterisk above BUT you don't STAND BEHIND YOUR WORDS & instead you STALK me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts like the "weezil" you prove yourself to be... apk
See subject & https://www.bleepingcomputer.c... & Google! As is, addons = easily detected & blocked by webmasters.
(Google's /.'s MAIN "silver string purse puller" did it & doubtless behind MORONS I crush on /. who STALK me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts ONLY TO BE ANNIHILATED by me e.g. https://news.slashdot.org/comm... lol!)
* Google ALSO tried to "move the goalposts"/"change the rules" by CHANGING every site to "https" BULLSHIT (SSL to TLS anyone, only to be BROKEN as always) by BRIBING Mozilla (they are 1 of, if not THE biggest, 'sponsor' of FireFox) to "go HTTPS" & pass ALL queries thru FF only (ignoring hosts STUPIDLY & breaking HOW the IP stack works PROPERLY using local caches 1st).
EASY TO BEAT IN FF about:config:
network.dnsCacheEntries 0
network.trr.mode to 5 (SHUTS IT OFF)
network.trr.uri (set to 208.67.222.222)
extensions.pocket.enabled = FALSE
MY PROGRAM WORKS & hostname use = DOWN in malware per https://unit42.paloaltonetwork...
APK
P.S.=> When my "competition" loses? They CHEAT vs. a SUPERIOR TOOL in my hosts engine https://news.slashdot.org/comm... (no slow usermode addon - it's a kernelmode FASTER method unbroken)
Apk made you anonymous trolls stalking him by unidentifiable anon look stupid in link in post you replied to. There could be a 1000 of you stalking him and he defeats you everytime or you defeat yourselves usually as shown in https://news.slashdot.org/comm... so how dumb are you? That dumb evidently.
lol I'm not the keyboard cowboy getting worked up over stupid neckbeard shit
See subject & the FACT UBlock origin copied ME in using hosts files (but they don't populate hosts favs as my program does & that's a CURE for this issue & DNS requestlog tracking + FASTER hostname resolution vs. DNS & NO usermode SLOW & excess messagepass addons (crippled by default to NOT WORK 'souled-out' to advertisers (adblock)) & KERNELMODE FAST (part of IP stack/ gets CPU time precedence vs. usermode)).
* :)
"It's GOOD to be KING" (me the "LORD OF HOSTS" (sarcasm but fits perfectly)).
See subject: The SUPERIOR method from ME - THE SUPERIOR WARRIOR!
APK
P.S.=> For best hosts file multiplatform:
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 chars & download)
APK Hosts File Engine 10++ SR-1 32/64-bit for Windows https://hosts-file.net/?s=Down... (DL link @ bottom)
Soon for MacOS (I just got a NEW Mac-Mini to port it)
Where is the MS-DOS version? Useless.
Odd you keep posting off topic trying to post bury your giant defeat at APK's hands here then https://news.slashdot.org/comm... which is typical defeated troll tactics with your unidentifiable anon posts.
DOS has no native IP stack typically & even IF you had old 16-bit Win3.x on it, trumpet winsock was shitty - however, could I do one? Sure!
Crappy ugly NOBODY WANTS TO USE charactermode/tty term/DOS Window version? Stupid. GUI is the future (OR did you surf here using Lynx)??
Still - done in Pascal (fastest string processor there is) WOULD BE FASTER + STILL EVEN MORE EFFICIENT (no GUI resource + messagepass overheads). Using Turbo Pascal 4.5 I could whip it up in MINUTES probably but no point (afaik, trumpet winsock was for WINDOWS 3.x, not DOS - correct me IF I am off/wrong here though - haven't used DOS itself, not emulation layers in modern OS like NT based ones, since 1992 really)
APK
P.S.=> In ANY event? It's GOOD TO BE KING & THE SUPERIOR WARRIOR (The "Lord of Hosts" (sarcasm but fits perfect here) per https://news.slashdot.org/comm... & ESPECIALLY vs. that GOOGLE FUCKUP... apk
Odd that you keep thinking I'm someone else.
Only odd thing I see is you trying to bury you being soundly trashed by fact apk used to burn you https://news.slashdot.org/comm... and it obviously pisses you off you are that stupid.
Stop making excuses. GUI is for noobs. DOS is for leet haxors.
Like he asked, did you surf here using Lynx or another character mode DOS browser (which one might I ask)? Answer that. If you did tell us how you replied to a nested discussion tree using them.
Right & the "Lord of Hosts" has a cure for DNS poisoning via my APK Hosts File Engine MULTIPLATFORM https://news.slashdot.org/comm... avoiding not ONLY Kaminsky security flaw (that 95++% of ISP DNS aren't patched vs. EVEN THOUGH A PATCH HAS EXISTED FOR A DECADE++ or more no less) BUT also DNS requestlog tracking & SLOWER RESOLUTION dns has vs. a custom local hosts file w/ your FAVORITE SITES "hardcoded" (1 nice feature of MY hosts program that separates it from the weaker ones (all of them, many doing so AFTER me to TRY copy me, lol & FAILING in slower performance & less features like that one) + protection vs. MALWARE OF ALL TYPES & ads slowing/tracking/infecting you too!
* :)
APK
P.S.=> It's GOOD to be KING (the "Lord of hosts" (sarcasm but fits here perfectly) & a SUPERIOR WARRIOR w/ a SUPERIOR METHOD CURE (on all fronts possible)... apk
ISIAH Chapter 6 verses 6-13 "I heard the voice of the Lord (of hosts) saying 'who shall I send, & who will go for us' & I said 'here am I, send me'" per APK Hosts File Engine https://news.slashdot.org/comm...
* Enjoy - it's FREE, native multiplatform 64-bit UNTOUCHABLE Object Pascal code (fastest @ the job it does here, even vs. MSVC++) & works vs. this threat + TONS of others online (like ads tracking/infecting/slowing you + protection vs. malware of ALL kinds)) & even CHECKS ITSELF vs. viral corruption (or alteration), no bugs found to DATE in ANY version of it (some of my finest work ever - & this WILL CONTINUE on Macs just as it has IMPROVING on Linux over the Windows model).
An ACT OF FAITH & my faith's rewarded hostname use = DOWN in malware per https://unit42.paloaltonetwork...
APK
P.S.=> Per YOURS TRULY the "Lord of Hosts" (sarcasm, but fits here PERFECTLY)... apk
ISIAH Chapter 6 verses 6-13 "I heard the voice of the Lord (of hosts) saying 'who shall I send, & who will go for us' & I said 'here am I, send me'" per APK Hosts File Engine https://news.slashdot.org/comm...
* Enjoy - it's FREE, native multiplatform 64-bit UNTOUCHABLE Object Pascal code (fastest @ the job it does here, even vs. MSVC++) & works vs. this threat + TONS of others online (like ads tracking/infecting/slowing you + protection vs. malware of ALL kinds)) & even CHECKS ITSELF vs. viral corruption (or alteration), no bugs found to DATE in ANY version of it (some of my finest work ever - & this WILL CONTINUE on Macs just as it has IMPROVING on Linux over the Windows model).
An ACT OF FAITH & my faith's rewarded hostname use = DOWN in malware per https://unit42.paloaltonetwork...
APK
P.S.=> Per YOURS TRULY the "Lord of Hosts" (sarcasm, but fits here PERFECTLY)... apk
It's here! APK Hosts File Engine 1.0++ 64-bit for MacOS 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 M a c O S . z i p
Yields more security/speed/reliability/anonymity vs. any 1 solution (99% of threats use hostnames vs. IP address most firewalls use) more efficiently/FASTER + NATIVELY 4 less!
Vs. "Bolt on 'MoAr' illogic-logic" slowing you hosts speed u up 2 ways: Adblocks + Hardcode fav. sites u spend most time @ vs. competition loaded w/ security bugs (DNS/AntiVir) + overheads slowing u (messagepass 'souled-out' to advertisers easily detected & blocked addons + firewall filtering drivers) & their complexity leads to exploitation!
* ONLY 1 of its kind in GUI 4 MacOS!
(Better vs. Windows model in speed/efficiency)
APK
P.S.=> I am God's gift to Slashdot. I am NOT c6gunner. My work is world-class. China copied my work because they can't do better. Protects against Spectre & Meltdown + all other known & unknown threats... apk
See subject: Your MASSIVE FAIL in this life is you're nothing more than a chattering little do-nothing "ne'er-do-well" online & you know it...
* Is that the best your "phantasyland FAKE NAME" (for your fake lie of a so-called 'life') can manage?
When a FAKE NAME do nothing like YOU does better than I have? Then talk (you're all talk & no action)...
You can't help you're an immature little BUTTHURT no-mind, lol! I blew you away in TONS OF PLACES and easily dust your no-mind bullshit blatherings.
APK
P.S.=> The TRUE PRICE of your UNIDENTIFIABLE FAKE NAME do-nothing selves like you that I can ALWAYS CASH IN ON (lol) is that I can use FACT/TRUTH on them to SHATTER their all TOO fragile delusional egos that they actually know A DAMN THING in computing, lol... apk
the post you keep linking has nothing to do with me...
See subject + though raymorris & I "had differences" before, I respect him for his kernelpatch (which IS MORE than MOST here did). Unless he gave me GUFF directly to me? I'd never bug ray.
* So cut your crap, loser & GROW UP!
APK
P.S.=> Why not spend your time more wisely & POTENTIALLY profitably in learning by "MAKING A WHEEL" https://isc.sans.edu/forums/di... instead of IMPERSONATING me &/or STALKING me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts ONLY TO HAVE ME FLATTEN YOU e.g. https://news.slashdot.org/comm... ? apk
Still IMPERSONATING ME & stalking me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anon posts all over this page? Grow up. MacOS model isn't done yet.
* Unbelievable...
APK
P.S.=> Then again, it IS believable from NO GOOD do-NOTHING "ne'er-do-well" TROLL not-men DEFICIENTS (lol, thanks for THAT one gweihir - it's what YOU rightfully call 'em) like you... apk
Bull it doesn't. Same unidentifiable anonymous coward is the submitter just like you and it is you stalking apk by unidentifiable ac all over this article losing as you are here https://news.slashdot.org/comm... very badly on your end. You are trying to use troll tactics of post burial but you fail there too. Good luck. It's 40 posts away. Many will see all this anyway.
What's that have to do with host files? You and your program are shit. You say no one would use the DOS version, ironically, no one uses ANY version you release.
See subject & results in https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... https://yro.slashdot.org/comme... https://it.slashdot.org/commen... https://linux.slashdot.org/com... https://news.slashdot.org/comm... https://apple.slashdot.org/com... https://it.slashdot.org/commen... https://it.slashdot.org/commen... https://it.slashdot.org/commen... https://it.slashdot.org/commen... https://it.slashdot.org/commen... https://it.slashdot.org/commen... https://search.slashdot.org/co... https://it.slashdot.org/commen... https://it.slashdot.org/commen... https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... https://apple.slashdot.org/com... https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... https://it.slashdot.org/commen...
* That's only recently while I've been on Linux (July 2018) & 100's of times vs. MANY other botnets/malwares etc. in the past circa 2006-early 2018 while I was on Windows: CONCRETE VISIBLE UNDENIABLE REALITY (see those links as proof). ... & that's ONLY what /. reported on (there are FAR more)
APK
P.S.=> "It's working: Neville... it's working!" - "I AM LEGEND"... apk
"classic Windows hosts trick to block the Coinhive or Crypto-Loot domains" - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/a-new-player-joins-coinhive-on-the-browser-cryptojacking-scene/ - BLEEPING COMPUTER
ZD NET http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-use-a-hosts-file-to-improve-your-internet-experience/ "Hosts files really shine by letting you block ads, spyware sites, malware sites, & tracking sites"
SANS ("A related approach to the DNS issue is to create a hosts file on each system that sends requests for spyware to some place else" hosts by myself & RAMU right @ START of "malware explosion" mid 2005 on) https://isc.sans.edu/forums/di...
Aryeh Goretsky/ESET/NOD32: hosts = good security https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=7442373&.cid=49747129/
Oliver Day (SYMANTEC/SECURITYFOCUS) http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/491/
Spybot S&D uses hosts.
APK
P.S.=> Malwarebytes' hpHosts hosts & RECOMMENDS my program forum.hosts-file.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4290
Your software is just fine - well written, functional... I'm going to continue using the Host File Engine by mmell February 17, 2017
Your premise that hostfiles are a good way to deal with advertising and malvertising is quite valid - by JazzLad April 20, 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
that APK guy, I use his host file by rogoshen1 Tuesday March 03, 2015
I personally use a HOSTS file blocker produced from a genius called APK by 110010001000 October 27 2017
* For the Win32/64 model...
APK
P.S.=> Linux model's faster/more efficient/better MERGE feature too - More coming... apk
Apk has the answer for that - really... kill automatic updates by adding a hosts file entry setting updates.steam.com or whatever to 127.0.0.1. You have to find the right hostname for each software you want to block updates on by raymorris (2726007) on Friday July 06, 2018
APK your posts on this and the hosts file posts, and more, have never been in error and/or bad advice by BlueStrat (756137) on Wednesday June 21, 2017
I support APK's stand on the hosts file and can't see why it's not used more than it is. My hosts file is 144247 lines long (4,332 Kb) it & a firewall serves me very well - by Trax3001BBS (2368736)
ABP is insufficient as a solid hosts file does everything APK reminds us about fast turtle September 17 2013
You need APK's hosts file - by Teun (17872) on Wednesday August 06, 2014
* For the Win32/64 model...
APK
P.S.=> Linux model's faster/more efficient + BETTER merge feature - More coming... apk
APK is totally right on this count. Adblock Plus on Firefox mobile is a dog on older, or lower end, phones. A hostfile based adblocker makes for a much better experience in this context. Of course, your phone has to be rooted, which isn't the case with Firefox + adblock." - by chihowa on Saturday May 16, 2015
APK solution STILL relevant Thud457 June 11 2015
In a footnote, I would like to note that I find your hosts file admirable - by vel-ex-tech (4337079) on Tuesday November 24, 2015
APK's monolithic hosts file is looking pretty good at the moment - by Culture20 on Thursday November 17
you're right about hosts files - by drinkypoo (153816) on Thursday May 26
APK, I know people give you a lot of shit regarding hosts, but please don't ever stop - by nasredin (958927) on Friday June 12, 2015 @03:34PM
* For the Win32/64 model...
APK
P.S.=> Linux model's faster/more efficient + BETTER merge feature - More coming... apk
APK is kinda right... I've given up on JS based adblocking and gone to blackholing in /etc/hosts, just like it was back in the 90s. The computational load has gotten intolerable for any ad-blocking using JS. I've tried his hosts file generating software. It works. - by bmo (77928) on Thursday October 15, 2015
get around to 'installing' a hosts file list, not sure which one, likely the one from someonewhocares.org. If it works as well as what I used for a while about ten years ago, I'll be happy. And grateful to APK for the lesson and the reminder. - by kermidge (2221646) on Wednesday March 27
I actually went and downloaded a 16k line hosts file and started using that after seeing that post, you know just for trying it out. some sites load up faster. - by gl4ss (559668) on Thursday November 17
dammit MS, you proved APK right about something by lgw
* For the Win32/64 model...
APK
P.S.=> Linux model's faster/more efficient + BETTER merge feature - More coming... apk
(APK) is still right a hosts file really does work. It even blocked a some of the video ads that were inserted into a stream OrangeTide February 10 2016
the Host File Engine performs exactly as promised - by mmell (832646) on Thursday February 16, 2017
I do use APK's host file on all my systems at home by OrangeTide December 01 2017
I've never tried to belittle (APK's work), I've flat out said it's good - by BronsCon (927697) on Thursday February 11, 2016 @06:48PM (#51491263)
(Toss on 100,000++ users worldwide too!)
* For the Win32/64 model...
APK
P.S.=> Linux model's faster/more efficient + BETTER merge feature... apk
Who did it 1st: China or me? I did - dates are my proof https://theregister.co.uk/2017... w/ the FACT China rampantly STEALS U.S. Intellectual properties & military secrets!
* IMITATION truly IS the SINCEREST FORM of FLATTERY!!!
(... & proves hosts work vs. DNS faults in tracking you via dns request logs (since you avoid it & resolve FASTER locally using hosts) + DNS being downed OR Kaminsky REDIRECT security flaw misdirected poisoned (or vs. DNSChanger))
ESPECIALLY AS I DISCOVERED MODEMS CHINA MAKES EVEN YOUR ISP CAN'T GET INTO FOR DNS CHANGE (but China can) https://slashdot.org/comments....
APK
P.S.=> Folks, It's NOT EASY being "World-Class" like me (lol - 100,000++ users prove it for me) - enjoy the fruits of my labors for FREE + going FASTER/SAFER/MORE RELIABLY online (w/ a bit more anonymity too via my program)... apk
Where is DNS-and-BIND?
He hasn't made a single comment on this story. It's almost like he has no relevant expertise or interest in the subject. Isn't that interesting?
Now we all see that the retarded bitch Alexander Peter Kowalski can't actually backup his statements and has nothing. I hate to break it to him but he has just lost this argument and I will even explain how but he is just too dumb to believe or accept it. First he makes his usual assertion, I responded by implying that it is bullshit because a bunch of his other related statements have been shown to be bullshit. I back up those statements of mine with links showing that. In response I he repeates those statements that I had shown to be bullshit.
If someone tears apart your statements and then you respond by just repeating those torn apart statements it means you lost. When one fails to refute or offer counter points and instead just repeats themselves it means they have nothing. So I guess Mr. Kowalski is a loser and just likes to prove it for all to see.
Don't RUN "Forrest" & say specifically WHY "I have nothing" & how so/where so I can dismantle you UNIDENTIFIABLE ac STALKER of me.
APK
P.S.=> "Run, Forrest: RUN!!!"... apk
LMAO - KNEW you'd RUN, "Forrest" vs. this https://news.slashdot.org/comm... & IMPERSONATING me now too? Please... lol!
* You're pitiful... & you're right: I DON'T LOSE (especially to RATS & WEEZILS like YOU that either IMPERSONATE me OR you STALK me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts ("big accomplishment" for you (not)).
APK
P.S.=> IF I'm off/wrong, you'd have let me know it - you can't... apk
Retarded bitch Alexander Peter Kowalski I told you exactly why in my previous post. I even jokingly stated that you are probably too dumb to believe it but it would appear that you really are that stupid. I went through step by step so either you can't read and are illiterate or you are dumber than everyone here thought. I guess I have another reference point for your stupidity that I can point people to now.
LMAO - KNEW you'd RUN, "Forrest" from https://news.slashdot.org/comm...
* WEEZIL!
APK
P.S.=> Puny NO BALLS "weezil" HIDING from me STALKING me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous trollings no less - disgusting = what YOU are (& you KNOW it - hence your hiding)... apk
Sorry retarded bitch Alexander Peter Kowalski that post wasn't mine it was someone else who mocks you in a different way. You are just too dumb to realize that there is a difference between parody and impersonation. What they did was a parody and like all good parody is based in fact and reality. There are lots of people who respond to your bullshit and make fun of you.
You RAN, "Forrest", lol (knew it) vs. this https://news.slashdot.org/comm... RoTfLmAo @ U!
* You're just PLAIN TOO DAMN DUMB to even TRY to "duke it out" w/ me & you KNOW it (you prove it by RUNNING from that challenge & also HIDING from me STALKING me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts too, lol).
APK
P.S.=> As always? YOU LOSE (& especially vs. me)... apk
WRONG: You have NO BALLS amicusNYCL & obviously no SKILLS either as you had to RUN "Forrest" vs. https://news.slashdot.org/comm...
* LOL! Proof's in the pudding... Seeing you RUN vs. that FAIR CHALLENGE I put to you & seeing you HIDE behind UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous too? Priceless & CLASSIC!
APK
P.S.=> You LOSE amicusNYCL (but that's what you LOSERS do & you are SO GOOD @ IT (especially vs. me, hahahaha))... apk
Retarded bitch Alexander Peter Kowalski decided to double down on his stupidity. He continues failing to make a point or refute anything that has been said about him or his work and thus conceded. He had a chance to refute anything that was said instead continues to live in denial divorced from reality. If he can't read, understand, or follow such a simple argument how can his logic and reasoning on more complex topics such as computer security be trusted. The truth is his advise can't be trusted, especially since he doesn't believe in things like digital signatures or many other such things that provide provable security.
Look it is retarded bitch Alexander Peter Kowalski pretend friend here to defend him. If you actually aren't Alexander Peter Kowalski then you are an even bigger retard than he is since he isn't even trying his usual bitch tactics of repeating himself, calling people names, or deflecting from valid criticism.