So, DIODE is really cool. It looks like it does the same thing you'd do with IDA and a fuzzer. It only finds integer overflows, but still really cool. CodePhage just reads like a giant ball of WTF
Their shit was being indexed by search engines. I'm willing to bet they didn't do anything right. This is more than likely a major HIPAA violation. You're right; it is about people and process. Their people and processes apparently suck.
I have no idea how you've been modded "5, Insightful"./. has turned into some new kind of circlejerk. The NSA is tasked with BOTH offensive and defensive roles, and they have a history of (under great scrutiny and suspicion) actually helping to improve security/encryption. The idea that offensive security professionals are motivated by their jealousy of "the makers" is fucking laughable. Characterizing the entire agency as "script kiddie perverts" shows that you lack a fundamental understanding of what the agency does, how it does it, and why it does it. Also, keep in mind that the NSA is an intelligence agency. They are not a police force or defense force of any type. There are other agencies charged with ensuring and assisting with the implementation of security measures.
Which is exactly the point. What is the cost to society of piracy? Any solution like what you're proposing that would work and have a noticeable effect on piracy would cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
It's a big factor. Here is a piece from NPR covering a beat cop working in Skid Row. Skid Row is pretty much a worse case scenario for law enforcement. He's been patrolling the same neighborhood for almost 20 years. He's familiar with the community and they're familiar with him. It has made a huge impact on how the people and the police interact with one another. http://www.npr.org/2014/10/14/...
The NSA has an interest in strong encryption as much as they do in subverting encryption. Take as an example the work they did with (read "for") IBM on DES.
"It took the academic community two decades to figure out that the NSA 'tweaks' actually improved the security of DES." -Bruce Schneier
I know they're a long way off, but the scientific predictions are way more terrifying.
From Wikipedia, "The heat death of the universe is a suggested ultimate fate of the universe, in which the universe has diminished to a state of no thermodynamic free energy and therefore can no longer sustain motion or life.'
So they made these comparisons and wrote all of these inflammatory things betting on the HOPE that Mann would sue them for defamation so they could drag all of these documents Mann's been alegedly hiding out into court? Is that what your saying? That seems like a bit of a stretch to me.
I'm not saying it's not plausible that VR was CIA. However, given the circumstances, if you think that to be true, then it would follow logically to believe that his participation in EVE was of some serious significance. Why else would he insist on staying online right up until the shooting started? I've heard of being a game addict, but damn. If I'm CIA on a super-duper sensitive mission and shit is going down, then I think I'd have more important things to focus on besides playing some vidyuh. Unless, of course, being online had some significance to the mission/clusterfuck at hand.
FTA: "...Google and Apple have upgraded their capabilities to aircraft-based photography that can see through windows and capture detailed images with four-inch resolution."
Four-inch resolution? I guess I don't have anything to worry about!
I think you're close, but not quite there. I moved to WV my freshman year of high school and graduated in 2006. As far as I could tell, the supplies were fine. I don't think we were hurting for funding (at least not technology funding). Hell, my school (about 1500 students) had three full dedicated computer-classrooms that would typically only have classes in them 2-3 periods of the day with as few as 5-10 kids in each class. I never shared a book. We always had plenty of supplies for science and art classes. However, I think they might underpay their teachers (more so than other places, it would seem). In my four years, I watched three of the best teachers I knew leave for jobs just across state lines where they could make almost twice as much. I know this is anecdotal, likely contains sampling bias, and is a bit off topic. I thought I would share anyway.
No, Byrd was good at being on committees and refusing to sign off on anything that he could possibly get built in WV. There is a long list of government facilities that really have NO business being in WV, but they're here. My favorite example is the United States Coast Guard's Operations Systems Center. West Virginia, being land-locked and all, is an obvious choice for a base that supports a sea-faring service. This USCG station is directly adjacent to a massive IRS facility. In Fairmont, WV there is some NASA IV&V stuff as well as some NOAA facilities. Not to mention CJIS (the largest division of the FBI) in Clarksburg. Sugar Grove may be too old to be Byrd's doing, but the rest are relatively recent. I'm sure the list goes on; these are just the one's that I've personally dealt with.
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So, DIODE is really cool. It looks like it does the same thing you'd do with IDA and a fuzzer. It only finds integer overflows, but still really cool. CodePhage just reads like a giant ball of WTF
Security is not tangible. It is a feeling. You should always be expecting attacks.
Their shit was being indexed by search engines. I'm willing to bet they didn't do anything right. This is more than likely a major HIPAA violation. You're right; it is about people and process. Their people and processes apparently suck.
Doesn't everyone get off with their pants down?
All right stop, Collaborate and listen. You're saying Ice is NOT back with my brand new invention?
I smell an MPAA honeydick.
I have no idea how you've been modded "5, Insightful". /. has turned into some new kind of circlejerk. The NSA is tasked with BOTH offensive and defensive roles, and they have a history of (under great scrutiny and suspicion) actually helping to improve security/encryption. The idea that offensive security professionals are motivated by their jealousy of "the makers" is fucking laughable. Characterizing the entire agency as "script kiddie perverts" shows that you lack a fundamental understanding of what the agency does, how it does it, and why it does it. Also, keep in mind that the NSA is an intelligence agency. They are not a police force or defense force of any type. There are other agencies charged with ensuring and assisting with the implementation of security measures.
IANAL, but I'm calling bullshit. I'm starting to think you're a troll, shill, or simply clueless about how the internet works.
Which is exactly the point. What is the cost to society of piracy? Any solution like what you're proposing that would work and have a noticeable effect on piracy would cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
It's a big factor. Here is a piece from NPR covering a beat cop working in Skid Row. Skid Row is pretty much a worse case scenario for law enforcement. He's been patrolling the same neighborhood for almost 20 years. He's familiar with the community and they're familiar with him. It has made a huge impact on how the people and the police interact with one another. http://www.npr.org/2014/10/14/...
Correct, but look at the lists from the last 20-30 years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...
The NSA has an interest in strong encryption as much as they do in subverting encryption. Take as an example the work they did with (read "for") IBM on DES.
"It took the academic community two decades to figure out that the NSA 'tweaks' actually improved the security of DES." -Bruce Schneier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Encryption_Standard#NSA.27s_involvement_in_the_design
Yeah, you're right. We should just give up.
I know they're a long way off, but the scientific predictions are way more terrifying.
From Wikipedia, "The heat death of the universe is a suggested ultimate fate of the universe, in which the universe has diminished to a state of no thermodynamic free energy and therefore can no longer sustain motion or life.'
WTF? I don't even.
So they made these comparisons and wrote all of these inflammatory things betting on the HOPE that Mann would sue them for defamation so they could drag all of these documents Mann's been alegedly hiding out into court? Is that what your saying? That seems like a bit of a stretch to me.
how Goose died in Top Gun?
Not if those "assets" have been repossessed! **shudders**
I'm not saying it's not plausible that VR was CIA. However, given the circumstances, if you think that to be true, then it would follow logically to believe that his participation in EVE was of some serious significance. Why else would he insist on staying online right up until the shooting started? I've heard of being a game addict, but damn. If I'm CIA on a super-duper sensitive mission and shit is going down, then I think I'd have more important things to focus on besides playing some vidyuh. Unless, of course, being online had some significance to the mission/clusterfuck at hand.
Wow, that is pretty obnoxious. I don't know if I agree with the "top notch audio editor to cut out those parts" bit, though.
I thought everyone was required... Oh, dammit! Am I getting "wooshed"?
FTA: "...Google and Apple have upgraded their capabilities to aircraft-based photography that can see through windows and capture detailed images with four-inch resolution."
Four-inch resolution? I guess I don't have anything to worry about!
I think you're close, but not quite there. I moved to WV my freshman year of high school and graduated in 2006. As far as I could tell, the supplies were fine. I don't think we were hurting for funding (at least not technology funding). Hell, my school (about 1500 students) had three full dedicated computer-classrooms that would typically only have classes in them 2-3 periods of the day with as few as 5-10 kids in each class. I never shared a book. We always had plenty of supplies for science and art classes. However, I think they might underpay their teachers (more so than other places, it would seem). In my four years, I watched three of the best teachers I knew leave for jobs just across state lines where they could make almost twice as much. I know this is anecdotal, likely contains sampling bias, and is a bit off topic. I thought I would share anyway.
Yeah? I live in WV, and I'd like to slap them for misusing the funds...
No, Byrd was good at being on committees and refusing to sign off on anything that he could possibly get built in WV. There is a long list of government facilities that really have NO business being in WV, but they're here. My favorite example is the United States Coast Guard's Operations Systems Center. West Virginia, being land-locked and all, is an obvious choice for a base that supports a sea-faring service. This USCG station is directly adjacent to a massive IRS facility. In Fairmont, WV there is some NASA IV&V stuff as well as some NOAA facilities. Not to mention CJIS (the largest division of the FBI) in Clarksburg. Sugar Grove may be too old to be Byrd's doing, but the rest are relatively recent. I'm sure the list goes on; these are just the one's that I've personally dealt with.
You're not suggesting... Clearly, if that's what was going on, they'd have usernames and boatloads of karma.