How about a law that requires up to date anti-virus software on everyone's computer. Granted, enforcement would be a bitch, but hear me out on this one..
Judging from the customers that come through the door and the complaints, a good.. 75-80% of spam seems to originate not from one person sending out massive emails.. but rather trojan zombie computers. 300 compromised computers on a high speed connection of any kind, sending a small volume of spam mail make a significantly bigger impact than one uncompromised machine at a spammer's house sending out email.
You are correct - I was going for the high level interpretation. The majority of spam I see coming through for our users is spoofed addressing, which the implementation of SPF has reduced significantly. The spammers that *do* have things entered correctly are kindly putting on a sign that says "Here I am!" and can be dealt with accordingly.
Btw.. you left something out...it's Nigerian-Herbal-Viagra-Enlargement.com:-D
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psst.. because people want to communicate sometimes also.
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If you implement it correctly, they can.. the kicker is lazy admins who won't fix their own side of things correctly, so their traffic bounces. Read up on it.
SPF assumes all email to be spam unless proven otherwise.. seems to reduce it by the ton from what I've seen. We should have more implementation of this.
But when the UAE, a nation with strong direct terrorist ties, is interested in aquiring 6 major US sea ports, the fed tries to give it to them with no oversight and sneak it under our noses in violation of federal law.
Are you on the same planet we are? I'd have to say no, considering the UAE is one of the friendliest nations. Considering the US Navy stops there on average 400 times per year for shore leave, they can't be all bad. And that's a fact. Get rid of your stereotyping, and you may learn something.
Same fear that kept the Dubai ports deal from going though. Stereotypes and the FUD factor.
The world is going from a less global-centric to a more local-centric way of life. A step backwards I'd think.. how can one relate to those not like themselves, if they refuse to relate to them?
'Check Point says the two companies will find ways round the roadblock. CEO Gil Shwed said: "We've decided to pursue alternative ways for Check Point and Sourcefire to partner in order to bring to market the most comprehensive security solutions."'
So, they can't merge, but the items in question will be shared anyway.. so much for regulation and oversight:)
People, in my experience, don't necessarily want to be on the web to use a word processor/similar application. Takes the whole portability factor out of laptops as well. I don't see this being a popular option in the home market. Business market, possibly..
I'm not suprised.. when our second daughter was about.. 4-6 months old (don't specifically remember) she could say Mama, Dada, her sister's name, and would point when asked "where is" that person. She also would have "conversations" i.e. I'd say her name, she'd reply "daddy" she wasn't mimicing, she was playing and responding. Her sister was an early talker too.. at 2 years old, she started daycare, and the teachers were floord at how clearly she spoke. Kids are smarter than most people give credit for, or are willing to take the time to work with.
"Now 27, Albright supports his wife and two children..."
" "I take my [handheld computer] everywhere so I can keep tabs on the botnets when I'm not at home," Albright said in a recent online chat with a washingtonpost.com reporter. "I spend at least 16 hours a day monitoring and updating." "
Anyone else consider this sad? He's putting so much of himself into the work.. when does he have time to be just "dad" ? If the start of all this was his father's suicide.. maybe he could use a few sessions to deal with his anger, rather than what he is doing now. I don't think it's worth the price.. but then again, I'm a father who actually ENJOYS spending time with his kids.
Maybe you learned something and didn't realize it.. ala passive learning. Yeah, you had fun playing Oregon Trail.. but didn't know you were learning planning, strategy, money management..
I worked for a major retailer for a time. My first walk thru the financial auiting department found passwords post-it'd to monitors in plain sight, or just under the keyboard/in the top drawer. In the FINANCIAL AUDITING department.
The building at the time was not that secure. You could walk in off the street.
You assume too much.. that end users a> have common sense when it comes to PC use and b> that people have a clue how to maintain that beige box before them. I'd mandate a required firewall AND virus protection AND mandate that it be kept up, period. Anyone who doesn't get's yanked until they do. It's harsh.. but tough beans.. people gotta be shown how to protect themselves from the crap out there. They don't *know* it on their own.
While I feel for Salon, and hope they make it..how about a fund raiser for a person trying to support his family, got downsized, and on the way back from a job interview, had an engine die. I now have to come up with money I don't have for towing, storage, engine, and install of an engine.. to the tune of $2500.00 or so.
"Seeing this makes me wonder what took them so long. If they had done this during the Challenger days, we'd probably have a better idea of what went wrong,"
Well... actually, they know exactly what went wrong. There are several cameras on and around the launchpad, and after much analysis they found out exactly when the O-ring broke seal (during initial firing if I recall correctly). An extra cam may have helped, but really, they've got it covered.
Home biz is 1, day job, over 800 in my division. I've done mass upgrades before. Currently I'm coordinating the upgrade of those 800 PCs at dozens of locations. Last job, we went from Win 3.x to Win95 at a corporate location plus dozens of remote locations... yeah.. I've upgraded thousands of machines before.. I know the drill. You get the problems no matter what OS you're coming from or going to. Welcome to the trenches, have a membership card.
Wow..that's quite the "I don't like it and I don't wanna even try it" attitude. I use it for my home business.. runs fairly well *if* you tweak it right, like any program. Got a good friend who took the plunge and updated his machines at his company.. about 40 in his building.. works very smoothly *shrug*
It's like anything.. if you can take the time and get it all done right.. it works great. If you slap it on a workstation and pray it works.. you get what you get.
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How about a law that requires up to date anti-virus software on everyone's computer. Granted, enforcement would be a bitch, but hear me out on this one..
:)
Judging from the customers that come through the door and the complaints, a good.. 75-80% of spam seems to originate not from one person sending out massive emails.. but rather trojan zombie computers. 300 compromised computers on a high speed connection of any kind, sending a small volume of spam mail make a significantly bigger impact than one uncompromised machine at a spammer's house sending out email.
Ok.. now you may shred this idea up
You are correct - I was going for the high level interpretation. The majority of spam I see coming through for our users is spoofed addressing, which the implementation of SPF has reduced significantly. The spammers that *do* have things entered correctly are kindly putting on a sign that says "Here I am!" and can be dealt with accordingly.
:-D
Btw.. you left something out...it's Nigerian-Herbal-Viagra-Enlargement.com
Some do that - it's called a whitelist. Anyone in your whitelist goes to your inbox, anyone not in your whitelist goes into the bulk/trash.
psst.. because people want to communicate sometimes also.
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If you implement it correctly, they can.. the kicker is lazy admins who won't fix their own side of things correctly, so their traffic bounces. Read up on it.
SPF assumes all email to be spam unless proven otherwise.. seems to reduce it by the ton from what I've seen. We should have more implementation of this.
But when the UAE, a nation with strong direct terrorist ties, is interested in aquiring 6 major US sea ports, the fed tries to give it to them with no oversight and sneak it under our noses in violation of federal law.
Are you on the same planet we are? I'd have to say no, considering the UAE is one of the friendliest nations. Considering the US Navy stops there on average 400 times per year for shore leave, they can't be all bad. And that's a fact. Get rid of your stereotyping, and you may learn something.
scene: night time, husband and wife in bed (please dont stretch your imaginations)
You *do* realise this is slashdot... right?
Same fear that kept the Dubai ports deal from going though. Stereotypes and the FUD factor.
The world is going from a less global-centric to a more local-centric way of life. A step backwards I'd think.. how can one relate to those not like themselves, if they refuse to relate to them?
'Check Point says the two companies will find ways round the roadblock. CEO Gil Shwed said: "We've decided to pursue alternative ways for Check Point and Sourcefire to partner in order to bring to market the most comprehensive security solutions."'
:)
So, they can't merge, but the items in question will be shared anyway.. so much for regulation and oversight
People, in my experience, don't necessarily want to be on the web to use a word processor/similar application. Takes the whole portability factor out of laptops as well. I don't see this being a popular option in the home market. Business market, possibly..
I'm not suprised.. when our second daughter was about.. 4-6 months old (don't specifically remember) she could say Mama, Dada, her sister's name, and would point when asked "where is" that person. She also would have "conversations" i.e. I'd say her name, she'd reply "daddy" she wasn't mimicing, she was playing and responding. Her sister was an early talker too.. at 2 years old, she started daycare, and the teachers were floord at how clearly she spoke. Kids are smarter than most people give credit for, or are willing to take the time to work with.
From TFA...
"Now 27, Albright supports his wife and two children..."
" "I take my [handheld computer] everywhere so I can keep tabs on the botnets when I'm not at home," Albright said in a recent online chat with a washingtonpost.com reporter. "I spend at least 16 hours a day monitoring and updating." "
Anyone else consider this sad? He's putting so much of himself into the work.. when does he have time to be just "dad" ? If the start of all this was his father's suicide.. maybe he could use a few sessions to deal with his anger, rather than what he is doing now. I don't think it's worth the price.. but then again, I'm a father who actually ENJOYS spending time with his kids.
That's hardware, not software. Well.. unless you're Johnny 5 :) "Nice Software Stephanie"
Maybe you learned something and didn't realize it.. ala passive learning. Yeah, you had fun playing Oregon Trail.. but didn't know you were learning planning, strategy, money management..
Maybe it was your hardware?
I worked for a major retailer for a time. My first walk thru the financial auiting department found passwords post-it'd to monitors in plain sight, or just under the keyboard/in the top drawer. In the FINANCIAL AUDITING department.
The building at the time was not that secure. You could walk in off the street.
Yep.. the human factor is rarely correctable.
Analysis before clicking shows they're not gmail invites, it's a link to something else. Dun trust it :P
You assume too much.. that end users a> have common sense when it comes to PC use and b> that people have a clue how to maintain that beige box before them. I'd mandate a required firewall AND virus protection AND mandate that it be kept up, period. Anyone who doesn't get's yanked until they do. It's harsh.. but tough beans.. people gotta be shown how to protect themselves from the crap out there. They don't *know* it on their own.
While I feel for Salon, and hope they make it. .how about a fund raiser for a person trying to support his family, got downsized, and on the way back from a job interview, had an engine die. I now have to come up with money I don't have for towing, storage, engine, and install of an engine.. to the tune of $2500.00 or so.
Send me your donations.. please!
Uhh.. either a> filter them out with a rule or b> reply to the senders for a while, telling them they're sending you Klez. Takes a little effort..
At least you're running and anti-virus program.. and it's current.. aren't you?
"Seeing this makes me wonder what took them so long. If they had done this during the Challenger days, we'd probably have a better idea of what went wrong,"
Well... actually, they know exactly what went wrong. There are several cameras on and around the launchpad, and after much analysis they found out exactly when the O-ring broke seal (during initial firing if I recall correctly). An extra cam may have helped, but really, they've got it covered.
Actually, the computer systems have had several upgrades in their history. Do your homework before you crack a funny joke w/ no backing :-D
Home biz is 1, day job, over 800 in my division. I've done mass upgrades before. Currently I'm coordinating the upgrade of those 800 PCs at dozens of locations. Last job, we went from Win 3.x to Win95 at a corporate location plus dozens of remote locations... yeah.. I've upgraded thousands of machines before.. I know the drill. You get the problems no matter what OS you're coming from or going to. Welcome to the trenches, have a membership card.
Wow..that's quite the "I don't like it and I don't wanna even try it" attitude. I use it for my home business.. runs fairly well *if* you tweak it right, like any program. Got a good friend who took the plunge and updated his machines at his company.. about 40 in his building.. works very smoothly *shrug*
It's like anything.. if you can take the time and get it all done right.. it works great. If you slap it on a workstation and pray it works.. you get what you get.
Started as a music education major.. did a little in computer science, now fix PC's for a major corporation.