This may actually be good for linux as these sellout companies may go down the tubes and companies are NOT what the GNU/FOSS/Linux strength is.... It's the developers.... Who will then move to different distros that did not sell out and make these large worthwhile distros stronger. Unless this is thier plan (To consolidate the distros so Microsoft only has one target to go after)
There's always a way around this. The company where I work locked down their network (Windows XP domain frontends, server 2000 back) they locked it off from the internet because of too many spyware/trojan crap getting in...
Anyway, just a start>run>cmd
ping www.google.com and getting a connection gave me two options. Tunnel over DNS or ICMP. I picked the former, set up my bind server to accept these who is dlfgh987y9ywe%^&%^%%&*(^*&^876@mydomain.net requests and give the packet back... It's slow.... But there's no way to permit some traffic and block others. A tunnel can always be set up... Just search TCP/IP over DNS.... By the way I couldn't install software on this "limited" domain computer (Although getting DOS prompt prolly should be blocked)
Simple, all this code is easily compiled in knoppix or ubuntu live cd.... Boot off the CD...
Ethernet has no authentication so is easily 'opened'
Lets not forget the fact that Ethernet technology has absolutely NO security. Whats to stop someone from using raw sockets to plant themselves in the middle of someone else's connection, or writing their own MAC address. Trivial, unless you use XP SP2 which raw sockets were removed for your protection... But of course we all use Linux here;)
Ethernet, No authentication, no security per say at this level 2 protocol. ARP poisoning is trivial to do.... Also a GREAT defense to use if you end up being one of the students in the law suit.... Or to protect yourself from a law suit, use someone elses connection....... That's probably why grandma is getting sued for d/l Metallica. Please... I can't even believe how many of my neighbors have WIDE open wireless internet with default passwords on their gateways. Of course I change the password for them, as a system that works with their laptop will probably not get messed with and I get to use their internet. If someone else gets in their router they would probably trash the settings then of course they will WEP/WPA it... Something really scares the hell out of the non-tech savvy to take an ink pin and jam it in the back of the router just because they "forgot" the password....
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This may actually be good for linux as these sellout companies may go down the tubes and companies are NOT what the GNU/FOSS/Linux strength is.... It's the developers.... Who will then move to different distros that did not sell out and make these large worthwhile distros stronger. Unless this is thier plan (To consolidate the distros so Microsoft only has one target to go after)
There's always a way around this. The company where I work locked down their network (Windows XP domain frontends, server 2000 back) they locked it off from the internet because of too many spyware/trojan crap getting in...
.... By the way I couldn't install software on this "limited" domain computer (Although getting DOS prompt prolly should be blocked)
Anyway, just a start>run>cmd
ping www.google.com and getting a connection gave me two options. Tunnel over DNS or ICMP. I picked the former, set up my bind server to accept these who is dlfgh987y9ywe%^&%^%%&*(^*&^876@mydomain.net requests and give the packet back... It's slow.... But there's no way to permit some traffic and block others. A tunnel can always be set up... Just search TCP/IP over DNS
Simple, all this code is easily compiled in knoppix or ubuntu live cd.... Boot off the CD...
Ethernet has no authentication so is easily 'opened'
Lets not forget the fact that Ethernet technology has absolutely NO security. Whats to stop someone from using raw sockets to plant themselves in the middle of someone else's connection, or writing their own MAC address. Trivial, unless you use XP SP2 which raw sockets were removed for your protection... But of course we all use Linux here ;)
Ethernet, No authentication, no security per say at this level 2 protocol. ARP poisoning is trivial to do.... Also a GREAT defense to use if you end up being one of the students in the law suit.... Or to protect yourself from a law suit, use someone elses connection....... That's probably why grandma is getting sued for d/l Metallica. Please... I can't even believe how many of my neighbors have WIDE open wireless internet with default passwords on their gateways. Of course I change the password for them, as a system that works with their laptop will probably not get messed with and I get to use their internet. If someone else gets in their router they would probably trash the settings then of course they will WEP/WPA it... Something really scares the hell out of the non-tech savvy to take an ink pin and jam it in the back of the router just because they "forgot" the password....