This one takes you to the "Getting Your CueCat Declawed" mirror. This one lets you download the whole thing zipped.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Like an idiot, I'm doing this on my home cable system. If I get slashdotted for more than a few hours, I'm taking it down.:) But I'll have it up for a while so you guys can grab it and mirror it. Have fun.
This is the biggest joke I've ever seen. This guy has taken technology that already exists (*cough* nmap, anyone?) and encased it with a bunch of buzzwords that ultimately don't mean anything. Lose the crap and tell me what it actually DOES.
Your test drive just crashed.
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, testdrive@compaq.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------
Apache/1.3.12 Server at www.testdrive.compaq.com Port 80
Not a chance man! This is data we're talking about. You don't "steal" anything for keeps. You just take a copy of it. They still have all that data somewhere.
Let's think about the issue of the crack/hack for a moment. Let's assume that it's a fake just to get you to sign up for a $10 gift certificate. Why would they fake it? Claiming to be hacked creates a bad atmosphere with their current customers. The customers will wonder, "Is this going to happen again? Should I give them my data again? They hackers will know where I live!" If they want to verify your mailing info, why not just send out a mass email and say, "You're our favorite customer! Please accept our gift of $10...go sign up here now!"
Now, let's assume they did get hacked. Why in the WORLD would they want to admit that?! Sure, if their users got spam, they would be mad. But we all get enough spam as it is, how would we know it's DC's fault to blame them?
It just doesn't make sense either way. But given that they CC'ed they users on the email so everyone could see the addresses, maybe they ARE that dumb. Thoughts?
I had an interest in the hardware they put out so I signed up for one. I got an email this morning stating, "[a] security breach in our system may have exposed certain members' names and email addresses."
Here's the kicker: "As a result of this breach, unauthorized third parties may have been
able to gather your name and email address."
So what do I see in the headers of my email? They CC'ed their users instead of BCCing! I can see all their email addresses!
"We're doing some forensic review of the hard drive and determining what is there," Eaton said. "After we finish that review, we will evaluate the amount of substance he was distributing."
Hehehe...Now the guy is "distributing substance".
This is a common problem throughout the corporate world. Unfortunately, I cannot give you an intelligent suggestion as to what TO do so much as I can tell you what definately won't work. Sniffing is out of the question. All one must do is compress the data (zip it, whatever) and
your sniffer is blown out of the water.
We all know that security through obscurity is no security at all. However, given that you are exteremely limited in what you can do, some obscurity with the employees may benefeit to a degree.
It boils down to this. You have many employees who have access to sensetive data. You can't trust them all. You can't watch them all. And even if you did watch all their traffic that leaves the network, you'd never be able to specify a search pattern since that data is so easily altered. If someone WANTS to steal the data, they will. I suppose it's your job to figure out how to make it as difficult as possible.
Sorry I couldn't be of anymore help.
>If I want to have hyperlinks in my newspaper why can't they just put www.newspaper.com/weather instead of some stupid bar code? And how do you plan on having a scanner read plain text that could be 100 chars long? >Sure it is a little more trouble, but not too much more trouble than firing up my pc just to check on some link in the paper. Besides it would save me the money for one of them barcode scanners. Firing up your PC? You turn it off??
"...is made of preassembled parts that allow it to expand and contract. This means that you can build very complex expanding shapes easily, using only a few building blocks."
Well, the skys were 100% clear from Charleston, SC...but IMHO, I thought the eclipse was relatively boring. I want to see a total solar eclipse. I've seen partial but never total. Back in August, Romania got the best view of a total solar...then I showed up there a month later...but I was too late.
Maybe it's just me, but on the E-Bay description, it says:
"I'll pay shipping. Check or money order accepted, no checks or credit cards."
Uhm.."Check....accepted, no checks..."?
Connah
Time to toggle the tick...
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Well, that's it for me. All further articles from Katz get filtered... For crying out loud. This guy is a dooms day prophet. Bill Gates could sneeze and he'd proclaim a viral infection for 3 states.
Slashdot Mirror
My apologies for not having the full images locally. This has been fixed on both the page and the zipped file.
Connah
Here are two links.
:) But I'll have it up for a while so you guys can grab it and mirror it. Have fun.
This one takes you to the "Getting Your CueCat Declawed" mirror. This one lets you download the whole thing zipped.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Like an idiot, I'm doing this on my home cable system. If I get slashdotted for more than a few hours, I'm taking it down.
Connah
This is the biggest joke I've ever seen. This guy has taken technology that already exists (*cough* nmap, anyone?) and encased it with a bunch of buzzwords that ultimately don't mean anything. Lose the crap and tell me what it actually DOES.
Connah
Your test drive just crashed. Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, testdrive@compaq.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------
Apache/1.3.12 Server at www.testdrive.compaq.com Port 80
Connah
Is it just me, or does anyone else here see that DC is headed down the tubes...RAPIDLY?
Connah
It wasn't funny enough for a 5...I didn't even smile.
Connah
What is a frist ps0t?
Are you trying to be an "31337 h@x0R |-r@d d00d" again?
Connah
Sniping skills? Sure! What's the frag limit?
Connah
Not a chance man! This is data we're talking about. You don't "steal" anything for keeps. You just take a copy of it. They still have all that data somewhere.
Connah
Let's think about the issue of the crack/hack for a moment. Let's assume that it's a fake just to get you to sign up for a $10 gift certificate. Why would they fake it? Claiming to be hacked creates a bad atmosphere with their current customers. The customers will wonder, "Is this going to happen again? Should I give them my data again? They hackers will know where I live!" If they want to verify your mailing info, why not just send out a mass email and say, "You're our favorite customer! Please accept our gift of $10...go sign up here now!"
Now, let's assume they did get hacked. Why in the WORLD would they want to admit that?! Sure, if their users got spam, they would be mad. But we all get enough spam as it is, how would we know it's DC's fault to blame them?
It just doesn't make sense either way. But given that they CC'ed they users on the email so everyone could see the addresses, maybe they ARE that dumb. Thoughts?
Connah
Question is though, can DC afford to spend $10 for every person on their mailing list? That's quite a bit of cash...Just a thought.
Connah
I had an interest in the hardware they put out so I signed up for one.
I got an email this morning stating, "[a] security breach in our system may have exposed certain members' names and email addresses."
Here's the kicker: "As a result of this breach, unauthorized third parties may have been able to gather your name and email address."
So what do I see in the headers of my email? They CC'ed their users instead of BCCing! I can see all their email addresses!
Geez DC...Get with it.
Connah
LOL! You should get a Score: 5, Funny for that one. ;)
Connah
"We're doing some forensic review of the hard drive and determining what is there," Eaton said. "After we finish that review, we will evaluate the amount of substance he was distributing." Hehehe...Now the guy is "distributing substance".
Connah
You're a smart cookie, aren't you? /sbin/ipchains -P input DENY && /sbin/ipchains -F input
Heh.
Connah
This is a common problem throughout the corporate world. Unfortunately, I cannot give you an intelligent suggestion as to what TO do so much as I can tell you what definately won't work. Sniffing is out of the question. All one must do is compress the data (zip it, whatever) and your sniffer is blown out of the water. We all know that security through obscurity is no security at all. However, given that you are exteremely limited in what you can do, some obscurity with the employees may benefeit to a degree. It boils down to this. You have many employees who have access to sensetive data. You can't trust them all. You can't watch them all. And even if you did watch all their traffic that leaves the network, you'd never be able to specify a search pattern since that data is so easily altered. If someone WANTS to steal the data, they will. I suppose it's your job to figure out how to make it as difficult as possible. Sorry I couldn't be of anymore help.
Connah
Spell THAN right!
Connah
>If I want to have hyperlinks in my newspaper why can't they just put www.newspaper.com/weather instead of some stupid bar code? And how do you plan on having a scanner read plain text that could be 100 chars long? >Sure it is a little more trouble, but not too much more trouble than firing up my pc just to check on some link in the paper. Besides it would save me the money for one of them barcode scanners. Firing up your PC? You turn it off??
Connah
Don't guess at the price. ;) Our scanners retail for $99. A bit steep still, but it'll come down. Matthew Connor
Connah
"...is made of preassembled parts that allow it to expand and contract. This means that you can build very complex expanding shapes easily, using only a few building blocks."
Sound like any Microsoft products we know of?
Connah
You are 100%, absolutely, without a doubt RIGHT.
Connah
Well, the skys were 100% clear from Charleston, SC...but IMHO, I thought the eclipse was relatively boring. I want to see a total solar eclipse. I've seen partial but never total. Back in August, Romania got the best view of a total solar...then I showed up there a month later...but I was too late.
Connah
Maybe it's just me, but on the E-Bay description, it says:
"I'll pay shipping. Check or money order accepted, no checks or credit cards."
Uhm.."Check....accepted, no checks..."?
Connah
Well, that's it for me. All further articles from Katz get filtered... For crying out loud. This guy is a dooms day prophet. Bill Gates could sneeze and he'd proclaim a viral infection for 3 states.
Connah
Hehe...Yeah, I'm not picking at them though. I guess I could see where it would be difficult.
Connah