Now, a proposal to fix that gap would seem to be in order. Personally, I give old computers to people. And that's not charity, that making room in the closet. The difference is that those are people that want to learn. You're talking about fixing a culture, which is harder.
Offtopic, but I think that this is the first sig I've seen on Slashdot that is promoting a politician. No, I'm not complaining, but I will surf the site and check his voting records. Clever idea... if everyone does their homework. Gets my vote for "most potentially useful sig".
Buy all of your kids, nephews, nieces, etc. legos. Preferably the teknic (sic?) or mindstorms variety. They will learn more on their own than you have time to teach them.
I have an Alcatel ethernet ADSL modem. It WAS a pain to get working. However, it's supported by Linux in the sense that I was able to get it working. It is definatly not supported by Alcatel. I get the feeling that when their site says "works with Linux" is really means "you may find it within your technical abitity to discover all needed software and force it to run".
Hang out at live shows if you want to support your local unsigned bands. A lot of them are really quite good. Then, when you're buying their CD if you liked the music (this is about supporting the musician, remember) suggest CARP-free web radio. Leave them a card with a link to information, maybe your e-mail address (a lot of them will have mailing lists, questions, etc). I've mentioned mp3 archive sites and streaming audio to several guys here; none of them have done it yet but all of them were at least thinking about it. The local small time musicians know the problems in the industry a lot better than the geeks do, but geeks can at least make suggestions:)
I agree, I should have mentioned that this was at the height of the Code Red/Nimda problem. I was just curious to see if you could do a install and upgrade over the web if you didn't already have all the necessary CDs. I might repeat the experiment out of morbid curiousity, though. It might be possible to do it now and have a clean box, but I wouldn't reccomend that approach:)
First, I wouldn't count script kiddies as hackers. And, I'd bet that a lot of them don't run linux. Hang out on an IRC channel devoted to one of those "hacking challenges". A few years ago cyberarmy had a challenge called Zebulon, one of the challenges was to connect to it with a linux box. That actually seemed to stump most of them. Yeah, I know it was lame, but I was bored that weekend. Most of those kids were running windows. Same with sites such as neworder. Mostly windows users, judging by the posts. I'm sure there are a lot of kiddies using linux, but certainly not all of them.
Alldas is at least verifiable, and has a definition of "successful attack", even if that's "joo were haxored" on the index page. More serious and subtle attacks (theft of data, for example) probably go unreported.
Most companies don't report security problems. Are they trying to suggest that 7000 companies told them, even anonymously, that "our security sucks so bad we got rooted by a 10 year old who found some exploit code"? I don't think so. Releasing data like this with no explanation is useless, unscientific, and likely to be FUD. Never trust anyone who could give you an explanation, but won't.
The numbers only make sense if 1) they're a benchmark of attacks on their own machines or certain selected machines or 2) if they're looking at web defacements. If these are defacements or defacement attempts, the numbers sound about right. However, with Attrition out of the tracking business, I would have to wonder where they got the data. Alldas is up and down like a yo-yo lately.
Have you ever looked through a Snort log, for example, after a box has been running for a few days? In many cases, I don't think you could tell if it was a sentient attack or not (Code Red, on a kiddiot typing away in IE?) I'm guessing that they filtered out false alarms, and just compared logged incidents to the OS running on the server. Or, it could be that some of these are defacements that were reported. That would probably make it easier to tell.
It is almost impossible, in my experience, to connect a default SP1 install of win2k with IIS server running without it getting immediatly infected by a worm. I don't think you could keep it up clean long enough to download, let alone install, all the updates and patches. I built one for a friend, and I tried just to see what would happen. Got infected by Nimda and Code Red. I downloaded the service packs on another box, made sure I had all of the patches on another disk, and intalled all of that stuff before I connected it. No more problem. Bottom line: patch any known issues before connecting to the web, with ANY OS. Otherwise, you're painting a big "kick me" on your index page for all the worms and kiddies out there.
Having a monopoly might be good for a business, but not for society. Therefore society has an interest in this, and in the US recourses against abusive companies. Microsoft hasn't changed, they're just getting sneakier.
Duh. But whose toll-free number? It might be someone you don't WANT to call. For all we know, it's Bin Ladin's recruitment hotline with 50 FBI taps on it. If YOU call it, let us know what you find:)
This is Roxio, the same company responisible for Easy CD Creator 4. Remember what that did to Windows 2K? I don't want anything running on my computer without my knowledge.
Offtopic, I know, but it's getting late. Are you at Taco Bell at 3 in the morning? Are you ready to leave, and not worried about getting kicked out? Take the non dairy coffee creamer, tear off the corner so about half of the closed end is now open. Take the creamer in your right hand, and a lighter in your left. Hold the creamer packet at arms length and up, and invert it so that the creamer flows out. When the dust cloud starts to poof upward (think inverted mushroom cloud) strike the lighter directly underneath it. I won't describe the effects in detail, other than think grain silo explosion. And yes, the other effect is that they usually kick you out.
We do... it's called a LAN party. More of a rave than an organized business, though. Rent some space for a not, have some volunteers run cable, then it's like chipping in on a keg.
I wouldn't want to do everything through a computer screen. AI just hasn't gotten good enough for a virtual bartender yet.
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I think that's a good point. When I can pry myself away from the computer, I go to a bar or pool hall with friends. Americans still interact, just not in front of a computer to the extent that the Koreans do.
That's a tempting, but scary thought. I souped up an old 66 Mustang fastback, did it all myself from the ground up, roots blower, 650 horse, looks stock although the moter comes out of the hood, ladder bars, etc. I did it becuase I wanted to, but partly because I thought it would impress chicks. It doesn't. It makes their ears ring, you can't carry on a conversation inside of it, and it gets 3 mpg. I've had the car 10 years now (it's been in it's current condition for 5 of those). So far two girls have been impressed by it : the first lost interest (in the car) when she discovered that her leg cramped up after pressing the clutch down 3 times (yes, she was in shape) and didn't like the manual brakes and steering. The second still likes it, but she considers it art and doesn't even like to ride in it. She says it gives her a headache. Impressing girls that are older than even recently out of high school with an MP3 player will be tough. On the other hand, if the guy is in high school, he just needs some rims to go with the tunes:)
Yeah, but will she let you? Honey, can I chop up your dashboard? No, honestly, I THINK the AC will still work... On the other hand, if she lets you she's a pretty cool girl.
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Now, a proposal to fix that gap would seem to be in order. Personally, I give old computers to people. And that's not charity, that making room in the closet. The difference is that those are people that want to learn. You're talking about fixing a culture, which is harder.
Offtopic, but I think that this is the first sig I've seen on Slashdot that is promoting a politician. No, I'm not complaining, but I will surf the site and check his voting records. Clever idea... if everyone does their homework. Gets my vote for "most potentially useful sig".
Buy all of your kids, nephews, nieces, etc. legos. Preferably the teknic (sic?) or mindstorms variety. They will learn more on their own than you have time to teach them.
I have an Alcatel ethernet ADSL modem. It WAS a pain to get working. However, it's supported by Linux in the sense that I was able to get it working. It is definatly not supported by Alcatel. I get the feeling that when their site says "works with Linux" is really means "you may find it within your technical abitity to discover all needed software and force it to run".
Hang out at live shows if you want to support your local unsigned bands. A lot of them are really quite good. Then, when you're buying their CD if you liked the music (this is about supporting the musician, remember) suggest CARP-free web radio. Leave them a card with a link to information, maybe your e-mail address (a lot of them will have mailing lists, questions, etc). I've mentioned mp3 archive sites and streaming audio to several guys here; none of them have done it yet but all of them were at least thinking about it. The local small time musicians know the problems in the industry a lot better than the geeks do, but geeks can at least make suggestions :)
I agree, I should have mentioned that this was at the height of the Code Red/Nimda problem. I was just curious to see if you could do a install and upgrade over the web if you didn't already have all the necessary CDs. I might repeat the experiment out of morbid curiousity, though. It might be possible to do it now and have a clean box, but I wouldn't reccomend that approach :)
First, I wouldn't count script kiddies as hackers. And, I'd bet that a lot of them don't run linux. Hang out on an IRC channel devoted to one of those "hacking challenges". A few years ago cyberarmy had a challenge called Zebulon, one of the challenges was to connect to it with a linux box. That actually seemed to stump most of them. Yeah, I know it was lame, but I was bored that weekend. Most of those kids were running windows. Same with sites such as neworder. Mostly windows users, judging by the posts. I'm sure there are a lot of kiddies using linux, but certainly not all of them.
Alldas is at least verifiable, and has a definition of "successful attack", even if that's "joo were haxored" on the index page. More serious and subtle attacks (theft of data, for example) probably go unreported.
Yep. That's called spin, and MS is getting better at it. Or sneakier, depending on how you look at it. Palladium, anyone?
Most companies don't report security problems. Are they trying to suggest that 7000 companies told them, even anonymously, that "our security sucks so bad we got rooted by a 10 year old who found some exploit code"? I don't think so. Releasing data like this with no explanation is useless, unscientific, and likely to be FUD. Never trust anyone who could give you an explanation, but won't.
The numbers only make sense if 1) they're a benchmark of attacks on their own machines or certain selected machines or 2) if they're looking at web defacements. If these are defacements or defacement attempts, the numbers sound about right. However, with Attrition out of the tracking business, I would have to wonder where they got the data. Alldas is up and down like a yo-yo lately.
Have you ever looked through a Snort log, for example, after a box has been running for a few days? In many cases, I don't think you could tell if it was a sentient attack or not (Code Red, on a kiddiot typing away in IE?) I'm guessing that they filtered out false alarms, and just compared logged incidents to the OS running on the server. Or, it could be that some of these are defacements that were reported. That would probably make it easier to tell.
It is almost impossible, in my experience, to connect a default SP1 install of win2k with IIS server running without it getting immediatly infected by a worm. I don't think you could keep it up clean long enough to download, let alone install, all the updates and patches. I built one for a friend, and I tried just to see what would happen. Got infected by Nimda and Code Red. I downloaded the service packs on another box, made sure I had all of the patches on another disk, and intalled all of that stuff before I connected it. No more problem. Bottom line: patch any known issues before connecting to the web, with ANY OS. Otherwise, you're painting a big "kick me" on your index page for all the worms and kiddies out there.
Offtopic, but a damn good sig.
Having a monopoly might be good for a business, but not for society. Therefore society has an interest in this, and in the US recourses against abusive companies. Microsoft hasn't changed, they're just getting sneakier.
Duh. But whose toll-free number? It might be someone you don't WANT to call. For all we know, it's Bin Ladin's recruitment hotline with 50 FBI taps on it. If YOU call it, let us know what you find :)
If no one has, for all we know it's a psychic hotline or something. Can anyone think of a way to verify this?
This is Roxio, the same company responisible for Easy CD Creator 4. Remember what that did to Windows 2K? I don't want anything running on my computer without my knowledge.
Offtopic, I know, but it's getting late. Are you at Taco Bell at 3 in the morning? Are you ready to leave, and not worried about getting kicked out? Take the non dairy coffee creamer, tear off the corner so about half of the closed end is now open. Take the creamer in your right hand, and a lighter in your left. Hold the creamer packet at arms length and up, and invert it so that the creamer flows out. When the dust cloud starts to poof upward (think inverted mushroom cloud) strike the lighter directly underneath it. I won't describe the effects in detail, other than think grain silo explosion. And yes, the other effect is that they usually kick you out.
We do... it's called a LAN party. More of a rave than an organized business, though. Rent some space for a not, have some volunteers run cable, then it's like chipping in on a keg.
I wouldn't want to do everything through a computer screen. AI just hasn't gotten good enough for a virtual bartender yet.
I think that's a good point. When I can pry myself away from the computer, I go to a bar or pool hall with friends. Americans still interact, just not in front of a computer to the extent that the Koreans do.
That's a tempting, but scary thought. I souped up an old 66 Mustang fastback, did it all myself from the ground up, roots blower, 650 horse, looks stock although the moter comes out of the hood, ladder bars, etc. I did it becuase I wanted to, but partly because I thought it would impress chicks. It doesn't. It makes their ears ring, you can't carry on a conversation inside of it, and it gets 3 mpg. I've had the car 10 years now (it's been in it's current condition for 5 of those). So far two girls have been impressed by it : the first lost interest (in the car) when she discovered that her leg cramped up after pressing the clutch down 3 times (yes, she was in shape) and didn't like the manual brakes and steering. The second still likes it, but she considers it art and doesn't even like to ride in it. She says it gives her a headache. Impressing girls that are older than even recently out of high school with an MP3 player will be tough. On the other hand, if the guy is in high school, he just needs some rims to go with the tunes:)
Yeah, but will she let you? Honey, can I chop up your dashboard? No, honestly, I THINK the AC will still work... On the other hand, if she lets you she's a pretty cool girl.
I almost clicked that.