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  1. Re:Not like most linux users! on Ask Slashdot: Where To Report Script Kiddies and Other System Attacks? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Duh? In this case, since he is being port scanned by what is most likely Chinese script kiddies moving the port will stop probably 99% of them. No one said such things will prevent any possible intrusion, but it's an easy and cheap way to prevent the vast majority and causes no compromising to the underlying system. For the determined people who get arou d that you layer on top other defenses such as ony allowing a certain amount of attempts before locking out/banning, only allowing retries after some certain length of time, etc. If all these fail, you still haven't compromised the underlying system but you've severely limited the amount of people who would be successful in attacking you.

  2. Re:Not like most linux users! on Ask Slashdot: Where To Report Script Kiddies and Other System Attacks? · · Score: 1

    Yeah but moving to another port is an easy and smple way to block most attackers without compromising the security of the system.

  3. Re:Not like most linux users! on Ask Slashdot: Where To Report Script Kiddies and Other System Attacks? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    In Bruce Schneier's own words:

    Just because security does not require something be kept secret, it doesn't mean that it is automatically smart to publicize it.

    You might want to actually read and digest the first article on that page before spouting off again.

  4. Re:Not like most linux users! on Ask Slashdot: Where To Report Script Kiddies and Other System Attacks? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nuh uh!!! He parroted the 'security through obscurity' soundbite and automatically wins the debate!! Just like saying 'correlation is not causation' soundbite. He fucking pwned j00!!!

    On the other hand, in the real world like you mention secrecy can be a good line of defense as long as it is not the only line of defense.

  5. Re:Not like most linux users! on Ask Slashdot: Where To Report Script Kiddies and Other System Attacks? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Most idiots just parrot the 'security through obscurity' thinking it's some compelling argument when it's really not. If the basis of your security is entirely reliant on the obscurity of your algorithms, etc. being private then it is bad. But using some level of secrecy as a first line of defense can be quite useful in preventing attacks.

    Even Bruce Schneier does not take the black-and-white stance that the Internet 'experts' do. He is actually quite pragmatic about acknowledging that there is a continuum of secrecy requirements based on the system at hand, but mentions that relying too much on secrecy makes the security of the system more fragile. These Internet 'experts' need to actual read what people like Bruce say rather than just repeating stupid sound bite pieces.

  6. Re:Scarcity Drives Sales on Side-Effect of the Apple v. Samsung Trial: Increased Sales for Samsung · · Score: 1

    Most people buy their phones on contract with subsidized prices. In that case the price is pretty much identical between the iPhone and the comparable Samsung offering.

  7. Re:Streisand effect? on Side-Effect of the Apple v. Samsung Trial: Increased Sales for Samsung · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How is there a 'pretty good chance' of the G3 being banned when it wasn't ruled infringing and isn't part of the list that Apple is asking to be blocked?

  8. Re:Can they? on Can the UK Create Something To Rival Silicon Valley? · · Score: 1

    You can get arrested for statements you make on the Internet in the U.S. Just post a death threat about Obama or post a bomb threat while using your real name and see how fast to takes for the Secret Service and/or police to come viist you.

  9. Re:How long until the patent wars? on IDT and Intel Join Forces For Wireless Charging · · Score: 1

    Imagine someone claiming a patent for a transformer.

    No need to imagine it.

  10. Re:The disk drives use more power than the CPU on Gelsinger Shoots Down EMC On ARM · · Score: 2

    In your rush to one up them conveniently left off this part from the quote:

    As of March 2012, only the ARMv8-A ("application") profile has been defined, and no implementations have been announced.

    So there are no implementations of ARMv8 so his statement is effectively correct for any ARM chip or SoC you can currently purchase.

  11. Re:Ugh on Gelsinger Shoots Down EMC On ARM · · Score: 2

    The SlashBI/Cloud/Whatever sites are nothing but ads and slashvertisement articles. That's why the vast majority have zero comments.

  12. Ugh on Gelsinger Shoots Down EMC On ARM · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Another day another thinly-vieled attempt at getting people to drive up page hits to the ghost towns of SlashBI/Cloud/etc. Just post the story here rather than trying redirect people to your buzzword sites.

  13. Re:Use him for appeal on Misunderstanding of Prior Art May Have Led to Apple-Samsung Verdict · · Score: 1

    Usually, on appeal, you don't go back to another Jury.

    You do if the appellate court grants a full remand.

  14. Re:Can you imagine... on Misunderstanding of Prior Art May Have Led to Apple-Samsung Verdict · · Score: 2

    And I can point to numerous people who were convicted of crimes they didn't commit and were wrongfully jailed and/or executed because of this. I'm sure at the time of those convictions there were people making the same claims as you. There is a good reason we have appeals because it is absurd to believe that juries cannot be incorrect in their rulings.

  15. Re:Hey now, on Misunderstanding of Prior Art May Have Led to Apple-Samsung Verdict · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yeah, the police pretty much did their best job possible to fuck up their case against him. Johnny Cochran was basically handed the win.

  16. Re:WoW still hasn't gone F2P? on Iranian Players Blocked From World of Warcraft Due To Trade Sanctions · · Score: 1

    Why would they forgo their entire revenue stream to pander to a tiny sliver of their total user population?

  17. Re:We swear your honor... on Forensic Test Predicts Eye and Hair Color From DNA · · Score: 1

    If the glove doesn't fit you must acquit!

  18. Re:A better idea... on Experts Develop 3rd-Party Patch For New Java Zero-Day · · Score: 2

    Yes it is. The .NET runtime has substantially less security issues than Java. Just chek out Secunia.

  19. Re:A better idea... on Experts Develop 3rd-Party Patch For New Java Zero-Day · · Score: 1

    So less than 1% of all home PC users?

  20. Re:The PC is Dying on PC Makers In Desperate Need of a Reboot · · Score: 5, Funny

    But thin clients are the future! Stop being old and crusty and resistant to change even if its change for change's sake and for the worse.

  21. Re:The PC is Dying on PC Makers In Desperate Need of a Reboot · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No one is under the impression they can't be docked. The issue is performance. They can't even match low-end machines from 5 years ago, let alone any modern desktop machine from this century.

  22. Re:Not a very smart idea for the average homeowner on Would You Open Your Home To a Hacker – For Free? · · Score: 1

    So, basically it's just like renting a room to anyone else, except they're knowledgeable about technology...

    And they aren't paying rent.

  23. Re:No matter what the outcome actually is.... on Victory For Apple In "Patent Trial of the Century," To the Tune of $1 Billion · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Pinch to zoom is used in far more things than a browser.

  24. Re:The term is "roboticist" on Voyage to the ATX Hackerspace in Austin, Texas (Video) · · Score: -1, Troll

    How can you screw that up? You're a goddamn editor.

    Can't tell if trolling. It's sad that ten year olds could do a better job than these supposed 'editors' could ever do.

  25. Re:Who cares on New Judge Assigned To Tenenbaum Case Upholds $675k Verdict · · Score: 1

    Sure, if you ignore all the gang violence, the rampant rape and STD infection spreading, etc. To think that going into a penitentiary is only just about getting 3 meals a day and a bed shows you have no fucking clue nor any sense of scale.