It's stupid and misleading to combine all Windows OS'es in one pile and the rest in the other. See the http://secunia.com/product/ for clearly categorized advisories.
The amounts "Unpatched" of "Total advisories"
25 109 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
29 124 Microsoft Windows XP Professional
14 63 Linux Kernel 2.6.x
0 2 Ubuntu Linux 5.10
1 182 Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
0 84 Fedora Core 4
0 230 Mandrakelinux 10.1
0 63 Apple Macintosh OS X Notice that some OS-versions are older than others. (The total count should be divided with the time.)
Of course the criticality should be counted too. I checked Linux Kernel 2.6 unpatched vulnerabilities and none of them can be used remotely, 7 (of 14) was DoS and 7 where the local user could potentially escalate privileges or get sensitive information. Of the Win XP Home Ed I unpatched vulnerabilities 11 out (of 25 total unpatched) could be remotely exploited.
Linux-distribution advisories include advisories of all software not just the OS-specific (as is the case with all Windows-os advisories).
Based on the above I come to the conclusion that Brian Krebs is either spreading FUD intentionally or plain stupidity.
Well, the SSN is not actually confidential information. Most of the shop workers, hospital workers, school workers etc can access tens or even hundreds social Security Numbers.
Government shouldn't be forcing business to give away its IP.
Who says so ? It's a widely accepted that e.g. patented ideas must be published.
Now if EU had said: "We will not buy any product that has closed file formats & protocols... and we encourage our citizens to do the same!"... well, then I would have been completely in agreement.
It is recognized that MS is in a monopoly position in operating systems. Even US law prohibits monopolies abusing their situation in promoting other products. That is what it's all about!
Diy projector has some advantages: 1. Lamp life time (..30 khours..) 2. Lamp price ($30..$100) 3. Better resolution (1024*768) 4. More quiet sound. Can be made almost totally silent. Fans are dia 120 instead dia 40.. 5. Cheap. LCD costs $150. OHP:s ( --> lamp, electrics, fan) can be found very cheap, maybe $10. I got mine free since the fan made noise. The lense $50 (OHP lense could be used only for a short-throw beamer = beamer between the viewer and screen). 6. Can be easily used as computer screen (games...)
But also some disadvantages: 1. Bulky size 2. Work 3. Risk of doubling the price (brake the lcd..) 4. Connecting the DVD-player needs DVI connection ?
I've got the DVD and it it The First movie that I did watch the making-of's ! You should see the "computer farm" used for rendering. Four old PC's in the kitchen corner...
From the report: "This study and our analysis were funded under a research contract from Microsoft. As part of the agreement, we have complete editorial control over all research and analysis presented in this report. We stand behind our methodology and execution of that methodology to determine objective results that will be useful to customers, industry experts and analysts." (Emphasis mine)... and the customer is Microsoft.
From the article : "Red Hat issues patch updates for its premium offering, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and keeps customers' IT infrastructure secure.
'But if a customer modifies the source code, [Red Hat] can't help you [without charging you extra]'"
1. I take a Red Hat distro and change it to something different. 2. Red Hat does not give support for my special distro. 3. I start whineing that "Hey it's not open!"
1. I take a Red Hat distro and change it to something different. 2. Red Hat does not give support for my special distro. 3. I start whineing that "Hey it's not open!"
Do Europeans think it is a good idea to fork the root servers? Most of the root servers are outside US. What other coutries want is just a system where one stupid president cannot shut off the whole (or part of) internet in his fight agains "terrorism".
Do Europeans think that Iraq deserves Saddam Hussein? Maybe we should let the Iraq-people decide ? You cannot believe that US attacked Iraq because of Iraqians' human rights ? It was NOT because of terrorism or WMD, it was NOT because of human rights, it was because of controlling oil reserves.
Do Europeans think that a strong PRC without human rights reforms is a good thing? You say that the US was/is preventing it somehow ?
For a great many Europeans the answer to all of these questions is a firm NON. You and Your fellow Americans always think You know everything. Youre wrong.
We have acted arrogantly, as if we own the world. Its an arrogance that comes in part from a history of looking back on the consequences of our past arrogance and being satisfied with the results. Your history is actually very short.
Not least of these results is the Strong, Free and Democratic Europe which hates our guts and which would not exist (twice over) were it not for the American desire to remake the world to conform to American values. Now don't forget that the american civilization would not exist without european immigrants.
If Europe keeps on fighting America, Europe will eventually start winning some battles. I heard there were some other parties around this table too...
You may destroy American efforts at peace between Israel and the Palestinians. You must be joking. It is the US which has kept the war between Israeli and palestinians going. Without US support Israeli would have agreed to a Palestinian nation long ago, and that would have soothed the area.
You may prevent the United States from attacking the next Saddam Hussein (can you say Kim Jong Il?). You think that US is entitled to attack Korea ?
You may create a dominant PRC that doesn't have any reason to care about human rights. Again, do You really think the US is somehow helping the chinese human rights ? How ?
If European leaders think that setting up their own root servers or sabotaging a diplomatic accord here or there will cure the Americans of their Arrogance and end American Unilateralism, they fundamentally misunderstand America and the American Spirit. We have seen that it is "the American Spirit" which allows a coutry to start a war without a reason. Before Bush it was latest done by Hitler and Stalin. Few Americans know that attacking Iraq was not accepted in ANY other country. Even UK officially supported, the majority of people were against.
The Viruslist is behaving really irresponsibly. The article is BS and should be removed.
1. Mozilla.org has nothing to do with it. 2. Looks like someone has deliberately planted an old virus to the source and put it on the server. 3. The "virus" is on the very lowest score on the "Thread Metrics" (Symantec) :
Number of infections: 0 - 49
Number of sites: 0 - 2
Geographical distribution: Low
Threat containment: Easy
Removal: Easy 4./bin-folder is not normally writeable in linux installation. 5. The virus is from 2002 and can not infect current distros.
Practically: the virus is not in the wild, can not spread, is no dangerous, is easy to remove and prevent. It a laboratory thing, made in order to create something difficult: a linux virus.
I just bought a Panasonic test winner digital camera and it rocks! 12X optical zoom, yet lighter and smaller than competitors. Long batt life. USB works without extra drivers (Canon is famous for not working).
Let's hope that a group of MySQL users will take the MySQL source and create a new OpenSourceSQL from it ! It's possible and legal (IANAL) so will we see it happen ?
It's actually the best way to bargain with Microsoft. We've seen this happening several times. First a widely published announcement of using Linux, and a week later a contract with Microsoft and the deal details are confidential. Rumours say that the price is near zero...
Extrapolate this: The respective (2003..2005) results for the Debian Woody, which has been out for nearly three years:
Unpatched 1 of 488 total (read this line twice)
Etremely or Highly Critical 30 of 84 total
Remotely exploited 52 of 84 total
You didn't know that the Woody is one of most secure distros available.
The actual reason to worry is NOT the amount of vulnerabilities but their severity and how long it takes them to be fixed. Microsoft often names vulnerabilities as "seveval bugs in..."
One other (serious) problem with Windows is that the owners the pirated copies can not get the security fixes and their systems pollute the internet.
By the way, I couldn't help noticing: the add just beside the article was by, you guessed it, Microsoft ! But I don't think it could have any influence on the article...No, not possibly...
or mostly BS. 1. Compare WinXP operation system to the whole distribution is stupid.
2. Where from the heck those viruses spread ?
3. Look the secunia lists (www.secunia.com) WinXP Pro (only OS):
Unpatched 21 of 84 total
Etremely or Highly Critical 30 of 84 total
Remotely exploited 52 of 84 total Debian Sarge (OS and many, MANY, applications!):
Unpatched 10 of 26 total
Etremely or Highly Critical 4 of 26 total
Remotely exploited 18 of 26 total
I have reinstalled my WIN98SE many, MANY times and the AdAware finds Gator every time. I' pretty sure that the Gator in on the Win98SE installation CD. And, thanks for asking, it is original.
Can anyone verify/deny this ? I guess You, bigman, have to start looking also for other OS's...
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It's stupid and misleading to combine all Windows OS'es in one pile and the rest in the other.
See the http://secunia.com/product/ for clearly categorized advisories.
The amounts "Unpatched" of "Total advisories"
25 109 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
29 124 Microsoft Windows XP Professional
14 63 Linux Kernel 2.6.x
0 2 Ubuntu Linux 5.10
1 182 Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
0 84 Fedora Core 4
0 230 Mandrakelinux 10.1
0 63 Apple Macintosh OS X
Notice that some OS-versions are older than others. (The total count should be divided with the time.)
Of course the criticality should be counted too.
I checked Linux Kernel 2.6 unpatched vulnerabilities and none of them can be used remotely, 7 (of 14) was DoS and 7 where the local user could potentially escalate privileges or get sensitive information.
Of the Win XP Home Ed I unpatched vulnerabilities 11 out (of 25 total unpatched) could be remotely exploited.
Linux-distribution advisories include advisories of all software not just the OS-specific (as is the case with all Windows-os advisories).
Based on the above I come to the conclusion that Brian Krebs is either spreading FUD intentionally or plain stupidity.
Well, the SSN is not actually confidential information. Most of the shop workers, hospital workers, school workers etc can access tens or even hundreds social Security Numbers.
Government shouldn't be forcing business to give away its IP.
... and we encourage our citizens to do the same!" ... well, then I would have been completely in agreement.
Who says so ? It's a widely accepted that e.g. patented ideas must be published.
Now if EU had said: "We will not buy any product that has closed file formats & protocols
It is recognized that MS is in a monopoly position in operating systems. Even US law prohibits monopolies abusing their situation in promoting other products. That is what it's all about!
Diy projector has some advantages: ..
1. Lamp life time (..30 khours..)
2. Lamp price ($30..$100)
3. Better resolution (1024*768)
4. More quiet sound. Can be made almost totally silent. Fans are dia 120 instead dia 40
5. Cheap. LCD costs $150. OHP:s ( --> lamp, electrics, fan) can be found very cheap, maybe $10. I got mine free since the fan made noise. The lense $50 (OHP lense could be used only for a short-throw beamer = beamer between the viewer and screen).
6. Can be easily used as computer screen (games...)
But also some disadvantages:
1. Bulky size
2. Work
3. Risk of doubling the price (brake the lcd..)
4. Connecting the DVD-player needs DVI connection ?
Hardly "Just released" ! My personal copy of the lumenlab guide
says "Copyright lumenlab.com 2003-2004".
BTW It is a good guide, but the same information can be collected elsewhere.
http://izzotek.com/index.php?lang=en
http://www.diyprojectorcompany.com/
http://www.diybeamer.ch/portal/index.php (German, Ahh es macht so gut..)
http://www.gadaffy.ch.vu/
http://www.gwidijanto.fcpages.com/index.htm
Yet buying the guide allows access to the forums, which by itself is worth the price.
The knowing disclosure parts of the Official Secrets Act applies to everyone
Not me since I'm outside on the US.
I've got the DVD and it it The First movie that I did watch the making-of's ! You should see the "computer farm" used for rendering. Four old PC's in the kitchen corner...
From the report: "This study and our analysis were funded under a research contract from Microsoft. As part of the agreement, we have complete editorial control over all research and analysis presented in this report. We stand behind our methodology and execution of that methodology to determine objective results that will be useful to customers, industry experts and analysts." (Emphasis mine) ... and the customer is Microsoft.
From the article :
"Red Hat issues patch updates for its premium offering, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and keeps customers' IT infrastructure secure.
'But if a customer modifies the source code, [Red Hat] can't help you [without charging you extra]'"
1. I take a Red Hat distro and change it to something different.
2. Red Hat does not give support for my special distro.
3. I start whineing that "Hey it's not open!"
The main story should be marked troll.
It doesn't even include The Star Wreck !!
http://www-uk.starwreck.com/
How stupid !
1. I take a Red Hat distro and change it to something different.
2. Red Hat does not give support for my special distro.
3. I start whineing that "Hey it's not open!"
The main story should be marked troll.
Hey, it's my money! Let ME give it!
That's why the cannabis users seem so bright and clever...
Do Europeans think it is a good idea to fork the root servers?
Most of the root servers are outside US. What other coutries want is just a system where one stupid president cannot shut off the whole (or part of) internet in his fight agains "terrorism".
Do Europeans think that Iraq deserves Saddam Hussein?
Maybe we should let the Iraq-people decide ?
You cannot believe that US attacked Iraq because of Iraqians' human rights ?
It was NOT because of terrorism or WMD, it was NOT because of human rights, it was because of controlling oil reserves.
Do Europeans think that a strong PRC without human rights reforms is a good thing?
You say that the US was/is preventing it somehow ?
For a great many Europeans the answer to all of these questions is a firm NON.
You and Your fellow Americans always think You know everything. Youre wrong.
We have acted arrogantly, as if we own the world. Its an arrogance that comes in part from a history of looking back on the consequences of our past arrogance and being satisfied with the results.
Your history is actually very short.
Not least of these results is the Strong, Free and Democratic Europe which hates our guts and which would not exist (twice over) were it not for the American desire to remake the world to conform to American values.
Now don't forget that the american civilization would not exist without european immigrants.
If Europe keeps on fighting America, Europe will eventually start winning some battles.
I heard there were some other parties around this table too...
You may destroy American efforts at peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
You must be joking. It is the US which has kept the war between Israeli and palestinians going. Without US support Israeli would have agreed to a Palestinian nation long ago, and that would have soothed the area.
You may prevent the United States from attacking the next Saddam Hussein (can you say Kim Jong Il?).
You think that US is entitled to attack Korea ?
You may create a dominant PRC that doesn't have any reason to care about human rights.
Again, do You really think the US is somehow helping the chinese human rights ?
How ?
If European leaders think that setting up their own root servers or sabotaging a diplomatic accord here or there will cure the Americans of their Arrogance and end American Unilateralism, they fundamentally misunderstand America and the American Spirit.
We have seen that it is "the American Spirit" which allows a coutry to start a war without a reason. Before Bush it was latest done by Hitler and Stalin.
Few Americans know that attacking Iraq was not accepted in ANY other country. Even UK officially supported, the majority of people were against.
Read the comments on their site. They say everything.5 77
/bin-folder is not normally writeable in linux installation.
http://www.viruslist.com/en/weblog?discuss=170721
The Viruslist is behaving really irresponsibly. The article is BS and should be removed.
1. Mozilla.org has nothing to do with it.
2. Looks like someone has deliberately planted an old virus to the source and put it on the server.
3. The "virus" is on the very lowest score on the "Thread Metrics" (Symantec) :
Number of infections: 0 - 49
Number of sites: 0 - 2
Geographical distribution: Low
Threat containment: Easy
Removal: Easy
4.
5. The virus is from 2002 and can not infect current distros.
Practically: the virus is not in the wild, can not spread, is no dangerous, is easy to remove and prevent. It a laboratory thing, made in order to create something difficult: a linux virus.
Really intresting to see how american big companies can cope chinese court in a suit based on chinese law !
They didn't expect Baidu to obey american law did they ?
I just bought a Panasonic test winner digital camera and it rocks! 12X optical zoom, yet lighter and smaller than competitors. Long batt life. USB works without extra drivers (Canon is famous for not working).
And now I hear Panasonic is also Linux friend!
I love that camera...
The price is based on the manufacruring costs only. It's the same as calculating the book price by adding the paper and ink cost...
Why does new Harry Potter cost more than 50 cent ?
Let's hope that a group of MySQL users will take the MySQL source and create a new OpenSourceSQL from it !
It's possible and legal (IANAL) so will we see it happen ?
Does it remove the vulnerabilities and other bugs ?
It's actually the best way to bargain with Microsoft. We've seen this happening several times. First a widely published announcement of using Linux, and a week later a contract with Microsoft and the deal details are confidential. Rumours say that the price is near zero...
Does it mean that my kid can order toys from the Shop-TV ?
No thanks.
Extrapolate this:
..."
The respective (2003..2005) results for the Debian Woody, which has been out for nearly three years:
Unpatched 1 of 488 total (read this line twice)
Etremely or Highly Critical 30 of 84 total
Remotely exploited 52 of 84 total
You didn't know that the Woody is one of most secure distros available.
The actual reason to worry is NOT the amount of vulnerabilities but their severity and how long it takes them to be fixed. Microsoft often names vulnerabilities as "seveval bugs in
One other (serious) problem with Windows is that the owners the pirated copies can not get the security fixes and their systems pollute the internet.
By the way, I couldn't help noticing: the add just beside the article was by, you guessed it, Microsoft ! But I don't think it could have any influence on the article...No, not possibly...
or mostly BS.
1. Compare WinXP operation system to the whole distribution is stupid.
2. Where from the heck those viruses spread ?
3. Look the secunia lists (www.secunia.com)
WinXP Pro (only OS):
Unpatched 21 of 84 total
Etremely or Highly Critical 30 of 84 total
Remotely exploited 52 of 84 total
Debian Sarge (OS and many, MANY, applications!):
Unpatched 10 of 26 total
Etremely or Highly Critical 4 of 26 total
Remotely exploited 18 of 26 total
I think that Gator is installed with the Win98SE!
I have reinstalled my WIN98SE many, MANY times and the AdAware finds Gator every time. I' pretty sure that the Gator in on the Win98SE installation CD. And, thanks for asking, it is original.
Can anyone verify/deny this ? I guess You, bigman, have to start looking also for other OS's...