Well anti-virus and firewalls be damned. It ain't called a trojan for nothing.
Why run these apps if you continue to download questionable material? That defeats the purpose. The thought runs through your head "oh I have anitvirus or I am running ZoneAlarm nothing can get to me".
Well news flash REGARDLESS THE OS, AND HARDWARE/SOFTWARE FIREWALLS just by being able to get your pr0n on at 2AM is all the chance an attacker needs.
Unplug
lighten up and spend time with your family. Life is too short to worry about infection of an inanimate object.
If they want to hack my home pc great, if they can.
They want to destroy my computer so I have to reinstall, fine with me. I have all the disks.
I say this, I will live in fear of no man, nor group. *Save the Bush Administration*
Why the Bus alone is faster than my current pc's main processor.
This guy is damaging to the legitimate online dealers out there. A few people see the inflated scores and think they'll purchase this from him because it's faster than what was on the other site. Being nontechnical they neglect to think about the fact that the products are the same.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the Mac G5 was the fastest processor you could buy to date. ( I prefer PC running AMD ) Please no flames.
Those PC's that succumb and die from infections, leave only the strongest PC's to repopulate the earth. It's happened all throughout nature since time began. Consider this the "electronic black plague".
"Will the recent acceptance by such reputable companies open the possibility to Universities that not all P2P distribution is inherently bad?"
I'm sad to say that I think not. If these major players want "WhassaMatta U" to support Bit Torrent, then they will have to fork over some cash. In the form of donations to some school program of course. I think the recent string of college lawsuits concering P2P networks has stymied something that has truely revolutionized the web. The one always spoils it for the rest of us. Perhaps more strict guidelines regarding P2P is the solution, but I think that banning them altogether is the wrong choice. I mean there is still FTP to trade music. RIAA be damned, for they are tearing down the web.
"RCA don't you have enough money? I'm sorry, how could I be so insensitive. I hadn't realized that you were driving last years model Rolls Royce?"
As an option to "get around" the advertising issue, my boss informed me sometime ago of Mozilla. Since then I have been a loyal user. When Firebird was released I thought there was no use for me to use it, as I was running the latest build of Moz. He otld me that Firebird was the same browser just a lighter version, and tha there were a few things it did that its larger companion didn't. What impressed me was FIrebirds ability to surpress banner ads. Turns out it filters out more than 90% of them. Now I am not sure in the authors case whether or not it would work, but were I he I would give it a shot.
Life without banner ads, No longer do I need to read "Meet HOT singles in your area today".
Hacking: The Art of Exploitation
It provided these same thoughts on software design, but also delved into more the ASM side of things. The book went on to state that "there is no such thing as secure code." I believe this statement to be true. With the current patch n sniff state of Windows, it is very easy to overflow a buffer to execute code. I have oft heard someone say my pc is unhackable, I run blah firewall, or X N.A.T. the sad fact is they are as easy to compromise as an unsecured network pc is. With the plethora of IE and other browser vulnerabilities out there you don't need to drive a tank through the front door. Seems though Microsoft left a Window open.
I don't trust the buggers. I am currently running one of my home pc's with Win98SE stock from cd only patch is i run IE6.(though I use Firebird) I have offered for people whom I know to be in security related feilds to "hack me". To this day no one has. Granted I know this doesn't mean it can not be done, anything is possible. I just happen to keep a tight reign on what programs I allow to communicate to the outside world. Scary stuff. I have no anti virus either, and have gotten only 2 virus infections neither of them were serious. I suppose it's up to the individual user as to how secure they want to think they are. Keep in mind firewalls can be shutoff from outside by using a common exploit like IE and activex. Security doesn't mean running anti virus or a firewall for that matter. It means the user needs to be vigilant and know what their machine is doing at all times. One of the main reasons I love Linux is the difficulty of software installation. You have to upgrade 3 or 4 pakages to run that new version of X-chat, on the plus side you know what is bieng installed on your system unlike the point and click GUI world of Windows. I once read somewhere that out of 100 hackers, all 100 can scan for open ports. Of those 100 maybe less than 10 would know what to do when they found one. I don't know how creditble that statement is, the day may come where my offer of "hack me" leaves me dumbfounded until then I refuse to use anti virus or a firewall. Both seem pointless to me at least.
I ask/. readers this. How big and bulky were the cameras of the time this footage was taken? I have seen this footage as many people have. I saw nothing in the film that would lead me to speculate as to whether it was a hoax or not. The fact is, what are the chances the cameraman had his gear setup at the right spot to get that film? Also large apes tend to be territorial, look at mountain gorrilas. I find it hard to believe that a female hominid would just walk away from the filmer without so much as a grunt or a charge towards him. Alas not even a rock thrown towards him. Also no other footage of this quality has ever come to light, sure my cousins nephews wifes daughters freind saw bigfoot. How reliable is triple hearsay though. Native Americans have stories of bigfoot also, they also have stories of Thunder Birds. In a time where satelites can track heat, why has noone used a satelite to scan these areas for traces of something, surely something that large puts out a ton of heat. And what of diet? An animal that size must spend its entire day foraging, the caloric intake it must need daily would surely at some time or another have it interact in some way with man. (Raccoon in the trash bin, or Yogi and picnic baskets) I personally find this a hard story to swallow, nonetheless it still makes for an interesting campfire tale.
Seeing is believing, and your eyes can trick you. I'll believe when they are real when science has one to study, until then I remain a nonbeliever.
Although, I still illegally download music and have no intention of stopping. RIAA be damned! The author brings an interesting point.
I feel that since you have the iPod, you want to buy the media yet there is no medium in place for you to legally do this. I suggest as you have stated, buy the CD rip it to your PC, should the CD prove unrippable download the songs. I submit to you that having purchased the CD, under current DMCA laws you have a legal right to a backup of youor media. If the CD is non-rippable, then I would feel no guilt having downloaded what I've already paid for.
SIDENOTE: I do download illegaly, but if I like what I've heard I will purchase the CD down the road to support that artist. If I don't like it, I simply delete it. I like to think of it as a try before you buy type deal.
You know the author said in New South Wales it was illegal to carry a knife unless you need it for your job. God knows how many stores are held up annually by someone with a pocket knife. I mean really what would someone do? "Give me all your money, or I'll pick your teeth." Lighten up Parliment, I doubt that people with pocket knives will overthrow the throne.
This smells very much like M$ is getting into the Vapor Ware trade. Perhaps if MS spent less on laywers, changed their Borg business model, and hired more coders paid the ones they do have more. Then software would be released on time, and with fewer bugs. What really gets me is the number of people who flock to new Windows products when they are released. I know of a half dozen people who ran out and bought XP days after it hit shelves. Just for the sake of "it's the best OS yet". All that money to be a beta-tester. What a waste.
Oh you'll be safe with that then. Completely disregard all the wonderful bugs in IE. All it would take is for some malicious user to create a web page that used an ActiveX exploit that redirected the viewer to a page where IE has sent them and said shure this is safe to download. What you have is a program gone rouge and ZoneAlarm is none the wiser, business as usual. So this program then executes itself, as Windows so often does without your consent. A buffer is overwritten for ZoneAlarm which they are out there. FOr awhile I've known of the mutex vulnerability in ZoneAlarm (all versions) and just recently the one overflow was made public. Arbitrary code is executed, ZoneAlarm is now configured to allow a trojan access, and whomever made the whole thing has access to ma and pa's PC.
Give them Linux they'll thank you for it. Points to consider 1) They couldnt install things! No hinky behaviour. 2) They only use it to check email and IM people 3) They couldn't install things
In a day and age where even the most hardened IT junky can fall prey to malware, I don't think it is possible to keep an inexperienced user safe. In 6 years on the net running no antivirus software, I have been infected with 3 trojans, and two virii. I do run antivirus software now though. My suggestion to keep the average baby boomer safe on the net, install a flavor of *nix for them. I'm not sure about your folks, but my father just uses the net for pr0n, IM's, and the odd email. Most standard out of the box Linux distros can handle that, with little or no frustration. It also safeguards them from 90% of malware out there.
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Why run these apps if you continue to download questionable material?
That defeats the purpose.
The thought runs through your head "oh I have anitvirus or I am running ZoneAlarm nothing can get to me".
Well news flash REGARDLESS THE OS, AND HARDWARE/SOFTWARE FIREWALLS just by being able to get your pr0n on at 2AM is all the chance an attacker needs.
- Unplug
lighten up and spend time with your family. Life is too short to worry about infection of an inanimate object.If they want to hack my home pc great, if they can.
They want to destroy my computer so I have to reinstall, fine with me. I have all the disks.
I say this, I will live in fear of no man, nor group. *Save the Bush Administration*
SWEET... Thanks for the tip!
I want a pc with 1600 mhz FSB!!!
Why the Bus alone is faster than my current pc's main processor.
This guy is damaging to the legitimate online dealers out there. A few people see the inflated scores and think they'll purchase this from him because it's faster than what was on the other site. Being nontechnical they neglect to think about the fact that the products are the same.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the Mac G5 was the fastest processor you could buy to date. ( I prefer PC running AMD )
Please no flames.
"I wonder how long the time lag will be between the probe finding life, and a leak in the radioactive heater wiping all of it out."
And why not wipe out life on other planets? We are good at it.
It's natural selection.
Those PC's that succumb and die from infections, leave only the strongest PC's to repopulate the earth. It's happened all throughout nature since time began. Consider this the "electronic black plague".
"Will the recent acceptance by such reputable companies open the possibility to Universities that not all P2P distribution is inherently bad?"
I'm sad to say that I think not. If these major players want "WhassaMatta U" to support Bit Torrent, then they will have to fork over some cash. In the form of donations to some school program of course. I think the recent string of college lawsuits concering P2P networks has stymied something that has truely revolutionized the web. The one always spoils it for the rest of us. Perhaps more strict guidelines regarding P2P is the solution, but I think that banning them altogether is the wrong choice. I mean there is still FTP to trade music.
RIAA be damned, for they are tearing down the web.
"RCA don't you have enough money? I'm sorry, how could I be so insensitive. I hadn't realized that you were driving last years model Rolls Royce?"
I think what he is trying to say is that society is as low as it can get, and the only way is up.
"Excuse me ma'am, where is the nearest suicide booth?"
Well DUH you couldn't use it, the screen would be moving too fast.
Shocking isn't it. I guess we will all be eating our lunches not on our desks, rather on the much more sanitary toilet seats.
As an option to "get around" the advertising issue, my boss informed me sometime ago of Mozilla. Since then I have been a loyal user. When Firebird was released I thought there was no use for me to use it, as I was running the latest build of Moz. He otld me that Firebird was the same browser just a lighter version, and tha there were a few things it did that its larger companion didn't. What impressed me was FIrebirds ability to surpress banner ads. Turns out it filters out more than 90% of them. Now I am not sure in the authors case whether or not it would work, but were I he I would give it a shot.
Life without banner ads, No longer do I need to read "Meet HOT singles in your area today".
Yes, but.........the long pauses..........are not.......included.
Mr. Spock..........moderate this post...........to TROLL.
a simple patch changing the return value from 0 to 1 would suffice. Again could be done through any webbrowser or java.
Hacking: The Art of Exploitation
It provided these same thoughts on software design, but also delved into more the ASM side of things. The book went on to state that "there is no such thing as secure code." I believe this statement to be true. With the current patch n sniff state of Windows, it is very easy to overflow a buffer to execute code. I have oft heard someone say my pc is unhackable, I run blah firewall, or X N.A.T. the sad fact is they are as easy to compromise as an unsecured network pc is. With the plethora of IE and other browser vulnerabilities out there you don't need to drive a tank through the front door. Seems though Microsoft left a Window open.
I don't trust the buggers. I am currently running one of my home pc's with Win98SE stock from cd only patch is i run IE6.(though I use Firebird) I have offered for people whom I know to be in security related feilds to "hack me". To this day no one has. Granted I know this doesn't mean it can not be done, anything is possible. I just happen to keep a tight reign on what programs I allow to communicate to the outside world. Scary stuff. I have no anti virus either, and have gotten only 2 virus infections neither of them were serious.
I suppose it's up to the individual user as to how secure they want to think they are.
Keep in mind firewalls can be shutoff from outside by using a common exploit like IE and activex.
Security doesn't mean running anti virus or a firewall for that matter. It means the user needs to be vigilant and know what their machine is doing at all times. One of the main reasons I love Linux is the difficulty of software installation. You have to upgrade 3 or 4 pakages to run that new version of X-chat, on the plus side you know what is bieng installed on your system unlike the point and click GUI world of Windows.
I once read somewhere that out of 100 hackers, all 100 can scan for open ports. Of those 100 maybe less than 10 would know what to do when they found one. I don't know how creditble that statement is, the day may come where my offer of "hack me" leaves me dumbfounded until then I refuse to use anti virus or a firewall. Both seem pointless to me at least.
So scientists are on their way to creating Pinky and The Brain.
Prepare yourselves to be ruled by super inteligent mice you fools.
I ask /. readers this. How big and bulky were the cameras of the time this footage was taken? I have seen this footage as many people have. I saw nothing in the film that would lead me to speculate as to whether it was a hoax or not. The fact is, what are the chances the cameraman had his gear setup at the right spot to get that film? Also large apes tend to be territorial, look at mountain gorrilas. I find it hard to believe that a female hominid would just walk away from the filmer without so much as a grunt or a charge towards him. Alas not even a rock thrown towards him. Also no other footage of this quality has ever come to light, sure my cousins nephews wifes daughters freind saw bigfoot. How reliable is triple hearsay though. Native Americans have stories of bigfoot also, they also have stories of Thunder Birds. In a time where satelites can track heat, why has noone used a satelite to scan these areas for traces of something, surely something that large puts out a ton of heat. And what of diet? An animal that size must spend its entire day foraging, the caloric intake it must need daily would surely at some time or another have it interact in some way with man. (Raccoon in the trash bin, or Yogi and picnic baskets) I personally find this a hard story to swallow, nonetheless it still makes for an interesting campfire tale.
Seeing is believing, and your eyes can trick you. I'll believe when they are real when science has one to study, until then I remain a nonbeliever.
Although, I still illegally download music and have no intention of stopping. RIAA be damned! The author brings an interesting point.
I feel that since you have the iPod, you want to buy the media yet there is no medium in place for you to legally do this. I suggest as you have stated, buy the CD rip it to your PC, should the CD prove unrippable download the songs. I submit to you that having purchased the CD, under current DMCA laws you have a legal right to a backup of youor media. If the CD is non-rippable, then I would feel no guilt having downloaded what I've already paid for.
SIDENOTE: I do download illegaly, but if I like what I've heard I will purchase the CD down the road to support that artist. If I don't like it, I simply delete it. I like to think of it as a try before you buy type deal.
Doesn't look as good as Peter Weller did in the movie.
This topic shall be modded... And I shall call it TROLL
You know the author said in New South Wales it was illegal to carry a knife unless you need it for your job. God knows how many stores are held up annually by someone with a pocket knife. I mean really what would someone do? "Give me all your money, or I'll pick your teeth." Lighten up Parliment, I doubt that people with pocket knives will overthrow the throne.
This smells very much like M$ is getting into the Vapor Ware trade. Perhaps if MS spent less on laywers, changed their Borg business model, and hired more coders paid the ones they do have more. Then software would be released on time, and with fewer bugs. What really gets me is the number of people who flock to new Windows products when they are released. I know of a half dozen people who ran out and bought XP days after it hit shelves. Just for the sake of "it's the best OS yet". All that money to be a beta-tester. What a waste.
All your Anti-trust is/are belong to Micro$oft
I guess DanglingChad-v1.5 is now in the works.
Oh you'll be safe with that then. Completely disregard all the wonderful bugs in IE. All it would take is for some malicious user to create a web page that used an ActiveX exploit that redirected the viewer to a page where IE has sent them and said shure this is safe to download. What you have is a program gone rouge and ZoneAlarm is none the wiser, business as usual. So this program then executes itself, as Windows so often does without your consent. A buffer is overwritten for ZoneAlarm which they are out there. FOr awhile I've known of the mutex vulnerability in ZoneAlarm (all versions) and just recently the one overflow was made public. Arbitrary code is executed, ZoneAlarm is now configured to allow a trojan access, and whomever made the whole thing has access to ma and pa's PC.
Give them Linux they'll thank you for it.
Points to consider
1) They couldnt install things! No hinky behaviour.
2) They only use it to check email and IM people
3) They couldn't install things
And to think, I went and bought a new 40gig harddrive for $40. I coulda had a case or two of V8s.
In a day and age where even the most hardened IT junky can fall prey to malware, I don't think it is possible to keep an inexperienced user safe. In 6 years on the net running no antivirus software, I have been infected with 3 trojans, and two virii. I do run antivirus software now though. My suggestion to keep the average baby boomer safe on the net, install a flavor of *nix for them. I'm not sure about your folks, but my father just uses the net for pr0n, IM's, and the odd email. Most standard out of the box Linux distros can handle that, with little or no frustration. It also safeguards them from 90% of malware out there.
"He sometimes carries a gun."
Which means that Darl McBride is the newest member of the gangsta rap genre.
Don't be an ass and people won't want to kill you. You might recieve death threats from "shady business doings", ever think of that?