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Naivete is one thing. Willful ignorance is another.
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This is why we need a non profit FOSS console that doesn't do this crap.
Maybe this is not as funny as you think.
One of these would make an excellent starting point for a Linux or Android powered console. You could build it yourself.
A Korean hardware manufacturer called Hardkernel is launching a high-end alternative. The company’s new ODROID-X board comes with a Samsung Exynos 4 processor, a quad-core CPU clocked at 1.4GHz. The board also has a quad-core Mali 400 GPU, 1GB of RAM, six USB host ports, an ethernet adapter, headphone and microphone jacks, and an SDHC card slot for storage.
With four times as much RAM as the Raspberry Pi and a much more powerful processor, the Hardkernel board seems like a nice option for more computationally-intensive usage scenarios. The system is still highly compact, measuring at about 3.5 x 3.7 inches.
Still, the assumption seems to be true metaphorically, if not physically, so it's safer to assume Microsoft and its software have both been compromised. Given the track record of Stuxnet, Duqu and Flame for compromising everything they're aimed at, that assumption isn't even much of a stretch.
Personally, I use Linux because it's lower maintenance and less overhead, and gets out of my way when I'm working, but if I was a business lead, I'd certainly be avoiding Windows for anything requiring data security. The wonder is that we're not seeing users suing over compromised data/systems.
This table is sold probably at the price it costs to make or even less,
The teardown suggests Google is making about $15 over hardware cost on each of the 8GB models, and a bit more on the 16GB version. That's not much margin to pay for development etc, but does mean they're at least breaking even.
it was only a matter of time before Linux got put in the crosshairs and now that day appears to be here
Perhaps.
But being in the crosshairs isn't the same as being hit. I haven't seen any evidence this "exploit" actually works on Linux.
For a start, there's only this one article with almost no real information, repeated all over the web. There are no Linux screenshots, and all I can glean from the text is that the malware is actually an open-source pen-testing tool called the Social-Engineer Toolkit (SET), which has always included the Linux compatibility code. In fact, it's no different from any other self-signed Java applet which a user can choose to run by accepting the prompt. SET is being used to download OS-specific payloads, but there's no information about the Linux one except that it's 1Mb in size. It could be a pic of the Colombian transport guy's nanna for all we know.
It's always disappointing to reports like this hyped up on Slashdot. I keep hoping people here would be a little more informed than average, because this isn't an advanced exploit, or really even an exploit. It's a Java applet.and the "advanced exploit" part is nothing but some if-else code to download an OS-specific file.There's nothing interesting or exciting about that - Java had that capability since it was first built..
There's no doubt it's possible to write malware for Linux, but the jury's not in on this one being it.
pmount ("policy mount") is a wrapper around the standard mount program which permits normal users to mount removable devices without a matching/etc/fstab entry.
pmount-hal extends pmount by making it work together with hal (Hardware Abstration Layer). pmount-hal will ask hal about values for certain mount flags (like noatime and async) and the prefered mount point name and pass it to pmount, thus respecting the configured device storage policy.
By the way, what are you running--a server distro?
Most server distros don't automount (no desktop). You can get them to automount USB drives to a specified location (ie, for a media server) but need to install and enable the automount package and configure it, much like colinrichardday's suggestion.
Project Orion was a study of a spacecraft intended to be directly propelled by a series of explosions of atomic bombs behind the craft.
The Orion concept offered high thrust and high specific impulse, or propellant efficiency, at the same time. The unprecedented extreme power requirements for doing so would be met by nuclear explosions, of such power relative to the vehicle's mass as to be survived only by using external detonations without attempting to contain them in internal structure.
The Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion (ANP) program and the preceding Nuclear Energy for the Propulsion of Aircraft (NEPA) project worked to develop a nuclear propulsion system for aircraft.
God started out as a C coder, got bored and tried to rebuild the project in a self-built language similar to Brainfuck http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfuck, now called DNA. The signs are everywhere - in fact GCC is still being used in places, notably to produce Alanine.
Of course, it's an old project, abandoned long ago. There's cruft, commented out code and dependencies everywhere, The APIs are wildly inconsistent, the whole thing is a virus and worm magnet. Even fork bombs are rarely trapped.
The documentation is archaic and unreadable, rewritten from the original by ancient geeks.Modern coders can only guess at what it means, and according to Nietzsche, the guy who wrote it left the company long ago.
About the only thing going for it is a very effective, if slightly weird, bootstrapping process.
Security issues with Windows are not new. IT teams have been managing XP's foibles for a decade now. It's not like Vista/7 suddenly lifted the bar enough that they can reduce their efforts either.
The new OS doesn't do anything to improve productivity otherwise, so may as well not change.
Lawful Intercept, aka your friendly neighborhood backdoor. As used by law enforcement officials and black hats alike.
The term "lawful intercept" describes the process by which law enforcement agencies conduct electronic surveillance of circuit and packet-mode communications as authorized by judicial or administrative order.
So... this looks more like that MS engineer trying to make a name for himself
Maybe.
But I wouldn't put it past Microsoft to experiment with the Backfire Effect in their marketing. It's been in the news a bit lately, so it'd be topical for them.
Slashdot Mirror
Newspaper and websites want eyeballs so they can sell advertising and make money.
Naivete is one thing. Willful ignorance is another.
Climate sceptic mining billionaire's bid for control of Fairfax Media threatens its journalists' editorial independence
Gina Rinehart, head of Hancock Prospecting, has upped her stake in Fairfax Media and is fighting for seats on the board in what is seen as a growing battle for editorial control of the newspapers.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2012/jun/27/gina-rinehart-fairfax-climate-change
Plese elaborate - why? Who's spamming whom again?
Everybody and everybody, especially here.
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This is why we need a non profit FOSS console that doesn't do this crap.
Maybe this is not as funny as you think.
One of these would make an excellent starting point for a Linux or Android powered console. You could build it yourself.
A Korean hardware manufacturer called Hardkernel is launching a high-end alternative. The company’s new ODROID-X board comes with a Samsung Exynos 4 processor, a quad-core CPU clocked at 1.4GHz. The board also has a quad-core Mali 400 GPU, 1GB of RAM, six USB host ports, an ethernet adapter, headphone and microphone jacks, and an SDHC card slot for storage.
With four times as much RAM as the Raspberry Pi and a much more powerful processor, the Hardkernel board seems like a nice option for more computationally-intensive usage scenarios. The system is still highly compact, measuring at about 3.5 x 3.7 inches.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/07/korean-company-offers-3-5-inch-quad-core-arm-linux-computer-for-129/
Just wait until commercial trucking companies figure out that they don't need to employ drivers anymore.
Where do you think this all started? I was working on some of these projects more than a decade ago.
http://www.komatsu.com/ce/currenttopics/v09212/index.html
http://www.mining-technology.com/features/feature125450/
Given that making a new brain means compiling it yourself, and that the compilation takes months, Daniel Robbins is more likely to be the culprit.
True, but as ITWorld's Kevin Fogarty says;
Still, the assumption seems to be true metaphorically, if not physically, so it's safer to assume Microsoft and its software have both been compromised. Given the track record of Stuxnet, Duqu and Flame for compromising everything they're aimed at, that assumption isn't even much of a stretch.
http://www.itworld.com/security/281553/researcher-warns-stuxnet-flame-show-microsoft-may-have-been-infiltrated-nsa-cia
Personally, I use Linux because it's lower maintenance and less overhead, and gets out of my way when I'm working, but if I was a business lead, I'd certainly be avoiding Windows for anything requiring data security. The wonder is that we're not seeing users suing over compromised data/systems.
Mate, if you want my job, you can have it. It'd be great to see a Kiwi actually working.
I could make money selling tickets to that!
This table is sold probably at the price it costs to make or even less,
The teardown suggests Google is making about $15 over hardware cost on each of the 8GB models, and a bit more on the 16GB version. That's not much margin to pay for development etc, but does mean they're at least breaking even.
http://www.ubmtechinsights.com/google-nexus-7-teardown/
the Kiwis need to man up
No doubt. In fact, they're probably feeling a bit sheepish right now.
But most of them are Korean, so it can be hard to tell.
You could always ask the Excellent Horse-Like Lady if he's male.
And getting it to respawn is a real bitch!
PEBKAC, noob.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/
it was only a matter of time before Linux got put in the crosshairs and now that day appears to be here
Perhaps.
But being in the crosshairs isn't the same as being hit. I haven't seen any evidence this "exploit" actually works on Linux.
For a start, there's only this one article with almost no real information, repeated all over the web. There are no Linux screenshots, and all I can glean from the text is that the malware is actually an open-source pen-testing tool called the Social-Engineer Toolkit (SET), which has always included the Linux compatibility code. In fact, it's no different from any other self-signed Java applet which a user can choose to run by accepting the prompt. SET is being used to download OS-specific payloads, but there's no information about the Linux one except that it's 1Mb in size. It could be a pic of the Colombian transport guy's nanna for all we know.
It's always disappointing to reports like this hyped up on Slashdot. I keep hoping people here would be a little more informed than average, because this isn't an advanced exploit, or really even an exploit. It's a Java applet.and the "advanced exploit" part is nothing but some if-else code to download an OS-specific file.There's nothing interesting or exciting about that - Java had that capability since it was first built..
There's no doubt it's possible to write malware for Linux, but the jury's not in on this one being it.
Most modern distributions use HAL, not pmount
They use both.
pmount ("policy mount") is a wrapper around the standard mount program which permits normal users to mount removable devices without a matching /etc/fstab entry.
pmount-hal extends pmount by making it work together with hal (Hardware Abstration Layer). pmount-hal will ask hal about values for certain mount flags (like noatime and async) and the prefered mount point name and pass it to pmount, thus respecting the configured device storage policy.
How many people are going to do that?
Everybody *
Desktop distributions use pmount for USB hotplugging. From the man page:
OPTIONS
...
-e, --exec
Mount the device with the exec option. Default is noexec.
http://www.linuxcertif.com/man/1/pmount/
By the way, what are you running--a server distro?
Most server distros don't automount (no desktop). You can get them to automount USB drives to a specified location (ie, for a media server) but need to install and enable the automount package and configure it, much like colinrichardday's suggestion.
* Rounded up for clarity.
There's a CM9/Jelly Bean ROM out already. It's not suitable for real use, but I don't think it'll take long.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737449
Just use one of the many available widgets.
Actually, I was thinking at a cellular level, where a fork bomb is analogous to cancer, but that'd work too...
Project Orion was a study of a spacecraft intended to be directly propelled by a series of explosions of atomic bombs behind the craft.
The Orion concept offered high thrust and high specific impulse, or propellant efficiency, at the same time. The unprecedented extreme power requirements for doing so would be met by nuclear explosions, of such power relative to the vehicle's mass as to be survived only by using external detonations without attempting to contain them in internal structure.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_(nuclear_propulsion)
The Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion (ANP) program and the preceding Nuclear Energy for the Propulsion of Aircraft (NEPA) project worked to develop a nuclear propulsion system for aircraft.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_Nuclear_Propulsion
It's about mentioning this "god" fantasy thing
It's no fantasy.
God started out as a C coder, got bored and tried to rebuild the project in a self-built language similar to Brainfuck http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfuck, now called DNA. The signs are everywhere - in fact GCC is still being used in places, notably to produce Alanine.
Of course, it's an old project, abandoned long ago. There's cruft, commented out code and dependencies everywhere, The APIs are wildly inconsistent, the whole thing is a virus and worm magnet. Even fork bombs are rarely trapped.
The documentation is archaic and unreadable, rewritten from the original by ancient geeks.Modern coders can only guess at what it means, and according to Nietzsche, the guy who wrote it left the company long ago.
About the only thing going for it is a very effective, if slightly weird, bootstrapping process.
So why use it?
Why not use it?
Security issues with Windows are not new. IT teams have been managing XP's foibles for a decade now. It's not like Vista/7 suddenly lifted the bar enough that they can reduce their efforts either.
The new OS doesn't do anything to improve productivity otherwise, so may as well not change.
Lawful Intercept, aka your friendly neighborhood backdoor. As used by law enforcement officials and black hats alike.
The term "lawful intercept" describes the process by which law enforcement agencies conduct electronic surveillance of circuit and packet-mode communications as authorized by judicial or administrative order.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk583/tk799/tsd_technology_support_protocol_home.html
It's not necessarily wasteful if it grows the budget by more than it costs.
For healthcare, yes it is.
Think about it.
the full article still isn't available, and this is just a short teaser.
Just like Microsoft product announcements.
So ... this looks more like that MS engineer trying to make a name for himself
Maybe.
But I wouldn't put it past Microsoft to experiment with the Backfire Effect in their marketing. It's been in the news a bit lately, so it'd be topical for them.
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4111544.html
Fascinating conclusion he's come to. It looks like MS engineers don't understand Joe jobs.