has got the message by now: if you are involved in distributing or downloading pirated music, video or other data you run a serious risk of legal action against you.
Symantec Guide to Home Internet Security. you can get it from Amazon.
I think everyone should read at least something on this topic and this little guide is a good place to start.
One thing we are not thinking about: in additionto what we are losing in cash to these [] thugs how much are we losing in time and money and computer time on various preventions?
Hacking is a problem that we need to put an end to. most hacking works by getting un-authorized programs onto our computers which is why I say we need to DELETE the CAPABILITY of putting out executables on the flay as is done now.
I'm running STOPzilla and it just put a adware module named Vundo.F off my machine -- right after I loaded the latest updates fro STOPzilla.
at an absolute minimum turn on the firewall that comes with XP (It's on by default )
what the firewall does is prevents random remote computers from opening connection into your system. The XP fire wall is inbound only but a better ZoneAlarm will stop un-authorize outbound connections as well. This is important as it is a good way of knowing if you have a "BOT" running in your system that might be reporting in to some remote computer you don't know about but which might want to send your computer order to start sending out spam or some other ILLEGAL activity
anyone wanting to chat -- contact me over/. I'm on every day
To enjoy the benefits of Public Key Encryption I must have a trusted means by which I obtain the Public Key of the sender
When I open an account at the bank, that would be the ideal time for me to get the key that I need for correspondence. And the ideal device to get that key would be the flash memory stick
But the procedures required for this kind of processing are a but much for the Average Joe. Or are they?
Public key encryption should have been included in all computers long since by now, and if it were,-- everyone would know they need to pick up a COMSEC key for anyplace they want to do online business with. They keys could easily be loaded into a local computer's PGP system automatically using the autorun file on a flash-stick. People would soon learn to do this. Joe could do it.
It ain't too late to do the job right but another hare-brain scheme that flops ain't gonna help further the cause of eCommerce
And this hare-brain scheme will flop because guess what: ya gotta get the RATS outta your computer before any kind of secuirty software such as HTTPS or PGP becomes meaningful.
and this means putting an end to un-authorized software. playing tiddly-winks with this hacking problem ain't gonna get the job done folks, it's just that simple.
a PC is not primarily a music recording device. thus it does not qualify for protection under HMRA. thus if I copy music to a PC I have committed a copyright violation.
now if I copied to a local directory probably no one will care
but if i copy to my web site or to a p2p share directory then my evil deed is presented in public ( bad move on my part )
now if RIAA has trouble locating copyright violation copies on p2p machines they could just hire some college kids to help them learn how
and when the find the offending material, just ask the owner to remove it from the public/share area. if the owner does not cooperate then take whatever action is warranted
this ain't rocket science kids and we don't need to stay up nights fussing over it
Where do you cross the line and become involved in an illegal activity?
-- if you post copyright material that you do not own to a public share such as a web site or p2p share folder you are definitely across the line: you have illegally copied someone else' material and then published it.
-- too, if you involve yourself in someone else' illegal activities you are across the line. Pirate Bay et. al. deliberately assist in copyright violations and even sought advertising revenue for those efforts.
not good, kids, you need to straighten up or you will end up in front of a judge
what copyright law protects is the right of the copyright owner to control the manufacture and distribution of copies of the copyrighted material.
Case: if I write an essay and post it to the Web I have published it by that means and anyone who wants to read it is welcome to do so.
In fact anyone who likes the essay and wants to provide a hyper-link to my essay is welcome to do that,-- same as providing an ISBN reference number to a book.
what you are NOT welcome to do is to down-load my essay and republish it on your own web site: that is a copyright violation -- the reason being that when you put my essay on your site I can no longer control the manufacture and distribution of copies of that essay. In other words I can't delete the essay from my web site thus making it un-available to the audience.
Case: when you load copyright music onto a P2P share directory you have trespassed the copyright owner's copyright: you have taken from the copyright owner his ability to regulate the production and distribution of copies of his copyright material. and that is a violation of copyright law.
Case: where Pirate Bay et.al. is off base is that they are deliberately indexing material they know to be copyright protected and illegally distributed and in doing this they are facilitating an illegal activity*. Google et.al. does no such thing: they index material that copyright owners have intentionally published to the web.
if you can't or won't understand the difference you best get a lawyer cuz ya gonna need one.
*Case: if you allowed car thieves to use your property to chop up and sell parts from stolen cars you are involved in the crime -- even though you didn't steal a care or sell stolen parts.
get your hats on straight kids, and pull up your pants before you get into real trouble.
the complaint against p2p operators generally and Pirate Bay in particular is that the main use of these systems is to defeat copyright protections,-- an illegal activity.
anyone should know better than to participate in an illegal activity in any way. it doesn't matter if you are directly benefiting or not, if you are involved in one way or another you are likely to be prosecuted.
I have yet to see a complaint anyplace about anyone publishing their own Op Ed ( except in totalitarian states ) so let's quit trying to confuse criminal activities with freedom of speech.
One of the problems I have with the whole MS Office file design is that it includes both data and executables in the same file
Precisely
Any document that contains anything that is executable must be handled as an executable.
And for ms this makes just about everything executable, and as a result we have got "meta-files" and flash players infecting us from major sites via advertising material. and the attackers are using fast-flux and poly-morphic codes that can elude detection by anti-virus software or in some cases can even disable the anti-virus software. and billions of dollars lost to computer crime.
Good work there ms. I think you are going to see government product liability law as a result of your debauchery and you ain't gonna like that one bit. but guess what: you're deserving.
( ROF, LMFAO ). The show is on the other foot. IBM used to be legendary for its proprietary solutions. and the PC took off like wild fire, in part because of open standards.
well, what goes around, comes around.
one of the things to look at though is that not only do documents need to be portable from one environment to another across current platforms but also across time: we need to be able to read documents made 5 years ago, and 10 years ago, 20, 50,...and more.
maybe hacking is a good thing. with all the hacking going on I'll just tell the judge "yer honor I was going 55 some hacker sent you this complaint that says I was going 80 but it just is not true. everyone knows software is completely un-reliable"
yep, I've always thought sub-nets were the way to go
i think if you ran some simple traffic analysis it would be easy to determine how to position the sub-nets so the majority of the traffic is within the sub-net. not too big; not too small
I always thought the reason MS sent out only scrap grade basics with their OS is so as not to compete with their own trash and most particularly Word. If WordPad was perked up just a bit no one would bother with Word. we could dispense with.doc and use.rtf instead. it's always been my impression that's why ms disposed of Write ( Win 3.11 ) and replaced it with the clunky wordpad.
Programming is engineering and not different from any other type of electronic engineering. and it's time we recognized this and brought this arrogant, rogue broughahah called 'programming' under control.
nope. the story was clear: the no update setting was violated.
not that it mattered: most bad updates don't bother to use the proper update channel to begin with so setting the switch is of no effect except against legitimate updates.
now as far as "posting at 0" goes: all that means is that my views are not politically correct on "Slash-Dot"
there is a reason for that: the direction of the industry must change. I'm reading _Geekonomics_ now but you don't need to read that to "get it"
just imagine yourself as CIO going into the CEO office and using the expression "computer security". you probably be fired for being a fool.
it appears the primary use of P2P is file sharing and that most of that is stealing copyright material
what response do you expect?
P2P will probably be made illegal and the net modified so that it doesn't work. and people using p2p to circumvent copyright law are going to find themselves with a big fine to pay.
Doesn't IBM have their own "Red Hat" version of Linux? they can morph that into whatever but Ubantu and Fedora can continue without taking the blue poison
a Groupwise package is a high-use package on the desktop. where I work Groupwise has superseded the phone for most communication
the User Interface has to make the key tools available quick and easy. Groupwise ( Novell ) ain't bad but I think they need work on the accessibility of their message filter: if I'm reading a message I should be able to click FILTER and immediately get a list of all the traffic on that topic ( has any of the same from/to addresses ). or i should be able to open the address book, type in the first few letters of an address, pick and highlight the address and click filter -- and get all the traffic to/from that person
"Notes" never seemed to catch on much, did it? except with the blue-underware crowd but there is no accounting for taste here and there
the Solaris system is attractive,-- has a nice office package, includes FireFox and Thunderbird. dunno how all this stacks up under heavy office use; should be great for getting started though. ( I want mine on a hot-rod SPARC though, tee hee )
I have my copy of -Geekonomics_ (David Rice) and have started reading. As I've mentioned here and there the first system to slam the door in the hackers face with effective security will be the winner
a security system like RACF is needed: one that examines not only who is trying to update what, but how are they doing it? what tools do they want to use? it should not be allowed to update software "on the fly". we need to require a download, and use the setup program and do the authenticity checking thing while we're at it
Geekonomics points out that software has become a critical part of the "cement" of our infra structure. and we can't afford to have it cracking and crashing.
Slashdot Mirror
tee hee
if ya ever examine the HTML produced by MS/Word you can throw out about 95% of the trash that thing generates
this is a good discussion. compatibility is important to us, not only from one system to another but also across time.
.rtf
.rtf and would like to see it become an ISO/ANSI standard
.xls and .doc files that will need to be converted to OOXML or risk becoming un-usable
it has often seemed to me that proprietary solutions should be avoided for this reason.
i recently converted my Win 3.11 computer to XP. quite a move, but look how much i saved not doing all the interim updates!
i did have some documents in the old WordPerfect 5.1 format but I managed to acquire a program that will read these and write them as
I like
but think how many libraries are loaded with
hmmm
what is p2p used for? illegal music pirates, mostly. shut it down
has got the message by now: if you are involved in distributing or downloading pirated music, video or other data you run a serious risk of legal action against you.
Symantec Guide to Home Internet Security. you can get it from Amazon.
/. I'm on every day
I think everyone should read at least something on this topic and this little guide is a good place to start.
One thing we are not thinking about: in additionto what we are losing in cash to these [] thugs how much are we losing in time and money and computer time on various preventions?
Hacking is a problem that we need to put an end to. most hacking works by getting un-authorized programs onto our computers which is why I say we need to DELETE the CAPABILITY of putting out executables on the flay as is done now.
I'm running STOPzilla and it just put a adware module named Vundo.F off my machine -- right after I loaded the latest updates fro STOPzilla.
at an absolute minimum turn on the firewall that comes with XP (It's on by default )
what the firewall does is prevents random remote computers from opening connection into your system. The XP fire wall is inbound only but a better ZoneAlarm will stop un-authorize outbound connections as well. This is important as it is a good way of knowing if you have a "BOT" running in your system that might be reporting in to some remote computer you don't know about but which might want to send your computer order to start sending out spam or some other ILLEGAL activity
anyone wanting to chat -- contact me over
all this hacking of software supposedly developed by professionals is unacceptable. it wasn't like that when we had MVS and RACF.
the fundamental error in thinking is that documents are executable and that we do system updates on the fly
that entire concept needs to go in the junk bin
if you want me to update my system send me a zip
and make sure the enclosed programming is signed
NO SIGNATURE? NO EXECUTE.
To enjoy the benefits of Public Key Encryption I must have a trusted means by which I obtain the Public Key of the sender
When I open an account at the bank, that would be the ideal time for me to get the key that I need for correspondence. And the ideal device to get that key would be the flash memory stick
But the procedures required for this kind of processing are a but much for the Average Joe. Or are they?
Public key encryption should have been included in all computers long since by now, and if it were,-- everyone would know they need to pick up a COMSEC key for anyplace they want to do online business with. They keys could easily be loaded into a local computer's PGP system automatically using the autorun file on a flash-stick. People would soon learn to do this. Joe could do it.
It ain't too late to do the job right but another hare-brain scheme that flops ain't gonna help further the cause of eCommerce
And this hare-brain scheme will flop because guess what: ya gotta get the RATS outta your computer before any kind of secuirty software such as HTTPS or PGP becomes meaningful.
and this means putting an end to un-authorized software. playing tiddly-winks with this hacking problem ain't gonna get the job done folks, it's just that simple.
NO SIGNATURE? NO EXECUTE.
Notes
a PC is not primarily a music recording device. thus it does not qualify for protection under HMRA. thus if I copy music to a PC I have committed a copyright violation.
now if I copied to a local directory probably no one will care
but if i copy to my web site or to a p2p share directory then my evil deed is presented in public ( bad move on my part )
now if RIAA has trouble locating copyright violation copies on p2p machines they could just hire some college kids to help them learn how
and when the find the offending material, just ask the owner to remove it from the public/share area. if the owner does not cooperate then take whatever action is warranted
this ain't rocket science kids and we don't need to stay up nights fussing over it
Where do you cross the line and become involved in an illegal activity?
-- if you post copyright material that you do not own to a public share such as a web site or p2p share folder you are definitely across the line: you have illegally copied someone else' material and then published it.
-- too, if you involve yourself in someone else' illegal activities you are across the line. Pirate Bay et. al. deliberately assist in copyright violations and even sought advertising revenue for those efforts.
not good, kids, you need to straighten up or you will end up in front of a judge
what copyright law protects is the right of the copyright owner to control the manufacture and distribution of copies of the copyrighted material.
Case: if I write an essay and post it to the Web I have published it by that means and anyone who wants to read it is welcome to do so.
In fact anyone who likes the essay and wants to provide a hyper-link to my essay is welcome to do that,-- same as providing an ISBN reference number to a book.
what you are NOT welcome to do is to down-load my essay and republish it on your own web site: that is a copyright violation -- the reason being that when you put my essay on your site I can no longer control the manufacture and distribution of copies of that essay. In other words I can't delete the essay from my web site thus making it un-available to the audience.
Case: when you load copyright music onto a P2P share directory you have trespassed the copyright owner's copyright: you have taken from the copyright owner his ability to regulate the production and distribution of copies of his copyright material. and that is a violation of copyright law.
Case: where Pirate Bay et.al. is off base is that they are deliberately indexing material they know to be copyright protected and illegally distributed and in doing this they are facilitating an illegal activity*. Google et.al. does no such thing: they index material that copyright owners have intentionally published to the web.
if you can't or won't understand the difference you best get a lawyer cuz ya gonna need one.
*Case: if you allowed car thieves to use your property to chop up and sell parts from stolen cars you are involved in the crime -- even though you didn't steal a care or sell stolen parts.
get your hats on straight kids, and pull up your pants before you get into real trouble.
the complaint against p2p operators generally and Pirate Bay in particular is that the main use of these systems is to defeat copyright protections,-- an illegal activity.
anyone should know better than to participate in an illegal activity in any way. it doesn't matter if you are directly benefiting or not, if you are involved in one way or another you are likely to be prosecuted.
I have yet to see a complaint anyplace about anyone publishing their own Op Ed ( except in totalitarian states ) so let's quit trying to confuse criminal activities with freedom of speech.
Precisely
Any document that contains anything that is executable must be handled as an executable.
And for ms this makes just about everything executable, and as a result we have got "meta-files" and flash players infecting us from major sites via advertising material. and the attackers are using fast-flux and poly-morphic codes that can elude detection by anti-virus software or in some cases can even disable the anti-virus software. and billions of dollars lost to computer crime.
Good work there ms. I think you are going to see government product liability law as a result of your debauchery and you ain't gonna like that one bit. but guess what: you're deserving.
( ROF, LMFAO ). The show is on the other foot. IBM used to be legendary for its proprietary solutions. and the PC took off like wild fire, in part because of open standards.
...and more.
well, what goes around, comes around.
one of the things to look at though is that not only do documents need to be portable from one environment to another across current platforms but also across time: we need to be able to read documents made 5 years ago, and 10 years ago, 20, 50,
maybe hacking is a good thing. with all the hacking going on I'll just tell the judge "yer honor I was going 55 some hacker sent you this complaint that says I was going 80 but it just is not true. everyone knows software is completely un-reliable"
tee hee
yep, I've always thought sub-nets were the way to go
i think if you ran some simple traffic analysis it would be easy to determine how to position the sub-nets so the majority of the traffic is within the sub-net. not too big; not too small
yep, CSMACD is a whimp -- collapses easily under a light load main reason Token Rink collapsed is cuz Big Blue wanted it all for himself
I always thought the reason MS sent out only scrap grade basics with their OS is so as not to compete with their own trash and most particularly Word. If WordPad was perked up just a bit no one would bother with Word. we could dispense with .doc and use .rtf instead. it's always been my impression that's why ms disposed of Write ( Win 3.11 ) and replaced it with the clunky wordpad.
did he cover BLINKING CLOCKS?
NOTHING is worse than a BLINKING clock where an NIST unit should have been fitted.
anyone fitting an electronic device with a BLINKING clock should be re-assigned to cleaning out the hog pen.
p2p should be abolished. its main purpose is copyright violations. we need to be rid of it
Programming is engineering and not different from any other type of electronic engineering. and it's time we recognized this and brought this arrogant, rogue broughahah called 'programming' under control.
nope. the story was clear: the no update setting was violated.
not that it mattered: most bad updates don't bother to use the proper update channel to begin with so setting the switch is of no effect except against legitimate updates.
now as far as "posting at 0" goes: all that means is that my views are not politically correct on "Slash-Dot"
there is a reason for that: the direction of the industry must change. I'm reading _Geekonomics_ now but you don't need to read that to "get it"
just imagine yourself as CIO going into the CEO office and using the expression "computer security". you probably be fired for being a fool.
it appears the primary use of P2P is file sharing and that most of that is stealing copyright material
what response do you expect?
P2P will probably be made illegal and the net modified so that it doesn't work. and people using p2p to circumvent copyright law are going to find themselves with a big fine to pay.
Stealing is not productive. To argue that it is is an equivocation.
Doesn't IBM have their own "Red Hat" version of Linux? they can morph that into whatever but Ubantu and Fedora can continue without taking the blue poison
a Groupwise package is a high-use package on the desktop. where I work Groupwise has superseded the phone for most communication
the User Interface has to make the key tools available quick and easy. Groupwise ( Novell ) ain't bad but I think they need work on the accessibility of their message filter: if I'm reading a message I should be able to click FILTER and immediately get a list of all the traffic on that topic ( has any of the same from/to addresses ). or i should be able to open the address book, type in the first few letters of an address, pick and highlight the address and click filter -- and get all the traffic to/from that person
"Notes" never seemed to catch on much, did it? except with the blue-underware crowd but there is no accounting for taste here and there
the Solaris system is attractive,-- has a nice office package, includes FireFox and Thunderbird. dunno how all this stacks up under heavy office use; should be great for getting started though. ( I want mine on a hot-rod SPARC though, tee hee )
I have my copy of -Geekonomics_ (David Rice) and have started reading. As I've mentioned here and there the first system to slam the door in the hackers face with effective security will be the winner
a security system like RACF is needed: one that examines not only who is trying to update what, but how are they doing it? what tools do they want to use? it should not be allowed to update software "on the fly". we need to require a download, and use the setup program and do the authenticity checking thing while we're at it
Geekonomics points out that software has become a critical part of the "cement" of our infra structure. and we can't afford to have it cracking and crashing.