Whereas a competent MCSE or IT director will have properly secured a corporation's machines against remote exploits (a properly designed network, even if none of the machines had been patched, should've been able to stay free of worms like Blaster and Welchia, for example)
Please show me this "properly designed network", that allows an unpatched Active Directory domain and blocks traffic on RPC ports.
This may work in a perfect environment where the users don't run untrusted junk, run email attachments, or surf the web, but add one infected laptop and it all comes down like a house of cards.
If a new input device (maybe a nipple?:) ) was introduced which was intuitive, easy to use and had a significant advantage over the current devices, I think it would be picked up in a second.
A nipple is no good in it's current implimentation, which explains why I use a USB mouse with my Thinkpad. I find it very hard to suck on the nipple (Trackpoint), see the screen, and click the mouse buttons at the same time. Plus my boss accuses me of sleeping on the job due to "keyboard face".
We are Hawking of Borg. Resistance is futile. The Standard Model is irrelevant. All your PGL trophies are belong to us.
Seriously, how much latency is there between the brain and an appendage? Wouldn't a cybernetic implant cut down on most of this and give them an unfair advantage in FPS games?
Well, I'll only be interested in this flight sim if they included planes other than the 767, like the Mitsubishi A6M2 (Zeke) or D3A1 (Val) and had flights to Pearl Harbor.
HAH! Big Blue in the console biz? I know, they'll name it OS/3 and it'll be better than all the other consoles, but it'll run like shit on current hardware and it'll have maybe 5 games.
IBM selling game consoles would be like Apple selling OSX for the x86. There's just too much competition right now for such a huge gamble.
Technically, yes, but only if there was some sort of ident type client running on the machine(s) in question. Traffic over a certain port tries to get through the firewall, so the firewall asks the machine for information about the app looking for access over that port. The service running on the machine returns the info to the firewall.
IMO, I don't trust this cludge, or those personal firewalls. Sure you'll know that msblast.exe shouldn't be accessing the network, but trojans/viruses/malware regularly change names to seemingly innocent sounding names. Besides, a firewall is only as good as the OS it's running on.
I'm sure they'll just revive 'edit' from old MSDOS/WIN9x. I'm just worried about how to save and exit.
[boot loader]
timeout=20
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microso ft Windows 2010 Server"/fastdetect
C:\linux.img="Red Hat Linux 10"
Luckily I hit on the idea of putting a thick layer of tinfoil in my shoe soles and that makes them bounce back into the ground.
Well, that protects your feet, but what about your meat and two veggies? You better get mom to sew up a tinfoil jock strap if you don't want irradiated sperm.
I assume the old ones where nothing more than an infared flashlight, and the "upgraded" ones use some sort of modulation something like a TV remote. The picture in the article shows what looks like a 3rd brake light with a lighter plug. It probably costs $20. They're basically charging $300-$500 for a long range TV remote control
The current news is that it was triggered by
the addition of packet-writing code to the 2.4.22-rc2q5 kernel on Aug.
15, no news on how that determination was made.
So anyone using that kernel version is potentially vulnerable.
Why don't people complain about the fact that WinPoet disables file shares (the SMB shares, not Kazaa) when you install it. This is a preventative measure to keep script kiddies out of your machine while your connection is up 24/7.
What I don't understand is why doesn't AOL just filter out the Windows RPC ports (135,137,138,139, 1026) and prevent 90% of this crap from being an issue. Several cable and DSL providers do this for port 80 to prevent people from running servers. It's not hacking, It just prevent that traffic from hitting the wire.
Most people on AOHell don't even know how to disable file shares or kill uneeded services. The only way to secure their computer is to do it for them. If that pisses off the few power users on AOL, then they should switch providers.
I KNOW this is slashdot, and I KNOW that most people here probably think a UNIX command line is better than a proper GUI, but for non-programmers, such as medical technicians, a GUI is far better way to interact with complex devices. I'd much sooner that my doctors were using devices with GUIs rather than cryptic key sequences or commands.
I agree. This is the scene I pictured when I thought of dostors using a CLI.
How about inserting the processor without lifting the arm on the ZIF socket? It fits better IMO.
Another good one I've seen is when people get the 3 oz. tube of heatsink compound thinking "more is better", then commence to glob the entire thing all over the processor. It's especially amusing on the AMD CPUs which only have that tiny space that gets hot.
I have a P4 3.06Ghz and a Radeon 9500 and the demo was more than playable in the default configuration. My only complaint is there were some artifacts when the invisible guys attacked me, and that shitty nagging seargant that you can't shut off when you quit the game.
I've found that washing everything tends to corrode the contacts slightly, making some keys unusable. After drying I'll take a pencil eraser to all the contacts, and that cleans them up nicely. Nothing fancy, just a couple swipes is enough. It may seem excessive, but since I have the thing opened anyway...
I found this out shortly after spilling around half a 16oz cup of coffee in my only PS/2 keyboard, and I couldn't find any of my adapters.
They, like me, use microsoft because it runs on inexpensive hardware and most software out there is designed to work with it.
Not entirely true. Most people run Windows because thats what came on their computer when they bought it, and they have no desire and/or ability to switch. Sure, it's pain in the ass, but it works most of the time, so why fix what isn't broke?
As for Wintel VS Apple, most people know nothing about Macs, and have no desire to learn something new. I know Macs are easy to learn, but most people just want to get on the Internet, surf porn, send and receive emails, and not have to worry about whats the Mac icon that does X or Y.
The price issue isn't really a major factor either. Dell, Compaq, HP, etc have loads of sub $1000 PCs, but I have yet to see a Joe User type actually buy one. They spring for the $1500+ PC that they think is going to last them 2 years or more, even though a low end iMac will do the job and be more reliable.
The first result was junkfaxes.org. Another site is starting a class action lawsuit againt fax.com, one of the most previlant junk faxers. Fax.com also happens to be the scumbags faxing my line at least once a day, even when I shut off the fax machine.
The bottom line is you can't do it alone. The only way to get any results is to join a class action suit, or get the FCC involved. They will either fabricate evidence to stall and/or increase you legal expenses, or if you do win, they will just refuse to pay. I have no time right now to bother with this crap, so I just save all the faxes and hope I'll get a few bucks when the class action suit goes through.
And to add to the confusion, when messaging spammers realized that people were blocking port 135, they started spamming on port 1026, which does the same thing. Assuming it's vulnerable to the same exploit, I wonder when the Blaster and Welchia writers will realize this and start using that port too.
IMO, it's better to block everything anyway, then open up ports as needed.
How about sending off the n00b for a Boatswain's Punch, BT Punch, etc.
Another classic is the "sea bat". Get a bunch of long bouncy springs and stick them inside a box, then flip it over on the deck. It'll wiggle around like something is alive inside. When Billy Bootcamp bends over to peek in the box you whack him on the ass with a broom, dustpan, boot, etc.
Since I was in the engine room there were times we had to flush the bilges. This was done with firehoses throttled down to keep the hose managable by one person. We'd usually get around halfway done before someone would splash someone accidentally and it would escalate into a huge (salt)water fight.
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Whereas a competent MCSE or IT director will have properly secured a corporation's machines against remote exploits (a properly designed network, even if none of the machines had been patched, should've been able to stay free of worms like Blaster and Welchia, for example)
Please show me this "properly designed network", that allows an unpatched Active Directory domain and blocks traffic on RPC ports.
This may work in a perfect environment where the users don't run untrusted junk, run email attachments, or surf the web, but add one infected laptop and it all comes down like a house of cards.
If a new input device (maybe a nipple? :) ) was introduced which was intuitive, easy to use and had a significant advantage over the current devices, I think it would be picked up in a second.
A nipple is no good in it's current implimentation, which explains why I use a USB mouse with my Thinkpad. I find it very hard to suck on the nipple (Trackpoint), see the screen, and click the mouse buttons at the same time. Plus my boss accuses me of sleeping on the job due to "keyboard face".
We are Hawking of Borg. Resistance is futile. The Standard Model is irrelevant. All your PGL trophies are belong to us.
Seriously, how much latency is there between the brain and an appendage? Wouldn't a cybernetic implant cut down on most of this and give them an unfair advantage in FPS games?
> (define big-g (* 6.67 (expt 10 -11))) .01 .001))
> big-g
6.67e-11
> (define grav (lambda (m1 m2 r) (/ (* big-g m1 m2) r r)))
> (grav 2e30 (/ 2e30 330000) (* 93000000 5280 12 2.54
3.6091773054556857e28
>
Translation: An assload
Well, I'll only be interested in this flight sim if they included planes other than the 767, like the Mitsubishi A6M2 (Zeke) or D3A1 (Val) and had flights to Pearl Harbor.
HAH! Big Blue in the console biz? I know, they'll name it OS/3 and it'll be better than all the other consoles, but it'll run like shit on current hardware and it'll have maybe 5 games.
IBM selling game consoles would be like Apple selling OSX for the x86. There's just too much competition right now for such a huge gamble.
Technically, yes, but only if there was some sort of ident type client running on the machine(s) in question. Traffic over a certain port tries to get through the firewall, so the firewall asks the machine for information about the app looking for access over that port. The service running on the machine returns the info to the firewall.
IMO, I don't trust this cludge, or those personal firewalls. Sure you'll know that msblast.exe shouldn't be accessing the network, but trojans/viruses/malware regularly change names to seemingly innocent sounding names. Besides, a firewall is only as good as the OS it's running on.
I'm sure they'll just revive 'edit' from old MSDOS/WIN9x. I'm just worried about how to save and exit.
o ft Windows 2010 Server" /fastdetect
:wq
[boot loader]
timeout=20
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Micros
C:\linux.img="Red Hat Linux 10"
ZZ
x
X
quit
end
save
help
?
q
q!
^X
^C
[TAB]x
Would you like to save your changes?y
*PHEW!*
Luckily I hit on the idea of putting a thick layer of tinfoil in my shoe soles and that makes them bounce back into the ground.
Well, that protects your feet, but what about your meat and two veggies? You better get mom to sew up a tinfoil jock strap if you don't want irradiated sperm.
Now maybe the ladies won't laugh as much while I run around the West Commons naked looking for my corpse.
I assume the old ones where nothing more than an infared flashlight, and the "upgraded" ones use some sort of modulation something like a TV remote. The picture in the article shows what looks like a 3rd brake light with a lighter plug. It probably costs $20. They're basically charging $300-$500 for a long range TV remote control
According to someone in the threads:
The current news is that it was triggered by the addition of packet-writing code to the 2.4.22-rc2q5 kernel on Aug. 15, no news on how that determination was made.
So anyone using that kernel version is potentially vulnerable.
I disagree - Windows messenger is part of windows, not AOL's software.
Ask your average AOL user what's the difference between AOL, Windows, and the Internet.
Why don't people complain about the fact that WinPoet disables file shares (the SMB shares, not Kazaa) when you install it. This is a preventative measure to keep script kiddies out of your machine while your connection is up 24/7.
What I don't understand is why doesn't AOL just filter out the Windows RPC ports (135,137,138,139, 1026) and prevent 90% of this crap from being an issue. Several cable and DSL providers do this for port 80 to prevent people from running servers. It's not hacking, It just prevent that traffic from hitting the wire.
Most people on AOHell don't even know how to disable file shares or kill uneeded services. The only way to secure their computer is to do it for them. If that pisses off the few power users on AOL, then they should switch providers.
A.K.A. Vampire Tang
I KNOW this is slashdot, and I KNOW that most people here probably think a UNIX command line is better than a proper GUI, but for non-programmers, such as medical technicians, a GUI is far better way to interact with complex devices. I'd much sooner that my doctors were using devices with GUIs rather than cryptic key sequences or commands.
:q
I agree. This is the scene I pictured when I thought of dostors using a CLI.
Doctor:What was that command again?
[doctor@hospital doctor]$ dd if=/dev/xray of=/mnt/patient count=15M
Doctor:This is taking too long. OMG! I meant millirads, not millions of rads!
^C
^X
ESC
quit
Q
q
?
help
15728640+0 records in
15728640+0 records out
Doctor:GAHHHH!
RTFM :D
/etc/bashrc
/etc/profile
~/.bashrc
~/bash_profile
RedHat spoiled me, so I change my prompt on any machine I have that's bash capable.
export PS1='[\u@\h \W]$ '
How about inserting the processor without lifting the arm on the ZIF socket? It fits better IMO.
Another good one I've seen is when people get the 3 oz. tube of heatsink compound thinking "more is better", then commence to glob the entire thing all over the processor. It's especially amusing on the AMD CPUs which only have that tiny space that gets hot.
I have a P4 3.06Ghz and a Radeon 9500 and the demo was more than playable in the default configuration. My only complaint is there were some artifacts when the invisible guys attacked me, and that shitty nagging seargant that you can't shut off when you quit the game.
I've found that washing everything tends to corrode the contacts slightly, making some keys unusable. After drying I'll take a pencil eraser to all the contacts, and that cleans them up nicely. Nothing fancy, just a couple swipes is enough. It may seem excessive, but since I have the thing opened anyway...
I found this out shortly after spilling around half a 16oz cup of coffee in my only PS/2 keyboard, and I couldn't find any of my adapters.
They, like me, use microsoft because it runs on inexpensive hardware and most software out there is designed to work with it.
Not entirely true. Most people run Windows because thats what came on their computer when they bought it, and they have no desire and/or ability to switch. Sure, it's pain in the ass, but it works most of the time, so why fix what isn't broke?
As for Wintel VS Apple, most people know nothing about Macs, and have no desire to learn something new. I know Macs are easy to learn, but most people just want to get on the Internet, surf porn, send and receive emails, and not have to worry about whats the Mac icon that does X or Y.
The price issue isn't really a major factor either. Dell, Compaq, HP, etc have loads of sub $1000 PCs, but I have yet to see a Joe User type actually buy one. They spring for the $1500+ PC that they think is going to last them 2 years or more, even though a low end iMac will do the job and be more reliable.
The first result was junkfaxes.org. Another site is starting a class action lawsuit againt fax.com, one of the most previlant junk faxers. Fax.com also happens to be the scumbags faxing my line at least once a day, even when I shut off the fax machine.
The bottom line is you can't do it alone. The only way to get any results is to join a class action suit, or get the FCC involved. They will either fabricate evidence to stall and/or increase you legal expenses, or if you do win, they will just refuse to pay. I have no time right now to bother with this crap, so I just save all the faxes and hope I'll get a few bucks when the class action suit goes through.
And to add to the confusion, when messaging spammers realized that people were blocking port 135, they started spamming on port 1026, which does the same thing. Assuming it's vulnerable to the same exploit, I wonder when the Blaster and Welchia writers will realize this and start using that port too.
IMO, it's better to block everything anyway, then open up ports as needed.
How about sending off the n00b for a Boatswain's Punch, BT Punch, etc.
Another classic is the "sea bat". Get a bunch of long bouncy springs and stick them inside a box, then flip it over on the deck. It'll wiggle around like something is alive inside. When Billy Bootcamp bends over to peek in the box you whack him on the ass with a broom, dustpan, boot, etc.
Since I was in the engine room there were times we had to flush the bilges. This was done with firehoses throttled down to keep the hose managable by one person. We'd usually get around halfway done before someone would splash someone accidentally and it would escalate into a huge (salt)water fight.
I'll bring the beer, you built the rocket. Done yet?