You have to start trust in the ingenuity of people... RSA Security has already found a way to
render RFID tags useless.
Privacy issues have surfaced because any reader can read the numbers on any tag. This means a reader in a department store, for example, could not only see what items a shopper has in her cart but could also see what other items she has purchased at competing stores, as well as how much money is in her wallet and what credit cards she's carrying.
The technology that RSA Labs is proposing would make it simple for corporations and consumers to decide which tags could be read by which readers and when. The solution uses what's known as a blocker tag to simulate all possible tag serial numbers. In doing so, it prevents the reader from discovering whether a specific tag is present.
Equipped with blocker tags it would seem that RFID tags become pointless once outside a controlled environment.
Why computer virus writers are useful and we should thank them.
SyS64738 08/25/2003
The title is obviously a provocation. I am considered a balanced personality but sometimes, I like to stretch things to the extreme and to provoke reactions. This article is one of my rare attempts to provoke you... or not?
Today, after the alarm caused by the fast diffusion of the Sobig virus, we are all talking about the reasons why virus writers are coding more and more viruses.
"They should stop, somebody stop them!" I hear all the time but... is this right?
We try to answer to this question with an interview with Professor Samuel D. Forrester, one of the most famous immunologists in the world. Dr. Forrester is on the run this year to get the Nobel Prize for his recent discovery of the mechanisms of aggression of over-reacting immune cells and antibodies. He teaches at the Immunology faculty at the Konigsberg University since 1986.
Zone-H: ZH
Professor Samuel D. Forrester: SDF
ZH: Thanks for having accepted to release an interview to Zone-H
SDF: Thank you, even if it is quite unusual to be interviewed by a computer security website.
ZH: Dr. Forrester, can you tell us what is the branch of the immunology?
SDF: Immunology is the study of the complex and sophisticated immune system. The immune system is a network of cells and organs that work together to defend the body against attacks by "foreign" invaders or germs. The body provides an excellent environment for germs. When they do break into a system, it is the immune system's job to keep them out or to seek and destroy them.
ZH: What is the job of the immunologist?
SDF: Clinical immunologists research new tests and treatments involving allergic and immunologic disorders of the immune system. They work with physicians in general practice and in hospital-based specialties to treat diseases using complex and sophisticated clinical techniques. The science of clinical immunology is a fast developing area of the medical profession. The role of the immunologist is increasingly important, both in laboratory work and in patient care.
ZH: Have you heard about the recent Sobig-F virus deployment?
SDF: Yes, I read something on the newspapers. Even if computer science is not my science, the topic of the computer viruses is obviously of my interest. See, many aspects of the traditional immunology and the computer viruses are in common.
ZH: And this is the reason why Zone-H wanted this interview.... Dr. Forrester, what do you think about computer viruses, what do you know about them?
SDF: Computer viruses are exactly like the normal viruses. They can kill you if your immune system doesn't work, but at the same time, your body should thank them if your immune system is today capable to protect you from deadly illnesses.
ZH: Can you please develop the concept?
SDF: It's simple: every time you get a cold, you sneeze. But you could die, actually. The only reason why you don't die is because your immune system has been programmed to react to the "threat" posed by a germ. It's a paradox, but it's the same germ that could kill you that trained your immune system to react when invaded.
ZH: And what makes the difference? How is it possible that a germ can kill you and the same germ can train your immune system making you stronger?
SDF: It's just a matter of doses. Like with wine, one glass every day makes your heart stronger and lowers your blood pressure, one bottle every day can kill you. This is the concept on which vaccines are based.
ZH: We understand that. Can we stretch the concept saying that a constant flow of germs, if received in the proper dose, makes the body actually stronger?
SDF: Absolutely. If hypothetically we could take two newborn twins and put one of them under a glass-dome and the other one straight into the dangers of the real world, guess who would survive in case of a serious plague?
"Hey there, want a trade agreement? Not unless you bow down and worship the god of copyright exactly like we do"
What I find interesting is that part of the trade agreements is to agree to uphold each others copyrights and the fact that the USA has eased up on the requirements for getting a copyright. This would only serve to bring more revenue to the USA in the long run.
The proprietary world would have created adequate alternatives to the GCC, had the free software not driven development tool companies out of that market, he noted. "You had companies that made developer tools, but where are they today? They don't exist."
The best man won, we all benefit... now get over it.
Does anyone have any more details on this? From what I can see, it appears that routers get compromised and certain addresses get re-mapped. Perhaps class A,B and C and other reserved addresses? This allows these addresses to be used as part of the internet. Then they are removed, hopefully before anyone notices, because the routers don't hold records of changes. Have I got this correct?
Seems like a clear cut case of bad administration.. again.
Interesting Reg link on how to own a Cisco router..
I stand corrected. It seems that Sony is going to support Linux on the Playstation
Still.. I have to wonder if it will be used to get round PS2 copy-protection.:)
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Its highly probable that life is based on carbon, but other forms of life have been suggested such as silicon based and ammonia based ... n ative_forms_of_life.html
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http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/A/alter
Even here on earth we have sulphur based ecosystems. These still have carbon-based lifeforms I think, but the energy is derived from sulphur rather than from the sun.
http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/webprojects1997/ClaireO
I think you might be wrong in thinking what you are thinking if I think you think what he thinks it means.
Why computer virus writers are useful and we should thank them.
SyS64738
08/25/2003
The title is obviously a provocation. I am considered a balanced personality but sometimes, I like to stretch things to the extreme and to provoke reactions. This article is one of my rare attempts to provoke you... or not?
Today, after the alarm caused by the fast diffusion of the Sobig virus, we are all talking about the reasons why virus writers are coding more and more viruses.
"They should stop, somebody stop them!" I hear all the time but... is this right?
We try to answer to this question with an interview with Professor Samuel D. Forrester, one of the most famous immunologists in the world. Dr. Forrester is on the run this year to get the Nobel Prize for his recent discovery of the mechanisms of aggression of over-reacting immune cells and antibodies. He teaches at the Immunology faculty at the Konigsberg University since 1986.
Zone-H: ZH
Professor Samuel D. Forrester: SDF
ZH: Thanks for having accepted to release an interview to Zone-H
SDF: Thank you, even if it is quite unusual to be interviewed by a computer security website.
ZH: Dr. Forrester, can you tell us what is the branch of the immunology?
SDF: Immunology is the study of the complex and sophisticated immune system. The immune system is a network of cells and organs that work together to defend the body against attacks by "foreign" invaders or germs. The body provides an excellent environment for germs. When they do break into a system, it is the immune system's job to keep them out or to seek and destroy them.
ZH: What is the job of the immunologist?
SDF: Clinical immunologists research new tests and treatments involving allergic and immunologic disorders of the immune system. They work with physicians in general practice and in hospital-based specialties to treat diseases using complex and sophisticated clinical techniques. The science of clinical immunology is a fast developing area of the medical profession. The role of the immunologist is increasingly important, both in laboratory work and in patient care.
ZH: Have you heard about the recent Sobig-F virus deployment?
SDF: Yes, I read something on the newspapers. Even if computer science is not my science, the topic of the computer viruses is obviously of my interest. See, many aspects of the traditional immunology and the computer viruses are in common.
ZH: And this is the reason why Zone-H wanted this interview.... Dr. Forrester, what do you think about computer viruses, what do you know about them?
SDF: Computer viruses are exactly like the normal viruses. They can kill you if your immune system doesn't work, but at the same time, your body should thank them if your immune system is today capable to protect you from deadly illnesses.
ZH: Can you please develop the concept?
SDF: It's simple: every time you get a cold, you sneeze. But you could die, actually. The only reason why you don't die is because your immune system has been programmed to react to the "threat" posed by a germ. It's a paradox, but it's the same germ that could kill you that trained your immune system to react when invaded.
ZH: And what makes the difference? How is it possible that a germ can kill you and the same germ can train your immune system making you stronger?
SDF: It's just a matter of doses. Like with wine, one glass every day makes your heart stronger and lowers your blood pressure, one bottle every day can kill you. This is the concept on which vaccines are based.
ZH: We understand that. Can we stretch the concept saying that a constant flow of germs, if received in the proper dose, makes the body actually stronger?
SDF: Absolutely. If hypothetically we could take two newborn twins and put one of them under a glass-dome and the other one straight into the dangers of the real world, guess who would survive in case of a serious plague?
ZH: The
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In the U.S., the software sector accounted for approximately 319 million jobs in 2001
But according to the CIA Factbook:
Labor force: 140.9 million (includes unemployed) (2000)
Does anyone have any more details on this? From what I can see, it appears that routers get compromised and certain addresses get re-mapped. Perhaps class A,B and C and other reserved addresses? This allows these addresses to be used as part of the internet. Then they are removed, hopefully before anyone notices, because the routers don't hold records of changes. Have I got this correct?
Seems like a clear cut case of bad administration.. again. Interesting Reg link on how to own a Cisco router..
I stand corrected. It seems that Sony is going to support Linux on the Playstation Still .. I have to wonder if it will be used to get round PS2 copy-protection. :)