Try to stay focused: "programming" here is the television network programming, not programming as in developing software.
The parent post said "copy of a TV show", in case you missed it in your intense and blinding desire to drink milk.
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However, results from places like Starware Search are not useful, and elevates my blood pressure with all the attempts at spamming me.
Just because I use Firefox and Adblock doesn't mean I now want to visit all possible spam sites in existence.
I don't care if Starware and friends make their money from advertising or not. The point is that Google is ALREADY a search engine, and a pretty good one at that. What is the point of returning results from another search engine, especially if the other one does not even have specialised domain?
This kind of thinking leads to worms and trojans being so prevalent.
It is besides the point that the "characters not intended in the first place". The point is that it is possible for them to get there, and so they should be dealt with.
Btw, I would like the URL of your unpatched Apache site, please. Thanks so much. Don't be afraid, because I'm not supposed to send any unintended characters there, so I won't, right?
The CAIDA article states: "The current attack successfully blocked access to SCO web and ftp servers"
I find that difficult to believe. The Groklaw article mentioned successful access to the FTP server for a few HOURS while the WWW server was not available.
Then, suddenly, the FTP server was also down, which was after the Groklaw article appeared.
So basically there two things which makes me wonder about this whole situation:
1. Why is it that the SYN flood did not take out the network at the router level, as opposed to a specific server on the Ethernet backbone?
2. Why was there such a suspicious timing involved with the FTP server also becoming unavailable after the Groklaw article appeared? Why on Earth would the attacker(s) suddenly decided to also attack the FTP server?
If the main reason for the service being denied was actually the traffic generated by this attack, which is basically what the CAIDA article seems to claim, then there is no indeed no distinction to be drawn between the two servers, and so should have gone down simultaneously.
This article refers to the possibility that the DDOS attack might be fake, and cites a Groklaw link as a reference.
It also refers to a previous Slashdot article when the original news reports about the alleged attack came out. In that earlier Slashdot article, a +5 article CITES THE SAME BLOODY Groklaw link!
I am a programmer by profession. I am also a contributer to an Open Source project.
The code I write for the company that employs me is generally work I have to do. No "save the world" type of stuff. It's just business.
The code I write for the OSP is for fun. I like it. It's my hobby. This is why I do it. If I were to be paid for it, it might start feeling like a job, and that wouldn't be much fun...
I cannot see myself working on an "Open Source" project and be paid for it as well.
If I wanted to make extra money on the side, then I would go to Rent-a-coder, wouldn't I?
Although I obviously agree with this in principle, I think that we would all benifit from planning a little more carefully. As humans expand into the universe, 128-bit numbers might become insufficient. I suggest a 1024-bit GUID, prefixed by the astronomical number of the star system the person is in at the time.
This way we can avoid having to worry about a Central Robust Astronomical Providing Database (CRAP DB).
In actual fact, the correct count is one hundred thousand million, mathematically speaking. However, since the numbers will be segmented, there will be a reduction in total usable numbers, since a segment designating a country or region will result in less digits used (0-9).
As to the math lesson, the author states "all digits between 0 and 9", which surely means 0 THROUGH 9. But if this statement is taken literally, then the mathematical number of possibilities is approximately 8.5 thousand million.
Nevertheless, the addition of a alpha-numeric suffix to the ENUM suggests a domain-like scheme, whereby the number of addresses will increase again.
I am not really against the ENUM idea, but I am against the segmentation idea. This segmentation is sure to result in another Y2K-type problem. Can anyone say IPv6?
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Try to stay focused: "programming" here is the television network programming, not programming as in developing software.
The parent post said "copy of a TV show", in case you missed it in your intense and blinding desire to drink milk.
However, results from places like Starware Search are not useful, and elevates my blood pressure with all the attempts at spamming me.
Just because I use Firefox and Adblock doesn't mean I now want to visit all possible spam sites in existence.
I don't care if Starware and friends make their money from advertising or not. The point is that Google is ALREADY a search engine, and a pretty good one at that. What is the point of returning results from another search engine, especially if the other one does not even have specialised domain?
You must be trolling.
This kind of thinking leads to worms and trojans being so prevalent.
It is besides the point that the "characters not intended in the first place". The point is that it is possible for them to get there, and so they should be dealt with.
Btw, I would like the URL of your unpatched Apache site, please. Thanks so much. Don't be afraid, because I'm not supposed to send any unintended characters there, so I won't, right?
Yes. Reduce the size of your RFID. Guaranteed results!
Actually, we now know what happened to the Beagle.
Can't see a beagle, but I saw at least five new faces in the hi-res version
There is no such word as "inheritess".
The nearest existing English word is inheritress, the archaic form of which is inheritrix
I know that the law does not seem to have many consequences for people who send out bad takedown notices
You mean something in the same spirit as this? (Court bars Canadian domain slammer)
So you couldn't find the answer?
Great. Now I'll wonder for the rest of my life who the red haired singer was.
This statement is false.
What a nice place to say that, isn't it?
The CAIDA article states: "The current attack successfully blocked access to SCO web and ftp servers"
I find that difficult to believe. The Groklaw article mentioned successful access to the FTP server for a few HOURS while the WWW server was not available.
Then, suddenly, the FTP server was also down, which was after the Groklaw article appeared.
So basically there two things which makes me wonder about this whole situation:
If the main reason for the service being denied was actually the traffic generated by this attack, which is basically what the CAIDA article seems to claim, then there is no indeed no distinction to be drawn between the two servers, and so should have gone down simultaneously.
My apologies. I didn't see the other article which at the time of this writing is a +4, and a little bit down in the thread.
So this is obviously redundant post, but not intentionally so.
Well said.
This article refers to the possibility that the DDOS attack might be fake, and cites a Groklaw link as a reference.
It also refers to a previous Slashdot article when the original news reports about the alleged attack came out. In that earlier Slashdot article, a +5 article CITES THE SAME BLOODY Groklaw link!
From the article:
"The company has taken special precautions to protect aircraft and birds that might fly into the beam."
I hope all those ducks got the memo.
Chrono is time.
Cryo is freeze.
I am a programmer by profession. I am also a contributer to an Open Source project.
The code I write for the company that employs me is generally work I have to do. No "save the world" type of stuff. It's just business.
The code I write for the OSP is for fun. I like it. It's my hobby. This is why I do it. If I were to be paid for it, it might start feeling like a job, and that wouldn't be much fun...
I cannot see myself working on an "Open Source" project and be paid for it as well.
If I wanted to make extra money on the side, then I would go to Rent-a-coder, wouldn't I?
Although I obviously agree with this in principle, I think that we would all benifit from planning a little more carefully. As humans expand into the universe, 128-bit numbers might become insufficient. I suggest a 1024-bit GUID, prefixed by the astronomical number of the star system the person is in at the time.
This way we can avoid having to worry about a Central Robust Astronomical Providing Database (CRAP DB).
In actual fact, the correct count is one hundred thousand million, mathematically speaking. However, since the numbers will be segmented, there will be a reduction in total usable numbers, since a segment designating a country or region will result in less digits used (0-9).
As to the math lesson, the author states "all digits between 0 and 9", which surely means 0 THROUGH 9. But if this statement is taken literally, then the mathematical number of possibilities is approximately 8.5 thousand million.
Nevertheless, the addition of a alpha-numeric suffix to the ENUM suggests a domain-like scheme, whereby the number of addresses will increase again.
I am not really against the ENUM idea, but I am against the segmentation idea. This segmentation is sure to result in another Y2K-type problem. Can anyone say IPv6?