I posted to a story related to the compromise of SpreadFirefox this morning, only to notice that both the story and any discussions pertaining to it have disappeared from Slashdot. In fact, the comment I posted no longer appears in my user history. This story was well discussed, and I'm certain that I'm not the only one to notice it.
If it was a retraction, where is the retraction notice? Is somebody covering something up to save face for the Firefox community? Was there a technical error? What's going on here, Slashdot team?
I've always found it interesting that hardware and research which began as byproducts of various military initiatives may actually preserve our species in the end.
When you consider our prodigious investments in both combat and weaponry, it's hard to see any kind of space exploration as anything other than progress.
Having no space program would be a mistake. Having an inefficient one just reminds us that there is always room for improvement.
I certainly have to give them credit for one thing. The MySQL developers have been subjected to some very harsh criticism over the years, but few would accuse them of ignoring it.
It impresses me that they actually seem to be listening.
This seems as though it would be an absolute haven for trolls looking to provide "unsolicited" spoilers. Have the individuals responsible for the TV IV Wiki taken any precautions against this?
Really, how serious a threat is this? If someone has unrestricted physical access to your machine then you're already in serious trouble.
Surprise, it's just a little more sensationalism at eWeek. If this weren't somehow related to Microsoft Windows, then it might not have been given a front page reference here at Slashdot. Corporate espionage and cyberterrorism, oh my!
Perhaps it's intended to evoke an image of a man standing at a workstation and inserting a USB device that automatically captures all of the corporate trade secrets. It's only going to frighten those who are uninformed, as you've effectively described the entire problem. Unless the organization in charge has established an extremely secure physical environment, then their sensitive information will always be susceptible to physical espionage.
If their only layer of protection is provided by a locked Windows workstation, then a network-based attack might prove itself both less expensive and more effective, anyway.
Basically, then, you're saying that Slashdot gradually turns a creative brain into grey, thinly sliced lunch meat? Hannibal Lecter would be delighted!;-)
It's somewhat ironic that a medium designed to share information has become one infested with what are essentially data and demographic mining sites like MySpace.
The purchase price of $580 million reminded me instantly of the original dot-com bubble. Perhaps we're seeing a slight resurrection of that, however finite. Some of the data collected by MySpace would be an absolute gold mine to third party advertisers.
But the innovation will continue, as China is both influential and strong. They will simply move to disregard both American and European claims of intellectual ownership.
I would have thought that SpreadFirefox would have used hashes and salt on their passwords, but apparently this isn't the case.
If their software is remotely modern, then the user passwords are probably stored as "irrevocable" hashes. It wouldn't stop their attacker from sniffing the contents of an unencrypted HTTP POST during authentication, however, and that could be one reason Asa is advocating that users change their passwords.
as well as any other optional information that users may have provided, including: real name, web site URL, e-mail address, IM screename, and home address.
That's precisely why you should always treat information submitted to a site like Spread Firefox as though it will be released to the public sometime in the future. If you aren't ready for everybody to have access to your home address, then simply don't release your home address.
The assistant secretary will be responsible for identifying and assessing the vulnerability of critical telecommunications infrastructure and assets. That person also will be called upon to gather critical-infrastructure threat information and lead the national response to cyber and telecommunications attacks, according to information available on Homeland Security's Web site.
So, how about the protection of our personal records? Maybe the DHS should hire an individual responsible for ensuring that the personal records maintained by large corporations and credit reporting agencies are kept secure as well.
It's funny, actually. Couldn't a well-funded "cyberterrorist" theoretically compromise one of those organizations, engage in identity theft, and then use their stolen identity to help them commit a "real world" terrorist act?
Instead, it was the Supreme Court of British Colombia that made that ruling. There's a world of difference, just like the difference between the State Supreme Court of California and the Supreme Court of the United States of America.
If you scrutinize a vehicle that is several decades old, it's likely that you'll find a number of unforeseen defects. Even vehicles that are well-maintained suffer from the aging process.
Just to play devil's advocate, a conspiracy theorist might argue that this is one method by which to stop space exploration: Emphasize safety in a medium where safety cannot under any circumstance be guaranteed, scrutinize the aging shuttle until a defect is found, and finally decline the funding required to build a replacement. Repeat.;-)
"track how the computerjobs.com website has been doing"?
That was also my interpretation of this project. I'm afraid that computerjobs.com wouldn't necessarily represent the entire IT market, but rather a very small percentage of it. The software would be limited to indicating various demographics at computerjobs.com, perhaps arguably and tentatively serving to indicate the "competency level" of their members. Without data from many sources, however, you couldn't hope to provide an accurate impression of the overall market.
Maybe the programmer should sell the collected data back to them.;-)
Having invented several of them, Gibson is arguably a master of buzzwords. His literary work is known for stylish writing, and his adoration for the inclusion of buzzwords is especially prevalent in Pattern Recognition.
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Apparently, it was in fact a technical problem. Mod me -1, Offtopic. :-(
I posted to a story related to the compromise of SpreadFirefox this morning, only to notice that both the story and any discussions pertaining to it have disappeared from Slashdot. In fact, the comment I posted no longer appears in my user history. This story was well discussed, and I'm certain that I'm not the only one to notice it.
If it was a retraction, where is the retraction notice? Is somebody covering something up to save face for the Firefox community? Was there a technical error? What's going on here, Slashdot team?
Look at this! Now they're even taunting us by appending "(again)" to the duplicate subject entries!
Yes, and perhaps the cache sanitization utility could be called AJAX!
I'll be here all week, unfortunately.
from the beowolf-jokes-deserve-redundant-mods dept.
;-)
I've heard that Beowulf clusters can offer some level of redundancy. Maybe this is just Slashdot moderation imitating life.
What else can we learn from Slashdot moderation, I wonder?
I've always found it interesting that hardware and research which began as byproducts of various military initiatives may actually preserve our species in the end.
It's almost poignant.
When you consider our prodigious investments in both combat and weaponry, it's hard to see any kind of space exploration as anything other than progress.
Having no space program would be a mistake. Having an inefficient one just reminds us that there is always room for improvement.
I certainly have to give them credit for one thing. The MySQL developers have been subjected to some very harsh criticism over the years, but few would accuse them of ignoring it.
It impresses me that they actually seem to be listening.
This seems as though it would be an absolute haven for trolls looking to provide "unsolicited" spoilers. Have the individuals responsible for the TV IV Wiki taken any precautions against this?
Rupert Murdoch likes a cup of Hot Coffee every morning. ;-)
Just what we need to take care of those pesky alien autopsy photos
I believe that the submitter was referring to this Xerox "real customer testimonials" advertisement.
Have you considered installing the User Agent Switcher extension for Firefox?
Really, how serious a threat is this? If someone has unrestricted physical access to your machine then you're already in serious trouble.
Surprise, it's just a little more sensationalism at eWeek. If this weren't somehow related to Microsoft Windows, then it might not have been given a front page reference here at Slashdot. Corporate espionage and cyberterrorism, oh my!
Perhaps it's intended to evoke an image of a man standing at a workstation and inserting a USB device that automatically captures all of the corporate trade secrets. It's only going to frighten those who are uninformed, as you've effectively described the entire problem. Unless the organization in charge has established an extremely secure physical environment, then their sensitive information will always be susceptible to physical espionage.
If their only layer of protection is provided by a locked Windows workstation, then a network-based attack might prove itself both less expensive and more effective, anyway.
Whereas reading Slashdot...
;-)
hones the creative brain to a razor's edge.
Basically, then, you're saying that Slashdot gradually turns a creative brain into grey, thinly sliced lunch meat? Hannibal Lecter would be delighted!
Now you can think of it as Rupert'sSpace.
It's somewhat ironic that a medium designed to share information has become one infested with what are essentially data and demographic mining sites like MySpace.
The purchase price of $580 million reminded me instantly of the original dot-com bubble. Perhaps we're seeing a slight resurrection of that, however finite. Some of the data collected by MySpace would be an absolute gold mine to third party advertisers.
But the innovation will continue, as China is both influential and strong. They will simply move to disregard both American and European claims of intellectual ownership.
religious/nude ... shows
Ah, it hurts!
including statements that a city-run cable system might ration TV programming and block religious channels.
I considered giving that argument a minimal amount of credence until I realized that the story was referring to Louisiana, not Los Angeles!
After all, I would speculate that the religious community in Louisiana would be just a little more powerful.
I would have thought that SpreadFirefox would have used hashes and salt on their passwords, but apparently this isn't the case.
If their software is remotely modern, then the user passwords are probably stored as "irrevocable" hashes. It wouldn't stop their attacker from sniffing the contents of an unencrypted HTTP POST during authentication, however, and that could be one reason Asa is advocating that users change their passwords.
as well as any other optional information that users may have provided, including: real name, web site URL, e-mail address, IM screename, and home address.
That's precisely why you should always treat information submitted to a site like Spread Firefox as though it will be released to the public sometime in the future. If you aren't ready for everybody to have access to your home address, then simply don't release your home address.
The assistant secretary will be responsible for identifying and assessing the vulnerability of critical telecommunications infrastructure and assets. That person also will be called upon to gather critical-infrastructure threat information and lead the national response to cyber and telecommunications attacks, according to information available on Homeland Security's Web site.
So, how about the protection of our personal records? Maybe the DHS should hire an individual responsible for ensuring that the personal records maintained by large corporations and credit reporting agencies are kept secure as well.
It's funny, actually. Couldn't a well-funded "cyberterrorist" theoretically compromise one of those organizations, engage in identity theft, and then use their stolen identity to help them commit a "real world" terrorist act?
Instead, it was the Supreme Court of British Colombia that made that ruling. There's a world of difference, just like the difference between the State Supreme Court of California and the Supreme Court of the United States of America.
;-)
Isn't that the Supreme Court of British Columbia?
If you scrutinize a vehicle that is several decades old, it's likely that you'll find a number of unforeseen defects. Even vehicles that are well-maintained suffer from the aging process.
;-)
Just to play devil's advocate, a conspiracy theorist might argue that this is one method by which to stop space exploration: Emphasize safety in a medium where safety cannot under any circumstance be guaranteed, scrutinize the aging shuttle until a defect is found, and finally decline the funding required to build a replacement. Repeat.
"track how the computerjobs.com website has been doing"?
;-)
That was also my interpretation of this project. I'm afraid that computerjobs.com wouldn't necessarily represent the entire IT market, but rather a very small percentage of it. The software would be limited to indicating various demographics at computerjobs.com, perhaps arguably and tentatively serving to indicate the "competency level" of their members. Without data from many sources, however, you couldn't hope to provide an accurate impression of the overall market.
Maybe the programmer should sell the collected data back to them.
Excuse me while I gag...
Having invented several of them, Gibson is arguably a master of buzzwords. His literary work is known for stylish writing, and his adoration for the inclusion of buzzwords is especially prevalent in Pattern Recognition.