... cannot be found inside a linux distro, even as one as cool as Slack. I'd mention a few of the ways to find Enlightenment here, but I bet it would only get me modded down.
I fail to see what could be averted by demanding to be contacted via email, but I *do* have a specific email account for potential employers... in fact, I create a new alias in the form of "domain.com@mydomain.com" for every site that demands an email address, potential employers included! I've not heard a single negative comment from any of the folks who have contacted me. (I even got a great job offer FedExed to me today!)
The real solution is to think over what sort of info the employers NEED. Are you applying at Wal-Mart? Does the "contact" with the hotmail email address really need your SSN for a background check before the interview?
Some jobs you're just going to have to go out on a limb for. However, if you're going for employment at a tech company like I am, then you might want to examine their contact info. Is their email address the same as the site for the company? Have you called them via phone first? Can you find that phone number listed elsewhere (google)? If everything seems okay by this point, there's not much else you can do if you want a good-paying job with a company that wants to examine your background (be it for clearances or anything else).
... to drag off our women and rape the children. But wait! We can't fight them! That would be war! We can't have war, not at any cost! Darn, and this sewage pipe is so cold and stinky.
Disclaimer: Actual Cubans may not necessarily drag off American women and/or rape American children.
It's "lazy" admins that are the bane of the 'net; code red, lion, nimda, slammer, etc.
As for lazy users, well, you're the ones partly responsible for crap like melissa and the one worm that mails random documents to random email addresses.
Since "almost every single page that does have the term also has a link to my site", I'd say you have nothing to worry about.
Google isn't perfect (no one is), and it's trying to stave off attacks by those who wish to abuse its system and profit from it. If someone is looking for "autopr0n", then they already know about your site, and if so, the myriad of links on the other listed pages point back to you.
Seems that they're being rather harsh with the penalties for apparent google-bombing, but... hey, I'm not the boss there.
Personally, though, I say screw google. They put autopr0n on the 11th page on a search for "autopr0n", which doesn't make any damn sense.
It does if you consider they've been tweaking their pagerank rating system to take google-bombing into account. Most (if not all) the links to autopr0n come from kiro5hin and slashdot; in essense, blog-like sites. Apparently, the number of UNIQUE sites that link to a target increase the standings.
Comment #5371823 sez: You can make up a 'custom' address (e.g. zathrus-amazon@example.com) for autoresponders from each such company you do business with, and put mail to these addresses on an automatic whitelist. If one of these addresses gets sold to a spammer (it's never happened to me yet), you just kill it and end your relationship with that vendor.
With sendmail, this is cake. I've been doing this for over a year now, and not a single spam has arrived from any of the customized email alises I've given out (domain.com@mydomain.com). If I ever do see one, I just bitch out the company, drop the alias, and stop doing business with them.
On the job hunt note, I did this with boeing.com and saic.com. Some of their HR folks were impressed with the scheme; none were put off by it.
EXACTLY! I'm doing this right now on my own mail server, and the only spam I get is to an older aliased account that was posted on a web page. I've yet to see a single spam out of all the custom addresses I've given out to companies (and I've been doing that rather often over the past few months).
I generally use the format "topleveldomain.com@mydomain.com". This applies for every site; I've used this to apply at companies like IBM and SAIC. The humans I've talked to see no problem with it and a handful of those have even seemed mildly impressed with the idea.
We blocked outbound port 25/tcp to force dialup and cable users to relay through our servers (so that we had logs).
Wow, that's nice. Looks like I'd not use or recommend your service to anyone else on the basis of that single fact alone. Not only might someone on cable want to run their own legitimate mail server, but you can't "nc -remote machine- 25" if the port is blocked!
Sounds like the existing ISP still needed a small piece of clue.
Doug, I sympathize with your difficulties due to troublemakers; the real bad guys are indeed the ones initiating the flood(s). However, the problem is compounded when "bad" decisions are made by the victims: after reading through the information available to me, it does appear that, although SDF was indeed aware of said attacks, there was no mention of any consequences for SDF. As I understand it, the disconnect was "swift and sudden". I know this would be extremely irritating if it happened to me.
While not a perfect analogy, this is like evicting a family from their apartment complex because someone stole their (properly secured?) car and left it in front of the exit/entrance of the complex. It doesn't really make a lot of sense, outside of the initial panic.
Just like checking your oil/coolant in a vehicle on a regular basis, keeping an eye on security vulns in software you use is part of the responsibility of owning a computer and using it on a network.
Failure to do any of the above results in job security for auto mechanics and "IT technicians", such as myself.
The point was, SDF was cut off without adequate and/or written notice. If NWLink knew that the attacks on SDF were causing problems three weeks prior to this, then the very least NWLink could have done was provided notice.
NWLink certainly owes SDF an apology, at the very least.
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Excuse me, do you know what time it is? I think I just missed the Rapture.
DOW didn't do anything wrong; however...
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In truth, DOW did nothing wrong. They should, however, clean up the messes that Union Carbide left behind.
Frankly, I'd hardly call delivering TOXIC WASTE to a public place a "peaceful protest". I never really liked Greenpeace, and this reminds me why.
Fact: Hardcore gaming not only leads to videogame addiction and abrupt lifestyle changes, but to crime and felony as well. Hardcore gamers never buy computer videogames. Instead, downloading illegally copied videogames or "warez" is the only method acceptable by the underground. Buying a legit copy is grounds for abandonment by community groups. You may not be buying your child videogames, but they can illegally obtain them off the internet.
EXCUSE ME!? I am a hardcore gamer, that spends sometimes hundredS of dollars a month, in addition to spending six to ten hours a day playing games. I am rabid about paying for my own games... I've refused offers for free games on many occassions (so, yes, 'piracy' is out there) and simply purchased my own $60 copy.
Mugging victim:... gah! Police officer! That man over there just punched me in the face and stole my wallet! Help! Policeperson: Sorry, you should have treated that wallet with more care. In fact, here's ticket for a few hundred million dollars that will help motivate you to "take better care" of your wallet.
Maybe, but if a stranger is in your HOUSE, then (IIRC) in some states, you don't even need a warning. Personally, I'd shout, "FREEZE, FUCKER!" If he so much as blinked, I'd repaint the room with chunky red kibbles.
I'm not a violent person. But a stranger has absolutely NO business in my house and I will not chance harm to myself on the offhand chance that he's just retarded.
Windows 98SE, capped at 512MB of ram for games. Since I already am stuck using Windows for games, I use Zmud (for text games), Opera (I know it's available for Linux), and Winamp. Everything else is either taken care of by my linux server (mail, ftp/sftp, ssh, dns) or in support of the Windows machine.
Oops, I use Nero, too. No, I don't share my ripped CDs.
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... cannot be found inside a linux distro, even as one as cool as Slack. I'd mention a few of the ways to find Enlightenment here, but I bet it would only get me modded down.
... there might well be a bright future for gas station attendants.
I fail to see what could be averted by demanding to be contacted via email, but I *do* have a specific email account for potential employers... in fact, I create a new alias in the form of "domain.com@mydomain.com" for every site that demands an email address, potential employers included! I've not heard a single negative comment from any of the folks who have contacted me. (I even got a great job offer FedExed to me today!)
The real solution is to think over what sort of info the employers NEED. Are you applying at Wal-Mart? Does the "contact" with the hotmail email address really need your SSN for a background check before the interview?
Some jobs you're just going to have to go out on a limb for. However, if you're going for employment at a tech company like I am, then you might want to examine their contact info. Is their email address the same as the site for the company? Have you called them via phone first? Can you find that phone number listed elsewhere (google)? If everything seems okay by this point, there's not much else you can do if you want a good-paying job with a company that wants to examine your background (be it for clearances or anything else).
In summary, use common sense.
... watch this 21MB video where Mr. Ashcroft tells you himelf!
... to drag off our women and rape the children. But wait! We can't fight them! That would be war! We can't have war, not at any cost! Darn, and this sewage pipe is so cold and stinky.
Disclaimer: Actual Cubans may not necessarily drag off American women and/or rape American children.
I wonder...
... would it?
Nah, it'd never work.
It also could be because autopr0n is broken...
It's "lazy" admins that are the bane of the 'net; code red, lion, nimda, slammer, etc.
As for lazy users, well, you're the ones partly responsible for crap like melissa and the one worm that mails random documents to random email addresses.
Go, you!
Since "almost every single page that does have the term also has a link to my site", I'd say you have nothing to worry about.
Google isn't perfect (no one is), and it's trying to stave off attacks by those who wish to abuse its system and profit from it. If someone is looking for "autopr0n", then they already know about your site, and if so, the myriad of links on the other listed pages point back to you.
Seems that they're being rather harsh with the penalties for apparent google-bombing, but... hey, I'm not the boss there.
Personally, though, I say screw google. They put autopr0n on the 11th page on a search for "autopr0n", which doesn't make any damn sense.
It does if you consider they've been tweaking their pagerank rating system to take google-bombing into account. Most (if not all) the links to autopr0n come from kiro5hin and slashdot; in essense, blog-like sites. Apparently, the number of UNIQUE sites that link to a target increase the standings.
Don't blame Google because no one links to you.
Comment #5371823 sez:
You can make up a 'custom' address (e.g. zathrus-amazon@example.com) for autoresponders from each such company you do business with, and put mail to these addresses on an automatic whitelist. If one of these addresses gets sold to a spammer (it's never happened to me yet), you just kill it and end your relationship with that vendor.
With sendmail, this is cake. I've been doing this for over a year now, and not a single spam has arrived from any of the customized email alises I've given out (domain.com@mydomain.com). If I ever do see one, I just bitch out the company, drop the alias, and stop doing business with them.
On the job hunt note, I did this with boeing.com and saic.com. Some of their HR folks were impressed with the scheme; none were put off by it.
EXACTLY!
:)
I'm doing this right now on my own mail server, and the only spam I get is to an older aliased account that was posted on a web page. I've yet to see a single spam out of all the custom addresses I've given out to companies (and I've been doing that rather often over the past few months).
I generally use the format "topleveldomain.com@mydomain.com". This applies for every site; I've used this to apply at companies like IBM and SAIC. The humans I've talked to see no problem with it and a handful of those have even seemed mildly impressed with the idea.
I'm hooked on aliases!
We blocked outbound port 25/tcp to force dialup and cable users to relay through our servers (so that we had logs).
Wow, that's nice. Looks like I'd not use or recommend your service to anyone else on the basis of that single fact alone. Not only might someone on cable want to run their own legitimate mail server, but you can't "nc -remote machine- 25" if the port is blocked!
Sounds like the existing ISP still needed a small piece of clue.
Doug,
I sympathize with your difficulties due to troublemakers; the real bad guys are indeed the ones initiating the flood(s). However, the problem is compounded when "bad" decisions are made by the victims: after reading through the information available to me, it does appear that, although SDF was indeed aware of said attacks, there was no mention of any consequences for SDF. As I understand it, the disconnect was "swift and sudden". I know this would be extremely irritating if it happened to me.
While not a perfect analogy, this is like evicting a family from their apartment complex because someone stole their (properly secured?) car and left it in front of the exit/entrance of the complex. It doesn't really make a lot of sense, outside of the initial panic.
Just like checking your oil/coolant in a vehicle on a regular basis, keeping an eye on security vulns in software you use is part of the responsibility of owning a computer and using it on a network.
Failure to do any of the above results in job security for auto mechanics and "IT technicians", such as myself.
The point was, SDF was cut off without adequate and/or written notice. If NWLink knew that the attacks on SDF were causing problems three weeks prior to this, then the very least NWLink could have done was provided notice.
NWLink certainly owes SDF an apology, at the very least.
Excuse me, do you know what time it is? I think I just missed the Rapture.
In truth, DOW did nothing wrong. They should, however, clean up the messes that Union Carbide left behind.
Frankly, I'd hardly call delivering TOXIC WASTE to a public place a "peaceful protest". I never really liked Greenpeace, and this reminds me why.
from http://www.mavav.org/resources/...
Fact: Hardcore gaming not only leads to videogame addiction and abrupt lifestyle changes, but to crime and felony as well. Hardcore gamers never buy computer videogames. Instead, downloading illegally copied videogames or "warez" is the only method acceptable by the underground. Buying a legit copy is grounds for abandonment by community groups. You may not be buying your child videogames, but they can illegally obtain them off the internet.
EXCUSE ME!? I am a hardcore gamer, that spends sometimes hundredS of dollars a month, in addition to spending six to ten hours a day playing games. I am rabid about paying for my own games... I've refused offers for free games on many occassions (so, yes, 'piracy' is out there) and simply purchased my own $60 copy.
I'd love to see these FUD-sters slapped around.
Mugging victim: ... gah! Police officer! That man over there just punched me in the face and stole my wallet! Help!
Policeperson: Sorry, you should have treated that wallet with more care. In fact, here's ticket for a few hundred million dollars that will help motivate you to "take better care" of your wallet.
Trust me. Unless it's actually classified... it's not encrypted.
Healthcare data isn't classified.
Maybe, but if a stranger is in your HOUSE, then (IIRC) in some states, you don't even need a warning. Personally, I'd shout, "FREEZE, FUCKER!" If he so much as blinked, I'd repaint the room with chunky red kibbles.
I'm not a violent person. But a stranger has absolutely NO business in my house and I will not chance harm to myself on the offhand chance that he's just retarded.
Windows 98SE, capped at 512MB of ram for games. Since I already am stuck using Windows for games, I use Zmud (for text games), Opera (I know it's available for Linux), and Winamp. Everything else is either taken care of by my linux server (mail, ftp/sftp, ssh, dns) or in support of the Windows machine.
Oops, I use Nero, too. No, I don't share my ripped CDs.
RTFMKTHX.