Does this mean that statistic reflects servers in a more or less 'official' capacity (aka open relays)? What percentage of spam is relayed from trojaned Windows machines on home broadband accounts? I would assume that this has got to be a high number - and higher every day. As we know, MyDoom, for example, as just spam a trojan in disguise. With such a high percentage given to China, I would assume that they haven't taken into account spam relayed through zombies.
I was going to post something similar. I'd bet most spam comes from China because of zombie-fied home PCs. The thing I'd add is that China has such a large software piracy problem, most of the home PCs are running illegal copies of Windows. Microsoft has made it impossible (for an average home PC user) to download security patches if you are running Windows XP with an illegal install code. I'd say this is the main cause of all the spam coming from China.
Granted, even patched Windows PCs are susceptible to spam-relaying trojans. Still, with an unpatched Windows PC, you don't need to do a thing to have your home computer become a spam-zombie.
If we refuse, as a group, to see this movie the weekend it comes out, it would make a point. It would send a message out that we will not simply watch whatever they throw at us just because we hold on to some childhood memories. We will not see a movie because the first one did so well. We as a group cannot allow the movie industry to rape us anymore. If they want to continue to raise the price, then we need to continue to empty their theaters.
While I'd enjoy seeing that actually happen, it won't. The mindless general public will pack the theatres. Remember, this is the same general public that lives for American Idol, Entertainment Tonight and The Bachelor.
EpIII? Maybe I'll catch it on DVD when a friend of mine picks it up in the used bin. Hopefully I'll be able to stomach more of it than EpII.
I never saw EpII in the theatre. First time I saw it was when a friend picked it up on DVD for me for $6. Had he asked first, I would have told him to not bother. Anyway, I still haven't watched the whole thing. I suppose I might watch it just before watching EPIII that was purchased the same way. Otherwise, forget it.
Google Image Search works wonders. Here's Eisner. Here's Farquaad. I seem to recall more of a similarity between the two. Now when I see both side by side, not so much.
I had this problem before I got into IT. I was working in retail management, then office management and was always stressed out. I couldn't figure out how to relieve the stress. Then it occurred to me that I wasn't doing what I wanted to do for a living. I dropped everything and started work on a path that would eventually lead me to my IT job. Yes, this was a conscious choice for me. This was the best thing that I could have done.
Then when the stress of my IT job was getting to me, I sat down and tried figuring out why. The reason was because while I was doing what I wanted to do for a living, I wasn't doing what I wanted to do in the off hours. I thought to myself "What do I really want to do that I've never done before?" The answer was SCUBA diving so I took classes and have gone on a couple of dive trips so far.
In my opinion, this is the secret. If you are stressed all the time, it means you are not doing what you really want to do. Figure out what it is you want to do and just do it. Simple, but many people don't understand it.
What ever happened to good, old fashioned testing? I've seen the problem with companies rolling out software into production before it has been fully tested and ended up paying the price. I've had to clean up the mess of other engineers who didn't test something and told them about it every time. I asked if they tested it. They answer "No, it should work. It always has before." When I ask if they are always 100% confident that nothing was missed, they say yes, but obviously this isn't the case. When it comes to something as important as an election, in my opinion, there is no excuse not to test, fix problems, repeat ad infinitum, then roll it out once everyone is satisfied there are no errors. If this takes 20 years, fine. Just make sure it works correctly before rolling it out.
I told them I had no problem with changing my password. The problem is that when ISPs do this, they get people into the habit of giving their password out to anyone.
No Information Security person has explained why changing passwords is more secure than not.
Let's say a co-worker found out your password by looking over your shoulder while you typed it in. If your password never chagned, your co-worker would alway be able to log in as you. If your password changes within 30 days, your co-worker could log in as you for no more than 30 days, depending on when he found out what your password was.
The iris scan is turned into electical impulses signifying bits at one point or another. If you can get a hold of that series of bits, for all intents and purposes, you have their iris.
Even back in the days I did call support for an ISP, sometimes I'd just ask their login name and they'd just blurt out...
My ISP always asks me what my password is. I've explained to them many times that it gets people into a bad habit and that I have to repeatedly tell my end users to NEVER give out passwords to anyone, even me. After several times, they finally said, "I'll make a note in your account to not ask for your password."
Who needs Metaploit when all you really need is an article on the front page of/.? I was looking around the page before it was posted to/. and as I was nearing completion of the downloads, I noticed things begin to choke. "Ahhh....", I thought to myself, "Must be on/." Now with a total of 25 or so posts it's coming to a screeching halt. We really have to come up with a way to warn webmasters when their site is going to be linked from/.
I've explained to everyone I gave my email address to that I don't want my email address submitted to ANY website. If they want to forward me something, they should copy the link and paste it into an email.
I had one of my users submit seven other of my users' email addresses to one of these free movie tickets sites. They ended up being blocked because the site forged the initial sender's email address in the From: line. This was by one of the same people who complain about the amount of spam she gets. I explained to her that now these other seven people will get spam now and she said, "But I didn't give out their addresses!" RRRIIIIIIGGGHHHHTTTTT! I'm in the process of experimenting with SpamAssassin with Amavisd and Postfix. If only I could get it to work!
Yes, but you have to admit, when you accidently unplug that fiber line, raw sewage doesn't usually come out of it!
I don't know. I have a picture of a friend's computer room that ended up with a flood of raw sewage. Granted, it's not an everyday event, but $#!+ happens.
Heh, I use it to troubleshoot my email system when no one else is in the office. If I can see spam flowing in, I know incoming is working. If I can see bounces flowing out, I know outgoing is working.
I've been doing this for the past year. Every so often I get a call from a user that needs to get to a sight that is associated with a spammer. For example, a local television station's site is hosted on the same machine as a spammer's site. I got calls from users wanting to visit that station's site so I had to unblock it. This is a never-ending job since spammers many time host their "web sites" on virus-infected broadband home PCs. Since I only have to work with 1000 or so users, it's not a big deal. If I had billions like AOL. Gads. I'd rather not think about it. And that's not taking into account those people that truly want to visit the spammer's sites. Who is AOL to deny them the ability to go to the websites they want.
There are just too many pitfalls in this. I don't think all large ISPs will go this route.
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As of this morning, his update log read:
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Does this mean that statistic reflects servers in a more or less 'official' capacity (aka open relays)? What percentage of spam is relayed from trojaned Windows machines on home broadband accounts? I would assume that this has got to be a high number - and higher every day. As we know, MyDoom, for example, as just spam a trojan in disguise. With such a high percentage given to China, I would assume that they haven't taken into account spam relayed through zombies.
I was going to post something similar. I'd bet most spam comes from China because of zombie-fied home PCs. The thing I'd add is that China has such a large software piracy problem, most of the home PCs are running illegal copies of Windows. Microsoft has made it impossible (for an average home PC user) to download security patches if you are running Windows XP with an illegal install code. I'd say this is the main cause of all the spam coming from China.
Granted, even patched Windows PCs are susceptible to spam-relaying trojans. Still, with an unpatched Windows PC, you don't need to do a thing to have your home computer become a spam-zombie.
If we refuse, as a group, to see this movie the weekend it comes out, it would make a point. It would send a message out that we will not simply watch whatever they throw at us just because we hold on to some childhood memories. We will not see a movie because the first one did so well. We as a group cannot allow the movie industry to rape us anymore. If they want to continue to raise the price, then we need to continue to empty their theaters.
While I'd enjoy seeing that actually happen, it won't. The mindless general public will pack the theatres. Remember, this is the same general public that lives for American Idol, Entertainment Tonight and The Bachelor.
EpIII? Maybe I'll catch it on DVD when a friend of mine picks it up in the used bin. Hopefully I'll be able to stomach more of it than EpII.
I never saw EpII in the theatre. First time I saw it was when a friend picked it up on DVD for me for $6. Had he asked first, I would have told him to not bother. Anyway, I still haven't watched the whole thing. I suppose I might watch it just before watching EPIII that was purchased the same way. Otherwise, forget it.
Google Image Search works wonders. Here's Eisner. Here's Farquaad.
I seem to recall more of a similarity between the two. Now when I see both side by side, not so much.
Actually, the makers of Shrek intentionally made Farquaad a spitting image of Eisner. I'm sure it was nothing personal, though. *ahem*
Its a shame that its come to the point where a worm will exploit another worm to screw stuff up. I am so glad I moved to linux.
What about OS X?
You've got yours too.
Ok, it's a trojan, not a worm, but no system is 100% secure.
I had this problem before I got into IT. I was working in retail management, then office management and was always stressed out. I couldn't figure out how to relieve the stress. Then it occurred to me that I wasn't doing what I wanted to do for a living. I dropped everything and started work on a path that would eventually lead me to my IT job. Yes, this was a conscious choice for me. This was the best thing that I could have done.
Then when the stress of my IT job was getting to me, I sat down and tried figuring out why. The reason was because while I was doing what I wanted to do for a living, I wasn't doing what I wanted to do in the off hours. I thought to myself "What do I really want to do that I've never done before?" The answer was SCUBA diving so I took classes and have gone on a couple of dive trips so far.
In my opinion, this is the secret. If you are stressed all the time, it means you are not doing what you really want to do. Figure out what it is you want to do and just do it. Simple, but many people don't understand it.
What ever happened to good, old fashioned testing? I've seen the problem with companies rolling out software into production before it has been fully tested and ended up paying the price. I've had to clean up the mess of other engineers who didn't test something and told them about it every time. I asked if they tested it. They answer "No, it should work. It always has before." When I ask if they are always 100% confident that nothing was missed, they say yes, but obviously this isn't the case. When it comes to something as important as an election, in my opinion, there is no excuse not to test, fix problems, repeat ad infinitum, then roll it out once everyone is satisfied there are no errors. If this takes 20 years, fine. Just make sure it works correctly before rolling it out.
Wait. It was only for military? Uh...Nope, wasn't me. Hold on a sec'. Someone's at the door. DD0002111873A627F87DDE13B{}}|{|{00000000[NO CARRIER]
I told them I had no problem with changing my password. The problem is that when ISPs do this, they get people into the habit of giving their password out to anyone.
No Information Security person has explained why changing passwords is more secure than not.
Let's say a co-worker found out your password by looking over your shoulder while you typed it in. If your password never chagned, your co-worker would alway be able to log in as you. If your password changes within 30 days, your co-worker could log in as you for no more than 30 days, depending on when he found out what your password was.
The iris scan is turned into electical impulses signifying bits at one point or another. If you can get a hold of that series of bits, for all intents and purposes, you have their iris.
Even back in the days I did call support for an ISP, sometimes I'd just ask their login name and they'd just blurt out...
My ISP always asks me what my password is. I've explained to them many times that it gets people into a bad habit and that I have to repeatedly tell my end users to NEVER give out passwords to anyone, even me. After several times, they finally said, "I'll make a note in your account to not ask for your password."
Idiots.
So in California at least it is soon going to be illegal to take your phone into the cinema
Does that mean the guy behind me won't let his phone ring several times before answering it and yacking on it for several minutes? Good!
Who needs Metaploit when all you really need is an article on the front page of /.? I was looking around the page before it was posted to /. and as I was nearing completion of the downloads, I noticed things begin to choke. "Ahhh....", I thought to myself, "Must be on /." Now with a total of 25 or so posts it's coming to a screeching halt. We really have to come up with a way to warn webmasters when their site is going to be linked from /.
I've explained to everyone I gave my email address to that I don't want my email address submitted to ANY website. If they want to forward me something, they should copy the link and paste it into an email.
I had one of my users submit seven other of my users' email addresses to one of these free movie tickets sites. They ended up being blocked because the site forged the initial sender's email address in the From: line. This was by one of the same people who complain about the amount of spam she gets. I explained to her that now these other seven people will get spam now and she said, "But I didn't give out their addresses!" RRRIIIIIIGGGHHHHTTTTT! I'm in the process of experimenting with SpamAssassin with Amavisd and Postfix. If only I could get it to work!
Glad I'm not the only one who thought of "Twin Peaks". Or am I?
Ok, how about we just call him a man. Is that alright with everyone?
Except that he's a spammer/scammer. That doesn't qualify as a man. I vote for "scum".55378008
:)
+10 Karma to the first person to figure out what that is
Looks like boobless in l33tsp34k in a mirror to me.
|<L34rLy j00 |)0 |\|07 |_|nD3r574nD @d\/4||\|C3D l337 5p33k 17 1s m[]r3 t|-|3|\| j|_|57 d1g|7s, l0l!!!!!111@
Uh...that should be "t|-|4|\|", not "t|-|3|\|".
OMG...Grammar nazi'ing l33t sp34k.
Yes, but you have to admit, when you accidently unplug that fiber line, raw sewage doesn't usually come out of it!
I don't know. I have a picture of a friend's computer room that ended up with a flood of raw sewage. Granted, it's not an everyday event, but $#!+ happens.
Heh, I use it to troubleshoot my email system when no one else is in the office. If I can see spam flowing in, I know incoming is working. If I can see bounces flowing out, I know outgoing is working.
Okay, it was just a bit of hyperbole. I wasn't intentionally misleading anyone.
I've been doing this for the past year. Every so often I get a call from a user that needs to get to a sight that is associated with a spammer. For example, a local television station's site is hosted on the same machine as a spammer's site. I got calls from users wanting to visit that station's site so I had to unblock it. This is a never-ending job since spammers many time host their "web sites" on virus-infected broadband home PCs. Since I only have to work with 1000 or so users, it's not a big deal. If I had billions like AOL. Gads. I'd rather not think about it. And that's not taking into account those people that truly want to visit the spammer's sites. Who is AOL to deny them the ability to go to the websites they want.
There are just too many pitfalls in this. I don't think all large ISPs will go this route.