Just from a server admin's POV, 98% is preventable. That's taking into account that a hardware or software bug that is out of the admin's control, becomes a crazy zero day flaw. I could teach my grandma to secure a server so it never has data breaches. It's really not that hard.... (1) Always install the patches. SONY didn't patch, DigiNotar didn't patch, etc. (2) Always encrypt the user's password in the DB field. SONY stored them in plaintext! (3) Admin password should never be the default one. (4) Don't use Windows. Use Linux, *BSD, or something else with a good solid reputation of great security (and for a lot less money too!).........just following those four concepts, will give you great start on security even if you don't know what you're doing. Most/.er's already know all that, but hey, somebody's gotta spell it out for the newbies.
cmdr taco leaves and we gets stories like this now. Whoever said you can't write an OS unless you do it in C? I've heard of OS's in C++ and even Assembly, among other things.
....let me do as I please with it. Why would I want a computer or device that I can't use any way I'd like? I don't buy tables from the furniture store and have to agree to never use them as anything but a table -- not a desk, not a step ladder, not for parts for the neighbor kids treehouse, etc, etc. So why would I want to buy a computer of any sort, that is entirely limited by the manufacturer? That's why I haven't gotten excited about all these eReaders and Pads yet.
Thanks for/. Commander. One of the few sites I've been coming to since I was led to it in 1998. Others are either gone, or just not worth visiting anymore. We'll miss ya.
I'm 27, and I just started learning Python (via http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/). It took me 2 days to get the feel of it. So, I'd say you're never too old. If you know the basic concepts of programming (which you obviously do) then you can pick up a new language's syntax & nuances pretty quick.
Don't know if the new DHS listing really matters though. Wasn't there an article posted here on/. a month or two or three ago, detailing how the US gov't has some sort of internet listening ability at key points on the information superhighway's servers or routers or something? That'll catch anything about all of us anyway. Man I wish I could remember where that article was. I should've bookmarked it. Some guy who used to work for the FBI was coding the thing back around 9/11 and the gov't put it into action a year or two after that.
I like how he says "I've moved off Docs, Plus", including G+ as if he's been tied to it so much that it's dragging him down. He's used it for what...a whole month maybe? I'm sure G+ is his problem.
It would make a great story, but... in reality, Android being a LINUX OS... is, well... free. So, it's not like Google is making something that costs & the giving the OS for less than it costed them. In other words - they ain't takin' any financial loss from the product in order to gain marketplace. If that was the case, then it could be an unfair advantage, but it's not the case is it?
Funny, I use Ubuntu as my desktop (technically my laptop) for almost a month now since Windows Vista became too much of a pain, but I have yet to bother with the Ubuntu One service. Maybe I'll click that icon now, and try it out. I'm actually not even sure what it is exactly.
This is exactly what makes this all so hard to comprehend in my tiny skull. How could these companies & governments with such highly sensitive material be leaving such easy security holes? It can't be by accident, but I don't see how such stupidity would benefit them. It's like Fort Knox leaving the back door unlocked and later saying "Well, we did't have it open...so, that was good security. It's appalling to us that someone had the gall to open the door". Something's just not right with this picture.
Is it just me, or is it all too easy to hack companies & governments nowadays? That's very very strange.
- SONY didn't have proper security anywhere in its worldview.
- The US military just had 24,000 files stolen.
- The Sun just had its email hacked.
- etc, etc, etc.
I'm not a security expert, but I know enough about it to find it harder & harder to actually believe that these places with highly sensitive material, are being hacked without much of a problem.
So the real news here is that the cost of paper, printer ink, & workers to reformat the data, add up to less than the cost of copy-n-pasting files or even attaching the files to an email.
Do they realize who won the civil war, and that it means they have to abide by the US constitution?
Besides that, the definition of "offensive" is incredibly varied.
How does this affect newspaper websites in the state, that may simply be reporting the news by showing an image of Muhammad? How would that be dealt with? Probably different from an offensive image to a Southern Baptist eh? And probably different from a blogger showing the same thing?
Slashdot Mirror
A long long time ago.... in a galaxy far far away... Star Wars was good.
Wait a minute, Google forces people to use their real name on G+, but they refuse to allow Koreans to use their real name on Youtube. Ummm...
Just from a server admin's POV, 98% is preventable. That's taking into account that a hardware or software bug that is out of the admin's control, becomes a crazy zero day flaw. I could teach my grandma to secure a server so it never has data breaches. It's really not that hard.... (1) Always install the patches. SONY didn't patch, DigiNotar didn't patch, etc. (2) Always encrypt the user's password in the DB field. SONY stored them in plaintext! (3) Admin password should never be the default one. (4) Don't use Windows. Use Linux, *BSD, or something else with a good solid reputation of great security (and for a lot less money too!). ........just following those four concepts, will give you great start on security even if you don't know what you're doing. Most /.er's already know all that, but hey, somebody's gotta spell it out for the newbies.
Does/Did SONY own Diginotar?
'cause they only believe what they're taught in school and that nothing has changed since then.
Well it's written in C# of course.
cmdr taco leaves and we gets stories like this now. Whoever said you can't write an OS unless you do it in C? I've heard of OS's in C++ and even Assembly, among other things.
....let me do as I please with it. Why would I want a computer or device that I can't use any way I'd like? I don't buy tables from the furniture store and have to agree to never use them as anything but a table -- not a desk, not a step ladder, not for parts for the neighbor kids treehouse, etc, etc. So why would I want to buy a computer of any sort, that is entirely limited by the manufacturer? That's why I haven't gotten excited about all these eReaders and Pads yet.
Thanks for /. Commander. One of the few sites I've been coming to since I was led to it in 1998. Others are either gone, or just not worth visiting anymore. We'll miss ya.
Wait, wasn't the first popular PC, called the Apple II?
I'm 27, and I just started learning Python (via http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/). It took me 2 days to get the feel of it. So, I'd say you're never too old. If you know the basic concepts of programming (which you obviously do) then you can pick up a new language's syntax & nuances pretty quick.
Dude, you rawwk.
Don't know if the new DHS listing really matters though. Wasn't there an article posted here on /. a month or two or three ago, detailing how the US gov't has some sort of internet listening ability at key points on the information superhighway's servers or routers or something? That'll catch anything about all of us anyway. Man I wish I could remember where that article was. I should've bookmarked it. Some guy who used to work for the FBI was coding the thing back around 9/11 and the gov't put it into action a year or two after that.
I like how he says "I've moved off Docs, Plus", including G+ as if he's been tied to it so much that it's dragging him down. He's used it for what...a whole month maybe? I'm sure G+ is his problem.
It would make a great story, but... in reality, Android being a LINUX OS... is, well... free. So, it's not like Google is making something that costs & the giving the OS for less than it costed them. In other words - they ain't takin' any financial loss from the product in order to gain marketplace. If that was the case, then it could be an unfair advantage, but it's not the case is it?
Funny, I use Ubuntu as my desktop (technically my laptop) for almost a month now since Windows Vista became too much of a pain, but I have yet to bother with the Ubuntu One service. Maybe I'll click that icon now, and try it out. I'm actually not even sure what it is exactly.
Sounds like there's some money to be made in leaving yourself insecure. That would explain a lot.... still crazy but it would explain a lot.
This is exactly what makes this all so hard to comprehend in my tiny skull. How could these companies & governments with such highly sensitive material be leaving such easy security holes? It can't be by accident, but I don't see how such stupidity would benefit them. It's like Fort Knox leaving the back door unlocked and later saying "Well, we did't have it open...so, that was good security. It's appalling to us that someone had the gall to open the door". Something's just not right with this picture.
Is it just me, or is it all too easy to hack companies & governments nowadays? That's very very strange. - SONY didn't have proper security anywhere in its worldview. - The US military just had 24,000 files stolen. - The Sun just had its email hacked. - etc, etc, etc. I'm not a security expert, but I know enough about it to find it harder & harder to actually believe that these places with highly sensitive material, are being hacked without much of a problem.
You're right. That guy just trolled Facebook ingeniously. /thread
Well that's what the gov't gets when they leave SONY in charge of security.
So the real news here is that the cost of paper, printer ink, & workers to reformat the data, add up to less than the cost of copy-n-pasting files or even attaching the files to an email.
Do they realize who won the civil war, and that it means they have to abide by the US constitution? Besides that, the definition of "offensive" is incredibly varied. How does this affect newspaper websites in the state, that may simply be reporting the news by showing an image of Muhammad? How would that be dealt with? Probably different from an offensive image to a Southern Baptist eh? And probably different from a blogger showing the same thing?
Why is this news?? You make a profile online, not for yourself, but for others... for public consumption. So... huh?
Is it April 1st?