Apparently everyone's email box is filling up quicker than they did during the nimda outbreak. One of the best suggestions is to block all compressed attachments that do not meet a specific naming convention (like PXF_file.zip). We started doing this recently and it takes care of all 0-day attachment virii... unless they happen to use our naming scheme..
At least they are changing an old standard that has had mixed issues for several years. New input on old (possibly failed in some aspects) standards is always good for sales.
I guess I'll have to make room on my arm beside all my other watches: my Timex pager watch, my casio calculator watch circa 1984, my palm watch. At least I could buy a Big Mac if I happened to be streaking through the McDonalds parking lot without my wallet.
I haven't experienced any of the problems listed in the article. The only thing that I've noticed since the upgrade was that my Keyspan USB->Serial adapter is no longer working.. which sucks when trying to configure a router:(
I thought it pretty much sucked. If it wasn't for Pacino and Williams, it would have really sucked. I fell asleep 3 times. Sum of all Fears was much better IMHO.
They'd most likely be vandalized, or stolen and put on ebay. Laws aside, something like this wouldn't work in the US because of how disrespectful most people here are. They'd see one of these on the way home from picking up their welfare cheese and insert a few slices into the unit to be copied. Not only are the majority of americans disrespectful, but a large majority of them aren't the sharpest spoons in the drawer. Besides, I don't think many Americans could figure out how to use the things in the first place. We all know what happened to cigarette machines (damn do I miss these). Enough US bashing, I'll go back to my state job of being on IRC.
Since when did you guys let Katz do movie reviews? Not only is this not stuff that matters, but it was reviewed by someone who doesn't matter. I thought that Katz skill (or lack there of) was reserved for techno-buzzword crap where he can ramble mindlessly for 8 paragraphs about stuff he has no clue about. It's clearly obvious he did not watch this movie as his review was limited to only 4 paragraphs.
Wireless was never meant to be secure. It's a thing where convenience. Lazy Bones Jr. doesn't have to get his fat ass off the sofa to check out his porn sites. Which also means that his 12 year old neighbor with a few empty pringles cans can, with little effort, get Mr. Bones porn passwords. So now instead of it taking 10 minutes for little Johnny to figure out Bones' WEP key. Oh wait, Mr. Bones forgot to patch all his wireless stuff, and woops, Mr. Bones didn't even bother turning on WEP to begin with, so little Johnny is spanking away in no time. Wireless is not secure, WEP doesn't really help out in most cases. Wireless always has been, and always will be a convenience vs. security issue.
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Here is your solution which is probably less than a 400 user license for real, and as an added bonus, it runs linux. It will allow you to stream windows media, real, quicktime and various mpeg files.
I figure I'll use up at least 2500 rounds the first night trying to fend off looters, and from there usage should die down. 8 months of ammo for me is a 6ft x 8ft x 3ft utility shelf half filled with ammo (about 60,000 rounds), and a small arsenal of guns (Beretta 96D, Beretta A390, Marlin.22, and the old standby - Remington 870 12ga.).
I agree. If they can afford to spend them money on a quad xeon system, then they can afford a sun or sgi box. Linux kicks ass, but I hate to admit that Linux might not be the right OS for the intended project.
As good a person as Ken is, I find it a shame that someone who spent as much time working on his site, has to have it shutdown. Whenever I have a question regarding some security topic, he usually has an answer for me. I just feel sorry for you folks that won't have the opportunity to use him and his website a resource in the future. Rock on Ken.
Agreed. Isn't it the job of moderators to take care of such posts. So I guess if I put a line saying "Moderators, let this message go through" then they will just ignore it. Seems kind of ironic I suppose.
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Its not like he really left the room. Everytime I passed by their booth at the expo, he and his entorage of geeks couldn't seem to get away from their laptops. I'm sorry, but if you go out of the way to get a spot at the expo, and all you do is sit there on your computer, what good does it do you? I'm not singling out Rob and the slashdot folks, I also saw it from the linux.com folks. I didn't see Alan Cox sitting in a corner kernel hacking at the expo, he was walking about, talking to everyone, and having a good time.
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My father in law told me this on Saturday.
Apparently everyone's email box is filling up quicker than they did during the nimda outbreak. One of the best suggestions is to block all compressed attachments that do not meet a specific naming convention (like PXF_file.zip). We started doing this recently and it takes care of all 0-day attachment virii... unless they happen to use our naming scheme..
At least they are changing an old standard that has had mixed issues for several years. New input on old (possibly failed in some aspects) standards is always good for sales.
I guess I'll have to make room on my arm beside all my other watches: my Timex pager watch, my casio calculator watch circa 1984, my palm watch. At least I could buy a Big Mac if I happened to be streaking through the McDonalds parking lot without my wallet.
Especially since I didn't pay for it.
Don't make me have to pwnt your GNAA loving ass.
You'll understand one day... (coming from a once devout linux zealot).
Oh yeah, and it costs $15 for the ability to rip and burn.
Winamp doesn't run on my G5.
proof this place is run by idiots
reinstalled the driver from their website and it works as normal. The /dev/tty entry has changed from older versions of 10.2.
I haven't experienced any of the problems listed in the article. The only thing that I've noticed since the upgrade was that my Keyspan USB->Serial adapter is no longer working.. which sucks when trying to configure a router :(
I thought it pretty much sucked. If it wasn't for Pacino and Williams, it would have really sucked. I fell asleep 3 times. Sum of all Fears was much better IMHO.
They'd most likely be vandalized, or stolen and put on ebay. Laws aside, something like this wouldn't work in the US because of how disrespectful most people here are. They'd see one of these on the way home from picking up their welfare cheese and insert a few slices into the unit to be copied. Not only are the majority of americans disrespectful, but a large majority of them aren't the sharpest spoons in the drawer. Besides, I don't think many Americans could figure out how to use the things in the first place. We all know what happened to cigarette machines (damn do I miss these). Enough US bashing, I'll go back to my state job of being on IRC.
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If I had only stayed logged in I wouldn't have noticed. I'm blocking all Katz written articles. That should be default for all slashdot accounts.
Since when did you guys let Katz do movie reviews? Not only is this not stuff that matters, but it was reviewed by someone who doesn't matter. I thought that Katz skill (or lack there of) was reserved for techno-buzzword crap where he can ramble mindlessly for 8 paragraphs about stuff he has no clue about. It's clearly obvious he did not watch this movie as his review was limited to only 4 paragraphs.
Wireless was never meant to be secure. It's a thing where convenience. Lazy Bones Jr. doesn't have to get his fat ass off the sofa to check out his porn sites. Which also means that his 12 year old neighbor with a few empty pringles cans can, with little effort, get Mr. Bones porn passwords. So now instead of it taking 10 minutes for little Johnny to figure out Bones' WEP key. Oh wait, Mr. Bones forgot to patch all his wireless stuff, and woops, Mr. Bones didn't even bother turning on WEP to begin with, so little Johnny is spanking away in no time. Wireless is not secure, WEP doesn't really help out in most cases. Wireless always has been, and always will be a convenience vs. security issue.
Here is your solution which is probably less than a 400 user license for real, and as an added bonus, it runs linux. It will allow you to stream windows media, real, quicktime and various mpeg files.
Torrent Streaming Media Appliance
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I figure I'll use up at least 2500 rounds the first night trying to fend off looters, and from there usage should die down. 8 months of ammo for me is a 6ft x 8ft x 3ft utility shelf half filled with ammo (about 60,000 rounds), and a small arsenal of guns (Beretta 96D, Beretta A390, Marlin .22, and the old standby - Remington 870 12ga.).
Who needs to worry about y2k. I'll spend new years eve on a mountain farm bunker, 3 months of supplies, 8 months of ammo.
I got a letter.. the story's not a farse.
I agree. If they can afford to spend them money on a quad xeon system, then they can afford a sun or sgi box. Linux kicks ass, but I hate to admit that Linux might not be the right OS for the intended project.
As good a person as Ken is, I find it a shame that someone who spent as much time working on his site, has to have it shutdown. Whenever I have a question regarding some security topic, he usually has an answer for me. I just feel sorry for you folks that won't have the opportunity to use him and his website a resource in the future. Rock on Ken.
Agreed. Isn't it the job of moderators to take care of such posts. So I guess if I put a line saying "Moderators, let this message go through" then they will just ignore it. Seems kind of ironic I suppose.
Its not like he really left the room. Everytime I passed by their booth at the expo, he and his entorage of geeks couldn't seem to get away from their laptops. I'm sorry, but if you go out of the way to get a spot at the expo, and all you do is sit there on your computer, what good does it do you? I'm not singling out Rob and the slashdot folks, I also saw it from the linux.com folks. I didn't see Alan Cox sitting in a corner kernel hacking at the expo, he was walking about, talking to everyone, and having a good time.