A lot of it depends on what's being attacked, and how.
A concerted effort to blow up / corrupt / poison the DNS root servers? Could be considered as something to worry about. A DDoS against any IP belonging to $targetNation, or even just all major banks belonging to $targetNation? Probably not as much (mostly due to the sheer size of the target, the bandwidth soaking that doing so would require, etc).
...for that matter so have adult bookstores and sex shops...
Depends - ever lived in a bible-belt state (or worse, Utah)? Sure, they sell *some*, but anything that wasn't perfectly tame (think: about what you'd find in Maxim magazine) would likely have landed you a massive fine (or worse, depending on county) for merely possessing it.
I believe the biggest complaints against the Internet's rise in Utah came from the porn shops sitting just over the borders in Evanston, Wyoming and Wendover, Nevada... they must've lost a TON of business (both locations are roughly 1.5 hours' drive east from Salt Lake City).
I doubt he'll cry too much over it. His little stock kiting scam has made him somewhat independently wealthy, and barring a lawsuit, I doubt he'll have to give the money back.
OTOH, I doubt that no one in the tech industry (save for maybe Microsoft) would ever hire him for anything.
(the Linux Foundation could maybe use a janitor, but...)
"Are you seriously suggesting the mess of config files hidden spread across various random and ambiguously named directories is somehow less hard to hide Malware in?"
Google for AFICK (or similar utils). Install it (on *nix). Point it to monitor/etc and/usr/local/etc.
Now you can see exactly what changes were made to the vital config files on your system.
If you did something similar for a Windows Registry, your hard drive would quickly fill up with diffs before you could even see the first report.
"It's no more dangerous to delete something from your registry"
Perhaps, but...
This kinda invalidates the argument that Windows fanboys have been spouting for years, namely "...but in Linux/BSD/Whatever, you have to edit files, which is too hard for Joe Sixpack to do!"
If you bork the registry, discover it's borked only after a full reboot/log-in, then try to reboot again thinking it's some other problem, that backup copy of the registry just went 'pfft!', and you may or may not be able to get to a point where you can use System Restore
The registry makes a great place to hide stuff in (see also half the malware to come down the pike in the past 9 years)
...depends - the Windows 7 beta and RC had that nasty little habit as well. The RTM is (so far) not doing it.
In either case, wouldn't simply disabling the add-on also work? (this is what I did, and it left me alone after that).
To be honest though, parking a crap add-on and then blaming Firefox for any security issues over it would sound par for the course as per Microsoft... just look at how they're blaming ORacle and Sun for the Sidekick data loss (in spite of the fact that it was lost because their management apparently forgot how to spell "backup").
Given that there's very likely an SLA involved w/ Dang^H^H^H^HMicrosoft for hosting the service, I suspect that T-Mobile will do just that (that is, try to sue Microsoft into the Stone Age).
T-Mobile will probably also eat a legal shit sandwich, courtesy of the first lawyer to find an affected Sidekick user who can spell "Class Action" successfully and can sign his or her name legibly on a piece of paper.
...with a current and valid Temple Recommend to boot (that is, you can't be just any ol' LDS member). I was once approached about some contract work for them (I lived in Sugarhouse at the time, just south of SLC). The interview was pretty cool up until they explained that particular requirement (being Catholic, I obviously didn't have one, nor the desire to attain one. Pity... it sounded like a pretty cool gig).
Make sure you don't Google Image Search "Demi Moore Bush" with un-moderated results.
In short, the ideal woman has changed a lot. And it's going to keep changing.
Actually, I agree with you. Maybe I should explain: There's a huge difference between a bit o' feminine hair (which when done right can actually enhance a woman's beauty), and a full-on 'pit 'fro set that grabs your eyes and refuses to let them go. Madonna had the latter. Seriously, it was evil-looking.
You know? I thought the same thing back when Madonna showed up in a Playboy spread... then I saw the armpit hair. We're not talking just a little bit, either... there was enough in there to supply an entire Lilith Fair audience.
Sometimes, there are things in this world that you just do not want to see, curiosity be damned.
If it were that big, the lead shielding required would make an SUV look light.
(and before anyone screams "troll!", let me quote TFA: "but the particles' extremely high energies means...")
('course, I could be way the hell wrong about it, but it seems that a car-sized isotope battery would churn out a hellish amount of particles considering the amperage rating).
I'd like to see a comparison between the number of patches to Linux vs. Windows.:)
For just the kernel, or for a whole average distro? Which distro's kernel and which variant (e.g. SMP vs. uniprocessor) and which arch? (x86 vs. say, PPC or ARM)? Do we count all the optional modules, and what about the stuff that is out there which could be compiled-in, but usually isn't (e.g. Win4Lin extensions)? Are patches counted as individual diffs checked in to a CVS/SVN/BK repo source tree, or counted only if distributed.rpm/.apt packages by a vendor?
Yeah, we're a Microsoft "Partner" also where I work.
I'm willing to wager that the aspects of the LSE partnership (which was on one very highly visible and heavily advertised project) were most likely a hell of a lot cozier in the LSE's case than in yours or mine. As in, the LSE and Accenture likely had a direct line to the.NET product staff. Trust me, we don't.;)
This was more "switched from Accenture to running it `in house' in the form of a large team of low-paid talent in Sri Lanka" way more than it was "abandoned.NET for Linux! Rah rah rah!".
...so, err, why didn't the LSE hire a team to develop a.NET system in-house, then? They obviously had all the required infrastructure and environments in place to do it...
...it's news because Microsoft bragged on.NET being in the LSE for a couple of years, pointing to it as proof that they were enterprise-ready and such.
Then at about this time last year, the TradElect system (which was the.NET bits which ran the LSE) went 'splat', taking the London Stock Exchange down with it.
The relevant info should be sitting right there in TFA.
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A lot of it depends on what's being attacked, and how.
A concerted effort to blow up / corrupt / poison the DNS root servers? Could be considered as something to worry about. A DDoS against any IP belonging to $targetNation, or even just all major banks belonging to $targetNation? Probably not as much (mostly due to the sheer size of the target, the bandwidth soaking that doing so would require, etc).
...for that matter so have adult bookstores and sex shops...
Depends - ever lived in a bible-belt state (or worse, Utah)? Sure, they sell *some*, but anything that wasn't perfectly tame (think: about what you'd find in Maxim magazine) would likely have landed you a massive fine (or worse, depending on county) for merely possessing it.
I believe the biggest complaints against the Internet's rise in Utah came from the porn shops sitting just over the borders in Evanston, Wyoming and Wendover, Nevada... they must've lost a TON of business (both locations are roughly 1.5 hours' drive east from Salt Lake City).
Damn - I guess today was the enforced state workers' furlough day, huh?
Point of Order: Apple blocked the Pre from falsifying its USB device address/ID to get that compatibility.
...I'm wondering if they have to apply it to Motorcycle fairings as well... knowing California, they likely did.
...my Jeep has air conditioning: the TD2-50 A/C system
(using it is pretty easy, too: take off the top and both doors, then go 50mph).
Agreed. Call me when the shareholder lawsuit gets filed (if ever).
I doubt he'll cry too much over it. His little stock kiting scam has made him somewhat independently wealthy, and barring a lawsuit, I doubt he'll have to give the money back.
OTOH, I doubt that no one in the tech industry (save for maybe Microsoft) would ever hire him for anything.
(the Linux Foundation could maybe use a janitor, but...)
"Are you seriously suggesting the mess of config files hidden spread across various random and ambiguously named directories is somehow less hard to hide Malware in?"
Google for AFICK (or similar utils). Install it (on *nix). Point it to monitor /etc and /usr/local/etc.
Now you can see exactly what changes were made to the vital config files on your system.
If you did something similar for a Windows Registry, your hard drive would quickly fill up with diffs before you could even see the first report.
"It's no more dangerous to delete something from your registry"
Perhaps, but...
...depends - the Windows 7 beta and RC had that nasty little habit as well. The RTM is (so far) not doing it.
In either case, wouldn't simply disabling the add-on also work? (this is what I did, and it left me alone after that).
To be honest though, parking a crap add-on and then blaming Firefox for any security issues over it would sound par for the course as per Microsoft... just look at how they're blaming ORacle and Sun for the Sidekick data loss (in spite of the fact that it was lost because their management apparently forgot how to spell "backup").
Given that there's very likely an SLA involved w/ Dang^H^H^H^HMicrosoft for hosting the service, I suspect that T-Mobile will do just that (that is, try to sue Microsoft into the Stone Age).
T-Mobile will probably also eat a legal shit sandwich, courtesy of the first lawyer to find an affected Sidekick user who can spell "Class Action" successfully and can sign his or her name legibly on a piece of paper.
You have to be a Mormon to work for them.
Make sure you don't Google Image Search "Demi Moore Bush" with un-moderated results.
In short, the ideal woman has changed a lot. And it's going to keep changing.
Actually, I agree with you. Maybe I should explain: There's a huge difference between a bit o' feminine hair (which when done right can actually enhance a woman's beauty), and a full-on 'pit 'fro set that grabs your eyes and refuses to let them go. Madonna had the latter. Seriously, it was evil-looking.
Oh internet... Is there nothing you won't show naked?
Richard Stallman
(and yes, we are ever grateful that such an event has not occurred).
You know? I thought the same thing back when Madonna showed up in a Playboy spread... then I saw the armpit hair. We're not talking just a little bit, either... there was enough in there to supply an entire Lilith Fair audience.
Sometimes, there are things in this world that you just do not want to see, curiosity be damned.
...or puts one in a laptop :?
Just don't spend it in one place.
If it were that big, the lead shielding required would make an SUV look light.
(and before anyone screams "troll!", let me quote TFA: "but the particles' extremely high energies means...")
('course, I could be way the hell wrong about it, but it seems that a car-sized isotope battery would churn out a hellish amount of particles considering the amperage rating).
...and yes, I meant to say git and not BK. Stupid brain farts...
I'd like to see a comparison between the number of patches to Linux vs. Windows. :)
For just the kernel, or for a whole average distro? Which distro's kernel and which variant (e.g. SMP vs. uniprocessor) and which arch? (x86 vs. say, PPC or ARM)? Do we count all the optional modules, and what about the stuff that is out there which could be compiled-in, but usually isn't (e.g. Win4Lin extensions)? Are patches counted as individual diffs checked in to a CVS/SVN/BK repo source tree, or counted only if distributed .rpm/.apt packages by a vendor?
Otherwise, yeah, I can see your POV. :)
Yeah, we're a Microsoft "Partner" also where I work.
I'm willing to wager that the aspects of the LSE partnership (which was on one very highly visible and heavily advertised project) were most likely a hell of a lot cozier in the LSE's case than in yours or mine. As in, the LSE and Accenture likely had a direct line to the .NET product staff. Trust me, we don't. ;)
This was more "switched from Accenture to running it `in house' in the form of a large team of low-paid talent in Sri Lanka" way more than it was "abandoned .NET for Linux! Rah rah rah!".
Err, by all accounts, Microsoft and Accenture partnered up to oversee TradElect's construction:
The new technology platform has been developed using the Microsoft .NET Framework, with support from Microsoft and Accenture, and marks the final phase of the Exchange's four-year Technology Road Map project. (emphasis mine).
...it's news because Microsoft bragged on .NET being in the LSE for a couple of years, pointing to it as proof that they were enterprise-ready and such.
Then at about this time last year, the TradElect system (which was the .NET bits which ran the LSE) went 'splat', taking the London Stock Exchange down with it.
The relevant info should be sitting right there in TFA.