I've also heard reports of people trying to run Internet Explorer and forward them to the page where the patch is, but from what I've heard it hasn't worked.
I think it does work you know. Look at
this page
. As you can see here,
infected computers are responding to commands to start up a browser and load a web page.
On a totally unrelated topic, is anybody else
using Mozilla-0.93 and getting the "Slow down
cowboy" message when posting to Slashdot? It
seems like Mozilla is loading every page twice.
How about: root.exe?/c+explorer+mailto:billg@microsoft.com?Su bject=Please
make Windows into a secure operating system!
If only I had a windows machine so that I could
work out the right command...
You might have more chance to get hired if you changed cat file | grep pattern
into grep pattern file
I like to use: cat file |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat | grep pattern
Now that's abusing a cat!
Re:MS Problems Cause Patch Failures
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Code Redux
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A recent issue of RISKS Digest pointed out that the site with the patch to fix this IIS problem has problems itself. FTP downloads of the patch are often being disconnected, resulting in receipt of only a partial patch file.
That's because Microsoft ships their patches as
exe files. If only they would be sensible
and ship the patches as some sort of zip file,
then you could tell if a file was truncated. It
makes me shudder to think that people go to get
a virus patch from a website, and the only format
they can get it in is as an exe file. Maybe it's
a trojan? Being in a zip-type archive gives you
marginally more security, because they can put
a digital signature in there as well. With an
exe, you're just playing Virus Lotto every time
you run one.
And now that whitehouse.gov has installed Linux,
the Code Red Worm no longer exists, right? And
everybody knows that Distributed Denial of Service
attacks don't work against Linux boxes, right?
djbdns is an open source replacement. you get a cash award for finding vulnerabilities in it.
Big deal. You can't prove that something is
secure that way. Suppose you worked out how to
crack root using djbdns. Are you going to take
the cash prize, or are you going to wait until
you can get root on a bank's machine and get some
REAL moola?
Does anybody know what the target will be for this
version of Code Red Worm? It'd be pretty funny if
it was microsoft.com.
How about if somebody writes a default.ida script
which sends the attacking server a GET/default.ida which makes the server go to miscrosoft.com, download and install the patch, and reboot itself? That'd be neat.
The HURD has really interesting goals in mind... Multi-server OS is the key design keeping your comment from being correct.
Surely it's time for HURD to stop being vapourware
and actually get something working. Maybe they could get it working on x86s first, and port it
to other architectures later? People can't wait
forever for the promised land! Maybe Moses has
to die first.
I heard them say that scientists were speculating that something called a bolus, I think, fell from space, broke up, and burned as it fell towards Earth. I almost choked at the stupidity of it. We just call those things in space meteors, and if they hit the planet surface they are meteorites.
Actually, according to the story, scientists call that sort of phenomenon
a "bolide":
the terms fireball and
bolide are often confused -- even by professional astronomers. A fireball is a meteor at least as bright as the planet Venus (visual magnitude -3 or -4). A bolide is a fireball that explodes, often with sound effects.
What worried me about the "top 30 most popular queries on the gnutella network (June 26, 2001)"
was the top 3:
divx
porn
star trek voyager
Divx and porn I can understand, but Star Trek
Voyager???? Couldn't they at least try to
find stuff from a good series of Star Trek? Oh wait, I forgot about Seven of Nine.
Why on earth don't you think that there exist people out there that are willing to help other people? just because you don't want to do something for free (oooh... your time is valuable) doesn't mean that I won't do something like that.
Yeah, like that nice kid answering legal questions
on askme.com. He really enjoyed helping out other
people.
why not pay? We pay to our teachers, doctors and lawyers even to the cable guys, and they don't provide always original info.
Goldurn it, I want a doctor who provides original
info!
"Hi Doc, I've got sore arm."
"You've got hyperatropeemia!"
"What's that?"
"I don't know, I just made it up!"
But, single system users, OTOH, would presumably fetch a better deal insofar as hardware pricing goes: for instance, a lot of cash can be saved using "PC" RAM over Apple's ridiculously overpriced RAM (PC100 or 133 RAM and Apple's RAM are basically identical-- costs aside)
If the RAM is identical, why wouldn't Apple owners
just buy PC RAM and put it in their machines? Are
they stupid or something?
Now that the product has changed to Kontour, could Adobe (with a promise from the authors of Kontour) say "That's okay, we really didn't think that Killustrator infringed," and the whole case would drop?
That is, if Adobe specifically says that "Killustrator" is not infringing in Germany, the law firm has no case, and can collect no $$ (or, rather, DM). Right? Or do they collect regardless of whether infringement actually occurs?
No, that's not right. You might have to
read the story to find out the answers.
I have a question to/for/about one.
Can the law firm working for Adobe demand that legal fees be paid to them from Killus..., the product formerly known as Killustrator? Wouldn't this be Adobe's problem?
Surprisingly enough, the answers to all your
questions can be found in the "Register" article.
Feel free to read it.
Not at all!!! It is about loosing control to state and corporate entities. Once you start to loose options, you start to loose your ability to choose, which in turn means you begin to loose your freedom.
The thing to remember in these interminable "debates" about MP3s and copyright is that
you don't get to choose how
any particular band distributes its music.
If a band like Metallica wants to sign contracts
with a record company, then you can't just copy
their music and distribute it yourself. It's
illegal.
If some other bands decide they don't want to
sign up with a record company, and can work out
some way to make their money through alternative
distribution schemes such as Gnutella or
BearShare
that's up to them.
You're not losing your rights and
freedoms,
because you don't have the right to copy and
distribute somebody else's copyrighted work now.
Re:Is the law really meant 2 be understood by laym
on
IANAL
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· Score: 4
Personally I'd rather just see some kind of top 10 laws that everybody should learn in school from a very early age. Maybe sum them up into even less like:
1. Don't kill
2. Don't lie
3. Don't steal
Down with the elitist fraternity that is the Bar Association, and up with enormous 15 year old pacific islanders practicing law! Why should they alone have the right to give legal advice?
It's interesting how many of the people who make
up elected governments around the world are
lawyers. It makes sense in one way, because
governments make the laws, so it is very much in
the interests of lawyers to control the government
in some way. It shouldn't surprise anybody that
the government then passes a law making a large
barrier to entry to the legal profession.
Some people upon realising this might decide that
the world could be better if engineering types
were in charge of everything, rather than a pack
of lawyers. And then you see Microsoft, an
engineering type of company becoming more powerful, and what happens? The lawyer types
decide to tear it down. They get the government
to nip at Microsoft in court, over and over again.
Lots and lots of court cases - who wins? Why the
lawyers of course. QED.
The article in the NYT makes the point that the
main role of lawyers is distributing information.
Up until the end of the twentieth century, the
lawyers could control the legal information by
making it inaccessible and expensive. That big
wall of books is not just to look good, you can
find stuff out in there too! Now the "Information
Age" is here, and information moves quickly and
cheaply to people who want it. This is a dagger
at the heart of the legal profession. Maybe they
don't know it yet, but you can be sure that when
they find out, they will not go easily. They will
use all their power to fight kicking and screaming
to maintain their powerful positions in society.
It should be fun.
LEGALISE CRIME! SMASH THE STATE!
Re:Make a decision, folks
on
ORBS Forks
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· Score: 1
"Oh my God they're trying to stop us from saying what we want" on one day and "We must censor spammers" on the next
I don't want to censor spammers. I just want them
to FUCK OFF AND DIE AND STOP SENDING ME
ALL THAT CRAP!!!
When I read about this in the paper the
other day, I checked around to find out some
stuff about Christmas Island. One thing I found out is that there
is currently no real estate for sale on the island. I guess
speculators found out about the space port early
and bought it all up. Too bad if you live there.
Hey, Slashdot had that interview with the magic
magnet dude, Alex Chiu. And didn't it say in that story, "Tell
us who you want an interview with"? Well I want
to see a Slashdot interview with Bill Gates.
Who's with me???!!?!
You know what Microsoft should do? They should
split up their company into two divisions: the
Operating System Division and the Applications
Division. Then the Applications Division should
port all their popular applications like Word,
Excel, Office etc to every operating system
around. They'd make lots of money. Meanwhile, the
Operating System Division should continue innovating and building neat new server and desktop operating systems to see if they can
compete. If they can't do it, bad luck. They go
broke. But the Applications Division would still
be raking in the cash like mad. I wonder why
some bright spark in Microsoft hasn't thought of
this idea?
Re:Sorbo's got a gig for life
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Andromeda
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· Score: 1
but Kevin Sorbo actually manages to pull it off
Before the space battles, does he say "I don't like fighting" before beating the crap out of
somebody? Like in Hercules?
Slashdot Mirror
On a totally unrelated topic, is anybody else using Mozilla-0.93 and getting the "Slow down cowboy" message when posting to Slashdot? It seems like Mozilla is loading every page twice.
How about:u bject=Please
make Windows into a secure operating system!
root.exe?/c+explorer+mailto:billg@microsoft.com?S
If only I had a windows machine so that I could work out the right command...
cat file |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat |cat | grep pattern
Now that's abusing a cat!
And now that whitehouse.gov has installed Linux, the Code Red Worm no longer exists, right? And everybody knows that Distributed Denial of Service attacks don't work against Linux boxes, right?
Mod that sucker back down.
Does anybody know what the target will be for this version of Code Red Worm? It'd be pretty funny if it was microsoft.com.
How about if somebody writes a default.ida script which sends the attacking server a GET /default.ida which makes the server go to miscrosoft.com, download and install the patch, and reboot itself? That'd be neat.
- divx
- porn
- star trek voyager
Divx and porn I can understand, but Star Trek Voyager???? Couldn't they at least try to find stuff from a good series of Star Trek? Oh wait, I forgot about Seven of Nine."Hi Doc, I've got sore arm."
"You've got hyperatropeemia!"
"What's that?"
"I don't know, I just made it up!"
If some other bands decide they don't want to sign up with a record company, and can work out some way to make their money through alternative distribution schemes such as Gnutella or BearShare that's up to them.
You're not losing your rights and freedoms, because you don't have the right to copy and distribute somebody else's copyrighted work now.
Some people upon realising this might decide that the world could be better if engineering types were in charge of everything, rather than a pack of lawyers. And then you see Microsoft, an engineering type of company becoming more powerful, and what happens? The lawyer types decide to tear it down. They get the government to nip at Microsoft in court, over and over again. Lots and lots of court cases - who wins? Why the lawyers of course. QED.
The article in the NYT makes the point that the main role of lawyers is distributing information. Up until the end of the twentieth century, the lawyers could control the legal information by making it inaccessible and expensive. That big wall of books is not just to look good, you can find stuff out in there too! Now the "Information Age" is here, and information moves quickly and cheaply to people who want it. This is a dagger at the heart of the legal profession. Maybe they don't know it yet, but you can be sure that when they find out, they will not go easily. They will use all their power to fight kicking and screaming to maintain their powerful positions in society. It should be fun.
LEGALISE CRIME! SMASH THE STATE!
I think that's reasonable.
When I read about this in the paper the other day, I checked around to find out some stuff about Christmas Island. One thing I found out is that there is currently no real estate for sale on the island. I guess speculators found out about the space port early and bought it all up. Too bad if you live there.
Hey, Slashdot had that interview with the magic magnet dude, Alex Chiu. And didn't it say in that story, "Tell us who you want an interview with"? Well I want to see a Slashdot interview with Bill Gates. Who's with me???!!?!
This article is from the "Wanker Desk" at Ars Technica:
http://new.arstechnica.com/wankerdesk/
Ummm, WANKER DESK??? Does anybody know why it's called that? Do they just not know what wanker means?
You know what Microsoft should do? They should split up their company into two divisions: the Operating System Division and the Applications Division. Then the Applications Division should port all their popular applications like Word, Excel, Office etc to every operating system around. They'd make lots of money. Meanwhile, the Operating System Division should continue innovating and building neat new server and desktop operating systems to see if they can compete. If they can't do it, bad luck. They go broke. But the Applications Division would still be raking in the cash like mad. I wonder why some bright spark in Microsoft hasn't thought of this idea?