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  1. I "heard it here first" but... on New (More) Annoying Microsoft Worm Hits Net · · Score: 1

    I noticed it on my own server before I heard about it here.

    Some stats gleaned from my log file:

    6-falcon [Tue 18Sep2001] 8:37AM ~ 12% grep c+dir /etc/apache/logs/access_log|wc
    678 9492 104249
    6-falcon [Tue 18Sep2001] 8:37AM ~ 13% grep c+dir /etc/apache/logs/access_log|head -2
    ****.linuxwa.com.au - - [10/Aug/2001:23:51:16 -0700] "GET /scripts/root.exe?/c+dir+ HTTP/1.0" 404 210 "-" "-" 0 web.feather.net
    ::ffff:216.99.110.** - - [18/Sep/2001:06:09:40 -0700] "GET /scripts/root.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 210 "-" "-" 1 web.feather.net

    Apparently it was first discovered some time ago, but just recently got so hideously infectious...

  2. Oh come on... on NATO Developing Environment Friendly Weapons · · Score: 1

    Whatever happened to the good old fashioned burn the fields, salt the land, rape the women warfare?

  3. Re:Congrats to reuters on Sklyarov Released On $50,000 Bail · · Score: 1

    But its a pdf file! Isn't that how this whole mess got started anyways?

  4. Re: Resolution Of TheHeisenberg Uncertainty Princi on Resolution Of The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle · · Score: 4

    But was he certain of that?

  5. Re:Or not... on Linux 2.4.7 Released · · Score: 1

    I imagine he would have neglected to specify "manually" if he was unaware that it runs lilo automatically. But why even use lilo anymore, when there is grub...

  6. Re:A few questions about the article. on O'Reilly's IPv6 Overview · · Score: 1

    Well, when you have 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,45 6 possible addresses, do you want to be using a long string of numbers? The numbers aren't all meant to be memorizable, that is why there are things such as autoconfig and DNS.

  7. Re:When will IPv4 addresses run out? on Pentagon Wants IPv6 by 2008 · · Score: 1

    I read that list posted elsewhere, I guess Stanford recently gave back 36/8, and other /8's had been given back. But there are I believe more than 50 /8's still unallocated, and I don't think anyone but RIPE, APNIC, and ARIN can get them anymore.

  8. Re:When will IPv4 addresses run out? on Pentagon Wants IPv6 by 2008 · · Score: 1

    Microsoft, or *shudder* AOL. MS's "experimental" IPv6 stack, standard in Windows XP, works quite well for me. Experimental doesn't mean unusable...

    AOL though, they have the money to buy up as many IPv4 addresses they may ever need...

  9. Re:The story I heard on Pentagon Wants IPv6 by 2008 · · Score: 2

    Cisco is indeed pushing forward with their IPv6 support, as seen here.

  10. IPv6 here and now on Pentagon Wants IPv6 by 2008 · · Score: 2

    I use IPv6 with a tunnel to the 6bone. My web and email servers, as well as others, are at this moment IPv6 ready. Here is a very good site for IPv6 information: hs247.com.

  11. Re:Line Length on New Mail RFCs Released · · Score: 1

    xterm? And here all this time I thought xterms were resizable... silly me...

  12. The compromise nobody has mentioned on Secure Shell Will Remain 'SSH' · · Score: 1

    Why not call it what it is, slogin. As a secure replacement for rlogin/rsh, where rlogin is interactive, rsh used for non-interactive single commands, slogin/ssh always followed the same usage. I believe it was the lazy that preferred typing 3 letters as opposed to 6 that made 'ssh' take off as the default name, although to those such as myself that always use a hostname symbolic link, it doesn't really matter what the command is called. Call it slogin in /etc/services too, the original protocol was called login.

  13. Re:What notification do cardholders get answer is on FBI: Massive MS Exploits Over Last Year · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah... the banks are actually quite happy when CC#s get stolen. I had mine stolen a few years ago, reported it stolen, had my number changed, and the @#$%#%$^#% bank continued to allow charges on the old number through afterwards! And this was after it was over the limit too... so no, don't assume the banks will notify you if anything could have happened...

  14. Re:(n)mh = good, nmh with maildir would = better on What Mailbox Format Do You Use And Why? · · Score: 1

    I'm still waiting for nmh to support maildir, which is similar to but better than mh folders. On my main server I use exim with UW imap, which has ok mh folder support. I have a secondary server running postfix/courier, both with lovely maildir support. My only fault with maildir (this applies to mh folders as well) is having many small files being an inefficient use of drive space. I often archive old email into mbox format for this reason. For email clients, I use nmh and mutt (which supports everything) locally, and OE with IMAP whenever I am in Windows.

  15. Keep Yahoo Free! Sell it to... on What If Yahoo Was Acquired? · · Score: 1

    Andover/VA.

  16. on Ion Storm To Finish Thief III? · · Score: 1

    Score: -1 Redundant

  17. Re:You mean "queue"? on Line Slaying: The Final Frontier · · Score: 1

    Isn't a queue first-in/last-out? He definitely meant line, which is first-in/first-out.

  18. Re:Look at those DISKS! on Boot Log Messages On A Pre-Production Processor · · Score: 1

    Its IBM! Hard drives grow on trees at IBM.

  19. About the breakup on Microsoft Quickies · · Score: 1

    About the only way Windows can lose its market dominance is if the Microsoft applications such as IE, Office, are ported to other operating systems (linux, Beos, etc.) Which would be possible if they are two different divisions, would never happen otherwise. Microsoft has some good software, but their operating system isn't it. But it'll be wrapped up in court for years anyways...

  20. Splitting MS in two is like... on Justice Department Decides To Break Up Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Say you have a sliced wrist that is bleeding profusely. It would be like cutting your other wrist to keep the one from bleeding as much...

  21. Re:Finding RPMS for Openssh / Openssl on OpenSSH Now Supports SSH2 · · Score: 2

    Yes it likely is intentional. This was one of the conditions of Alex in the com/org debate that the openbsd (openssh.com) guys wouldn't meet (showing links to openssh for other platforms) that he wouldn't hand the openssh.org domain over.

  22. Hopefully... on What Will The Internet Of The Future Be Like? · · Score: 1

    We will see fiberoptic to each house, wireless internet transceivers on each block, and handheld appliances for TV/radio/mp3 streaming, personal communication, paging, voice/video messaging, basically one step up evolution/hybridization of PDAs and cell phones, which we are starting to see already.

  23. Re:No Capital ? Partial blame is Theo on OpenBSD, Reductionist Design · · Score: 1

    But what makes "Why is there no iso?" a stupid question?

  24. Re:Important Question... on Introducing The New Slashdot Setup · · Score: 1

    But do they have a diesel powered kitchen sink?

  25. Air flow on AT-Style K7 Motherboards? · · Score: 1

    Tower touched on this, but it really is a big advantage of the ATX design. The power supply pulls air across the CPU, and the K7 does get very hot, especially at high clock speeds. I doubt I would trust it in an AT case without several extra fans, and motherboard manufacturers probably see AT as a dying breed anyways.