I assume that the person that stole the laptop wasn't targetting it - they just had a quick browse (maybe it auto-logged in a la XP), and went "Wahey, a nice spreadsheet full of gumpf - maybe I can sell this." I'm sure single DES would have stopped them.
Windows, love it or hate it, makes it very easy to secure your data on a laptop. Just right click, and buried somewhere in there (Advanced options or something) tick the Encrypted option.
Better still, just create a directory (C:\Encrypted), and encrypt the folder, and all subdirectories.
Of course, there are issues with losing the encryption key, but as it's a laptop, and probably only has the one harddrive, I would expect the person to be keeping a backup somewhere else.
I don't know what's worse: That she thinks you don't trust her, that you gave her your **REAL** password to your stuff, or that you then went and changed it afterwards?!
Is anyone else noticing that there are a lot more people ready to jump on anything that doesn't have the "This is a joke - look, here is the smily....:)" smily on it?
Hang on - what's the score with that equation? If it was Avogadro's constant divided by Pi was the speed of light, or something, that would be cool. But $RANDOM^$RANDOM * $RANDOM = $RANDOM^$RANDOM isn't that amazing.
Hmm. Just tried to log into Gmail: We're currently performing some unexpected maintenance on your account. While we can't predict exactly how long it will take, we're working as quickly as we can to restore access to your email--apologies for the inconvenience.
Why are they unexpectedly maintaining **my** account?!:)
I'd say that most of the time it's people clicking stuff, and surfing dodgy sites, believing that their NAT and virus scanner will protect them from 0-day malware.
Cmon, a NAT router won't stop someone getting infected via some malware run by their browser, and then connecting out to an IRC channel awaiting commands. It won't stop someone sending spam either. NAT isn't the answer.
Well, if you're tarpitting tcp/25, you can't run it on your mail server anyway:)
What we need to do is get everyone to put up a page of fake addresses in the format random@some.domain.org, and point the MX record some.domain.org at a host running TARPIT. If everyone did this, spammers would get clogged up pretty quickly.
I find this much nicer than the European model of charging the caller based on the type of phone they are calling; I don't have to keep track of what type of phone I am calling. Essentially, cell phone users pay a premium for the mobility. But that's just my opinion:)
It's easy. Any number starting 07 (or +447 ) is a mobile number. 08 (+448) is a premium/different rate line. 01, 011 and 020 are home lines.
It might seem complicated, but it's very simple if you're used to it.
We could merge lots of innocent people, and create a super-innocent embryo. I assume that the baby would grow up to be a complete do-gooder, something like Clark Kent.
If you're the type who dreads being dragged kicking and screaming into the use of a cell phone
Cmon guys - embrace new technology. You remember what it was like without electricity?:)
I think a lot of it is to do with the pricing plans in the US - don't you guys sometimes pay for incoming calls? That's just bizarre
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I assume that the person that stole the laptop wasn't targetting it - they just had a quick browse (maybe it auto-logged in a la XP), and went "Wahey, a nice spreadsheet full of gumpf - maybe I can sell this." I'm sure single DES would have stopped them.
Windows, love it or hate it, makes it very easy to secure your data on a laptop. Just right click, and buried somewhere in there (Advanced options or something) tick the Encrypted option.
Better still, just create a directory (C:\Encrypted), and encrypt the folder, and all subdirectories.
Of course, there are issues with losing the encryption key, but as it's a laptop, and probably only has the one harddrive, I would expect the person to be keeping a backup somewhere else.
I don't know what's worse: That she thinks you don't trust her, that you gave her your **REAL** password to your stuff, or that you then went and changed it afterwards?!
CS as in Counter Strike?
From English to German, and back again:
Accused of run out, episode of the doctor Who found.
What is this language "English", of which you speak?
How is that possible? (I'm not doubting/arguing with you here - I'm just genuinely curious)
How will it do that? The bank can just instruct people to turn off their PCs at the plug, put in the CD, and switch it back on.
It's still 100 times better than the current state.
Is anyone else noticing that there are a lot more people ready to jump on anything that doesn't have the "This is a joke - look, here is the smily.... :)" smily on it?
Awwww - go on!
That's OK. Queue the religious zealots bringing their so-called "Gods" to fill that hole. :)
Planet RAID, or plant RAID - you decide! :)
It's just plants copying RAID or PAR files. This is nothing new - we've had those for years now.
Hang on - what's the score with that equation? If it was Avogadro's constant divided by Pi was the speed of light, or something, that would be cool. But $RANDOM^$RANDOM * $RANDOM = $RANDOM^$RANDOM isn't that amazing.
Hmm. Just tried to log into Gmail: :)
We're currently performing some unexpected maintenance on your account. While we can't predict exactly how long it will take, we're working as quickly as we can to restore access to your email--apologies for the inconvenience.
Why are they unexpectedly maintaining **my** account?!
Cmon, what a troll. Redhat 5.2 maybe. And why would Gentoo users be more likely to have open relays?
I'd say that most of the time it's people clicking stuff, and surfing dodgy sites, believing that their NAT and virus scanner will protect them from 0-day malware.
Cmon, a NAT router won't stop someone getting infected via some malware run by their browser, and then connecting out to an IRC channel awaiting commands. It won't stop someone sending spam either. NAT isn't the answer.
Well, if you're tarpitting tcp/25, you can't run it on your mail server anyway :)
What we need to do is get everyone to put up a page of fake addresses in the format random@some.domain.org, and point the MX record some.domain.org at a host running TARPIT. If everyone did this, spammers would get clogged up pretty quickly.
Damn OpenBSD zealots :) (Hello Grub). Instead of running a separate daemon, just run /sbin/iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 25 -j TARPIT
It's easy. Any number starting 07 (or +447 ) is a mobile number. 08 (+448) is a premium/different rate line. 01, 011 and 020 are home lines.
It might seem complicated, but it's very simple if you're used to it.
We could merge lots of innocent people, and create a super-innocent embryo. I assume that the baby would grow up to be a complete do-gooder, something like Clark Kent.
Cmon guys - embrace new technology. You remember what it was like without electricity? :)
I think a lot of it is to do with the pricing plans in the US - don't you guys sometimes pay for incoming calls? That's just bizarre