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  1. *cough* shared libraries *cough* dynamic linking on Is Linux as Secure as We'd Like to Think? · · Score: 1

    still running inetd?

  2. Your implications are false on Is Linux as Secure as We'd Like to Think? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I have a friend that runs linux, the only skill he needed was to burn a CD using Nero and reboot.

    He doesn't know a kernel from a koffice

  3. Re:Psychology plays a role on Is Linux as Secure as We'd Like to Think? · · Score: 1

    1)It is not dependant on any one company or cash flow(or ANY cashflow at all)

    It is dependent on one person committing the changes, anything else just isn't Linux

    2) fair comment, doesn't stop it being vulnerable

    3) if this was true there would be no root

  4. Re:DHTML and javascript on JavaScript and DHTML Cookbook · · Score: 1

    This isn't quite a demonstration of polymorphism at work but it does show one approach to cross platform design

    <div style="width:500px; background:red;" id="red">Red</div>

    <div style="width:500px; background:green;" id="green">Green</div>

    <script language="javascript">
    // this will hold a function
    var mousehandling;

    // my class
    function Point(x, y) {
    this.x = x
    this.y = y
    }

    switch(navigator.appName) {
    // lame browser detection
    case "Microsoft Internet Explorer" :
    mousehandling = IE;
    break;
    case "Netscape" :
    mousehandling = NS6MOZ;
    break;

    }

    function MouseDown(pt, id) {
    what to do when a mouse button is pressed
    alert("x:" + pt.x + " y:" + pt.y + " id:" + id);

    }

    function NS6MOZ () {
    // netscape mozilla's way of handling mouse events
    window.captureEvents( Event.MOUSEDOWN );

    // onmousedown is a built in function of Window, but let's redefine it
    window.onmousedown = function (ev) {
    var id = "";
    if (ev.target.nodeName=="#text")
    id = ev.target.parentNode.id
    else
    id = ev.target.id

    MouseDown(new Point(ev.pageX, ev.pageY), id);
    }
    }

    function IE() {
    // I.E's way
    // onmousedown is a built in function of Document, but let's redefine it
    document.onmousedown = function () {
    var we = window.event;
    MouseDown(new Point(we.x, we.y), we.srcElement.id);
    }

    }

    //okay lets set up our mouse handling
    mousehandling()

    // In my application I was setting the mouse handling across frames
    // so I was using parent.frames.main.document & parent.frames.main.window

    </script>

  5. Big mirror & some razor blades on Designing A Corporate Game Room? · · Score: 1

    and a water dispenser

  6. Re:Like your sig? (-1, flamebait) on JavaScript and DHTML Cookbook · · Score: 1

    8) I know, I realised that when I saw submit come back

    hmm maybe if I say, "lusers drink milk so they need the link" wll that do?

  7. Re:DHTML and javascript on JavaScript and DHTML Cookbook · · Score: 4, Interesting

    javascript is polymorphic

    you can code round different browsers by implementing a common API for your applications and let your library do the platform specific work

    I've done plenty of intranet javascipt applications, one of which is an HTML email composer.
    It uses DHTML to drag and resize the html elements around. It works like Quark, you draw a square and type in the text.

  8. Re:for those too cheap to buy a book on JavaScript and DHTML Cookbook · · Score: 0, Troll

    hyperlinks are for lusers

  9. Re:lol - stop whining, whiny on Itagaki Criticizes Dead Or Alive Hackers · · Score: 1

    ah, thanks, I was too lazy to check

  10. deltree c:\ /y should sort it out on Yahoo Experimenting with Blogs? · · Score: 2, Funny

    gosh, windows is bloated you say

    why not add some comments to your slashdot journal about which options you removed, I'm sure we'd all be fascinated.

  11. not begs, raises - another fucktard on Lara's Identity Confused By Exploitation? · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I'm getting a bit bored of this

  12. lol - stop whining, whiny on Itagaki Criticizes Dead Or Alive Hackers · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Itagaki: Of course the creators of DOOM and Half-Life -- that was their intention. That's how they want the users to enjoy playing their game, and I have no problem with that.

    If I recall correctly DOOM wasn't made with mods in mind. Stuff like "make the mobs into pac-man" were hacks similar to the DOA-Volleyball stuff. Some time and effort went into .WAD hacking and soon iD cottoned on and went with it.

    The guy is really out of touch with gamers. We were peeking and poking and hexediting games back in the 8bit days and no doubt even Spacewars had some people fiddling with the binary to make themselves invulnerable or something.

    I love the nude hacks for DOA, more stupidity added on to a stupid game.

  13. don't need no nails on Cindy Smart Knows Better Than To Say Naughty Words · · Score: 4, Funny

    when C++ is your hammer, everything looks like a thumb

  14. hehe I didn't get it - I do now on The Origin Of Sobig (And Its Next Phase) · · Score: 1

    I'm glad I didn't use slashdot tradition and use it as an excuse to insult you as well

  15. Re:What a nice guy though on The Origin Of Sobig (And Its Next Phase) · · Score: 1

    yeah, i forgot that one, i got bored of concentrating for so long

  16. When does it get the Flight-Sim? on Gnumeric Now Supports All Excel Worksheet Functions · · Score: 1, Insightful

    gnumeric is annoyingly slow on my dual 1ghz with 720Mb RAM

  17. Re:Viruses - fucktard on The Origin Of Sobig (And Its Next Phase) · · Score: 1

    hehe none of the others were me

  18. Re:At least one positive thing.... on The Origin Of Sobig (And Its Next Phase) · · Score: 1

    the register explains the lack of spam is being caused by clogged networks so it's not there to notice

  19. Re:effective virus on The Origin Of Sobig (And Its Next Phase) · · Score: 1

    How many people ever put their message in an attachment and say "please see the attachment for details".

    You don't know many people who use Word as their email composer.

    File .. Send .. and a new mail pops up with the Word Document as an attachment and a blank e-mail body.

    I had to train my people away from that one.

  20. you don't get it on The Origin Of Sobig (And Its Next Phase) · · Score: 1

    A sends mail to B
    B gets SoBig
    B send virus mail to C from A

    In your scheme A is seen as the virus sender, subsequently deserving whatever he gets.

    The only headers you can trust in SMTP mail are the ones your MX adds. These are usually the IP address of the machine making the SMTP connection to your MX. This IP won't necessarily be the IP address of the originator as mail, like other traffic, is routed.

  21. Re:Idiots. on The Origin Of Sobig (And Its Next Phase) · · Score: 1

    This isn't the first SoBig.
    The people making them are experimenting.

  22. Re:Stupid, Offtopic, Newbie, Question on The Origin Of Sobig (And Its Next Phase) · · Score: 1

    "so it will just grow back again then doctor?"

  23. Re:What a nice guy though on The Origin Of Sobig (And Its Next Phase) · · Score: 1

    The SoBig-F email virus is the latest in a series of SoBig email viruses.

    They are probably timed to self destruct for a few reasons, I'll speculate at them :

    1. infected machines stop acting crazy without being patched
    2. people relax again once "it's all over" and in a few months re: Your Application becomes "safe to open"
    3. if the code doesn't quite work then it will only be for a fixed term
    4. ???
    5. nooooooo

  24. Viruses - fucktard on The Origin Of Sobig (And Its Next Phase) · · Score: -1, Troll

    fucktard is my word of the day

  25. I'll hedge my bets on Japanese Robot on Diplomatic Tour · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I, for one, welcome our new Japanese overlords!