The Last Stage of Delirium Research Group (LSD) has announced and Microsoft has confirmed and released patches for a critical flaw in the RPC Interface implementation in all recent versions of Windows. This includes NT 4.0, 2000, XP and Server 2003 (regardless of the service packs installed). As reviewed in this TechTarget article, the exploit creates a buffer overflow that could allow remote attackers to run commands with the highest system privileges. Applying the new patch and/or blocking port 135 (turned on by default on many Windows systems) are the solutions.
LSD has produced two proof of concept exploit codes (which they have not released)which they were able to get to work even with Server 2003 and it's new buffer overflow prevention mechanism. The nature of the flaw makes it ripe for exploitation by a worm.
As discussed here, the reports are unusually embarrassing as they affect Server 2003, Microsoft's most powerful and safest software yet. It is ironic that the announcement comes one day after the Homeland Security Department announced that it awarded a five-year, $90-million contract for Microsoft to supply all its most important desktop and server software for about 140,000 computers inside the new federal agency.
iTunes Music Store has a consistent price and license for usage. While there is a DRM component, it is not remotely onerous. You are free to listen to the music you bought on your devices and share (to a reasonable degree) with friends.
BuyMusic.com has quite variable pricing (I've yet to find a song for the mentioned $0.79), and extremely restrictive and variable licensing. And the DRM/SDMI requirements severely limit the digital media players available for use with this system.
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There are also primary and secondary licenses (secondary licenses so you can play the song on a second computer but NOT copy it to an SDMI DRM digital music player). Each label decides if and/or how many times you can copy a song.
So the whole "relatively open, exceedingly easy" part of the iTunes Music Center just completely passed them by. Good to know.
Now stop whining and playing around with those Linux boxen, boot to Windows XP and connect up to the hive. We have to complete our assimilation of the Alpha quadrant.
"Though Microsoft underbid IBM and SuSE by $11.9 million in Munich, city officials were concerned about the unpredictable long-run cost of Microsoft upgrades, says Munich council member Christine Strobl, who championed the switch to Linux. And the more Microsoft discounted, the more it underscored the notion that as a sole supplier, Microsoft could -- and has been -- naming its own price, she says."
It makes me feel good to know that finally someone other then a bunch of geeks is getting it.
Instead of trying to jam through the rightest of the right wing, and maybe you will.
Considering that the Republicans blue slip'd and procedurally blocked Clinton's nominees, so that in the end the Senate approved only 61% of President Clinton's appellate court nominees, compared with 87% of those nominated by President Reagan. In 1999-2000, 19 out of 32 Clinton appeals court nominees -- roughly 60% -- were blocked from receiving a vote.
Of course, literally the exact same Republicans who blocked so many of Clinton's nominees are now furious that the exact same weapons are being used against them. Go figure.
Oh, and I'll restate: Republicans control the White House, the Senate and the House. Nothing passes without their active involvement. Everything bad that happens is directly, explicitly and ONLY their fault. I realize this interferes with their desperate "We're the underdog" ethos. Tough.
I'd feel a lot safer if there were enough people at the docks of the ports to do even a minimal level of inspection of those large sealed containers coming from diverse foreign lands that easily be carrying biological agents, nuclear devices, massive amounts of conventional explosives or any combination of these.
Oh, and to trump your little anecdote, I'll bring up the Cuban coast guardsmen who piloted their ship directly into a resort at Key West. The men were armed, as was the ship. They docked and walked around (armed) trying to find someone to defect to. Here's a link in case you've forgotten.
was how many Republican serial adulters were involved in that little coup attempt. Newt, you listening Newt? Bob Barr, you there? Dan Burton, where are you? Henry Hyde, you show yourself! Robert Livingston, are you paying attention?
Like the Patriot Act, Leave No Child Behind and Clear Skies initiatives, the best way of figuring out what a Bush effort is NOT about is to pay attention to the name. The "Terrorism" component is an attempt to bludgeon critics of this sick effort. It would do nothing to prevent terrorism. That was never the point. Bush doesn't care that we're less safe then we were. If he did, he'd fund security for our ports, nuclear facilities, water processing plants, etc. But that would interfere with tax cuts, tax cuts and...oh, yeah, almost forgot, tax cuts.
slow space convoy shots? No more the same ten space battle sequences again and again and again and again? No more Lorne Green and John Calicos and "By Your Command"? No more figuring out ways of running away faster? No Muffit, the robotic daggit?!?
require that all newly signed artists "provide" at least one healthy kidney (preferably but not necessarily their own) for sale to cover initial expenses, fees, lawyers, etc. Liver sections and spleens are ususally needed for video production. Hair cuttings cover per diems.
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Scalia logic: No batteries necessary.
Now turn off your computer, sit there calmly and wait for the soldiers to cart you off as the enemy combatant that you obviously are.
LSD has produced two proof of concept exploit codes (which they have not released)which they were able to get to work even with Server 2003 and it's new buffer overflow prevention mechanism. The nature of the flaw makes it ripe for exploitation by a worm.
As discussed here, the reports are unusually embarrassing as they affect Server 2003, Microsoft's most powerful and safest software yet. It is ironic that the announcement comes one day after the Homeland Security Department announced that it awarded a five-year, $90-million contract for Microsoft to supply all its most important desktop and server software for about 140,000 computers inside the new federal agency.
iTunes Music Store has a consistent price and license for usage. While there is a DRM component, it is not remotely onerous. You are free to listen to the music you bought on your devices and share (to a reasonable degree) with friends.
BuyMusic.com has quite variable pricing (I've yet to find a song for the mentioned $0.79), and extremely restrictive and variable licensing. And the DRM/SDMI requirements severely limit the digital media players available for use with this system.
And I wouldn't wish WMP 9 on a dog I disliked.
Your digital media player must be Digital Rights Management (DRM) compliant, because your music download files use DRM license encryption technology. Non-DRM compliant digital media players will not decrypt or play your music files.
There are also primary and secondary licenses (secondary licenses so you can play the song on a second computer but NOT copy it to an SDMI DRM digital music player). Each label decides if and/or how many times you can copy a song.
So the whole "relatively open, exceedingly easy" part of the iTunes Music Center just completely passed them by. Good to know.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll finish my Labatts.
They're willing to waive the rest if you can find your way to e).
Of course a) certainly facilitates e).
This government will read anything you have to say if you're
a) rich
b) white
c) male
d) Christian
e) You've donated $100,000 to the Republican party
So stop your whining.
If you find that person, you put them back on their medication.
Now stop whining and playing around with those Linux boxen, boot to Windows XP and connect up to the hive. We have to complete our assimilation of the Alpha quadrant.
It makes me feel good to know that finally someone other then a bunch of geeks is getting it.
Eagle landers finished in 1999 for Moonbase Alpha.
Considering that the Republicans blue slip'd and procedurally blocked Clinton's nominees, so that in the end the Senate approved only 61% of President Clinton's appellate court nominees, compared with 87% of those nominated by President Reagan. In 1999-2000, 19 out of 32 Clinton appeals court nominees -- roughly 60% -- were blocked from receiving a vote.
Of course, literally the exact same Republicans who blocked so many of Clinton's nominees are now furious that the exact same weapons are being used against them. Go figure.
Oh, and I'll restate: Republicans control the White House, the Senate and the House. Nothing passes without their active involvement. Everything bad that happens is directly, explicitly and ONLY their fault. I realize this interferes with their desperate "We're the underdog" ethos. Tough.
They're running the show. When things go wrong, they're responsible.
I realize that's a very un-Republican attitude ("The CIA should have stopped me from lying."), but that's the way it is.
Oh, and to trump your little anecdote, I'll bring up the Cuban coast guardsmen who piloted their ship directly into a resort at Key West. The men were armed, as was the ship. They docked and walked around (armed) trying to find someone to defect to. Here's a link in case you've forgotten.
was how many Republican serial adulters were involved in that little coup attempt. Newt, you listening Newt? Bob Barr, you there? Dan Burton, where are you? Henry Hyde, you show yourself! Robert Livingston, are you paying attention?
disgust
loathing
fury
Those all work well.
Like the Patriot Act, Leave No Child Behind and Clear Skies initiatives, the best way of figuring out what a Bush effort is NOT about is to pay attention to the name. The "Terrorism" component is an attempt to bludgeon critics of this sick effort. It would do nothing to prevent terrorism. That was never the point. Bush doesn't care that we're less safe then we were. If he did, he'd fund security for our ports, nuclear facilities, water processing plants, etc. But that would interfere with tax cuts, tax cuts and ...oh, yeah, almost forgot, tax cuts.
I'm sleeping easier now.
Plus he'll get Hoss to beat you up.
I just might watch.
require that all newly signed artists "provide" at least one healthy kidney (preferably but not necessarily their own) for sale to cover initial expenses, fees, lawyers, etc. Liver sections and spleens are ususally needed for video production. Hair cuttings cover per diems.
the OS that the article is referring to is NOT OS/2, Amiga, BeOS or any of the others. It is Windows. The systems hijacked are Windows system.