Yeah it is. It's an explanation on how spamvrij.nl identified a group of spammers called 'cyberangels', and took over their domain. The analysis of mail received for cyberangels.nl was fascinating to say at least...
The Olympics have officially sold out (probably years ago but hey) you are not allowed into watch any of the games if you are wearing clothing thats clearly showing logos of a non-sponsering company.
This isn't new. At the European Socces Championships (Juni '04 in Portugal), a large group of Dutch fans (10K or something) had to turn in their caps since they had a logo on them of a company which was not an official sponsor...
Just like many other 'net related technologies (let's include things like mp3 and dvd for argument sake), it's nearly impossible to make this 100% secure. It is, however, possible to make it a bit harder for the 'normal' people.
But with technologies like VPN, it's very simple to make it almost impossible to trace the geological location of people on the web.
Peter writes "The Human-powered helicopter didn't even get off the ground. A team of University of British Columbia engineering students tried to win the $20,000 US prize offered by the American Helicopter Society. Three metres off the ground and hover for a minute was the challenge. But before the rotors were able to produce enough buoyant force they hit each other.
I assume 'they' refers to the rotors, not the team...
If you use the original ICQ 2001b program (not a clone), this will help:
Main -> Security & Privacy Permissions
Select 'communication events', and then set everything in the right pane on yellow (only users on my contact lists)
Now you can only receive messages, files, etc from people on your list. Since I did this, I don't receive any spam via ICQ anymore.
Exchange is more than e-mail. As I said, we use groupware a *lot*: shared calenders, public folders for files and messages, etc. Pop3 isn't enough then.
Oh, I can think of some reasons:
For one, the company I work for uses Outlook + Exchange for groupware. So everyone is required to use these programs. However, I'm a Linux/FreeBSD sysadmin, so I run Linux on my desktop, with VMWare running so I can use Outlook.
Another reason: when installing new software on our servers (I work for an ISP), we want to be absolutely sure that we don't run into any unexpected problems. Therefore we usually test upgrades and patches on a virtual machine in VMWare.
A third reason: for developers of distributions like Debian, it is a nice way to test the new boot floppies and installation program, without having to reinstall your machine after you're done or when you find out that it did not work.
Comparing Win4Lin with VMWare is not quite fair: Win4Lin is a Windows emulator, while VMWare emulates an i386. Thus, VMWare is a much more powerful tool than Win4Lin, since VMWare can do more that run Windows applications: it runs Windows itself, or any other OS which runs on an i386.
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It isn't just The Register who got hit... so it's definately not an IT only audience.
For example: nu.nl was struck as well, which is a Dutch news site, and startpagina.nl, which is a portal site with categorized links.
Yeah it is. It's an explanation on how spamvrij.nl identified a group of spammers called 'cyberangels', and took over their domain. The analysis of mail received for cyberangels.nl was fascinating to say at least...
One of the servers hosting spamvrij.nl had some issues, which should be resolved by now.
short answer: http://www.cyberangels.nl/
I've contacted the people of spamvrij.nl, it should be fixed soon...
(obligatory Juniper quote here)
There is no olive.
And I've already seen the first ones bumping into my virus scanners (which luckily have a patch for these malformed jpgs)...
The Olympics have officially sold out (probably years ago but hey) you are not allowed into watch any of the games if you are wearing clothing thats clearly showing logos of a non-sponsering company.
This isn't new. At the European Socces Championships (Juni '04 in Portugal), a large group of Dutch fans (10K or something) had to turn in their caps since they had a logo on them of a company which was not an official sponsor...
Just like many other 'net related technologies (let's include things like mp3 and dvd for argument sake), it's nearly impossible to make this 100% secure. It is, however, possible to make it a bit harder for the 'normal' people.
But with technologies like VPN, it's very simple to make it almost impossible to trace the geological location of people on the web.
Peter writes "The Human-powered helicopter didn't even get off the ground. A team of University of British Columbia engineering students tried to win the $20,000 US prize offered by the American Helicopter Society. Three metres off the ground and hover for a minute was the challenge. But before the rotors were able to produce enough buoyant force they hit each other.
I assume 'they' refers to the rotors, not the team...
(mod parent up!)
Yup, just make sure your box is secure.
Intrusion attempts happen unfortunately, with all the viruses, worms, etc. Just make sure your box won't get caught.
If you use the original ICQ 2001b program (not a clone), this will help:
Main -> Security & Privacy Permissions
Select 'communication events', and then set everything in the right pane on yellow (only users on my contact lists)
Now you can only receive messages, files, etc from people on your list. Since I did this, I don't receive any spam via ICQ anymore.
Wow, 90K!
:-)
I bet a 'make world' will go a lot faster then
Hmm I thought you have to inflate the Zepplux yourself before you can fly it ;-)
Check out www.gigaport.nl and www.surfnet.nl for information about the backbone used by Twente University.
Yup... nothing like a good book in which you can write your own notes and comments, tear out pages, put in bookmarks, etc.
Didn't you see the movie 'Evolution'? All we need is a *lot* of Head & Shoulders (and possibly a couple of firetrucks)
At my work we're still looking for a gorgeous blonde to give us a massage every couple of hours...
What's the use of solving the energy crisis if you don't need to turn on your computer to use it anyway :-)
Exchange is more than e-mail. As I said, we use groupware a *lot*: shared calenders, public folders for files and messages, etc. Pop3 isn't enough then.
True... although you need a really fast machine with a lot of memory if you want to run PhotoShop in VMWare. (or a lot of patience of course).
Oh, I can think of some reasons: For one, the company I work for uses Outlook + Exchange for groupware. So everyone is required to use these programs. However, I'm a Linux/FreeBSD sysadmin, so I run Linux on my desktop, with VMWare running so I can use Outlook. Another reason: when installing new software on our servers (I work for an ISP), we want to be absolutely sure that we don't run into any unexpected problems. Therefore we usually test upgrades and patches on a virtual machine in VMWare. A third reason: for developers of distributions like Debian, it is a nice way to test the new boot floppies and installation program, without having to reinstall your machine after you're done or when you find out that it did not work.
Comparing Win4Lin with VMWare is not quite fair: Win4Lin is a Windows emulator, while VMWare emulates an i386. Thus, VMWare is a much more powerful tool than Win4Lin, since VMWare can do more that run Windows applications: it runs Windows itself, or any other OS which runs on an i386.
Check out www.noamazon.com for information about stopping Amazon, and links to other online bookstores which have better privacy policies.