OK, there's a hole. Still, when Apple (or OpenBSD) have a
security hole it's newsworthy rather than just Business As
Usual.. unlike other companies which promise security but can't
deliver.
Google needs to fine tune their code. Enter "goatse.cx" and clicking
"I'm Feeling Lucky" brings you to their uptime page at Netcraft,
not the horrible image we all know and cherish.
Companies develop anti-spam products for MS software, that helps sell more MS software. Pirating MS products helps MS in the end as it becomes more ubiquitous, thus killing competition.
..just like the anti-virus industry. The laws have glaring loopholes through them but were worded well enough to calm down the masses. Now the anti-spam software industry will grow like mad as spam continues to flood inboxes. It's no coincidence that Microsoft was consulted on the spam laws, they have a vested interest in the after market antispam business.
Gee.. maybe the end users have a large Sun machine with dozens of CPUs and they need the scalability? There's nothing wrong with Linux/FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD/MacOSX, etc etc but you should pick the best tool for the job.
"When your only tool is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a nail".
google/babelfish do a half-decent job at making the text somewhat understandable (at least enough to get the gist of the page across) but if I'm unable to access these pages in the first place...
I'm not sure what all the accents are on the alphabet, will I have to know to type them to access a simple website? Sorry, this doesn't make using the net easier.
Is this the beginning of a trend where companies recognize
that the quality offered by relocation to cheaper centers around the
world doesn't result in customer appreciation and better
quality?
For call centers, perhaps, but I wouldn't bank on
having the IT jobs return from cheaper lands. If the IT geek doesn't
have to deal with the end user then the language barrier is virtually
nonexistent, at least as far as the masses are concerned.
Does the primary language of the person who programs your dialog
boxes really matter?
A patch for the critical RPC DCOM hole had been available from
Microsoft for over a month at the time of the attack, but Diebold had
neglected to install it in the infected machines.
Nice
spin, Diebold. I highly doubt these were the only unpatched
machines. It's likely more accurate to say "these unpatched machines,
of which there are many more, weren't well protected on their
respective VPNs". Think about it: the infection had to come from
somewhere, right? Other unpatched machines are probably much
better protected on their respective private networks.
Trust -- [...] In addition, Phoenix d-NA will incorporate a
new class of Windows-advantaged components that leverage the
Microsoft CryptoAPI (CAPI) to provide unprecedented trust and
intrinsic security for systems running Windows and.NET
applications.
If this crap cannot be disabled then I guess
I won't be using Phoenix BIOSes in the future. This whole "trust"
nonsense is a thinly veiled attempt at shifting some of the
security-onus from the OS to the hardware with the blessing of
Microsoft along with the side "benefit" of Digital Rights
Management.
This may start a whole new style of hacking;
releasing BIOSes for flashing which have the DRM/Trust shite removed.
Slashdot Mirror
Ok... I put the AOL CD in my computer but they didn't include a wireless wire. How do I connect to teh intarweb?
OK, there's a hole. Still, when Apple (or OpenBSD) have a security hole it's newsworthy rather than just Business As Usual.. unlike other companies which promise security but can't deliver.
The magnetic induction technology creates a 'bubble' around the user which increases the security of their communications
Olde news, Maxwell Smart had this back in the 60's.
Maybe this will be a Slashdot first -- read the article then post!
Reading the article goes against the RFC.
He wasn't a pedophile but he was gay. So what?
these cables lie under several fathoms of ocean, they are not that easy to just fix.
It's hold to hard your breath while soldering underwater.
Sorry, I've read that 5 times now and am unable to parse it. Also babelfish doesn't have Drooler->English translation. Please rephrase.
LINX, the London Internet Exchange, which carries nearly all UK Internet traffic and over half of Europe's Internet traffic
I guess the Echelon boys got to go home early that day.
Google needs to fine tune their code. Enter "goatse.cx" and clicking "I'm Feeling Lucky" brings you to their uptime page at Netcraft, not the horrible image we all know and cherish.
ps: f1st pr0st.
Companies develop anti-spam products for MS software, that helps sell more MS software. Pirating MS products helps MS in the end as it becomes more ubiquitous, thus killing competition.
..just like the anti-virus industry. The laws have glaring loopholes through them but were worded well enough to calm down the masses. Now the anti-spam software industry will grow like mad as spam continues to flood inboxes. It's no coincidence that Microsoft was consulted on the spam laws, they have a vested interest in the after market antispam business.
I guess not all websites, then, are built to be accessible to Americans
You assume I'm an American, which I'm not.
Gee.. maybe the end users have a large Sun machine with dozens of CPUs and they need the scalability? There's nothing wrong with Linux/FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD/MacOSX, etc etc but you should pick the best tool for the job.
"When your only tool is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a nail".
google/babelfish do a half-decent job at making the text somewhat understandable (at least enough to get the gist of the page across) but if I'm unable to access these pages in the first place...
I'm not sure what all the accents are on the alphabet, will I have to know to type them to access a simple website? Sorry, this doesn't make using the net easier.
Is this the beginning of a trend where companies recognize that the quality offered by relocation to cheaper centers around the world doesn't result in customer appreciation and better quality?
For call centers, perhaps, but I wouldn't bank on having the IT jobs return from cheaper lands. If the IT geek doesn't have to deal with the end user then the language barrier is virtually nonexistent, at least as far as the masses are concerned.
Does the primary language of the person who programs your dialog boxes really matter?
I'm amazed that those ATMs were connected to the Internet
Maybe they weren't. You needn't be connected to the internet to catch a worm. Any LAN/WAN/VPN will do.
A patch for the critical RPC DCOM hole had been available from Microsoft for over a month at the time of the attack, but Diebold had neglected to install it in the infected machines.
Nice spin, Diebold. I highly doubt these were the only unpatched machines. It's likely more accurate to say "these unpatched machines, of which there are many more, weren't well protected on their respective VPNs". Think about it: the infection had to come from somewhere, right? Other unpatched machines are probably much better protected on their respective private networks.
The BIOS doesn't care how large the hard drive is, or if one is even attached, to boot itself up.
Trust -- [...] In addition, Phoenix d-NA will incorporate a new class of Windows-advantaged components that leverage the Microsoft CryptoAPI (CAPI) to provide unprecedented trust and intrinsic security for systems running Windows and
If this crap cannot be disabled then I guess I won't be using Phoenix BIOSes in the future. This whole "trust" nonsense is a thinly veiled attempt at shifting some of the security-onus from the OS to the hardware with the blessing of Microsoft along with the side "benefit" of Digital Rights Management.
This may start a whole new style of hacking; releasing BIOSes for flashing which have the DRM/Trust shite removed.
Think of it as meta-moderation.
He could be a subscriber, read the article then clicked the "No Subscriber Bonus" button...
Clear evidence that Novell is in no way competing with SCO's core business.
Of course there is no competition; Novell is a software company whereas SCO is a litigation company.
I don't care if it's ICANN or ITU so long as it doesn't interfere with availability of the
Weird.
I just tried it here with a simple "sudo ping -f www.microsoft.com" and all that did was flood myself off the net.