In the event of a break-in, I think some US-based ISPs might take action. But for the ongoing flood of spam from consumer-level broadband, North American ISPs clearly don't give a shit.
Some ISPs do worse. I've had spam directly
deposited into my inbox. No 'received from' headers at all.
Hmmm... I have a feeling they didn't leave the site open. They just didn't make it unhackable.
IIRC, he went in via a proxy server that they
left open to access from the Internet.
They left the site open. They just didn't put
out a sign saying 'Hack us'.
I agree, but in order to be cracked over time,
the attacker must either have a copy of the encrypted password (ex: copy of passwd file) or allowed to attempt access
indefinitely without detection (ex: login with no delay, no log of failures).
In the first case, if the encrypted password can't be obtained
in the first place, what does the attacker have
to work with?
In the second case the only way I see for the
attack to be successful is if access to the
software is given such that a brute force attack
is allowed to continue indefinitely.
And in the second case, it doesn't really matter
how recently you changed your password.
Speaking of phobia, can anyone seriously
explain the need to periodically change passwords?
If your password is good and you haven't given it
out to anyone, what is the point of changing it?
I mean, if the password is non-crackable via dictionary attack why
change it to a different non-crackable password?
Pressure on MS? No way. The DOJ had
their chance. If you read Gates recently
talking about how they (MS) are doing so
much better, then
it's real clear that MS does not feel any
pressure, and the boyz from Redmond can
continue to smoke whatever it is they are
smoking.
At work, I have to use W2K boxen,
and the *only* login I know is 'administrator'.
Why, because we don't really have a
person with the time to be the admin for the machines, so as long as we can get the work
done without doing proper setup, that's what
will continue to be. I'd like to fix it,
but it's just not a priority to management.
I'd say it's too late already. Even if they
take it down now, numerous people have already
downloaded it, had it witnessed, signed affidavits
notarized, burned to CDs, and stored in sealed
containers by now.
SCO *already* violated the GPL. If they were to
remove such files now that would likely be
quite damaging to their case. So they must
keep pretending that their Titanic is not
taking on water.
It's not the PUC's agenda really, but
the incumbent telcos that will lose
revenue. All gubmint agencies these
days are in bed with 'big bizness',
and 'big bizness' can't stand a bit
of competition. Nothing new here.
I agree. BTW, an easy way to view the before and
after pictures is to just open each image under it's
own tab in Mozilla. Then just click back and forth.
They don't. It's 'old' (Pre-Y2K) technology, SCADA.
It's weak point is dependence upon POTS.
Which is not a *bad* dependence, as the telcos
have backup power for your old copper and
switches.
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Some ISPs do worse. I've had spam directly deposited into my inbox. No 'received from' headers at all.
IIRC, he went in via a proxy server that they left open to access from the Internet.
They left the site open. They just didn't put out a sign saying 'Hack us'.
In the first case, if the encrypted password can't be obtained in the first place, what does the attacker have to work with?
In the second case the only way I see for the attack to be successful is if access to the software is given such that a brute force attack is allowed to continue indefinitely. And in the second case, it doesn't really matter how recently you changed your password.
Speaking of phobia, can anyone seriously explain the need to periodically change passwords?
If your password is good and you haven't given it out to anyone, what is the point of changing it? I mean, if the password is non-crackable via dictionary attack why change it to a different non-crackable password?
"Pointing to a particular software vendor and to a particular software (standard) gets you nowhere," Robertson said.
He's actually correct. If you look at Microsoft and their mis-implementation of standards.
So folks, you really should be listening to Microsoft on this point.
Robertson is telling you that using Microsoft will get you nowhere!
Or insecurities in computers.
Recent grid failure in the U.S. and Ontario may (likely?) be related to computer problems.
Hey! No cutting into the queue.
Pressure on MS? No way. The DOJ had their chance. If you read Gates recently talking about how they (MS) are doing so much better, then it's real clear that MS does not feel any pressure, and the boyz from Redmond can continue to smoke whatever it is they are smoking.
I've got another machine running 2.6.0-test4 that was compiled with gcc2.95, no crashes yet.
Ummm, the Kernel Bug Tracker as previously discussed here?
Except for MS infected computers, which have the equivalent of HIV.
Definitely better with the pre-emptive option. X is *much* more responsive with a kernel build going on. This is with 2.6.0-test4.
At work, I have to use W2K boxen, and the *only* login I know is 'administrator'. Why, because we don't really have a person with the time to be the admin for the machines, so as long as we can get the work done without doing proper setup, that's what will continue to be. I'd like to fix it, but it's just not a priority to management.
Only for small values of 42.
If you burn the CD at slower speeds, the laser has more time to burn better pits in the media.
SCO *already* violated the GPL. If they were to remove such files now that would likely be quite damaging to their case. So they must keep pretending that their Titanic is not taking on water.
It's not the PUC's agenda really, but the incumbent telcos that will lose revenue. All gubmint agencies these days are in bed with 'big bizness', and 'big bizness' can't stand a bit of competition. Nothing new here.
You're confusing punch-cards with fill-in-the-oval paper ballots.
There is no hanging chad to deal with when you fill in an oval.
You're right. It should be 'ignorant bitch'.
That's been happening ever since the move to the left coast.
Hmmm, I'm not certain of that.
Exactly. Soon it will be that they will threaten to sue anyone that knows someone who uses Linux.
Next they will threaten to sue anyone that knows how to spell Linux.
Their last gasp will be to threaten to sue anyone who has ever seen a penguin.
I agree. BTW, an easy way to view the before and after pictures is to just open each image under it's own tab in Mozilla. Then just click back and forth.
They don't. It's 'old' (Pre-Y2K) technology, SCADA. It's weak point is dependence upon POTS. Which is not a *bad* dependence, as the telcos have backup power for your old copper and switches.
If you only know English, then basically only the Red Flag site is usable. And the XTeam site has to go and use Flash. Arrgh.