Mod parent down. There is no evidence that supports that any member of myg0t was the hacker. They are just a bunch of assholes that will claim anything to get attention.
Until the FBI knocks on someone's door, nobody truly knows who the hacker was.
So what you are saying is that, if somebody were to delete everything on one array, the deletion will in real time be mirrored to the other array? I certainly hope that is not your only backup strategy...
Since all those 4000 machines were updated running a login script, I assume that those computers were directly under your administration. That means, you can format, delete, install Windows 1.0 or anything else as long as you and your company agrees it's the best way to do things. They are YOUR computers. And what you're describing is not automatic updates, it's just an automated rollout. Different things.
Now, if Acrobat and Netscape were to start running automatic updates without asking you for permission on those very same 4000 PCs - wouldn't you be slightly angered by it? Especially if one of those magical updates breaks something, and you now have 4000 non-working computers?
I don't think ANY admin wants automatic updates that do stuff outside their sphere of control. For end-users it might be nice feature, if properly implemented, as you said. But for admins, a subscription to the application's mailing list is much more desirable than rouge updates now and then.
Maybe they did - maybe they were leeching daily builds of the game up until the day Valve disconnected their network. That only the source got leaked out from the hacker's group of friends doesn't mean he didn't get more.
How about taking a snapshot of the RAM after the WIBU dongle has decrypted the program, then overriding all other dongle calls in the now unencrypted program?
That's just utter nonsense. What stops the cheat from sending a large delta that will place the gun pointing directly at another player? There's no easy way stopping aim cheats as long as the client runs on an insecure platform.
You have a flaw in your theory that stops me from reading any further into it: Neo is the FIRST One to have a Trinity. The others chose the right door because they had no none they loved, so they didn't feel so bad about restarting Zion.
I seriously want to hurt anybody who drags TF2 into a HL2 delay discussion. TF2 was only delayed because they had this little game called Half-Life 2 they wanted to work on instead, and they wanted to use its engine for TF2 also.
I bet that before 2004 is over, both TF2 and CS2 will be released. Just wait and see.
It's OK that you have to pay a monthly fee, due to the amount of content and such. I've got no problem with that.
But I've got a problem with all the MMORPG developers that ALSO CHARGE FOR THE GAME DISK! And it's not just some small fee to cover the cost of the disk/manuals, the cost is right up there with any other game!
And don't even talk about the expansions. HELLO, I AM ALREADY PAYING $10 A MONTH SO YOU CAN CREATE CONTENT, I WILL NOT PAY YOU FOR ANOTHER CARDBOARD BOX!
It's sad that most MMORPG developers seem to be bent on profit and refuse to let go of this obsolete payment model. Either go for monthly supscriptions or go for a one time fee. NOT both.
#5 - looks like Quake2 #9 - doesn't really look like a Donkey Kong game, but I don't know what it could be #11 - dunno #12 - Unreal 2 #15 - some Baldur's Gate game/clone (BG2?) #18 - American McGee's Alice #19 - maybe Battlecruiser 3000AD?
2. How is it that a single mom with 2 kids in city housing can afford $30 just to avoid seeing advertising while stealing music?
Maybe she believed that she had to pay and didn't know there was a free (but adware-ridden) version? Besides, $30 is just like one and a half CD anyway..
A closer parallel would be if you, as a store clerk, decided to set up a 'Everything for free'-sign without the store owner's consent. (Not a complete parallel, though, since the store owner's goods are physical property, and mp3s are not)
Those things that were described in the grandparent is more akin to having mp3s on your hard drive, then some cracker comes along and breaks into your computer, copying the files.
It's better, yes, but it's still bad if there is more advanced logging present, like screen capturers. Though, that is much less likely than the occasional keylogger.
Net cafes is problematic when it comes to passwords - how can you be sure the machine you're sitting on isn't logging your keystrokes? The only solution I've found for this so far would be to create a system of one-time passwords - either have a few of them in hand all the time or have someone generated and sent to you over SMS as they're needed.
Any other ideas on how to protect yourself when you're working in an evirnoment where you don't know if security has been compromised or not?
While Gator is a very very very very bad idea, ordinary password managers installed on computers is a bit of a bad idea in itself.
It only takes one keylogger that snaps your passphrase, and then a malicions person will have access to all your stored passwords. Password managers reduce the security of all your systems to one single point of failure, and if that point is a Windows machine, your passwords are not safe enough.
This doesn't mean that password managers are bad in general, but they have to be a bit better protected than your average computer. Something like a non-networked system, or a PDA, or even a cellphone (Anything with a more obscure OS make things 'better') will give an additional layer of protection to your passwords.
The problem with such devices is that they don't have backup options - so if the device goes dead, you're locked out from your own systems.
I'm rather fond of the GNU Keyring for Palm myself - the database is backed up on my PC so I can restore it if the Palm loses its data. The only way for people to get access to those passwords would be to trojanize my PC, and then bruteforce the backed up database, or somehow trojanize my Palm. I'd rather take my chances at that than risk losing all my passwords.
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Mod parent down. There is no evidence that supports that any member of myg0t was the hacker. They are just a bunch of assholes that will claim anything to get attention.
Until the FBI knocks on someone's door, nobody truly knows who the hacker was.
So what you are saying is that, if somebody were to delete everything on one array, the deletion will in real time be mirrored to the other array? I certainly hope that is not your only backup strategy...
Since all those 4000 machines were updated running a login script, I assume that those computers were directly under your administration. That means, you can format, delete, install Windows 1.0 or anything else as long as you and your company agrees it's the best way to do things. They are YOUR computers. And what you're describing is not automatic updates, it's just an automated rollout. Different things.
Now, if Acrobat and Netscape were to start running automatic updates without asking you for permission on those very same 4000 PCs - wouldn't you be slightly angered by it? Especially if one of those magical updates breaks something, and you now have 4000 non-working computers?
I don't think ANY admin wants automatic updates that do stuff outside their sphere of control. For end-users it might be nice feature, if properly implemented, as you said. But for admins, a subscription to the application's mailing list is much more desirable than rouge updates now and then.
Maybe they did - maybe they were leeching daily builds of the game up until the day Valve disconnected their network. That only the source got leaked out from the hacker's group of friends doesn't mean he didn't get more.
But that's not part of the game source code - that's just one of the utilities they use to create the game. No foul play here.
How about taking a snapshot of the RAM after the WIBU dongle has decrypted the program, then overriding all other dongle calls in the now unencrypted program?
Everything is crackable.
That's just utter nonsense. What stops the cheat from sending a large delta that will place the gun pointing directly at another player? There's no easy way stopping aim cheats as long as the client runs on an insecure platform.
Why would a source code leak mean delays? It's not like somebody stole the source and they don't have it anymore..
Buy a GBA and stack up on batteries.
You have a flaw in your theory that stops me from reading any further into it: Neo is the FIRST One to have a Trinity. The others chose the right door because they had no none they loved, so they didn't feel so bad about restarting Zion.
I seriously want to hurt anybody who drags TF2 into a HL2 delay discussion. TF2 was only delayed because they had this little game called Half-Life 2 they wanted to work on instead, and they wanted to use its engine for TF2 also.
I bet that before 2004 is over, both TF2 and CS2 will be released. Just wait and see.
Not to sound arrogant, but with graphics like that, it's no wonder you don't have more players.
...you pay for the goods TWICE!
It's OK that you have to pay a monthly fee, due to the amount of content and such. I've got no problem with that.
But I've got a problem with all the MMORPG developers that ALSO CHARGE FOR THE GAME DISK! And it's not just some small fee to cover the cost of the disk/manuals, the cost is right up there with any other game!
And don't even talk about the expansions. HELLO, I AM ALREADY PAYING $10 A MONTH SO YOU CAN CREATE CONTENT, I WILL NOT PAY YOU FOR ANOTHER CARDBOARD BOX!
It's sad that most MMORPG developers seem to be bent on profit and refuse to let go of this obsolete payment model. Either go for monthly supscriptions or go for a one time fee. NOT both.
You must have another version of Quake than me. My CD contains only Quake and nothing else..
#5 - looks like Quake2
#9 - doesn't really look like a Donkey Kong game, but I don't know what it could be
#11 - dunno
#12 - Unreal 2
#15 - some Baldur's Gate game/clone (BG2?)
#18 - American McGee's Alice
#19 - maybe Battlecruiser 3000AD?
1970: "Bet I can make a bong out of that!"
2003: "Bet I can make a casemod out of that!"
2. How is it that a single mom with 2 kids in city housing can afford $30 just to avoid seeing advertising while stealing music?
Maybe she believed that she had to pay and didn't know there was a free (but adware-ridden) version? Besides, $30 is just like one and a half CD anyway..
That was far from parallels.
A closer parallel would be if you, as a store clerk, decided to set up a 'Everything for free'-sign without the store owner's consent.
(Not a complete parallel, though, since the store owner's goods are physical property, and mp3s are not)
Those things that were described in the grandparent is more akin to having mp3s on your hard drive, then some cracker comes along and breaks into your computer, copying the files.
It's better, yes, but it's still bad if there is more advanced logging present, like screen capturers. Though, that is much less likely than the occasional keylogger.
Some years ago I participated in wiping and destroying 100 or so hard drives. My part of the job was to break all the drives with a sledge hammer.
Swing...SMASH. Swing...SMASH!
Good times.
Of course they do.
Net cafes is problematic when it comes to passwords - how can you be sure the machine you're sitting on isn't logging your keystrokes? The only solution I've found for this so far would be to create a system of one-time passwords - either have a few of them in hand all the time or have someone generated and sent to you over SMS as they're needed.
Any other ideas on how to protect yourself when you're working in an evirnoment where you don't know if security has been compromised or not?
While Gator is a very very very very bad idea, ordinary password managers installed on computers is a bit of a bad idea in itself.
It only takes one keylogger that snaps your passphrase, and then a malicions person will have access to all your stored passwords.
Password managers reduce the security of all your systems to one single point of failure, and if that point is a Windows machine, your passwords are not safe enough.
This doesn't mean that password managers are bad in general, but they have to be a bit better protected than your average computer. Something like a non-networked system, or a PDA, or even a cellphone (Anything with a more obscure OS make things 'better') will give an additional layer of protection to your passwords.
The problem with such devices is that they don't have backup options - so if the device goes dead, you're locked out from your own systems.
I'm rather fond of the GNU Keyring for Palm myself - the database is backed up on my PC so I can restore it if the Palm loses its data. The only way for people to get access to those passwords would be to trojanize my PC, and then bruteforce the backed up database, or somehow trojanize my Palm. I'd rather take my chances at that than risk losing all my passwords.
What use is there in putting thousands of names on a petition if the guy doesn't want this at all?