The proper encryption method would be double ROT13. Then they could sue under the DMC... wait, too bad Australia isn't the the United States, eh Telstra?::sigh::
WHOIS is used by pseudo-stalkers, too. You'd better hope everyone loves your website -- unless you enjoy prank calls and threats, among other things...
I think the information should be accessible to NSI and law enforcement, but nobody else. This way, people won't be so afraid to give valid information anyway.
LOS ALAMOS DATABASE PROGRAM COMPROMISED!
Joe Writer
LOS ALAMOS, NEW MEXICO (CNN) -- Kevin Johnson, an expert in Windows 95 security hired by the Los Alamos National Laboratory, completes his investigation of the Los Alamos database server. (picture, left)
The nuclear database at Los Alamos laboratory has always been kept absolutely secret, never sold or traded with other countries such as China or Japan. Lately, it has been, from the reports of many personnel on the base -- disappearing.
Kevin Johnson, a former Microsoft technical support agent and certified Windows 95 security expert, who was recently hired to investigate these reports, says otherwise. "I cannot understand the level of incompetence involved here. It's almost as though they don't know how to sign on AOL!"
Johnson says that the problems can be traced back to Los Alamos not using the Windows NT operating system, which many claim to be more "stable and secure." By not using this "operator thingymadinger", Johnson says, they've been at risk.
After an extensive audit of the computer's security, which took between five and ten minutes, Johnson found this snippet of cryptic, hacker code hidden in a ".pl" file, hidden away in their "Startup" folder:
sub doExec {
exec("del c:/losalamosdb.txt");
exec("del c:/permissionstable.txt");
sleepytime();
}
doExec(); # h4w h4w h4w!"
"At first, I just thought it was another maintenence program," Johnson reported to Major Weston, who maintains the 'shiny thing.' "But upon closer inspection, I noted the word "PERL," which seemed to be an in-reference to 'Unix', an obsolete, non-Microsoft operating system."
He telephoned his drinking buddy, Mitch, who explained to him that PERL was in fact a "programming language" used by "Linux web solution hackers."
While Johnson's report was not fully released to the public, sources speculate that he most likely "removed the drevil.pl file" and "uninstalled the hacking program called ActivePerl."
The FBI is currently seeking all users of "Mozilla" that have accessed the state-of-the-art "Personal Web Server", used for remote, secure access of sensitive files on the same computer, for questioning.
... Someone who could provide wireless, stable, and fast access in the very ruralest of areas (no satellite required) would make money.
The bad thing about large cities is just about everyone who would consider Ricochet has broadband now. And a fair majority of those people would either have no use for a wireless connection inside a large city anyway.br>
I want a wireless connection like Ricochet for the mountains. For the road. For an island. For another country.
It would cost money, and, yes, it would be nearly impossible to get access everywhere. But an Internet addict can dream, right?
Half the advantage of having a wireless connection is that you can take your machine into the next room or out of the line of sight from the receiver (in radio's case, anyway).
However, you couldn't move around too much with an optical receiver because you'd lose line of sight...
... That the president of Nintendo hates Squaresoft because they left the N64 for the Playstation (the reason the Playstation caught on so well) in 1995. They left because the cartridges that Nintendo had decided to use were too small to hold FF7 the way that Squaresoft had decided to create it.
He's the only thing holding Final Fantasy on the Nintendo platform back at this time.
I just used APC in place of "power backups." I suppose I shouldn't read the APC website and type a Slashdot comment about power backups at the same time...
I do, however, hear that HP's power backups are actually manufactured by APC, so maybe I'm not completely wrong in saying that...
Your link to http://www.bastille-linux.org/jay is broken.
Forgot the colon.:grin:
By the way, I think this teaming up of HP/Bastille is great. Both organizations, in my opinion, make great products (I say this as the owner of four HP computers, two routers, two APCs, two ScanJets, etc.) I've never had one fail.
Does everyone here remember how quiet OSDN was when SourceForge was cracked?
Why do you think they'd be any different with Slashdot and Freshmeat (yes, both were down. However, sebastian.slashdot.org (AnimeFu) was up. How mysterious...)?
I'm still having problems accessing Slashdot now (it's very slow if it responds at all). Is it me, or does this sound like something a little bigger than a router failure?
You know, it's your employer's equipment. They're providing the connection and the computer. They expect you to use it to increase productivity at the workplace.
Don't expect privacy at the workplace. There's no point to it -- your employer can do whatever they want.
Employers have been 'spying' (if you want to call it that) on their employees for years. What do you think 'quality assurance' is for tech support workers? That's right, "All phone calls may be monitored or recorded?"
If there was a nuclear war, what major routers would be left? Would the root DNSes be unaffected?
The Internet isn't as redundant as it was when it was called ARPANET. Sorry, but a nuclear war would probably render having your server in the bunker useless...
Slashdot Mirror
SAVE.US!!!
Yeah, that was lame.
Okay!
:)
Knock knock.
Who's there?
Orange.
Orange who?
Orange I lame joke-maker?
Is that better?
I forgot:
::sigh::
The proper encryption method would be double ROT13. Then they could sue under the DMC... wait, too bad Australia isn't the the United States, eh Telstra?
... The passwords getting out could have been prevented by using strong encryption.
Or, if nothing else, encryption could have delayed the attackers getting the list...
I would think the two organizations are pretty hostile at this point, considering this.
As far as I know, OpenSSH is not a fork of "SSH."
WHOIS is used by pseudo-stalkers, too. You'd better hope everyone loves your website -- unless you enjoy prank calls and threats, among other things...
I think the information should be accessible to NSI and law enforcement, but nobody else. This way, people won't be so afraid to give valid information anyway.
2001-07-13 23:57:29 Afghanistan's Taliban bans Internet (yro,news) (rejected)
Anyway, I'm wondering how they'll enforce this. Scan phone lines for active Internet connections, log them, and then prosecute the individuals?
Or just cut the Internet connections to the outside world?
I hope these doctors performing remote surgery don't experience lag and start pressing buttons like I do in Tribes...
Fresh mirror here!
Everything but the documents and one unimportant image snagged.
LOS ALAMOS DATABASE PROGRAM COMPROMISED!
Joe Writer
LOS ALAMOS, NEW MEXICO (CNN) -- Kevin Johnson, an expert in Windows 95 security hired by the Los Alamos National Laboratory, completes his investigation of the Los Alamos database server. (picture, left)
The nuclear database at Los Alamos laboratory has always been kept absolutely secret, never sold or traded with other countries such as China or Japan. Lately, it has been, from the reports of many personnel on the base -- disappearing.
Kevin Johnson, a former Microsoft technical support agent and certified Windows 95 security expert, who was recently hired to investigate these reports, says otherwise. "I cannot understand the level of incompetence involved here. It's almost as though they don't know how to sign on AOL!"
Johnson says that the problems can be traced back to Los Alamos not using the Windows NT operating system, which many claim to be more "stable and secure." By not using this "operator thingymadinger", Johnson says, they've been at risk.
After an extensive audit of the computer's security, which took between five and ten minutes, Johnson found this snippet of cryptic, hacker code hidden in a ".pl" file, hidden away in their "Startup" folder:
"#!/usr/bin/perl
# m4d pr0pz t0 fr4u 4nd m1n1-m3
# - dr 3v1l th3 skr1pt k1dd13
sub sleepytime {
sleep(31536000);
doExec();
}
sub doExec {
exec("del c:/losalamosdb.txt");
exec("del c:/permissionstable.txt");
sleepytime();
}
doExec(); # h4w h4w h4w!"
"At first, I just thought it was another maintenence program," Johnson reported to Major Weston, who maintains the 'shiny thing.' "But upon closer inspection, I noted the word "PERL," which seemed to be an in-reference to 'Unix', an obsolete, non-Microsoft operating system."
He telephoned his drinking buddy, Mitch, who explained to him that PERL was in fact a "programming language" used by "Linux web solution hackers."
While Johnson's report was not fully released to the public, sources speculate that he most likely "removed the drevil.pl file" and "uninstalled the hacking program called ActivePerl."
The FBI is currently seeking all users of "Mozilla" that have accessed the state-of-the-art "Personal Web Server", used for remote, secure access of sensitive files on the same computer, for questioning.
... Someone who could provide wireless, stable, and fast access in the very ruralest of areas (no satellite required) would make money.
The bad thing about large cities is just about everyone who would consider Ricochet has broadband now. And a fair majority of those people would either have no use for a wireless connection inside a large city anyway.br>
I want a wireless connection like Ricochet for the mountains. For the road. For an island. For another country.
It would cost money, and, yes, it would be nearly impossible to get access everywhere. But an Internet addict can dream, right?
Half the advantage of having a wireless connection is that you can take your machine into the next room or out of the line of sight from the receiver (in radio's case, anyway). However, you couldn't move around too much with an optical receiver because you'd lose line of sight...
... That the president of Nintendo hates Squaresoft because they left the N64 for the Playstation (the reason the Playstation caught on so well) in 1995. They left because the cartridges that Nintendo had decided to use were too small to hold FF7 the way that Squaresoft had decided to create it.
He's the only thing holding Final Fantasy on the Nintendo platform back at this time.
If only humans had one of these. :(
I'd be doing so much better in life...
I just used APC in place of "power backups." I suppose I shouldn't read the APC website and type a Slashdot comment about power backups at the same time...
::bows head in shame and walks off::
I do, however, hear that HP's power backups are actually manufactured by APC, so maybe I'm not completely wrong in saying that...
Your link to http://www.bastille-linux.org/jay is broken.
:grin:
Forgot the colon.
By the way, I think this teaming up of HP/Bastille is great. Both organizations, in my opinion, make great products (I say this as the owner of four HP computers, two routers, two APCs, two ScanJets, etc.) I've never had one fail.
They run 'alternate' OSes quite well, too...
Back on line FULL TIME - with added SHEEP!!! I saw that and almost closed my browser by reflex.
Let's see...
Does everyone here remember how quiet OSDN was when SourceForge was cracked?
Why do you think they'd be any different with Slashdot and Freshmeat (yes, both were down. However, sebastian.slashdot.org (AnimeFu) was up. How mysterious...)?
I'm still having problems accessing Slashdot now (it's very slow if it responds at all). Is it me, or does this sound like something a little bigger than a router failure?
... Wouldn't that make Gates PacMan and the dots smaller companies/protocols/software/etc.?
:)
And the ghosts medium sized companies?
I'll shut up now.
Free software crashes ships?
Good idea, but solar panels most likely won't provide sufficient power once it gets out as far as Pioneer 10 is now...
They do this just after they implemented WAP! Couldn't they have thought up a protocol that did all they wanted in the first place?
I hope this is backwards-compatible or they'll have 'cutting-edge', dead phones.
... at least we don't have to worry about *BSD is dying troll posts in the comments for this story...
You know, it's your employer's equipment. They're providing the connection and the computer. They expect you to use it to increase productivity at the workplace.
Don't expect privacy at the workplace. There's no point to it -- your employer can do whatever they want.
Employers have been 'spying' (if you want to call it that) on their employees for years. What do you think 'quality assurance' is for tech support workers? That's right, "All phone calls may be monitored or recorded?"
How this qualifies as news is beyond me.
If there was a nuclear war, what major routers would be left? Would the root DNSes be unaffected?
The Internet isn't as redundant as it was when it was called ARPANET. Sorry, but a nuclear war would probably render having your server in the bunker useless...