This sounds like a very reasonable explanation. Of course, I think it means that unless you use public key auth in SSH ( do any of your users have any keys in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2 ), then it can't affect you, as there is no key to "guess".
Debian needs to stick their ego up their ass sometimes Aye. And their stupid licencing nonsense really gets in the way sometimes. Want to install mod_security for Apache in Debian? You can't. You have to install all sorts of apache- and apr-dev stuff, and build it manually. And Ubuntu's gone and done something stupid with the init process that makes it not work as a guest in Linux Vserver.
Gentoo - the distro that lets me do what I want, without forcing things on me. (Apart from removing XMMS with little notice. Grr.:) )
It's modded funny, but that's the way for the US to get millions of PCs all around the world to be in their botnet.
"Some US military dept: Hey, Microsoft. We'd like you to deploy this all over the world. No, no, no need for you to know what it is. And then there'll be no need for Neelie Kroes to know about that thing you do with Windows."
"The maximum size for a text message is 160 characters, which takes 140 bytes because there are only 7 bits per character in the text messaging system, and we assume the average price for a text message is 5p. There are 1,048,576 bytes in a megabyte, so that's 1 million/140 = 7490 text messages to transmit one megabyte. At 5p each, that's £374.49 per MB... That is, if you try to use SMSes to send data. Which you wouldn't. You'd set up a GPRS/3G session, and do it that way. And at (say) £3/MB, it suddenly seems a little more normal.
Bit of a troll, here, methinks.
That isn't to say that they're still many many many times more expensive than the cost of an SMS to the operator. But that's market forces for you. People pay that much, therefore it's "worth" that much.
"retry" delivery failures are local. Well, I get enough of them from "non-local" email servers, so I'm afraid that you're wrong.
Of course, they could have well been configured with 0.0.0.0/0 as "local", which would explain all the spam seemingly being sent through them.
And the "nice troll" comment was an acknowledgment that you were trying to goad me:) Thanks, old bean!
So give the "victim" a ball to hold, and when they drop it, that signals "Stop, ungag me, I want to say something". Or hum a specific tune. There're probably a million ways to play safely with a gagged person.
Yep, tell me about it. When I'm stuck somewhere away from the PC, I catch up on sites from my Nokia N95. 500kB web pages are getting much more normal now, which is costly, and slow for people on phones.
I know Slashdot has a "Palm" edition, which is very low bandwidth, but it only gives you the stories, and top 5 comments. No posting, no nothing.
Surely the great web-wizards at Slashdot can make something that checks for a "Nokia" or "Symbian" user agent, and handles appropriately?
So it's just like/bin,/usr/bin and/Applications, then ? But I can install apache anywhere I like, as a non-root user:
cd apache-src ;./configure --prefix=/home/myuser/apache
Why do you think he's a developer? He sounds more like a sysadmin to me.
Sure, he should know about SQL injection stuff - but even if he did, would he be able to fix it?
I thought the main point of a SSL cert for most people was session encryption. Don't forget about identifying the server at the other end. No point having ultra-mega-good encryption if it's with a MiTM.
Now, if this site was mostly European, I'd expect metric units. Mostly non-American, you mean? I'm English, and still use miles and pints, but for weight, nah, kg is the obvious.
People who pick up a primary language that has garbage collection will be seriously handicapped if they ever need to write in a language that doesn't have it. And people that drive cars will be seriously handicapped if they ever need to ride a horse and cart.
*That's* the answer to get Linux on the desktop (and lots of work for people who can support Linux). Flood the nations with free Linux CDs - AOL style!
Make out it's a time limited free offer - and that it's usually £129!
There was a kernel exploit recently where someone submitted a patch that modified the running kernel using this technology. It didn't work for me, so I had to resort to patching the.c that was affected - but a lot of people reported that it worked.
Write a script, that, when run, will set your user password to the top one of a list, and delete that one from the top.
Keep a copy of the list with you, SSH in (or whatever), and run the script immediately.
Assuming no-one tries to log in from the time you enter your password in the Internet cafe to when you run the script, and change it, it's a perfectly safe method.
Or a thimbleful of diesel. £1.19 a litre! Sheesh. I'll let some American work that out in $/gallon. Then they won't grumble about $3/gallon. Here's something to help you on your way.
Not being able to get to the media is different from not being able to use the media if it's accessible. Technically, it's different. The effective end result is the same though.
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This sounds like a very reasonable explanation. Of course, I think it means that unless you use public key auth in SSH ( do any of your users have any keys in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2 ), then it can't affect you, as there is no key to "guess".
Gentoo - the distro that lets me do what I want, without forcing things on me. (Apart from removing XMMS with little notice. Grr.
Was that sarcasm too?
Option 3a. Getting the mobile number of your Senator, and one that can't be expense claimed back from the tax payer.
It's modded funny, but that's the way for the US to get millions of PCs all around the world to be in their botnet.
"Some US military dept: Hey, Microsoft. We'd like you to deploy this all over the world. No, no, no need for you to know what it is. And then there'll be no need for Neelie Kroes to know about that thing you do with Windows."
... $120... $130... $140... But not for long!
Bit of a troll, here, methinks.
That isn't to say that they're still many many many times more expensive than the cost of an SMS to the operator. But that's market forces for you. People pay that much, therefore it's "worth" that much.
Of course, they could have well been configured with 0.0.0.0/0 as "local", which would explain all the spam seemingly being sent through them.
And the "nice troll" comment was an acknowledgment that you were trying to goad me
Hetero, and fairly content, btw.
Nice troll. No-one ever sent spam using your email address as the "from" address then? Lucky you.
You know what I really hate?
Your message ("Buy more Viagra here") could not be delivered. We will retry every 4 hours, and let you know every time it fails, until you go mad.
Too bad that you're grammer sucks, you meant?
So give the "victim" a ball to hold, and when they drop it, that signals "Stop, ungag me, I want to say something".
Or hum a specific tune.
There're probably a million ways to play safely with a gagged person.
Yep, tell me about it. When I'm stuck somewhere away from the PC, I catch up on sites from my Nokia N95. 500kB web pages are getting much more normal now, which is costly, and slow for people on phones.
I know Slashdot has a "Palm" edition, which is very low bandwidth, but it only gives you the stories, and top 5 comments. No posting, no nothing.
Surely the great web-wizards at Slashdot can make something that checks for a "Nokia" or "Symbian" user agent, and handles appropriately?
cd apache-src ;
Why do you think he's a developer? He sounds more like a sysadmin to me.
Sure, he should know about SQL injection stuff - but even if he did, would he be able to fix it?
*That's* the answer to get Linux on the desktop (and lots of work for people who can support Linux). Flood the nations with free Linux CDs - AOL style!
Make out it's a time limited free offer - and that it's usually £129!
There was a kernel exploit recently where someone submitted a patch that modified the running kernel using this technology. It didn't work for me, so I had to resort to patching the .c that was affected - but a lot of people reported that it worked.
Write a script, that, when run, will set your user password to the top one of a list, and delete that one from the top.
Keep a copy of the list with you, SSH in (or whatever), and run the script immediately.
Assuming no-one tries to log in from the time you enter your password in the Internet cafe to when you run the script, and change it, it's a perfectly safe method.
Or a thimbleful of diesel. £1.19 a litre! Sheesh. I'll let some American work that out in $/gallon. Then they won't grumble about $3/gallon. Here's something to help you on your way.
I have 2 votes then. It's call the British Pound. :)