No - what happens next is "Slashdotters" will be considered potential terrorists!! Simple reasoning: why would a website help you build personal submarines and personal rockets?? I see a new slashdot-race developing - everyone who values personal security - better start reading slashdot.
Why? Because nobody is trustworthy anymore! What if my BOFH sysadmin builds a personal submarine and threatens me (the boss)? Can you see it now? We all need peronal submarines, rockets, nuclear reactors and personal 1024-bit encryption to our grey cells. Till then we can't be secure.
My present system has more RAM than the disk space on my system a decade ago - a 20MB ST506 winchester. But guess what - I still retain about 5MB of data from that hard disk (mostly docs, personal accounts etc). Disk drives serve a functional need, and will continue to exist - I dare say, forever.
Storing data in RAM may be faster, RAM prices may get cheaper, but DRAM will never compete. Actually hard disks give better storage life and value than tapes and tape drives for long-term archival.
Thus disks can acts as: RAM - While 'swapping' Disks - For storage Tapes - For archival.
Hard to see them fading away anytime soon.
Most moderators are Morons. Sensible Moderators are Oxymorons.
A real geek is never straightforward. He's got lots of hidden depths(!), is shy, reticient and timid. He hides his talents and pretends to get kicks, like 'normal' folks. Obviously, you're not a real geek, since you couldn't figure out my deception.
Most moderators are Morons. Sensible moderators are Oxymorons.
"Why would MS sell your e-mail address so they can turn around and pay for the bandwith it takes to receive thousands of spam e-mails?"
The OBVIOUS solution to this would be that MS DOES NOT pay for the bandwidth. How is that possible?? The only possibility is that: MS IS THE SPAMMER. I'd even imagine they store only a SINGLE copy of a 'type' of spam - and then link it to all their own users.
Similar to the way in Exchange - a mail to a 'group' is stored once, and refernced from there. Thus - no need to pay bandwidth for millions of spam; and 2: no need to STORE the millions of spam either.
Most Moderators are Morons; Sensible Moderators are Oxymorons.
I doubt this is a good start by MS, and I'm not sure MS is completely helpless or innocent either. I suspect this is a PR stunt to plead helpnessness in a matter where they are actually the guilty party.
I get frequent spam on my hotmail account, I'm using this account for 4 years now. Curious thing is, these spam mails for elongated pelvic protusions, anlarged mammiary glands and Nigerian style mails - APPEAR - to be spam.
But APPEARANCES CAN BE DECEPTIVE. I'm pasting a complete mail I got recently from a bogus address, to my hotmail account, sundaram_kr@hotmail.com I post this address publicly - so I can study the spam problem in detail.
My reasoning first, then the attachment: 1. This mail APPEARS to be spam, but is NOT. The instinctive reaction of any 'SENSIBLE' receiver of spam is to hit the delete button. I did not. I sent a 'reply' and it bounced off the non-existent sender's address. 2. I checked the mail for any snail-mail address - surprisingly, there was NONE WHATSOEVER!!
Thus, I conclude:(Elementary, my dear Watson) 1. If the 'sender' were indeed a Nigerian bank spammer, he'd have included his snail mail address. 2. If he's paying for the bandwidth to send the mails to MS Hotmail, he'd better have a sound motive. Annoying me does not serve any purpose for a banker, however moronic. 3.Even if he'd planted the mail in insecure servers and used their bandwidth to spread his spam, he'd still need a motive - none appears to exist. 4. It should be trivial for a co. like MS to track down such a bulk e-mailer - years ago. Apparently hey have not done so - and thus: 5. MS 'IS' THE SPAMMER. They are the ONLY ones who'd gain a cent by annoying me, and charging me for a spam-free service. They are the only ones who could store these messages on their servers and not need to pay any bandwidth charges.
and now, the so-called spam: begin attachment
Mr.Isaiah K.Muttai. Senior Manager, Operations Banking Services, Kenya commercial Bank.
Dear Sir, I Isaiah K.Muttai the Senior Manager, Operations Banking Services, I want to include you in this God's given opportunity. On Saturday 30th January 2000, flight KQ 431 left Nairobi at 12.00 p.m. headed for Lagos, Nigeria on a scheduled flight. The thirteen-year old Airbus had on board a total of 179 passengers who included 11 crew members.
This plane could not land at Lagos due to poor weather and the pilot decided to stop and refuel in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. However, on leaving Abidjan, about two to three kilometres from the coast,the plane crashed in the ocean. This is the first time a crash involving a Kenya airways plane since it was established in 1977.
So my friend, one of our customers happened to be involved in the plane crash, who deposited £11.3m.(eleveen million, three hundred thousands pounds) few months before the incedent. This fund has been dormant in his account with this Bank without any claim of the fund in our custody either from his family or relation before our discovery to this development.
Although personally,I keep this information secret within myself and partners to enable the whole plans and idea be profitable and successful.
Meanwhile all the whole arrangement to put claim over this fund as the bonafide next of kin to the deceased, get the required approval and transfer this money to a foreign account has been put in place and directives and needed information will be relayed to you as soon as you indicate your interest and willingness to assist us and also benefit your self to this great business opportunity.
In fact I could have done this deal alone but because of my position in this country as a civil servant,we are not allowed to operate a foreign account and would eventually raise an eye brow on my side during the time of transfer because I work in this bank. This is the actual reason why it will require a second party or fellow who will forward claims as the next of kin with affidavit of trust of oath to the Bank and also present a foreign account where he will need the money to be re-transferred into on his request as it may be after due verification and larification by the correspondent branch of the bank,where the whole money will be remitted from to your own designation bank account.
I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free. The sharing rate of this money will be discussed later upon your favourable response showing your zealous determination to assist us but the first priority is your total acceptance and commitment to assist.
Please,you have been adviced to keep top secret as we are still in service and intend to retire from service after we conclude this deal with you. I will be monitoring the whole situation here in this bank until you confirm the money in your account and ask me to come down to your country for subsequent sharing of the fund according to percentages.
Please my friend, i will like to hear from you whether you are interested or not.
Best Regard, Mr Isaiah K Muttai..end attachment The 'header' with the bogus details...
From: "Isaiah Muttai"
To: isaiahkm@myself.com
Subject: Thanks for understanding
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 07:50:37 -0500
I doubt this is a good start by MS, and I'm not sure MS is completely helpless or innocent either. I suspect this is a PR stunt to plead helpnessness in a matter where they are actually the guilty party.
I get frequent spam on my hotmail account, I'm using this account for 4 years now. Curious thing is, these spam mails for elongated pelvic protusions, anlarged mammiary glands and Nigerian style mails - APPEAR - to be spam.
But APPEARANCES CAN BE DECEPTIVE. I'm pasting a complete mail I got recently from a bogus address, to my hotmail account, sundaram_kr@hotmail.com I post this address publicly - so I can study the spam problem in detail.
My reasoning first, then the attachment: 1. This mail APPEARS to be spam, but is NOT. The instinctive reaction of any 'SENSIBLE' receiver of spam is to hit the delete button. I did not. I sent a 'reply' and it bounced off the non-existent sender's address. 2. I checked the mail for any snail-mail address - surprisingly, there was NONE WHATSOEVER!!
Thus, I conclude:(Elementary, my dear Watson) 1. If the 'sender' were indeed a Nigerian bank spammer, he'd have included his snail mail address. 2. If he's paying for the bandwidth to send the mails to MS Hotmail, he'd better have a sound motive. Annoying me does not serve any purpose for a banker, however moronic. 3.Even if he'd planted the mail in insecure servers and used their bandwidth to spread his spam, he'd still need a motive - none appears to exist. 4. It should be trivial for a co. like MS to track down such a bulk e-mailer - years ago. Apparently hey have not done so - and thus: 5. MS 'IS' THE SPAMMER. They are the ONLY ones who'd gain a cent by annoying me, and charging me for a spam-free service. They are the only ones who could store these messages on their servers and not need to pay any bandwidth charges.
and now, the so-called spam: begin attachment
Mr.Isaiah K.Muttai. Senior Manager, Operations Banking Services, Kenya commercial Bank.
Dear Sir, I Isaiah K.Muttai the Senior Manager, Operations Banking Services, I want to include you in this God's given opportunity. On Saturday 30th January 2000, flight KQ 431 left Nairobi at 12.00 p.m. headed for Lagos, Nigeria on a scheduled flight. The thirteen-year old Airbus had on board a total of 179 passengers who included 11 crew members.
This plane could not land at Lagos due to poor weather and the pilot decided to stop and refuel in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. However, on leaving Abidjan, about two to three kilometres from the coast,the plane crashed in the ocean. This is the first time a crash involving a Kenya airways plane since it was established in 1977.
So my friend, one of our customers happened to be involved in the plane crash, who deposited £11.3m.(eleveen million, three hundred thousands pounds) few months before the incedent. This fund has been dormant in his account with this Bank without any claim of the fund in our custody either from his family or relation before our discovery to this development.
Although personally,I keep this information secret within myself and partners to enable the whole plans and idea be profitable and successful.
Meanwhile all the whole arrangement to put claim over this fund as the bonafide next of kin to the deceased, get the required approval and transfer this money to a foreign account has been put in place and directives and needed information will be relayed to you as soon as you indicate your interest and willingness to assist us and also benefit your self to this great business opportunity.
In fact I could have done this deal alone but because of my position in this country as a civil servant,we are not allowed to operate a foreign account and would eventually raise an eye brow on my side during the time of transfer because I work in this bank. This is the actual reason why it will require a second party or fellow who will forward claims as the next of kin with affidavit of trust of oath to the Bank and also present a foreign account where he will need the money to be re-transferred into on his request as it may be after due verification and larification by the correspondent branch of the bank,where the whole money will be remitted from to your own designation bank account.
I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free. The sharing rate of this money will be discussed later upon your favourable response showing your zealous determination to assist us but the first priority is your total acceptance and commitment to assist.
Please,you have been adviced to keep top secret as we are still in service and intend to retire from service after we conclude this deal with you. I will be monitoring the whole situation here in this bank until you confirm the money in your account and ask me to come down to your country for subsequent sharing of the fund according to percentages.
Please my friend, i will like to hear from you whether you are interested or not.
Best Regard, Mr Isaiah K Muttai..end attachment The 'header' with the bogus details...
From: "Isaiah Muttai"
To: isaiahkm@myself.com
Subject: Thanks for understanding
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 07:50:37 -0500
"It'll be a cold day in hell that I run any machine capable of connecting to the net without my telling it to explicitly." And yet, you use Windows? Putting a net stack on the BIOS does not automatically imply the system will ocnnect to the internet- LAN maybe, and you ought to have a firewall. The utility of having a network stack on the BIOS far outweighs the risks.
ZDNet seems to have got the clues....
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Congress' Tech Agenda
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· Score: 4, Interesting
ALL the points mentioned in the Fox News report have been covered by David Coursey of ZDNet in his unique style. It's an open secret that David is the Chief Microsoft Apologist at Anchordesk. What remains to be seen is whether the agenda is that of the govt. or Microsoft's. Links from the last few weeks at ZDNet:
1. Internet Tax: A lame troll by David. http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/st ory/0,10 738,2910920,00.html
Judging by the Talkback generated by David Coursey, it seems he's got the 'average-Joe' readers excited with his unique sensationalist style of journalism.
This seems to be on the agenda of mainstream news agencies as well. Media reposts tend to equate real-life security with online security bigtime. http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/ story/0,10 738,2909590,00.html
This article talks of Bill Gates and Sep11 in the beginning. Towards the end, there's mention of a "War Against The Bad Guys" as long as we use PCs and networks. Bears investigation.
The media's agenda as well (ZDNet)
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Congress' Tech Agenda
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· Score: 3, Informative
This seems to be on the agenda of mainstream news agencies as well. Media reposts tend to equate real-life security with online security bigtime.
http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10 738,2909590,00.html
This article talks of Bill Gates and Sep11 in the beginning. Towards the end, there's mention of a "War Against The Bad Guys" as long as we use PCs and networks. Bears investigation.
"Name something that is made in the US that can't be made somewhere else and I'll give you a lolly. "
CPUs : Okay - they're made elsewhere to cut costs, but the IP is still with the US. China is just waking up to this and building the Dragon.
CDMA: Qualcomm owns most (about 40%) of the patents on this one. So the world decided to look to alternatives.
Windows!! Exchange, SQL, Service Packs!!! Yeah, these items CAN be made elsewhere (and much better stuff too), but the armed might of the US will enforce the IP rights...
"I would study physics. The good news is that I don't need a bazillion dollars to do it, and that's what matters."
At last.. someone with a clear line of thought. Reminds me of the HenyFord & cobbler story. Find out what you need to do in life - don't look outside, look within you. If you focussed on it enough, you will ALWAYS find a way to do it - nomatter what. Everything else that goes on in this world is of no consequence. Well said, Mr. Diggitzz.
It's the safest place in the world - believe me. It's got lots of techy folks to give you company - Service for Unix was developed in India. RedHat has a local office and there's many LUGs around.
There's no censorship here, people are very understanding. You will miss out on parties etc., but geeks normally do not care, I guess. Living costs are very low - you can rent a palace for $1000 a month.
Don't believe all that crap about India being an impoverished, over-populated nuclear power-keg, run by mad politicians. If I go by CNN (which I see daily) I'd think the US is a huge army of mindless morons run by power-crazy self-serving politicians (and I might be wrong) .
Even Bill Gates spent 4 full days here, and local IT chiefs from Wipro and Infosys treated him as less-than-equal. You get all the infrastructure you need - you can pick up a cellphone with all-India roaming at $15 per month! And since they aren't CDMA, you can get calls from all carriers.
You've got our Times (Hindustan, Times of India) to stay updated. You've got the highest peak in the world and the deepest valley - you've got lots of mountains and plains - take your pick. All at prices you wouldn't dream of, sitting in the US. You can watch tennis - yeah Agassi and Roddick, Martina. You'll want to forget Starbucks as a bad dream when you taste the real thing over here, and meet real, considerate people. Come over to India, come to your new home.
And if you're looking for talent to help you realise your dreams, you've got plenty here.
Mail me if you wish. Peace be with you.
sundaram_kr@hotmail.com
15 links on the article's chest !!!
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Hardware Block
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· Score: 0
That's way too many for such a short write-up.
Now, for the bottle of rum
Cheers
What good having 'pure' source code minus viruses, worms and trojans? MS showed the way with some Korean CDs infested with bugs. Can penguins be far behind?
Consider these:
1. MS incorporates caching in Explorer - result - easy way to steal user preferences, cookies etc.
2. MS incorpoarates "My Documents" in Word - result - easy to track what everyone's doing.
3. MS tracks DVDs and CDs - this actually shows the levels they could stoop if they ran short of ideas.
Any number of exploits exist, which can get the contents of specific files on a Windows m/c. All MS has got to do is to float a 'security' co. and gather all this stuff.
This has set me thinking - why did MS write that CD-creating software? So they record what I record?
OK enuff of whining.. here's my suggestion:
MS must be forced to make all apps independent of the OS. That way if users think caching their preferences is a security risk, they can choose better options.
Cheers
KRS
Re:Maybe the users want it (not the sysads!!)
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· Score: 1
This is going to be a nightmare for the poor System Admin chaps out there (MS gets to be the BOFH, remember!!)
In a network of a 100 machines, and with 30 unique configs, how is MS gonna decide which is a patch, which is a bug-fix and which is really a security hazard??
What if the sysad specifically wanted to provide a certain combination of versions to a certain user? And what if (as noted frequently) MS does'nt get it right? Remember the IIS patch which hung systems and networks for weeks?
The poor sysad is gonna break!! To top it all, mgmnt guys will say, "Heh, we've got MS to keep our network up. Why not bring down our sysad team?" Eeks.
Slashdot Mirror
No - what happens next is "Slashdotters" will be considered potential terrorists!! Simple reasoning: why would a website help you build personal submarines and personal rockets?? I see a new slashdot-race developing - everyone who values personal security - better start reading slashdot.
Why? Because nobody is trustworthy anymore! What if my BOFH sysadmin builds a personal submarine and threatens me (the boss)? Can you see it now? We all need peronal submarines, rockets, nuclear reactors and personal 1024-bit encryption to our grey cells. Till then we can't be secure.
My present system has more RAM than the disk space on my system a decade ago - a 20MB ST506 winchester. But guess what - I still retain about 5MB of data from that hard disk (mostly docs, personal accounts etc). Disk drives serve a functional need, and will continue to exist - I dare say, forever.
Storing data in RAM may be faster, RAM prices may get cheaper, but DRAM will never compete. Actually hard disks give better storage life and value than tapes and tape drives for long-term archival.
Thus disks can acts as:
RAM - While 'swapping'
Disks - For storage
Tapes - For archival.
Hard to see them fading away anytime soon.
Most moderators are Morons. Sensible Moderators are Oxymorons.
I'm travelling to the US. This should make me feel 'secure'.
" You're obviously not a real geek."
A real geek is never straightforward. He's got lots of hidden depths(!), is shy, reticient and timid. He hides his talents and pretends to get kicks, like 'normal' folks. Obviously, you're not a real geek, since you couldn't figure out my deception.
Most moderators are Morons. Sensible moderators are Oxymorons.
"streaming video and pictures of a ".....
:-(
quad Opteron server. Bah..
Most moderators are Morons. Sensible moderators are Oxymorons.
"Why would MS sell your e-mail address so they can turn around and pay for the bandwith it takes to receive thousands of spam e-mails?"
The OBVIOUS solution to this would be that MS DOES NOT pay for the bandwidth. How is that possible?? The only possibility is that: MS IS THE SPAMMER. I'd even imagine they store only a SINGLE copy of a 'type' of spam - and then link it to all their own users.
Similar to the way in Exchange - a mail to a 'group' is stored once, and refernced from there. Thus - no need to pay bandwidth for millions of spam; and 2: no need to STORE the millions of spam either.
Most Moderators are Morons; Sensible Moderators are Oxymorons.
I doubt this is a good start by MS, and I'm not sure MS is completely helpless or innocent either.
.end attachment
: : : :
I suspect this is a PR stunt to plead helpnessness in a matter where they are actually the guilty party.
I get frequent spam on my hotmail account, I'm using this account for 4 years now. Curious thing is, these spam mails for elongated pelvic protusions, anlarged mammiary glands and Nigerian style mails - APPEAR - to be spam.
But APPEARANCES CAN BE DECEPTIVE. I'm pasting a complete mail I got recently from a bogus address, to my hotmail account, sundaram_kr@hotmail.com I post this address publicly - so I can study the spam problem in detail.
My reasoning first, then the attachment:
1. This mail APPEARS to be spam, but is NOT. The instinctive reaction of any 'SENSIBLE' receiver of spam is to hit the delete button. I did not. I sent a 'reply' and it bounced off the non-existent sender's address.
2. I checked the mail for any snail-mail address - surprisingly, there was NONE WHATSOEVER!!
Thus, I conclude:(Elementary, my dear Watson)
1. If the 'sender' were indeed a Nigerian bank spammer, he'd have included his snail mail address.
2. If he's paying for the bandwidth to send the mails to MS Hotmail, he'd better have a sound motive. Annoying me does not serve any purpose for a banker, however moronic.
3.Even if he'd planted the mail in insecure servers and used their bandwidth to spread his spam, he'd still need a motive - none appears to exist.
4. It should be trivial for a co. like MS to track down such a bulk e-mailer - years ago. Apparently hey have not done so - and thus:
5. MS 'IS' THE SPAMMER. They are the ONLY ones who'd gain a cent by annoying me, and charging me for a spam-free service. They are the only ones who could store these messages on their servers and not need to pay any bandwidth charges.
and now, the so-called spam:
begin attachment
Mr.Isaiah K.Muttai.
Senior Manager,
Operations
Banking Services,
Kenya commercial Bank.
Dear Sir,
I Isaiah K.Muttai the Senior Manager, Operations
Banking Services, I want to include you in this God's given opportunity.
On Saturday 30th January 2000, flight KQ 431 left Nairobi at 12.00 p.m. headed
for Lagos, Nigeria on a scheduled flight. The thirteen-year old Airbus had on
board a total of 179 passengers who included 11 crew members.
This plane could not land at Lagos due to poor weather and the pilot decided to
stop and refuel in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. However, on leaving Abidjan, about
two to three kilometres from the coast,the plane crashed in the ocean. This is
the first time a crash involving a Kenya airways plane since it was established
in 1977.
So my friend, one of our customers happened to be involved in the plane crash,
who deposited £11.3m.(eleveen million, three hundred thousands pounds) few
months before the incedent.
This fund has been dormant in his account with this Bank without any claim of
the fund in our custody either from his family or relation before our discovery
to this development.
Although personally,I keep this information secret within myself and partners to
enable the whole plans and idea be profitable and successful.
Meanwhile all the whole arrangement to put claim over this fund as the bonafide
next of kin to the deceased, get the required approval and transfer this money
to a foreign account has been put in place
and directives and needed information will be relayed to you as soon as you
indicate your interest and willingness to assist us and also benefit your self
to this great business opportunity.
In fact I could have done this deal alone but because of my position in this
country as a civil servant,we are not allowed to operate a foreign account and
would eventually raise an eye brow on my side during the time of transfer
because I work in this bank.
This is the actual reason why it will require a second party or fellow who will
forward claims as the next of kin with affidavit of trust of oath to the Bank
and also present a foreign account where he
will need the money to be re-transferred into on his request as it may be after
due verification and larification by the correspondent branch of the bank,where
the whole money will be remitted from to
your own designation bank account.
I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free. The
sharing rate of this money will be discussed later upon your favourable response
showing your zealous determination to assist
us but the first priority is your total acceptance and commitment to assist.
Please,you have been adviced to keep top secret as we are still in service and
intend to retire from service after we conclude this deal with you. I will be
monitoring the whole situation here in this bank
until you confirm the money in your account and ask me to come down to your
country for subsequent sharing of the fund according to percentages.
Please my friend, i will like to hear from you whether you are interested or
not.
Best Regard,
Mr Isaiah K Muttai.
The 'header' with the bogus details...
From
"Isaiah Muttai"
To
isaiahkm@myself.com
Subject
Thanks for understanding
Date
Tue, 05 Nov 2002 07:50:37 -0500
end header..
I doubt this is a good start by MS, and I'm not sure MS is completely helpless or innocent either.
.end attachment
: : : :
I suspect this is a PR stunt to plead helpnessness in a matter where they are actually the guilty party.
I get frequent spam on my hotmail account, I'm using this account for 4 years now. Curious thing is, these spam mails for elongated pelvic protusions, anlarged mammiary glands and Nigerian style mails - APPEAR - to be spam.
But APPEARANCES CAN BE DECEPTIVE. I'm pasting a complete mail I got recently from a bogus address, to my hotmail account, sundaram_kr@hotmail.com I post this address publicly - so I can study the spam problem in detail.
My reasoning first, then the attachment:
1. This mail APPEARS to be spam, but is NOT. The instinctive reaction of any 'SENSIBLE' receiver of spam is to hit the delete button. I did not. I sent a 'reply' and it bounced off the non-existent sender's address.
2. I checked the mail for any snail-mail address - surprisingly, there was NONE WHATSOEVER!!
Thus, I conclude:(Elementary, my dear Watson)
1. If the 'sender' were indeed a Nigerian bank spammer, he'd have included his snail mail address.
2. If he's paying for the bandwidth to send the mails to MS Hotmail, he'd better have a sound motive. Annoying me does not serve any purpose for a banker, however moronic.
3.Even if he'd planted the mail in insecure servers and used their bandwidth to spread his spam, he'd still need a motive - none appears to exist.
4. It should be trivial for a co. like MS to track down such a bulk e-mailer - years ago. Apparently hey have not done so - and thus:
5. MS 'IS' THE SPAMMER. They are the ONLY ones who'd gain a cent by annoying me, and charging me for a spam-free service. They are the only ones who could store these messages on their servers and not need to pay any bandwidth charges.
and now, the so-called spam:
begin attachment
Mr.Isaiah K.Muttai.
Senior Manager,
Operations
Banking Services,
Kenya commercial Bank.
Dear Sir,
I Isaiah K.Muttai the Senior Manager, Operations
Banking Services, I want to include you in this God's given opportunity.
On Saturday 30th January 2000, flight KQ 431 left Nairobi at 12.00 p.m. headed
for Lagos, Nigeria on a scheduled flight. The thirteen-year old Airbus had on
board a total of 179 passengers who included 11 crew members.
This plane could not land at Lagos due to poor weather and the pilot decided to
stop and refuel in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. However, on leaving Abidjan, about
two to three kilometres from the coast,the plane crashed in the ocean. This is
the first time a crash involving a Kenya airways plane since it was established
in 1977.
So my friend, one of our customers happened to be involved in the plane crash,
who deposited £11.3m.(eleveen million, three hundred thousands pounds) few
months before the incedent.
This fund has been dormant in his account with this Bank without any claim of
the fund in our custody either from his family or relation before our discovery
to this development.
Although personally,I keep this information secret within myself and partners to
enable the whole plans and idea be profitable and successful.
Meanwhile all the whole arrangement to put claim over this fund as the bonafide
next of kin to the deceased, get the required approval and transfer this money
to a foreign account has been put in place
and directives and needed information will be relayed to you as soon as you
indicate your interest and willingness to assist us and also benefit your self
to this great business opportunity.
In fact I could have done this deal alone but because of my position in this
country as a civil servant,we are not allowed to operate a foreign account and
would eventually raise an eye brow on my side during the time of transfer
because I work in this bank.
This is the actual reason why it will require a second party or fellow who will
forward claims as the next of kin with affidavit of trust of oath to the Bank
and also present a foreign account where he
will need the money to be re-transferred into on his request as it may be after
due verification and larification by the correspondent branch of the bank,where
the whole money will be remitted from to
your own designation bank account.
I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free. The
sharing rate of this money will be discussed later upon your favourable response
showing your zealous determination to assist
us but the first priority is your total acceptance and commitment to assist.
Please,you have been adviced to keep top secret as we are still in service and
intend to retire from service after we conclude this deal with you. I will be
monitoring the whole situation here in this bank
until you confirm the money in your account and ask me to come down to your
country for subsequent sharing of the fund according to percentages.
Please my friend, i will like to hear from you whether you are interested or
not.
Best Regard,
Mr Isaiah K Muttai.
The 'header' with the bogus details...
From
"Isaiah Muttai"
To
isaiahkm@myself.com
Subject
Thanks for understanding
Date
Tue, 05 Nov 2002 07:50:37 -0500
end header..
"It'll be a cold day in hell that I run any machine capable of connecting to the net without my telling it to explicitly."
And yet, you use Windows? Putting a net stack on the BIOS does not automatically imply the system will ocnnect to the internet- LAN maybe, and you ought to have a firewall. The utility of having a network stack on the BIOS far outweighs the risks.
ALL the points mentioned in the Fox News report have been covered by David Coursey of ZDNet in his unique style. It's an open secret that David is the Chief Microsoft Apologist at Anchordesk. What remains to be seen is whether the agenda is that of the govt. or Microsoft's. Links from the last few weeks at ZDNet:
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s k/stories/story/0,10 738,2908975,00.html
1. Internet Tax: A lame troll by David.
http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/s
2. Cell phone rights:
http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/
3. DMCA, Lexmark and printer refills:
http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories
4. Hollywood, DVDs, DMCA Fair-use rights:
http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/
5. Copying music, Boucher-Dooliitle:
http://www.zdnet.com/anchorde
Judging by the Talkback generated by David Coursey, it seems he's got the 'average-Joe' readers excited with his unique sensationalist style of journalism.
This seems to be on the agenda of mainstream news agencies as well. Media reposts tend to equate real-life security with online security bigtime./ story/0,10 738,2909590,00.html
http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories
This article talks of Bill Gates and Sep11 in the beginning. Towards the end, there's mention of a "War Against The Bad Guys" as long as we use PCs and networks. Bears investigation.
This seems to be on the agenda of mainstream news agencies as well. Media reposts tend to equate real-life security with online security bigtime. http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10 738,2909590,00.html
This article talks of Bill Gates and Sep11 in the beginning. Towards the end, there's mention of a "War Against The Bad Guys" as long as we use PCs and networks. Bears investigation.
"Name something that is made in the US that can't be made somewhere else and I'll give you a lolly. "
CPUs : Okay - they're made elsewhere to cut costs, but the IP is still with the US. China is just waking up to this and building the Dragon.
CDMA: Qualcomm owns most (about 40%) of the patents on this one. So the world decided to look to alternatives.
Windows!! Exchange, SQL, Service Packs!!! Yeah, these items CAN be made elsewhere (and much better stuff too), but the armed might of the US will enforce the IP rights...
That's two lollies you owe me already.. LOL
"I would study physics. The good news is that I don't need a bazillion dollars to do it, and that's what matters."
At last.. someone with a clear line of thought. Reminds me of the HenyFord & cobbler story. Find out what you need to do in life - don't look outside, look within you. If you focussed on it enough, you will ALWAYS find a way to do it - nomatter what. Everything else that goes on in this world is of no consequence. Well said, Mr. Diggitzz.
Long XP sessions cause Xtreme Paranoia
Posted using Mozilla on RedHat7.3 - all those paragraphs have disappeared! It's just one big block now - awful. Sorry. KRS
It's the safest place in the world - believe me. It's got lots of techy folks to give you company - Service for Unix was developed in India. RedHat has a local office and there's many LUGs around. There's no censorship here, people are very understanding. You will miss out on parties etc., but geeks normally do not care, I guess. Living costs are very low - you can rent a palace for $1000 a month. Don't believe all that crap about India being an impoverished, over-populated nuclear power-keg, run by mad politicians. If I go by CNN (which I see daily) I'd think the US is a huge army of mindless morons run by power-crazy self-serving politicians (and I might be wrong) . Even Bill Gates spent 4 full days here, and local IT chiefs from Wipro and Infosys treated him as less-than-equal. You get all the infrastructure you need - you can pick up a cellphone with all-India roaming at $15 per month! And since they aren't CDMA, you can get calls from all carriers. You've got our Times (Hindustan, Times of India) to stay updated. You've got the highest peak in the world and the deepest valley - you've got lots of mountains and plains - take your pick. All at prices you wouldn't dream of, sitting in the US. You can watch tennis - yeah Agassi and Roddick, Martina. You'll want to forget Starbucks as a bad dream when you taste the real thing over here, and meet real, considerate people. Come over to India, come to your new home. And if you're looking for talent to help you realise your dreams, you've got plenty here. Mail me if you wish. Peace be with you. sundaram_kr@hotmail.com
That's way too many for such a short write-up. Now, for the bottle of rum Cheers
What good having 'pure' source code minus viruses, worms and trojans? MS showed the way with some Korean CDs infested with bugs. Can penguins be far behind?
Still wondering what to do after solving all those puzzles? Locate bugs in Windows. That should take a few lifetimes, I guess. KRS
Consider these: 1. MS incorporates caching in Explorer - result - easy way to steal user preferences, cookies etc. 2. MS incorpoarates "My Documents" in Word - result - easy to track what everyone's doing. 3. MS tracks DVDs and CDs - this actually shows the levels they could stoop if they ran short of ideas. Any number of exploits exist, which can get the contents of specific files on a Windows m/c. All MS has got to do is to float a 'security' co. and gather all this stuff. This has set me thinking - why did MS write that CD-creating software? So they record what I record? OK enuff of whining.. here's my suggestion: MS must be forced to make all apps independent of the OS. That way if users think caching their preferences is a security risk, they can choose better options. Cheers KRS
This is going to be a nightmare for the poor System Admin chaps out there (MS gets to be the BOFH, remember!!) In a network of a 100 machines, and with 30 unique configs, how is MS gonna decide which is a patch, which is a bug-fix and which is really a security hazard?? What if the sysad specifically wanted to provide a certain combination of versions to a certain user? And what if (as noted frequently) MS does'nt get it right? Remember the IIS patch which hung systems and networks for weeks? The poor sysad is gonna break!! To top it all, mgmnt guys will say, "Heh, we've got MS to keep our network up. Why not bring down our sysad team?" Eeks.