I know this discussion is a bit long in the tooth by now, but I have a streaming MP3 player based on Apache::MP3, MySQL and Mason that works pretty well (for me at least.) Check out my project page here:
Two hacker favorites -- USA Cable's Sci-Fi Channel, and UPN's hit show Buffy the Vampire Slayer -- would be perfect places to air the spot, said Aftab, who is on the advisory committee of the Advertising Council, a nonprofit which helped put together the "Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk" public service campaign.
Wow. I'm in awe here people. They've got them there hackers pegged!
Right, but you're missing the point -- just as soon as they re-enable port 80, the viruses that are sitting on those unpatched IIs servers are just going to start up again. The problem really hasn't been solved, just temporarily diverted. Instead, they should have built lists of all infected IPs and shut them down one by one.
My ISP blocked all internal traffic to port 80 -- which means that NO ONE (not even us law-abiding Apache users) is able to run a webserver. The only circumvention is to move your server to a different port (8080.)
The only problem is that now they are unable to tell which IIs servers are infected, which means that as soon as they turn 80 back on, it's all going to start again. *sigh*
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Bottom line is that almost every tool can be used for good and for evil.
Yep, which is why I'm surprised that steak knives, cars, hammers, shovels, nail guns, saber saws, toothpicks, forks and computers haven't been banned from American homes yet. *sigh*
One problem: That's a gateway and not a firewall. It would still allow malicious packets in and out of your network and be vulnerable to other type of attacks. Perhaps if you added ZoneAlarm or something to it, it would provide better security.
I use an old P133 (overkill, I know) running OBSD as my firewall/gateway/ntp server/dhcp server. I could have gone out and spent money on a nice compact unit, but I like the fact that I can upgrade my OS, tweak my filters and above all: learn more about OBSD, networking and OS hardening.
I have a feeling that a lot of the newbies get "pissy" because people drill them for simple questions. A polite response sure would beat a flame, don't you agree? Or are you one of the USENET uber-elites?;^)
Spam is not the biggest problem on USENET -- it's people that have been there forever and think they deserve the right to rough up the newbies.
All the time spent posting "read the FAQ" and "RTFM" messages could better be spent answering the freakin' questions! However, reading a newbie roast tends to break up that "case of the Muhn-days" [officespace].
"his friends become alarmed if he hasn't replied to their instant messages in a few minutes"
Seriously folks, if your friends get freaked out because you're not online, then you need to find some new friends. I think Katz is just isolating the extreme cases here and making it sound like an epidemic (typical on the nightly news.) If you can't figure out how to put yourself into "offline" or "away" mode to avoid the IM's, then you deserve what you get.
It's a convenience. Not everyone will be forced into using these systems -- you can make the same argument for any technical innovation. Here's the way I look at it: when I'm out shopping and see a product I like, I usually whip out my Palm, jot down the details and take it home to get the cost/value analysis by looking it up on the web. Wouldn't it be great to go out and get all that info just by pointing the Palm device at a UPC code?
Oh...and we woulnd't be robots...we're the ones consuming the food. We decide what we eat and when still. But when I go for that jar of pickles and realize that I forgot to write that down on my shopping list, I tend to get a wee bit irritated.
Yes! And after the fridge makes that shopping list, I should be able to point my Palm (or Visor) at it, download the list, take it to the grocery store and when I walk in the door, download a map of the store with all of the products that I need highlighted. Integration would be freakin sweet!
I just want a cube with a god damned decent computer in it. I'm programming on an outdated POS Pentium 166 while the Sales Executives are checking their email on brand-spanking new PIII laptops. WTF is that about?
Yes, but it's a nightmare trying to perform an extended update without subselects. I usually end up just writing a small Perl proggy to do it with DBI.
WoohooO! Now, if they can only work out sub-queries, then I'd be 100% happy! Oh yeah...and get something like SQL*Loader cause I hate doing it the other way!
Hmmm...guess it would be a different story if the guy had his own DSL/cable connection. Tracking an IP address back through an ISP's "abuse" department doesn't seem to get anywhere, even when it's more than just spam (ie: crack).
Mental Note: if I ever get desperate enough to steal someone's computer and use it, be sure to reformat the HD.
Slashdot Mirror
I know this discussion is a bit long in the tooth by now, but I have a streaming MP3 player based on Apache::MP3, MySQL and Mason that works pretty well (for me at least.) Check out my project page here:
TVDiNNER Project Page
Wow. I'm in awe here people. They've got them there hackers pegged!
Right, but you're missing the point -- just as soon as they re-enable port 80, the viruses that are sitting on those unpatched IIs servers are just going to start up again. The problem really hasn't been solved, just temporarily diverted. Instead, they should have built lists of all infected IPs and shut them down one by one.
My ISP blocked all internal traffic to port 80 -- which means that NO ONE (not even us law-abiding Apache users) is able to run a webserver. The only circumvention is to move your server to a different port (8080.)
The only problem is that now they are unable to tell which IIs servers are infected, which means that as soon as they turn 80 back on, it's all going to start again. *sigh*
Yep, which is why I'm surprised that steak knives, cars, hammers, shovels, nail guns, saber saws, toothpicks, forks and computers haven't been banned from American homes yet. *sigh*
Yeah and we can get genetic engineers and an island and make a theme park around it! That would be COOL!
This is a really great Perl module that can help to combat the CodeRed virus and could possible even be used on Nimda:
Apache::CodeRed
One problem: That's a gateway and not a firewall. It would still allow malicious packets in and out of your network and be vulnerable to other type of attacks. Perhaps if you added ZoneAlarm or something to it, it would provide better security.
Do you have any numbers on exactly /how much/ energy either device uses over the course of a year?
I use an old P133 (overkill, I know) running OBSD as my firewall/gateway/ntp server/dhcp server. I could have gone out and spent money on a nice compact unit, but I like the fact that I can upgrade my OS, tweak my filters and above all: learn more about OBSD, networking and OS hardening.
Here in Ohio all is quiet, not a plane in the sky.
You know, through all of this, I have been unable to find any solid news source besides Slashdot.
Thanks to all of you out there posting links and getting the news through to those of us without televisions or radios!
I have a feeling that a lot of the newbies get "pissy" because people drill them for simple questions. A polite response sure would beat a flame, don't you agree? Or are you one of the USENET uber-elites? ;^)
Spam is not the biggest problem on USENET -- it's people that have been there forever and think they deserve the right to rough up the newbies.
All the time spent posting "read the FAQ" and "RTFM" messages could better be spent answering the freakin' questions! However, reading a newbie roast tends to break up that "case of the Muhn-days" [officespace].
"his friends become alarmed if he hasn't replied to their instant messages in a few minutes"
Seriously folks, if your friends get freaked out because you're not online, then you need to find some new friends. I think Katz is just isolating the extreme cases here and making it sound like an epidemic (typical on the nightly news.) If you can't figure out how to put yourself into "offline" or "away" mode to avoid the IM's, then you deserve what you get.
Firewall/Webserver MRTG Graphs
What a nifty little program! Ah the wonders of SNMP.
Not to plug my own site, but we have a really cool "fire in the bottle" how-to video.
Heh! I already get in enough trouble with my wife for bringing home items not on the list. "But honey, we were all out of beer and chips."
Oh...and we woulnd't be robots...we're the ones consuming the food. We decide what we eat and when still. But when I go for that jar of pickles and realize that I forgot to write that down on my shopping list, I tend to get a wee bit irritated.
Yes! And after the fridge makes that shopping list, I should be able to point my Palm (or Visor) at it, download the list, take it to the grocery store and when I walk in the door, download a map of the store with all of the products that I need highlighted. Integration would be freakin sweet!
I just want a cube with a god damned decent computer in it. I'm programming on an outdated POS Pentium 166 while the Sales Executives are checking their email on brand-spanking new PIII laptops. WTF is that about?
Yes, but it's a nightmare trying to perform an extended update without subselects. I usually end up just writing a small Perl proggy to do it with DBI.
WoohooO! Now, if they can only work out sub-queries, then I'd be 100% happy! Oh yeah...and get something like SQL*Loader cause I hate doing it the other way!
Mental Note: if I ever get desperate enough to steal someone's computer and use it, be sure to reformat the HD.
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