Because by the time most Anti virus scanners are updated with new definitions, the damage is usually already done. How long do you think it takes from the time first seeing a worm to having a definition that can detect it? There are always going to be a window of users that will be vulnerable. And lets be honest, the first thing any decent virus is going to do is nix the anti virus running on the system. Good luck detecting it after that, most users are too stupid to even notice it has stopped running or better yet its still running, just not updating anymore. A day later your bank account becomes drained and your anti virus is out of date, and at this point the bank says it is your fault? It wasn't your fault a single step of the way.
This is not the first time GoDaddy has shut down sites without notice or just cause. Fyodor's seclist was shut down by them quite some time ago.
Our popular SecLists.Org public mailing list archive is back up and running after it was inexcusably shut down with no notice by our soon-to-be-former domain registrar GoDaddy at the behest of MySpace.Com. We believe web site content is the responsibility of the site owner (registrant) and (if that fails) hosting or bandwidth provider. If the whois contact data is valid, registrars shouldn't be involved without a court order. They even started up a website to document the poor customer service GoDaddy provides http://nodaddy.com/
Ever seen those 1394 ports? Thats firewire. Most of the laptops I've seen have the tiny 4 pin connector. My Dell D830 has one, as did my Dell D620. All the Thinkpad R series that I've seen have them too.
Why on earth would you need to watch a High Def movie on your laptop? Laptop screens are so tiny. Even if you are using your laptop to play a movie on a bigger screen, like your 1080p 52 inch TV, I would assume there would be a power outlet near by.
Honestly, I've actually met quite a few people who I would consider "superstar" programmers. I myself am only quite average. Most of the superstars were stuck in low paying jobs at fairly small businesses, because they couldn't make it past HR type standards that big corporations like to set in place. Not everyone has the time/patience or money to go to school and get a diploma/degree for something they are already more proficient at then their professors. Before you start asking where all the decent programmers are, you better figure out how many resumes are sent to the waste basket instead of being sent to your desk.
I'm not sure ISP's should be monitoring our data at all. They are in a powerful position over us and they really shouldn't be ease dropping. Especially at the request of a third party, such as the MPAA or RIAA.
Thats a very good point. If the site wasnt slashdotted I'd be reading it right now trying to figure that out myself. The boot sector seems like the area that would need the encryption, otherwise the part of the program that is doing the key negotiation would be exposed.
I'll be honest, I've heard of truecrypt but never been interested in it. What kind of security could this provide? I would like to encrypt my entire laptop drive, but I'm not going through all the trouble if its just another easy layer to break through. Any Truecrypt experts out there?
While the article doesn't really mention IPv6, it is somewhat implied that this is what the computers of the future would use to wirelessly connect to the WAN. Being a student of telecommunications at Sheridan college I'm not entirely conviced that the LAN will ever disappear for a few reasons. NAT is still widely used, and welcomed by companies, its more secure, its well documented, tested and true (Although thats not to say it doesn't have its own problems). That alone convinces me LANs will never disappear. LAN's provide more then just a connection to the internet, they allow the sharing of resources and services to other machines on the same network, resources and services that you may not feel comfortable sharing on the internet.
Our Telecommunications course doesn't even touch on IPv6. LAN's will be around in some form or another forever. There will always be a need for sharing internal resources.
Personally I think Operas anti-trust suit is a little ridiculous. Even though Microsoft may sell Windows with IE, how does Opera expect its consumers to download and install Opera without a web browser? Sure you could have someone put it on a disk for you, but its somewhat of a chicken and the egg problem, you need to start with something, and it might as well be a product Microsoft can include in its OS without having to go to a third party. I would be pretty upset if after installing Windows I couldn't browse the net.
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We're pirates not ninjas :(.
Because by the time most Anti virus scanners are updated with new definitions, the damage is usually already done. How long do you think it takes from the time first seeing a worm to having a definition that can detect it? There are always going to be a window of users that will be vulnerable. And lets be honest, the first thing any decent virus is going to do is nix the anti virus running on the system. Good luck detecting it after that, most users are too stupid to even notice it has stopped running or better yet its still running, just not updating anymore. A day later your bank account becomes drained and your anti virus is out of date, and at this point the bank says it is your fault? It wasn't your fault a single step of the way.
I display all the symptoms, but I'm cool with that, I just want to score some drugs.
Ever seen those 1394 ports? Thats firewire. Most of the laptops I've seen have the tiny 4 pin connector. My Dell D830 has one, as did my Dell D620. All the Thinkpad R series that I've seen have them too.
Most of the people in my computer class lock their laptops and take off while on break. If this does indeed work, I'm going to have some fun with it.
Why on earth would you need to watch a High Def movie on your laptop? Laptop screens are so tiny. Even if you are using your laptop to play a movie on a bigger screen, like your 1080p 52 inch TV, I would assume there would be a power outlet near by.
Honestly, I've actually met quite a few people who I would consider "superstar" programmers. I myself am only quite average. Most of the superstars were stuck in low paying jobs at fairly small businesses, because they couldn't make it past HR type standards that big corporations like to set in place. Not everyone has the time/patience or money to go to school and get a diploma/degree for something they are already more proficient at then their professors. Before you start asking where all the decent programmers are, you better figure out how many resumes are sent to the waste basket instead of being sent to your desk.
Haha, wish I had mod points, I didn't even see that until you mentioned it. leet pwnage by the EU.
Since the invasion, residents of Afghanistan have been recieving an increasingly alarming amount of American telemarketing calls.
I'd watch that for sure. Although I'm worried they might still try to cast Harrison Ford for that role...
Appearently sprinklers CAN run linux. And here I've been using Windows all this time...
So?
I'm not sure ISP's should be monitoring our data at all. They are in a powerful position over us and they really shouldn't be ease dropping. Especially at the request of a third party, such as the MPAA or RIAA.
Thats a very good point. If the site wasnt slashdotted I'd be reading it right now trying to figure that out myself. The boot sector seems like the area that would need the encryption, otherwise the part of the program that is doing the key negotiation would be exposed. I'll be honest, I've heard of truecrypt but never been interested in it. What kind of security could this provide? I would like to encrypt my entire laptop drive, but I'm not going through all the trouble if its just another easy layer to break through. Any Truecrypt experts out there?
Or we'll all be in trouble.
While the article doesn't really mention IPv6, it is somewhat implied that this is what the computers of the future would use to wirelessly connect to the WAN. Being a student of telecommunications at Sheridan college I'm not entirely conviced that the LAN will ever disappear for a few reasons. NAT is still widely used, and welcomed by companies, its more secure, its well documented, tested and true (Although thats not to say it doesn't have its own problems). That alone convinces me LANs will never disappear. LAN's provide more then just a connection to the internet, they allow the sharing of resources and services to other machines on the same network, resources and services that you may not feel comfortable sharing on the internet. Our Telecommunications course doesn't even touch on IPv6. LAN's will be around in some form or another forever. There will always be a need for sharing internal resources.
Personally I think Operas anti-trust suit is a little ridiculous. Even though Microsoft may sell Windows with IE, how does Opera expect its consumers to download and install Opera without a web browser? Sure you could have someone put it on a disk for you, but its somewhat of a chicken and the egg problem, you need to start with something, and it might as well be a product Microsoft can include in its OS without having to go to a third party. I would be pretty upset if after installing Windows I couldn't browse the net.
Dempsters releases update for bread that will turn toast back into bread!
Will this effect sales of tinfoil hats? Only time will tell...