You don't know what I said, but as soon as you figure out my algorithm you will. And you'll know what anyone else using that algorithm said. That's security through obscurity.
On the other side of the coin, is SSH2 Key-based authentication. I can tell you exactly how that works, but that knowledge won't let you log into my computer. You need the key. That's real security.
I've always thought things like this were insecure. When I was in high school, I wanted to make a device to activate the tornado siren. I figured I could just implement a simple replay attack. I never got around to researching what frequency the signal was broadcast on, and I didn't know how to record the signal once I knew where to get it from. But it seems simple: record when they do the monthly test, replay whenever. Panic everyone. Good fun.
Apparently if you modify various bits you can make them play different sounds and even broadcast voice. Plenty of fun to be had there.
If anyone has done anything like this, I'd be interested in knowing, just so I don't have to get myself hauled off to jail trying to do it myself:)
id software lost money from me too. You know why? Because I didn't buy Doom3. It doesn't run on my Powerbook so obviously I stole the money from them right?
> If that is the case I have to say that it worked, I almost never go into Target stores now.
Yup, I have a fear of Wal-Mart due to a similar incident. I didn't steal anything but my new jacket set the alarm off (when I was walking in). They assumed that I, the fourth grader, was a huge criminal and let me know it. It still bothers me.
> Yeah but that's all calculations and models and shit. It doesn't sound like they actually tested it.
This is a valuable lesson.
Computer models can be WRONG. Computer models said that a 707 could hit the world trade center and not cause any problems. Guess what... it caused the buildings to collapse. (767s and 707s are pretty much the same... different electronics, but size-wise and fuel-wise, about the same.)
That is very true. Since he said that his Quadro was $300 I can't imagine it was the best graphics card ever made:)
But, my friend tells me that you can reflash certain cards (I think I can do it with my MX440...) to become quadros. And when you do, you lose many many fps in games.
Different cards for different applications. Doom3 is not what a workstation is for.
Re:basic... very basic.
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True, I suppose since I had a lot of stuff laying around (I still have 4 monitors...) that saved me some cash. That's what's nice about the x86/PC platform. Stuff from many years ago still works fine today.
(That can't be said for, say, macs. Try using your ADB stuff today. Or your ADC monitors. Of course the A in all of those stands for Apple, which should clue you in. Thankfully today's macs use standard stuff. USB/DVI/IDE/PC2700 RAM, etc. )
That's because the Quadros don't take shortcuts that fuck up the image like consumer cards do. You can't afford to have your diagrams munged to get some extra fps. Gamers can, so that's what their cards do.
Actually it's perfectly usable with a one button mouse. Scroll with up-and-down arrows, click and hold for a context menu. The interface is designed for a one-button mouse. I do like my scroll wheel, but when I don't have it I survive. Same with expose: nice to have on your mouse, but my keybindings are fine too!
Mac OS X is so fucking great... (tabbed browsing is now just an annoyance thanks to expose...)
It's stable if you have the task manager. But on the locked down workstations in the computer lab, IE freezes them solid all the time. All that's required is a logout-login, but try telling that to the person that just lost all their data. (I do try, and then I get yelled at. I like working in the mac labs...)
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Hmm I spent the same and have a Athlon 2500+ running at 2300MHz, 1G of RAM, 120G of hard drive (although i had 3 40giggers sitting around, so that was free...), MX440 (I don't game), etc.
Building your own computer is always a way to get a cheap computer.
Gmail is a classic tradeoff. Do you want the convenience of having your email easily searchable and always available? Or do you want it encrypted stored on a DVD in your safe deposit box?
Personally, I don't have anything to hide. But I certainly respect others that do, which is why I always encourage stego, strong crypto, and Freenet. If you really care, just PGP everything and you'll be OK. Don't trust PGP? Write your own crypto routines (they're pretty simple) OR use a 1-time-pad that you keep with you at all times.
Anyway, yeah gmail is a privacy risk. But I don't care if someone knows that andy needs to meet me at 8:00AM at union station to have coffee... hell I just told you, you don't even need to read my email...
I remember the good ol' days of the internet when it was a playtoy for scientists and computer people. Nobody knew what email was. Nobody knew what IRC was. I could send all the email I wanted and not get spam. I could even have my email address on my website!!!! I could trade files on IRC and nobody cared... it was normal.
Now we have the government telling me what I can and can't delete. Wonderful./me thinks it's time to check out Freenet running over Internet 2:)
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Here's security through obscurity:
Frgw ocpw ap. a egmxugjt!
You don't know what I said, but as soon as you figure out my algorithm you will. And you'll know what anyone else using that algorithm said. That's security through obscurity.
On the other side of the coin, is SSH2 Key-based authentication. I can tell you exactly how that works, but that knowledge won't let you log into my computer. You need the key. That's real security.
I've always thought things like this were insecure. When I was in
:)
high school, I wanted to make a device to activate the tornado siren.
I figured I could just implement a simple replay attack. I never got
around to researching what frequency the signal was broadcast on, and
I didn't know how to record the signal once I knew where to get it
from. But it seems simple:
record when they do the monthly test, replay whenever. Panic everyone. Good
fun.
Apparently if you modify various bits you can make them play different
sounds and even broadcast voice. Plenty of fun to be had there.
If anyone has done anything like this, I'd be interested in knowing,
just so I don't have to get myself hauled off to jail trying to do it
myself
fp?
id software lost money from me too. You know why? Because I didn't buy Doom3. It doesn't run on my Powerbook so obviously I stole the money from them right?
> If that is the case I have to say that it worked, I almost never go into Target stores now.
Yup, I have a fear of Wal-Mart due to a similar incident. I didn't steal anything but my new jacket set the alarm off (when I was walking in). They assumed that I, the fourth grader, was a huge criminal and let me know it. It still bothers me.
Fuck Wal-Mart.
> Yeah but that's all calculations and models and shit. It doesn't sound like they actually tested it.
This is a valuable lesson.
Computer models can be WRONG. Computer models said that a 707 could hit the world trade center and not cause any problems. Guess what... it caused the buildings to collapse. (767s and 707s are pretty much the same... different electronics, but size-wise and fuel-wise, about the same.)
Uhh my powerbook has a 4200RPM drive... so do most laptops with higher than 15 minute battery life...
Classic defense. If you don't get it the joke's obviously not funny.
Maybe you're just dumb.
That is very true. Since he said that his Quadro was $300 I can't imagine it was the best graphics card ever made :)
But, my friend tells me that you can reflash certain cards (I think I can do it with my MX440...) to become quadros. And when you do, you lose many many fps in games.
Different cards for different applications. Doom3 is not what a workstation is for.
True, I suppose since I had a lot of stuff laying around (I still have 4 monitors...) that saved me some cash. That's what's nice about the x86/PC platform. Stuff from many years ago still works fine today.
(That can't be said for, say, macs. Try using your ADB stuff today. Or your ADC monitors. Of course the A in all of those stands for Apple, which should clue you in. Thankfully today's macs use standard stuff. USB/DVI/IDE/PC2700 RAM, etc. )
Well those _'s are empty space in the binary. x86 has a lot of this. Notice how there's no PPC version, for example.
Any links to 512M GPUs? This is getting ridiculous...
That's because the Quadros don't take shortcuts that fuck up the image like consumer cards do. You can't afford to have your diagrams munged to get some extra fps. Gamers can, so that's what their cards do.
2 words: software rendering.
Anyway, it only turns on acceleration if you rename the binary to "quake3.exe"
Joke. It was a joke. Ahahah. It's funny. Laugh.
Actually it's perfectly usable with a one button mouse. Scroll with up-and-down arrows, click and hold for a context menu. The interface is designed for a one-button mouse. I do like my scroll wheel, but when I don't have it I survive. Same with expose: nice to have on your mouse, but my keybindings are fine too!
Mac OS X is so fucking great... (tabbed browsing is now just an annoyance thanks to expose...)
It's stable if you have the task manager. But on the locked down workstations in the computer lab, IE freezes them solid all the time. All that's required is a logout-login, but try telling that to the person that just lost all their data. (I do try, and then I get yelled at. I like working in the mac labs...)
Hmm I spent the same and have a Athlon 2500+ running at 2300MHz, 1G of RAM, 120G of hard drive (although i had 3 40giggers sitting around, so that was free...), MX440 (I don't game), etc.
Building your own computer is always a way to get a cheap computer.
Unless you do it like this (an example is always easy to understand).
Say you have an executable:
1337PROGRAM
Your signature checking routine then does this:
1_3_3_7_P_R_O_G_R_A_M
and computes the hash
deadbabeca
And then sends:
1d3e3a7dPbRaObGeRcAaM
To reverse, we extract the hash (deadbabeca) and the "original" executable.
Then we compute the hash (of 1_3_3_7...) and check if it matches...
In summary, we embedded a checksum, but we removed it before we checked it. Simple, really.
How hard would it have been to enclose that URL with the ?
& A2=ind0408&L=ntbugtraq&F=P&S=&P=28 86
http://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1
Put a microphone between the BabelFish and your ear. The analog hole is NEVER going to be closed.
My cat is named nibbler. That's also my generic insecure password (mailing lists, although with a number also)... THANKS FOR POSTING IT TO /.
:)
jk
Research. Somebody has to write compilers, ya know.
:) It's good to have testcases for the new CPUs, dontcha think.
Also, CPUs don't design themselves. (I don't either, as a disclaimer
Anyway, you're not going to write a web browser for a stack computer. But remember that there's more to CS than that.
(OF is written in Forth, BTW. Very flexible.)
I knew someone would point this out.. what I meant to say was "who let the REGULATORS in".
Gmail is a classic tradeoff. Do you want the convenience of having your email easily searchable and always available? Or do you want it encrypted stored on a DVD in your safe deposit box?
Personally, I don't have anything to hide. But I certainly respect others that do, which is why I always encourage stego, strong crypto, and Freenet. If you really care, just PGP everything and you'll be OK. Don't trust PGP? Write your own crypto routines (they're pretty simple) OR use a 1-time-pad that you keep with you at all times.
Anyway, yeah gmail is a privacy risk. But I don't care if someone knows that andy needs to meet me at 8:00AM at union station to have coffee... hell I just told you, you don't even need to read my email...
I remember the good ol' days of the internet when it was a playtoy for scientists and computer people. Nobody knew what email was. Nobody knew what IRC was. I could send all the email I wanted and not get spam. I could even have my email address on my website!!!! I could trade files on IRC and nobody cared... it was normal.
/me thinks it's time to check out Freenet running over Internet 2 :)
Now we have the government telling me what I can and can't delete. Wonderful.