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I'm not inclined to buy the book in any case - this is true of Dilbert, Userfriendly, The Onion or Satirewire.
If the website cannot survive on ad revenues, then that's too bad. I occasionally click through ad banners on sites which I vist frequently. That ought to be enough.
Oughten it?
This is not the smartest way to win clients. It is embarassing.
So he's being charged because his method of pointing out to these incompetents that their WLAN is insecure embarassed them?
They should thank him for his input and get on with putting their security right. /. should do a poll on this and send the results to the heroes of the industrial revolution in Heuston.
This article is valuable not so much for how to set up a honeypot (and no doubt this discussion will ventilate that issue) but, to a security newbie (me), it shows how the analysis of the logs proceeded.
Nice one. One question though - why not publish the IP of the hackers? Why protect their anonymity?
I'm in Guyana, South America so the cost of the conferences with airfares etc is way outside the budget.
I agree that the literature is a good starting point - the reading room at SANS is a mighty fine resource.
When I'm ready (read "can do no more without expert help") I'll look into courses/conferences.
I live in a developing country where privacy and silence, for that matter, are luxuries. Privacy is having a door on the crapper.
I moved here from the UK in '95 when they were establishing the first large-scale CCTV systems in urban areas - there was a fuss about that which has now largely died down because of the effectiveness of these systems in combatting crime.
Is everyone on/. completely paranoid, have you all had horrible Big Brother experiences?
It's VERY important to distinguish between "getting" as in receiving an email which your AV software detects and prevents infection of your computer and "getting" as in being infected by the virus in the email.
I receive email with all the latest viruses all the time. This week it's Klez. But my AV software is up to date and on the ball. So I don't "GET" the virus as in "GET" the flu...
The telco here in Guyana has no such QoS requirements. At the moment, their cellular network is SO oversubscribed that it is all but impossible to make or receive a cellular call after about 2pm.
This telco charges me about US$2.50 (that's two and a half dollars) at peak time to call Ireland. Net2Phone or Go2Call (I have accounts with both) connect me to Ireland for US$0.04 (four CENTS) a minute.
No contest.
What's the position on PACdonations from overseas?
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Worthy effort and deserving of financial support.
However, would a payment from overseas be legal or politically undesirable?
Not that Guyana is likely to achieve the political influence of more affluent donors like China or the Gulf states.
"As you enter an up-scale bar, you are handed a Bluetooth technology device. This device allows you to send messages and communicate with others in the bar, to order and pay for food and beverage, and to participate in games such as Trivia and Clue."
Doesn't anyone talk anymore? And what if some bright spark does a DDOS attack on the barman's device? Do we all DIE of thirst??
Sorry, but smug posts to/. will not bring MS to justice - please email your Congressman (clearly, snailmail is no longer an option) and explain, in words of one syllable, what MS is up to.
The kit (switch and two cables) was only $60 on H'amazin dot com so I couldn't resist. I wonder if Toms Hardware Linksys model reviewed is newer or older than the ProConnect?
In general I'm delighted with the performance - double press on any Ctrl-key to switch boxes. I have had some mouse malfunctions on several flavours of L'ux. I have one Win2k box and one box which changes L'ux distros almost weekly.
I have used it with two 'ux boxes - the challenge is not to forget which box you're currently talking to - a change in screen color or desktop background is critical if major "oops" are to be avoided.
enforce social conformity in ways that Americans may prefer to avoid
I'm sorry, but the US does not need any new technology to enforce social conformity. If someone asked me:
In which country - USA or UK - does the individual come under greater pressure to conform?
I would have to answer USA. What the USA has is diversity (for example ethnic) but when you meet "Irish Americans" or "Italian Americans" or "Arab Americans" it's their Americanism which stands out. And, in the light of recent events, that is the glue pulling the country together.
As for me, I don't care whether a policeman is watching me from 10 metres or 10 kilometers away - abuse of power is not a function of distance.
Conservative estimates suggest that less than 10% of software in use in this country (.gy) is licenced. This includes OS, applications, etc and applies to private and public sectors alike.
A day of reckoning lies ahead. When international pressure is brought to bear and companies/ministries etc here are forced to purchase licences for (mainly Microsoft) software in use, they'll be forced to examine lower cost alternatives. This means GPL/Open Source.
Some smart businesses are already trying out GPl/Open Source but these are a tiny minority.
Bottom line - MS and the others can retain market share in developing countries only if they lower the bar to compliance and, by winning over less affluent clients now, they'll build loyalty later on.
Does anyone have stats on software piracy in developing countries?
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I'm not inclined to buy the book in any case - this is true of Dilbert, Userfriendly, The Onion or Satirewire.
If the website cannot survive on ad revenues, then that's too bad. I occasionally click through ad banners on sites which I vist frequently. That ought to be enough.
Oughten it?
This is not the smartest way to win clients. It is embarassing.
/. should do a poll on this and send the results to the heroes of the industrial revolution in Heuston.
So he's being charged because his method of pointing out to these incompetents that their WLAN is insecure embarassed them?
They should thank him for his input and get on with putting their security right.
This article is valuable not so much for how to set up a honeypot (and no doubt this discussion will ventilate that issue) but, to a security newbie (me), it shows how the analysis of the logs proceeded.
Nice one. One question though - why not publish the IP of the hackers? Why protect their anonymity?
I'm in Guyana, South America so the cost of the conferences with airfares etc is way outside the budget.
I agree that the literature is a good starting point - the reading room at SANS is a mighty fine
resource.
When I'm ready (read "can do no more without expert help") I'll look into courses/conferences.
They also have a low-memory-fotprint version
So, tell me, just how little memory does the average fot use these days?
I live in a developing country where privacy and silence, for that matter, are luxuries. Privacy is having a door on the crapper.
/. completely paranoid, have you all had horrible Big Brother experiences?
I moved here from the UK in '95 when they were establishing the first large-scale CCTV systems in urban areas - there was a fuss about that which has now largely died down because of the effectiveness of these systems in combatting crime.
Is everyone on
Marketers may know what sells, but they don't know what makes good software. And this is one of the main reasons for the dot com bust.
Surely the bust came about precicely because the Marketers didn't know what sells?
I receive email with all the latest viruses all the time. This week it's Klez. But my AV software is up to date and on the ball. So I don't "GET" the virus as in "GET" the flu...
This telco charges me about US$2.50 (that's two and a half dollars) at peak time to call Ireland. Net2Phone or Go2Call (I have accounts with both) connect me to Ireland for US$0.04 (four CENTS) a minute.
No contest.
However, would a payment from overseas be legal or politically undesirable?
Not that Guyana is likely to achieve the political influence of more affluent donors like China or the Gulf states.
What's the position on this?
No I f$%kin haven't - it keeps crashing my F#$kin computer doesn't it...
None, I'd venture. If you measure the savings made by Amazon migrating (flocking might be a better word) to Linux, you'd more than equal $5m.
Have a nice dividend (snigger).
This was a KDE utility for monitoring man-made multi-threaded processes.
Dear God, is that the time? It's way past my bedtime.
Girard said cable business-class service "is not any better than residential, yet they charge you more."
Imagine your phone company doubling your bill because they analysed your calls and decided you made a call to the office!!
I buy bandwidth. What I do with the bandwidth is nobody's business (obvious exceptions included..)
That'll be A5 - none of your silly Letter, Legal, Foolscap nonsense here please.
A1 is twice the size of A2 which is twice the size of A3 which is
A4 Paper / International Standard Paper Sizes
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"As you enter an up-scale bar, you are handed a Bluetooth technology device. This device allows you to send messages and communicate with others in the bar, to order and pay for food and beverage, and to participate in games such as Trivia and Clue."
Doesn't anyone talk anymore? And what if some bright spark does a DDOS attack on the barman's device? Do we all DIE of thirst??
Somethings are better left said.
What has a black hole got to do with System Administration and Network Security?
Am I missing something here?
And, surely, it's "doughnut"?
Sorry, but smug posts to /. will not bring MS to justice - please email your Congressman (clearly, snailmail is no longer an option) and explain, in words of one syllable, what MS is up to.
Then fire off the /. post...
In general I'm delighted with the performance - double press on any Ctrl-key to switch boxes. I have had some mouse malfunctions on several flavours of L'ux. I have one Win2k box and one box which changes L'ux distros almost weekly.
I have used it with two 'ux boxes - the challenge is not to forget which box you're currently talking to - a change in screen color or desktop background is critical if major "oops" are to be avoided.
In short, KVM wonderful investment. Go for it!
Blue Wrist of Death
Carpal IPTunnel Syndrome
Ok, move along - there's nothing to see here...
I'm sorry, but the US does not need any new technology to enforce social conformity. If someone asked me:
In which country - USA or UK - does the individual come under greater pressure to conform?
I would have to answer USA. What the USA has is diversity (for example ethnic) but when you meet "Irish Americans" or "Italian Americans" or "Arab Americans" it's their Americanism which stands out. And, in the light of recent events, that is the glue pulling the country together.
As for me, I don't care whether a policeman is watching me from 10 metres or 10 kilometers away - abuse of power is not a function of distance.
I have taken to backing up
Has saved my bacon on more than one occasion.
Oh, you meant pro bono not pro BONO.
Sorry :-)
...And will release products such as:
The Previlion Desktop
The Omnada Notebook
The J-Paq Handheld
A day of reckoning lies ahead. When international pressure is brought to bear and companies/ministries etc here are forced to purchase licences for (mainly Microsoft) software in use, they'll be forced to examine lower cost alternatives. This means GPL/Open Source.
Some smart businesses are already trying out GPl/Open Source but these are a tiny minority.
Bottom line - MS and the others can retain market share in developing countries only if they lower the bar to compliance and, by winning over less affluent clients now, they'll build loyalty later on.
Does anyone have stats on software piracy in developing countries?