Comprosing cheap routers is a topic that has been covered on Slashdot many times before. In every previous article, they've required that remote administration be enabled on the router, which is generally never a default setting. This report states, "tested with out-of-the-box configuration settings". Really? Yikes.
I think if government (ie: DHS in the US) really wants to secure SCADA without overhauling it, they should require and provide site-to-site VPN routers with Internet traffic blocked minus a few things. Just plug them into a modem or switch and 99% of the problem is taken care of. I think it would cost pennies compared to things like the backscatter scanners.
I'm a sysadmin for a small municipal office with a SCADA system. I manage every computer except the one used for SCADA, which is the responsibility of the vendor. Their only concern is that the computer stays unmodified from their "standard" set up, but it still requires unrestricted Internet access. This means:
*Windows XP SP2 *Automatic Updates turned off *No third-party software (ex: antivirus) *No domain/group policy *Symantec pcAnywhere 11 host (this is the version Symantec admited to being breached and to stop using)
As the sysadmin I can stick it on a VLAN to keep it away from the computers I'm responsible for, but other than that, my hands are tied.
In the case of Wesley, I already list it as mutiny (same with Spock on the old Enterprise, but for very different reasons).
In the case of Guinan, I believe she was once the only person on the Enterprise, the others not even existing, which makes her a captain. This is different from being in command.
Not mutiny, Wesley was intoxicated and goofing off. I don't recall Guinan being alone on the Enterprise, but Dr. Crusher was in Remember Me (seperate universe).
In Conundrum everyone loses their memory and assumes Worf is Captain. In Night Terrors and again in Gambit, Data becomes Acting Captain.
What episodes are you referring to? In the case of Wesley, I recall The Naked Now, but it was merely a self-proclamation. Of course, nearly every regular cast member was given command at one point or another.
I've watched a lot of different videos about the shuttles, and by far the most moving for me was one created last year by Nature to celebrate the completed shuttle program.
I would take a screenshot or something but it's someone else's PC now. Perhaps you were using Ultimate or another vendor's installation? Microsoft's hardware requirements for 64-bit is 20GB. The only non-default thing I did was disable the 6GB hibernation file. I remember with Windows, Office, drivers, service packs, updates, a few other little things, and a disabled hibernation file, it was 20-something GB used.
Anyway, the point is that 128GB is plenty for most uses.
Actually, the 13" MacBook Air does have 900px of height--it's 1440x900. Kind of interesting, because the 13" MBP is only 1280x800.
Every ThinkPad X1 Carbon has an anti-glare IPS display with a native resoltion of 1600x900. But you know, it's missing the Apple logo on the top cover.
Most early ultrabooks only had at best 128 GB of SSD memory, which is kind of cutting it close after you load Windows 7 and Office 2010.
This week I installed Windows 7 Pro, Office 2010 Pro Plus, and a slew of other business software on a 40GB SSD with room to spare. Amazing what you can do without porn.
The summary leaves out the interesting part: IE8 is the latest version available for Windows XP. And there's no place that XP exists more than business, education, and government. This is Google's way to get sysadmins comfortable with Chrome in the workplace.
It's really not a game, just a reward system, similar to Slashdot karma.
The removal concept isn't new either; if you use any OS (typically Windows PE or Linux live) that isn't the infected one, it makes everything much easier. The most interesting thing about all of it is their patent-pending "one-time modification to the Windows bootloader". Not exactly something you want to get wrong, but I think it's a serious step in the right direction.
Koss Porta Pro don't just look retro, they're the real deal. They've been mostly unchanged since 1984, and Amazon has sold them since 1990 (up to 1,200 reviews now). It's nice to see a company stand behind a product instead of cycling them every 6 months.
This has nothing to do with making it harder for DIY, it's just harder period. Compare this to major PC companies who whitelist devices in firmware, or other industries using "security" fasteners requiring patented and regulated tools.
Victorinox has had a line of these for several years. I own one of the early ones from when 512MB was as big as you could buy. It's been on my keychain all these years and still works great.
I've found the tool I use most often is the knife, usually for opening packaging. When the pen stopped working, they sent me a new one, no questions asked. And I'm not sure what other people store on these things, but I hardly ever use more than 100MB.
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...make up a kind of underclass who eke out an information-poor existence in a few dark corners of the network.
...preserve their privacy or perhaps for more nefarious reasons.
...have scripts to kick out adbots.
Why does this require a big PCB with three ICs? Why not just simply remove pins 2 & 3?
they don't patch: they give you new versions...require you to use old, vulnerable versions
Exactly. And as such, we will be running Java 6 Update 16 (released in 2009) until at least 2014 on 5,000+ machines.
1984 was required reading for us. I think it was up to the individual teacher or schools.
I also read Ender's Game in school. It was picked by me, but approved by the teacher.
Comprosing cheap routers is a topic that has been covered on Slashdot many times before. In every previous article, they've required that remote administration be enabled on the router, which is generally never a default setting. This report states, "tested with out-of-the-box configuration settings". Really? Yikes.
If your application is designed for a legacy OS, it's not going to utilize more than 4GB of RAM. Next question please...
I think if government (ie: DHS in the US) really wants to secure SCADA without overhauling it, they should require and provide site-to-site VPN routers with Internet traffic blocked minus a few things. Just plug them into a modem or switch and 99% of the problem is taken care of. I think it would cost pennies compared to things like the backscatter scanners.
I'm a sysadmin for a small municipal office with a SCADA system. I manage every computer except the one used for SCADA, which is the responsibility of the vendor. Their only concern is that the computer stays unmodified from their "standard" set up, but it still requires unrestricted Internet access. This means:
*Windows XP SP2
*Automatic Updates turned off
*No third-party software (ex: antivirus)
*No domain/group policy
*Symantec pcAnywhere 11 host (this is the version Symantec admited to being breached and to stop using)
As the sysadmin I can stick it on a VLAN to keep it away from the computers I'm responsible for, but other than that, my hands are tied.
In the case of Wesley, I already list it as mutiny (same with Spock on the old Enterprise, but for very different reasons).
In the case of Guinan, I believe she was once the only person on the Enterprise, the others not even existing, which makes her a captain.
This is different from being in command.
Not mutiny, Wesley was intoxicated and goofing off. I don't recall Guinan being alone on the Enterprise, but Dr. Crusher was in Remember Me (seperate universe).
In Conundrum everyone loses their memory and assumes Worf is Captain. In Night Terrors and again in Gambit, Data becomes Acting Captain.
Guinan: Whoopi Goldberg
Wesley Crusher: Wil Wheaton (mutiny)
What episodes are you referring to? In the case of Wesley, I recall The Naked Now, but it was merely a self-proclamation. Of course, nearly every regular cast member was given command at one point or another.
I've watched a lot of different videos about the shuttles, and by far the most moving for me was one created last year by Nature to celebrate the completed shuttle program.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II7QBLt36xo&hd=1
This site is all about uber-modern web standards and their chat protocol of choice? IRC. Awesome.
Not certain who is right and wrong, but this was my source:
http://www.zdnet.com/thinkpad-x1-carbon-able-macbook-air-competitor-review-7000002294/
I would take a screenshot or something but it's someone else's PC now. Perhaps you were using Ultimate or another vendor's installation? Microsoft's hardware requirements for 64-bit is 20GB. The only non-default thing I did was disable the 6GB hibernation file. I remember with Windows, Office, drivers, service packs, updates, a few other little things, and a disabled hibernation file, it was 20-something GB used.
Anyway, the point is that 128GB is plenty for most uses.
Actually, the 13" MacBook Air does have 900px of height--it's 1440x900. Kind of interesting, because the 13" MBP is only 1280x800.
Every ThinkPad X1 Carbon has an anti-glare IPS display with a native resoltion of 1600x900. But you know, it's missing the Apple logo on the top cover.
Most early ultrabooks only had at best 128 GB of SSD memory, which is kind of cutting it close after you load Windows 7 and Office 2010.
This week I installed Windows 7 Pro, Office 2010 Pro Plus, and a slew of other business software on a 40GB SSD with room to spare. Amazing what you can do without porn.
The summary leaves out the interesting part: IE8 is the latest version available for Windows XP. And there's no place that XP exists more than business, education, and government. This is Google's way to get sysadmins comfortable with Chrome in the workplace.
If your device is lost or stolen.
It's really not a game, just a reward system, similar to Slashdot karma.
The removal concept isn't new either; if you use any OS (typically Windows PE or Linux live) that isn't the infected one, it makes everything much easier. The most interesting thing about all of it is their patent-pending "one-time modification to the Windows bootloader". Not exactly something you want to get wrong, but I think it's a serious step in the right direction.
Since Amazon was established in 1994, the 1990 date obviously means something else...
Koss Porta Pro don't just look retro, they're the real deal. They've been mostly unchanged since 1984, and Amazon has sold them since 1990 (up to 1,200 reviews now). It's nice to see a company stand behind a product instead of cycling them every 6 months.
HeadRoom tests more headphones than probably anyone. They're unbiased enough to say when a $40 pair is better than $100 pair that they sell.
The Oatmeal has already demonstrated the problem perfectly.
This has nothing to do with making it harder for DIY, it's just harder period. Compare this to major PC companies who whitelist devices in firmware, or other industries using "security" fasteners requiring patented and regulated tools.
Victorinox has had a line of these for several years. I own one of the early ones from when 512MB was as big as you could buy. It's been on my keychain all these years and still works great.
I've found the tool I use most often is the knife, usually for opening packaging. When the pen stopped working, they sent me a new one, no questions asked. And I'm not sure what other people store on these things, but I hardly ever use more than 100MB.