Actually, the sig is supposed to be complete, including credits to allmighty Douglas Adams. But the/.-sig-limit limits it, and I never bothered to fix it..
It's only the 109-bit keys that's been brute forced. Quoting the article, it would take 100 million times more computing power to take the 163-bit challenge:
"It would be about 100 million times harder (to break) than what was just done," Vanstone said. "If you could get every machine on the planet working on the problem...you're still not going to be able to touch the 163 problem."
I don't think Apple has any troubles using this key as of yet. And it's certainly not an insecure approach to OS security. The encoding of these algorithms is quite fast. This would be a good performance thing for the OS.
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It's called ttyquake or Textmode-Quake, depending on who you ask. Anyway, it's located here, and is sick, sick, sick. Quite cool.
And not only that, but you'll end up with all of Shakespears work (see my.sig, wich I never bothered to change even though the/..sig-character-limit limits it), a working BSD kernel, kick-ass 3D-software, a GPL'ed program that prints out solutions for every problem in the world and the undisputed best moderation system for/. ever. Just to mention a few.
Now, for the obligatory Beowulf, "imagine a Beowulf-cluster of monkeys with vim , gcc and umlimited time!"
Well, Outlook does exist for Mac (OS X AFAIK, maybe others as well). It's just called something else. Entourage is actually quite good, and doesn't contain as much security holes as Outlook on Windows does. But still, it's too complicated and [feature|bug]-filled to get as useful as it could.
Even though, I'm all for a free (as in speech) alternative. I especially like the server-free solution they're laying out, although I'm curios about how that will be implemented. I really hope someone will take the initiative to hack some syncing with palm-devices into this thing as well. I Outlook-syncronisation is one of the main features that still attracts users to Outlook..
Hey, karma is for burning, right?
They've changed it. The counter couldn't keep up, I guess..
There are a few registered and quite a few anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 541.73 kbit/s
If we're that technical, Windows 9x|ME isn't operating systems either. They're shells as well. IIRC, Win95 runs on DOS 7 and Win98 and ME on DOS 8. All NT-derived Windowses (NT, 2K, XP) are "real" OSes on their own.
Windows 1.01 resides on my harddrive. I found a disk at somebody's house (I was fixing their computer). I got the disk when I asked (-8
It's not that hard to find old OSes. Generally, it's called Google.
Solitaire was certainly in Windows 3.0, and I'm pretty sure my 80286 had Minesweeper with its Windows install as well. Not too sure about Minesweeper. Solitaire, though, was extremly exciting to look at when all the cards bumpbed "out of the screen" when you finished. Espcially on 12MHz.
You didin't quite catch the next line in the grandparent post?
His point was that Linux has been widespread on webservers for a while now. It's not the ever-growing Linux userbase that's the _direct_ cause of this worm.
Though, you have a point. A growing Linux user base attracts the kind of people that creates worms as well.
Here in Norway, we don't have an opera yet. They are about to build one. But there are no plans for banner advertisment in it. They will probably put up some banners outside it, though. I don't think operas around the world has banners..
A few years before 1990 it would have been perfectly legal for anyone to hack into your computer; there were no laws prohibiting examing other people's computer files. At the time such legislation was passed and certainly out until 1990 it was understood that it would take time for legal issues to be worked out.
But the RIAA is not the regular script kiddie who cracks into the regular buisniss' server just for the kick of leaving "Cracked by elite "(they typed it like that then)" hackers" files. Cracking was not soscially acceptable even then. And the RIAA is a large organisation, not the script kiddie. It would surprise people to hear about a law that gave them right to crack your computer.
Not really such schemes were in use in 1990 just not by Microsoft. During the 1980's software was very often designed to only run on a particular machine and was often licenses that way. I don't think they would have found it suprising at all.
No such schemes have been used on any larger scale, and certainly not by anyone who holds 95% of the market. If you tried to tell someone that you needed to send in information about your 80286 to install MS-DOS, it would surprise people.
I think they'd be more suprised you could watch a video on a computer. As for the rest of your statement its false: a licensed software running on 'NIX based system to watch videos would be perfectly legal. DeCSS wasn't licensed. As for linking I think there is no chance that stands up in court over the long term. No way will NYTimes, CNN... hold that providing information constitutes trafficing.
I wouldn't be suprised if someone told me that in 10 years, a computer can display 3D-holograms of the people you talk on the phone with. Anybody with just a tad of computer history knowledge would perfectly accept the fact that in 2002, computers could display videos. But they would be surprised (and RMS would have freaked out) if you told them that open source software (you'd have to explain them the concept of OSS first, but anyway) in general wouldn't be allowed to display video. They were doing the same thing in 1990 and 1980...
But nobody cared about cassette recording in 1990..
Wouldn't that be [you@yourRHbox]# rm -rf/ Unless you have som very strange permissions going on (maybe all filesystems in FAT?), a regular user wouldn't be able to do that..
Even though you make a few points, you are not fully correct.
It's true that you need a bunch of equipment for real camping/hiking/trekking (don't know what word to use).. You need a decent backback, a good sleeping bag and good hiking boots. That's about it for starters. Most people (well, here in Norway anyway) already have good clothing for staying outside (be prepared for rain, even even with the best forecast). The rest of the gear you can probably borrow or rent somewhere. If you get hooked on hiking, you can consider expanding you own set of gear, after what needs you have. You don't need all the new high-tech garments and equipment the manufactures want you to buy. But the most important thing you'll need on a hiking trip, especially over more than a couple of days, is experience. Don't start out with an ambisious plan of 5 days without someone who knows his/hers way around camping.
For the sleeping bag - it's perfectly ok to sleep in a wet sleeping bag, if you're that unlucky (in the summer, anyway). You won't get hypothermia if you put on some wool before you go to sleep.
If you're going to hike in the winter, it's something else. You'll need a whole lot of equipment in addition.
But my original point was meant to be something along the lines of that most of the expenses are one-time only. If you buy a decent backpack, you'll expect it to last for a few years. Same for the rest of the equipment. I do a lot of hiking/camping myself, and I already have the equipment needed. That means that an hiking trip for me is extremly cheap - I only pay for the food, basicly.
Good thing Norway's not a member of EU, then. But the way norwegian policies are at the time, it's not too unlikely they'll pass the law in Norway. I sure hope not.
Well, Google has unlimited bandwith (or, almost). How about providing a link to the google cache (presuming there is one) in the story, as well as the original page? I know that not all pages are cached in google (especially new sites), but it would take away some/.ing.
This is a job for people who submit news to slashdot. When providing a link to the main page, be sure to link to google's cache as well!
I do that as well, I just forgot to mention it. Send a polite mail, and silently say something about other sites, without mentioning names. They understand anyway, and the request doesn't seem that hostile. Surprisingly, most webmasters (on smaller sites, anyway) actually do remove the block. If they do so, I usually send them a mail back and thank them. Good deeds needs appricitation (-8
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Yes! Thank you, you just made my day! I knew I'd seen that before!
Off to dig up the good'ol DotT-CD! Wee!
Thanks (-8 Good job on noticing..
/.-sig-limit limits it, and I never bothered to fix it..
Actually, the sig is supposed to be complete, including credits to allmighty Douglas Adams. But the
Why would you run either MSIE, Netscape or Mozilla? *cough*Opera*cough*
Just had to (-8
Well, that actually would be a good thing.
Now, if we're talking about someone important, like ones girlfriend, that would not be a good thing.
It's only the 109-bit keys that's been brute forced. Quoting the article, it would take 100 million times more computing power to take the 163-bit challenge:
"It would be about 100 million times harder (to break) than what was just done," Vanstone said. "If you could get every machine on the planet working on the problem...you're still not going to be able to touch the 163 problem."
I don't think Apple has any troubles using this key as of yet. And it's certainly not an insecure approach to OS security. The encoding of these algorithms is quite fast. This would be a good performance thing for the OS.
It's called ttyquake or Textmode-Quake, depending on who you ask. Anyway, it's located here, and is sick, sick, sick. Quite cool.
You only need one compiler, and unlimited time.
.sig, wich I never bothered to change even though the /. .sig-character-limit limits it), a working BSD kernel, kick-ass 3D-software, a GPL'ed program that prints out solutions for every problem in the world and the undisputed best moderation system for /. ever. Just to mention a few.
And not only that, but you'll end up with all of Shakespears work (see my
Now, for the obligatory Beowulf, "imagine a Beowulf-cluster of monkeys with vim , gcc and umlimited time!"
Well, Outlook does exist for Mac (OS X AFAIK, maybe others as well). It's just called something else. Entourage is actually quite good, and doesn't contain as much security holes as Outlook on Windows does. But still, it's too complicated and [feature|bug]-filled to get as useful as it could.
Even though, I'm all for a free (as in speech) alternative. I especially like the server-free solution they're laying out, although I'm curios about how that will be implemented. I really hope someone will take the initiative to hack some syncing with palm-devices into this thing as well. I Outlook-syncronisation is one of the main features that still attracts users to Outlook..
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The best part of the article is
"Note that the number of required characters changes from 17,145 to 18,770 with the installation of SP1."
What a service pack!
Hey, karma is for burning, right? They've changed it. The counter couldn't keep up, I guess.. There are a few registered and quite a few anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 541.73 kbit/s
You just made my day (or night, depending on how you look at it)! (-8 Dunno why, but to me that was hilarious..
If we're that technical, Windows 9x|ME isn't operating systems either. They're shells as well. IIRC, Win95 runs on DOS 7 and Win98 and ME on DOS 8. All NT-derived Windowses (NT, 2K, XP) are "real" OSes on their own.
Windows 1.01 resides on my harddrive. I found a disk at somebody's house (I was fixing their computer). I got the disk when I asked (-8 It's not that hard to find old OSes. Generally, it's called Google.
Well, since we're on to nitpicking..
Solitaire was certainly in Windows 3.0, and I'm pretty sure my 80286 had Minesweeper with its Windows install as well. Not too sure about Minesweeper. Solitaire, though, was extremly exciting to look at when all the cards bumpbed "out of the screen" when you finished. Espcially on 12MHz.
You didin't quite catch the next line in the grandparent post?
His point was that Linux has been widespread on webservers for a while now. It's not the ever-growing Linux userbase that's the _direct_ cause of this worm.
Though, you have a point. A growing Linux user base attracts the kind of people that creates worms as well.
Do you mean banners like in the Opera?
Here in Norway, we don't have an opera yet. They are about to build one. But there are no plans for banner advertisment in it. They will probably put up some banners outside it, though. I don't think operas around the world has banners..
Sorry, I too had to (-8
And not to forget the PC-game Ski or Die, legendary in my country (that would be Norway)..
A few years before 1990 it would have been perfectly legal for anyone to hack into your computer; there were no laws prohibiting examing other people's computer files. At the time such legislation was passed and certainly out until 1990 it was understood that it would take time for legal issues to be worked out.
But the RIAA is not the regular script kiddie who cracks into the regular buisniss' server just for the kick of leaving "Cracked by elite "(they typed it like that then)" hackers" files. Cracking was not soscially acceptable even then. And the RIAA is a large organisation, not the script kiddie. It would surprise people to hear about a law that gave them right to crack your computer.
Not really such schemes were in use in 1990 just not by Microsoft. During the 1980's software was very often designed to only run on a particular machine and was often licenses that way. I don't think they would have found it suprising at all.
No such schemes have been used on any larger scale, and certainly not by anyone who holds 95% of the market. If you tried to tell someone that you needed to send in information about your 80286 to install MS-DOS, it would surprise people.
I think they'd be more suprised you could watch a video on a computer. As for the rest of your statement its false: a licensed software running on 'NIX based system to watch videos would be perfectly legal. DeCSS wasn't licensed. As for linking I think there is no chance that stands up in court over the long term. No way will NYTimes, CNN... hold that providing information constitutes trafficing.
I wouldn't be suprised if someone told me that in 10 years, a computer can display 3D-holograms of the people you talk on the phone with. Anybody with just a tad of computer history knowledge would perfectly accept the fact that in 2002, computers could display videos. But they would be surprised (and RMS would have freaked out) if you told them that open source software (you'd have to explain them the concept of OSS first, but anyway) in general wouldn't be allowed to display video.
They were doing the same thing in 1990 and 1980...
But nobody cared about cassette recording in 1990..
Wouldn't that be /
[you@yourRHbox]# rm -rf
Unless you have som very strange permissions going on (maybe all filesystems in FAT?), a regular user wouldn't be able to do that..
There is no equivalancy between us and Iraq, none!
How about attacking countries without any reason whatsoever?
Even though you make a few points, you are not fully correct.
It's true that you need a bunch of equipment for real camping/hiking/trekking (don't know what word to use).. You need a decent backback, a good sleeping bag and good hiking boots. That's about it for starters. Most people (well, here in Norway anyway) already have good clothing for staying outside (be prepared for rain, even even with the best forecast). The rest of the gear you can probably borrow or rent somewhere. If you get hooked on hiking, you can consider expanding you own set of gear, after what needs you have. You don't need all the new high-tech garments and equipment the manufactures want you to buy. But the most important thing you'll need on a hiking trip, especially over more than a couple of days, is experience. Don't start out with an ambisious plan of 5 days without someone who knows his/hers way around camping.
For the sleeping bag - it's perfectly ok to sleep in a wet sleeping bag, if you're that unlucky (in the summer, anyway). You won't get hypothermia if you put on some wool before you go to sleep.
If you're going to hike in the winter, it's something else. You'll need a whole lot of equipment in addition.
But my original point was meant to be something along the lines of that most of the expenses are one-time only. If you buy a decent backpack, you'll expect it to last for a few years. Same for the rest of the equipment. I do a lot of hiking/camping myself, and I already have the equipment needed. That means that an hiking trip for me is extremly cheap - I only pay for the food, basicly.
This thread is kind of OT by now, I think..
I remember something like that as well. But anyone who can get Linux to run on XBox most certainly does not want to work at Microsoft..
Good thing Norway's not a member of EU, then. But the way norwegian policies are at the time, it's not too unlikely they'll pass the law in Norway. I sure hope not.
Well, Google has unlimited bandwith (or, almost). How about providing a link to the google cache (presuming there is one) in the story, as well as the original page? I know that not all pages are cached in google (especially new sites), but it would take away some /.ing.
This is a job for people who submit news to slashdot. When providing a link to the main page, be sure to link to google's cache as well!
I do that as well, I just forgot to mention it. Send a polite mail, and silently say something about other sites, without mentioning names. They understand anyway, and the request doesn't seem that hostile. Surprisingly, most webmasters (on smaller sites, anyway) actually do remove the block. If they do so, I usually send them a mail back and thank them. Good deeds needs appricitation (-8