See you at phreaknic, show me where the tower is:)
-Iridium
Re:Yet another problem hashcash can solve
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Hashcash values can be pre-computed as well as several other attacks... not very secure in the long run, but good for a stop-gap measure. Since there is no exchange of information to make hashcash work, there is nothing from getting a spammer to pre-generate all the hashcash values and THEN send the spam in one fell swoop.
There have been a few interesting ideas if not brilliant, but not properly executed. I'm no encryption guru, but simple username and password based security isn't all that bad, as long as the medium they're transmitted over is secure. The problem, though is how to "make" them secure.
At some point you have to start trusting the network, and stop worrying about how big your key is, or how long it takes to crack. Use a VPN for work. Use SSL for private email. Don't auto login to websites. If people start assuming they're secure because their first hop is, they're screwed, no matter how thick that first layer is to crack.
a major ISP in the area hosts tens of thousands of porn sites, they push so much bandwidth that every user on Kazaa would have had to download at least a few seconds of a video to even compare - and all filesharing does is to increase popularity. To a certain extent, filesharing/newsgroups tends to satisfy the casual observer who would have only paid for a cheap demo anyway, but hooks in quite a few who like what they see.
I get tired of shitty half assed copies of music and select screener/movies I download - and actually BUY THE STUFF I LIKE. Fuck anyone that tries to mess with my choice - take a clue from the porn industry - generate a little INTEREST with GOOD CONTENT not DISinterest from lawsuits and antagonistic behaviour.
Porn makes money. Bandwidth costs money - the porn industry saves by relaxing their damn lawyer some of the time. Take a hint, RIAA (or I'm going to charge you for advertising your music next time I turn up my radio, or reccomend a song to someone).
If you need it enough you can pay for it's development.
I agree. My company uses that approach with alot of things such as our customized mail servers, DNS scripts, etc. We take Bind, and add features (sure most are in shell scripts, but still..). We take Courier, and fix problems with certain domain names (mostly irrelevant to the world).
That's what I like about my job, being a evolutionist for hire, so to speak:).
I concur with the author's last sentence about forking sometimes being a blessing. Missing features, design work, and other features sometimes get left out of OpenSource projects because some developers just plain don't want to do the work. Another project may work out important issues (even if for only a few people!) and increase usability.
Of course, I can see how more projects means less people to "help", but lets face it: the people that use 'forked' projects most likely (ok possibly..) picked that specific one for a reason! For me, the particular flavor of P2P software I use lies SOLELY in its features, not because I think the name is catchy, or it has a neat blue icon. And when I go for support/documentation - its usually there!
Actually, by default MSN is used for most "not found" domains. I'm still waiting for Microsoft to SUE Verisign for stealing their business with (sic) unfair methods.
I agree. I, through my employer, had offered to host some of the DNS and possibly site for relays.osirusoft.com, but they only needed DNS at the time. We were never added, and the zone (all 50+ mb of it) was too large to handle easily anyway.
Has anyone ever written warning systems for this type of shit? It is REALLY annoying that none of us got email (and he had my email, if he cared to notify people who he knew were running that list).
I don't think this kind of thing NEEDS to be secret. While spam is annoying, it certianly doens't fall under a heavy enough category in my book (rape, murder, mass murder, etc) to require ANYTHING near secret investigative power...
If we all have the right to face our accuser - NOTHING should get in the way. Nothing short of the threat of further murder, at least in my book.
I'm not sure I buy the whole thing about cell phones causing fires at gas stations; but I also wouldn't call it impossible.
I don't buy it either... I mean seriously, they all have satellite dishes and some use RF to transmit the order information inside/to the data equipment. Why run wires when wireless is cheap?
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I don't see an AC post there...
Sorry.
Yes, you do. (unless you "have" another linus account). This also allows for linuses to use your connection (if you're a bill) and you get zero money.
:-\
There is FREE access to the FON network if you've FON router? I guess that article was all about paid stuff?
from fon.com:
Linus
Share your WiFi and get free access in all Fon hotspots worldwide!
Bills
Milk your WiFi! Get paid for sharing your spare bandwidth.
Two different things.
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or $183 for a business line/dsl....
:)
See you at phreaknic, show me where the tower is
-Iridium
Hashcash values can be pre-computed as well as several other attacks... not very secure in the long run, but good for a stop-gap measure. Since there is no exchange of information to make hashcash work, there is nothing from getting a spammer to pre-generate all the hashcash values and THEN send the spam in one fell swoop.
Umm.... Doesn't pot make you stupid? How many other drugs are there like this.... I forgot. ;-)
Saying theres no pill on earth which xxxxxxxxxx is a dangerous statement.
Dear Staff,
IE has a vew unsolved vulnerabilities to say the least. Download the latest version of Firefox or Mozilla from http://www.mozilla.org/.
Thanks,
Bill G
There have been a few interesting ideas if not brilliant, but not properly executed. I'm no encryption guru, but simple username and password based security isn't all that bad, as long as the medium they're transmitted over is secure. The problem, though is how to "make" them secure.
At some point you have to start trusting the network, and stop worrying about how big your key is, or how long it takes to crack. Use a VPN for work. Use SSL for private email. Don't auto login to websites. If people start assuming they're secure because their first hop is, they're screwed, no matter how thick that first layer is to crack.
no, that really WAS Cowboy Neal. He just forgot to spoof his name as well.
a major ISP in the area hosts tens of thousands of porn sites, they push so much bandwidth that every user on Kazaa would have had to download at least a few seconds of a video to even compare - and all filesharing does is to increase popularity. To a certain extent, filesharing/newsgroups tends to satisfy the casual observer who would have only paid for a cheap demo anyway, but hooks in quite a few who like what they see.
I get tired of shitty half assed copies of music and select screener/movies I download - and actually BUY THE STUFF I LIKE. Fuck anyone that tries to mess with my choice - take a clue from the porn industry - generate a little INTEREST with GOOD CONTENT not DISinterest from lawsuits and antagonistic behaviour.
Porn makes money. Bandwidth costs money - the porn industry saves by relaxing their damn lawyer some of the time. Take a hint, RIAA (or I'm going to charge you for advertising your music next time I turn up my radio, or reccomend a song to someone).
<p>First do a chmod 777 on the .bin file as noted by Sun. It will extract a structure as 1.4.2_03/ I don't like that so I just moved it to 1.4.2/</p>
Excuse me, but since when is chmod 777 on ANYTHING a good idea?
I agree. My company uses that approach with alot of things such as our customized mail servers, DNS scripts, etc. We take Bind, and add features (sure most are in shell scripts, but still..). We take Courier, and fix problems with certain domain names (mostly irrelevant to the world).
That's what I like about my job, being a evolutionist for hire, so to speak :).
I concur with the author's last sentence about forking sometimes being a blessing. Missing features, design work, and other features sometimes get left out of OpenSource projects because some developers just plain don't want to do the work. Another project may work out important issues (even if for only a few people!) and increase usability.
Of course, I can see how more projects means less people to "help", but lets face it: the people that use 'forked' projects most likely (ok possibly..) picked that specific one for a reason! For me, the particular flavor of P2P software I use lies SOLELY in its features, not because I think the name is catchy, or it has a neat blue icon. And when I go for support/documentation - its usually there!
Now I can play more Tekken! Wheeeee!
Actually, by default MSN is used for most "not found" domains. I'm still waiting for Microsoft to SUE Verisign for stealing their business with (sic) unfair methods.
If you actually read the article, you'd notice that is was a BIOS screen, not software.
With that said, changing some crap in the bios passed the screen (??@#$?) but it wasn't purely software.
I agree. I, through my employer, had offered to host some of the DNS and possibly site for relays.osirusoft.com, but they only needed DNS at the time. We were never added, and the zone (all 50+ mb of it) was too large to handle easily anyway.
Has anyone ever written warning systems for this type of shit? It is REALLY annoying that none of us got email (and he had my email, if he cared to notify people who he knew were running that list).
doh! :%s/sadist/masochist/g
if you are a complete sadist, you might be able to compile the information from http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/reports/index.cfm
DRM porn is here. Check out Karadavis.com....
(note - I have no financial interest in the site or business model).
<blockquote>wonder if this waiting is affecting their sales figures</blockquote>
I don't think this is affecting their $500m sales.
I don't think this kind of thing NEEDS to be secret. While spam is annoying, it certianly doens't fall under a heavy enough category in my book (rape, murder, mass murder, etc) to require ANYTHING near secret investigative power...
If we all have the right to face our accuser - NOTHING should get in the way. Nothing short of the threat of further murder, at least in my book.
Freedom is the right to voice your opinion.
I don't buy it either... I mean seriously, they all have satellite dishes and some use RF to transmit the order information inside/to the data equipment. Why run wires when wireless is cheap?