1) There is Islamic terrorism, and U.S. militia terrorism, and atheist terrorism, and Christian terrorism, and others. I know of no one worth listening to who seriously disputes any of these.
Now rank them by body count.
Which has what to do with the likelihood that your town will be "hit by muslim terrorists"? 94% of terrorists aren't muslim, and more than 90% of terrorist attacks on U.S. soil have been carried out by non-muslims.
I'll respond to this well-worded argument with more than it deserves.
Several left-wing terrorist groups have been active in the late 20th century. Some, like Shining Path, have been described as explicitly atheist. That most likely wasn't the sum total of why they engaged in terrorism (it is usually that way with terrorist groups, actually, even the ostensibly "religious" ones), but I didn't claim that, either.
While true, the OP's point is valid: if you have access to the RAM, you pretty much have access to the machine. Since the only way you're getting that key is if the encrypted drive or volume is open at the time, getting around the encryption was already a done deal.
This just lets you go back and re-open the encrypted volume if you screw up and e.g. turn off the computer.
That's the entire point of the exploit being discussed in this article. While this tool lets you recover the key of an open encrypted volume and re-open it at leisure later on, if someone has access to your computer while the encrypted volume is open in the first place, it's pretty much game over.
You would have done much better if you hadn't cited the Examiner. If it's independent data from a respected source, you should be able to link to something more reputable.
1) There is Islamic terrorism, and U.S. militia terrorism, and atheist terrorism, and Christian terrorism, and others. I know of no one worth listening to who seriously disputes any of these.
2) If you're really sitting around worried about Islamic terrorists hitting your town, you need to get a hobby.
There are STILL people who think a single season, storm, or record defines climate?
Thankfully, they seem to be fewer and farther between than ever. Hard to deny the evidence for global warming right in front of you, developing year after year.
Reading the article more carefully, I'm guessing they used ultrasonic transducers for testing purposes. However, 100 MHz would obviously be used more often as a radio carrier.
Technically, it COULD be used to produce an ultrasonic signal, but since we're talking about a VCO, not a transducer, and since those frequencies are more often used for radio, I'm not sure why you'd describe it as an "audio" signal in any case.
The premise of the question is wrong in the first place (considering the source, not terribly surprising). The ACA website is not a "simple website". In fact, it's extremely complex, and has to interface with many other disparate federal IT systems. The federal government puts up "simple" websites all the time.
And if you're looking for a reason why this fiasco happened in the first place, look no farther than the GOP-run states who, in a deliberate attempt to obstruct the law (likely an extension of their explicitly-stated intent to obstruct anything President Obama did), chose not to meet their responsibility under the law and put up state-run exchanges.
Funny -- usually conservatives LIKE it when things are left up to the states. I guess that premise goes out the window when a chance to undermine President Obama presents itself.
Actually, he's right, and in more ways than one.
The original question dealt with the website. The feds had to put up a website to pick up the slack for a bunch of GOP-run states.
The ACA's problems at this point are almost entirely the result of GOP obstruction and sabotage. And yes, that goes all the way back to the original bill: despite the fact that GOP'ers voted against it, they had a significant hand in writing the bill and the ideas behind it.
I agree. Actually, the fact that he detailed the steps he took makes his analysis so much more powerful, as anyone can verify his work. The scientific method in action.
Glad to see this got modded up. The general conclusions of the comments here are that it's impossible to sanitize 100% of Adobe PDF files while retaining needed functionality. If you have to use Acrobat Reader, you could do a lot worse than removing the capability to execute JS at the code level (rather than settings).
I suppose you'll need to prevent uncontrolled updating of the software, as well.
Slashdot Mirror
I'd give this a "6" if I could. The mayor is lying about the warnings they received.
Indeed. I think you should show them how to do it by building and launching your own Martian robotic probe.
Why assume God did it? It looks like Dunkin Doughnuts was responsible. Or Mars law enforcement.
1) There is Islamic terrorism, and U.S. militia terrorism, and atheist terrorism, and Christian terrorism, and others. I know of no one worth listening to who seriously disputes any of these.
Now rank them by body count.
Which has what to do with the likelihood that your town will be "hit by muslim terrorists"? 94% of terrorists aren't muslim, and more than 90% of terrorist attacks on U.S. soil have been carried out by non-muslims.
I'll respond to this well-worded argument with more than it deserves. Several left-wing terrorist groups have been active in the late 20th century. Some, like Shining Path, have been described as explicitly atheist. That most likely wasn't the sum total of why they engaged in terrorism (it is usually that way with terrorist groups, actually, even the ostensibly "religious" ones), but I didn't claim that, either.
While true, the OP's point is valid: if you have access to the RAM, you pretty much have access to the machine. Since the only way you're getting that key is if the encrypted drive or volume is open at the time, getting around the encryption was already a done deal.
This just lets you go back and re-open the encrypted volume if you screw up and e.g. turn off the computer.
That's the entire point of the exploit being discussed in this article. While this tool lets you recover the key of an open encrypted volume and re-open it at leisure later on, if someone has access to your computer while the encrypted volume is open in the first place, it's pretty much game over.
You would have done much better if you hadn't cited the Examiner. If it's independent data from a respected source, you should be able to link to something more reputable.
1) There is Islamic terrorism, and U.S. militia terrorism, and atheist terrorism, and Christian terrorism, and others. I know of no one worth listening to who seriously disputes any of these.
2) If you're really sitting around worried about Islamic terrorists hitting your town, you need to get a hobby.
It's analogous to claiming every night after ~7pm that there is no sun because it's dark out.
There are STILL people who think a single season, storm, or record defines climate?
Thankfully, they seem to be fewer and farther between than ever. Hard to deny the evidence for global warming right in front of you, developing year after year.
Not just Florida.
Climate Change and Ocean Levels Ironic that North Carolina has a lot to look forward to.
No training necessary, I suspect. Only rational thinking and a bit of world knowledge.
If it's just a VCO, it would really depend on the transmit amplifier in any case.
Reading the article more carefully, I'm guessing they used ultrasonic transducers for testing purposes. However, 100 MHz would obviously be used more often as a radio carrier.
Technically, it COULD be used to produce an ultrasonic signal, but since we're talking about a VCO, not a transducer, and since those frequencies are more often used for radio, I'm not sure why you'd describe it as an "audio" signal in any case.
The premise of the question is wrong in the first place (considering the source, not terribly surprising). The ACA website is not a "simple website". In fact, it's extremely complex, and has to interface with many other disparate federal IT systems. The federal government puts up "simple" websites all the time.
And if you're looking for a reason why this fiasco happened in the first place, look no farther than the GOP-run states who, in a deliberate attempt to obstruct the law (likely an extension of their explicitly-stated intent to obstruct anything President Obama did), chose not to meet their responsibility under the law and put up state-run exchanges.
Funny -- usually conservatives LIKE it when things are left up to the states. I guess that premise goes out the window when a chance to undermine President Obama presents itself.
Actually, he's right, and in more ways than one. The original question dealt with the website. The feds had to put up a website to pick up the slack for a bunch of GOP-run states. The ACA's problems at this point are almost entirely the result of GOP obstruction and sabotage. And yes, that goes all the way back to the original bill: despite the fact that GOP'ers voted against it, they had a significant hand in writing the bill and the ideas behind it.
As discussed above, Schneier has detailed methods with a good probability of revealing compromised compilers, or at least disabling the compromise.
I agree. Actually, the fact that he detailed the steps he took makes his analysis so much more powerful, as anyone can verify his work. The scientific method in action.
Was kinda curious about that, too. Seems like that might be important information.
The DI-524 is, what, 8 years old? The firmware for it hasn't been updated since 2006. How, then is it listed as vulnerable?
Whether he lives or dies, he's right.
Glad to see this got modded up. The general conclusions of the comments here are that it's impossible to sanitize 100% of Adobe PDF files while retaining needed functionality. If you have to use Acrobat Reader, you could do a lot worse than removing the capability to execute JS at the code level (rather than settings). I suppose you'll need to prevent uncontrolled updating of the software, as well.
it shows he touched something unpleasant in your being. Yes you were hurt.
Either that, or he's simply laughing at the OP's absurdity.