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  1. Expose SSH over VPN only on SSH Password Gropers Are Now Trying High Ports · · Score: 1

    My solution is to not even expose SSH to the public internet. Instead I run OpenVPN on the server, and only expose SSH access to hosts who have joined the virtual network (which itself requires a client certificate). Even then, SSH access is pubkey/Kerberos only.

    Now I get zero ssh gropes, and nobody even tries to get into the VPN. The OpenVPN port doesn't even show up in an out-of-the-box nmap -v -A scan.

  2. Re:remember! on Widespread Compromise Of Yahoo-Backed Email In New Zealand · · Score: 1

    Of course, decentralization has its own drawbacks. Remember when SMTP servers would happily forward mail on behalf of any connecting client?

  3. Re:Does not bode well on How Google Glass Is Evolving As It Heads For Release To Developers · · Score: 1

    They'd better be careful, or software-wise a competitor will come along with a focused, unified, well rounded software experience and blow them out of the water.

    But fortunately all the hardware and software patents involved make this impossible!

  4. There are still accredited CAs that sign for free on Gmail Drops Support for Connecting To Pop3 Servers With Self -Signed Certs · · Score: 1

    Just have one of them sign your cert. All they ask is evidence that you own the relevant domain name. I've had good success with StartCom. Their public cert is trusted by most OSes and browsers. If anything, Google's action may be a boon to such CAs.

  5. The Forum Matrix on Ask Slashdot: What Is the Best Way To Add Forums To a Website? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I recently had to select a forums solution for my company, and this site proved extremely useful: http://www.forummatrix.org/

    It catalogues tons of closed and open-source forum products coded by dozens of variables, and lets you compare them in a big matrix. Very useful if you have constraints/preferences like "works with SQL server" or "isn't PHP", etc.

    My main complaint about it is that some of the data are out-of-date, but it is still a great starting point.

  6. "infinite-duration" on A Piezoelectric Pacemaker That Is Powered By Your Heartbeat · · Score: 1

    Sounds kinda optimistic to me.

  7. If it was encoded with a one-time pad... on WW2 Carrier Pigeon and Undecoded Message Found In Chimney · · Score: 2

    ... it may never be decoded :(

  8. Re:NoScript on An Overview of the Do Not Track Debate · · Score: 0

    I fully agree, and furthermore... The thing that pisses me off the most about most (even supposedly reputable) programs these days, is the eye opener you get if you run ldd. The fact that the binaries of supposedly reputable programs are trying to pull in code from like a dozen or more unrelated libraries is just fucking inexcusable, and it seems to get worse every day.

    Worse yet is that some of those simply don't work at all unless you resort to "echo -e '/usr/lib\n/usr/local/lib' >> /etc/ld.so.conf", in which case I tend to just bail and never go back. I mean seriously...WTF??? I can't tell you how that burns my ass.

  9. Requesting quotes != trading on Mysterious Algorithm Was 4% of Trading Activity Last Week · · Score: 2

    4% of quote traffic is not the same as "4% of trading activity"

  10. 256 pages long on Book Review: Think Like a Programmer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Coincidence?

  11. Re:EULAs, Terms of Use and the Like on Ask Jennifer Granick About Computer Crime Defense · · Score: 1

    Regarding minors and contracts, wikipedia is your friend. In most states, minors certainly can enter into contracts, but have a special privilege to disaffirm/void the contract at any time, in which case they must disaffirm the entire contract and return any consideration. In the case of an EULA, this is probably not much different from anybody's right to stop using the software if they don't like the EULA. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Capacity_(law)