Don't forget, MS gets somewhere between $5 and $8 for every Android device sold due to patent licensing. There is nothing accidental going on here from either side.
But Google *does* support IMAP. Getting files off Google with the deleted flag set should make it pretty easy to put only valid emails in to Yahoo. Their method likely uses something other than SMTP to get the mail in to Yahoo or there would be madness with the spam filters and rate limiters.
That's a good point, but it occurs to me that OpenSSH is in many respects a virtual enigma machine.
I think a lot of the comments are mistaking inventions with tools. If encryption is a tool, the enigma machine is a version of it. If inventions are tools, then the entire NPR question is stupid because we know for certain that nobody uses the Inca knot writing since nobody knows how to read it.
Or are we looking at three distinct areas? Tools, inventions, and concepts... the line is blurry.
The enigma machine - True, though used as a learning tool
the Grand Arcanum (various alchemical processes intended to produce the Philosopher's stone) - But I dare say chemistry is huge.
The Inca "knots tied in a rope" document format. - But documents in written languages are pretty common.
Ancient Egyptian stone drill bits. - But drill bits can be found here and there.
Greek Fire (though arguably Napalm is a modern equivalent) - Yes, Napalm and, well, bombs.
The ancient Babylonian legal code (Hamorabi I think) - But law codes and rule of law is rather abundant.
Vacume tubes - I think this one is beaten to death by other comments.
Any of a number of calendars from civilizations that didn't make it to the 20th century. - Yeah, but we didn't stop using calendars.
Aristotle/Arcamedies model of the Universe - Again, models of the universe do show up occasionally.
The 4 Humors - Borderline. There are new biological models that we use.
Inventions are not always tools. Tools accomplish a task. To extrapolate, the AMC Gremlin and the Ford Pinto are no longer manufactured, but that by no means indicates that we stopped using automobiles.
I would say that since there is still a large amount of magnetic tape in use... everywhere. This tool is still in use. I'm sure there are thousands of models of hammers that are no longer made, but hammers are still use... everywhere.
Covering it up from whom? The article states that the feds have Lamo's laptop and the full logs. Other than refusing to satisfy public voyeurism aside, Wired hasn't hidden anything.
No, according to this article and the article where the log excepts were published, Wired received the logs from Lamo. The Feds now have Lamo's laptop and the original logs (according to the article). The whole reason (according to the article) why Lamo can't remember the exact content and doesn't have the logs is because he surrendered his laptop to the feds.
"Is it a basic right to be allowed to receive e-mail from whomever I desire, or does Comcast have the right to censor as they wish?"
You have a right to switch service providers.
Set up an open DNS server with recursion turned on and do not allow UDP spoofing. If you know anything about UDP, you know it is connectionless. The only way you could possibly know if a UDP packet is spoofed is if it is *your* IP space (packets coming in from the internet could be from anywhere). Your own IP space cannot source from outside your network, so you discard any packets that do.
From outside your network, send a request for a DNS record to your server: a.example.com Your server will try to look up a.example.com from example.com's name servers. It will send an answer to the source IP in the UDP packet.
Now send another request for b.example.com and forge the source IP. Your server will try to look it up and send the answer back to the fake IP.
Now send millions of packets looking up [randomnumber].example.com, each with a unique source IP. Your server will essentially flood the name servers for example.com with requests for zones that do not exist and scatter the answers to the far corners of the internet where the UDP packets are simply discarded.
Now combine your recursion set up with a few others and watch example.com drop from the face of the planet.
That is what I found when I took over the servers from the other company. They had a high capacity system with loads and loads of bandwidth (phone company). Their machines could knock out a small name server without sweating. Combined with other networks, they could knock out much larger installations.
The attack is simple to perform and simple to avoid.
This is old news. If you're running an open DNS server, you're very likely participating in someonelse's DDoS attack and have been for the last couple years. We bought a company last year and part of my job was to assimilate their DNS systems that were reportedly flaking out constantly. I can't speak to the people running the servers before me, but the diagnosis was easy. Once we turned off recursion and convinced the network not to let spoofed UDP packets enter the network, the attacks stopped instantly.
Plugins and extentions are not the same thing. In Windows, Flash is a plugin. The only way to determine if it is there is to try to view content or visit about:plugins which gives you a list, but no options.
it does not appear in the extensions dialog.
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Don't forget, MS gets somewhere between $5 and $8 for every Android device sold due to patent licensing. There is nothing accidental going on here from either side.
I don't think MS intends to win. I think this is nothing more than "How to get Google's attention".
But Google *does* support IMAP. Getting files off Google with the deleted flag set should make it pretty easy to put only valid emails in to Yahoo. Their method likely uses something other than SMTP to get the mail in to Yahoo or there would be madness with the spam filters and rate limiters.
Apparently they've never heard of IMAPsync ;-)
The Obama Administration has responded to the petitions for stopping SOPA, PIPA and E-PARASITE. The good news: They oppose DNS intervention and action against anyone covered by US law. The bad news: They did not address deep-packet inspection or payment processors. https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#/!/response/combating-online-piracy-while-protecting-open-and-innovative-internet
Wired still seems to think it was a hack, or at least something fishy is going on. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/11/scada-hack-report-wrong/
That's a good point, but it occurs to me that OpenSSH is in many respects a virtual enigma machine. I think a lot of the comments are mistaking inventions with tools. If encryption is a tool, the enigma machine is a version of it. If inventions are tools, then the entire NPR question is stupid because we know for certain that nobody uses the Inca knot writing since nobody knows how to read it. Or are we looking at three distinct areas? Tools, inventions, and concepts... the line is blurry.
The enigma machine - True, though used as a learning tool
the Grand Arcanum (various alchemical processes intended to produce the Philosopher's stone) - But I dare say chemistry is huge.
The Inca "knots tied in a rope" document format. - But documents in written languages are pretty common.
Ancient Egyptian stone drill bits. - But drill bits can be found here and there.
Greek Fire (though arguably Napalm is a modern equivalent) - Yes, Napalm and, well, bombs.
The ancient Babylonian legal code (Hamorabi I think) - But law codes and rule of law is rather abundant.
Vacume tubes - I think this one is beaten to death by other comments.
Any of a number of calendars from civilizations that didn't make it to the 20th century. - Yeah, but we didn't stop using calendars.
Aristotle/Arcamedies model of the Universe - Again, models of the universe do show up occasionally.
The 4 Humors - Borderline. There are new biological models that we use.
Inventions are not always tools. Tools accomplish a task. To extrapolate, the AMC Gremlin and the Ford Pinto are no longer manufactured, but that by no means indicates that we stopped using automobiles.
I would say that since there is still a large amount of magnetic tape in use... everywhere. This tool is still in use. I'm sure there are thousands of models of hammers that are no longer made, but hammers are still use... everywhere.
Covering it up from whom? The article states that the feds have Lamo's laptop and the full logs. Other than refusing to satisfy public voyeurism aside, Wired hasn't hidden anything.
No, according to this article and the article where the log excepts were published, Wired received the logs from Lamo. The Feds now have Lamo's laptop and the original logs (according to the article). The whole reason (according to the article) why Lamo can't remember the exact content and doesn't have the logs is because he surrendered his laptop to the feds.
Someone sent an email to Theo making the claim. Theo put it on the internet. Now it's true.
I love Traffic James.
Not all SMTP servers play nice with queues and retries. Ebay for instance never retries.
Dedicated T1s are more expensive and provide less speed, but they are typically very solid.
"Is it a basic right to be allowed to receive e-mail from whomever I desire, or does Comcast have the right to censor as they wish?" You have a right to switch service providers.
You've apparently never pulled the magnets from a hard drive. Try it sometime.
Or does HP have a deal with outlets such as Best Buy to not include them?
It looks like a good time to revisit the idea of the CLEC.
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=180427&cid= 14937868
Set up an open DNS server with recursion turned on and do not allow UDP spoofing. If you know anything about UDP, you know it is connectionless. The only way you could possibly know if a UDP packet is spoofed is if it is *your* IP space (packets coming in from the internet could be from anywhere). Your own IP space cannot source from outside your network, so you discard any packets that do.
From outside your network, send a request for a DNS record to your server: a.example.com Your server will try to look up a.example.com from example.com's name servers. It will send an answer to the source IP in the UDP packet.
Now send another request for b.example.com and forge the source IP. Your server will try to look it up and send the answer back to the fake IP.
Now send millions of packets looking up [randomnumber].example.com, each with a unique source IP. Your server will essentially flood the name servers for example.com with requests for zones that do not exist and scatter the answers to the far corners of the internet where the UDP packets are simply discarded.
Now combine your recursion set up with a few others and watch example.com drop from the face of the planet.
That is what I found when I took over the servers from the other company. They had a high capacity system with loads and loads of bandwidth (phone company). Their machines could knock out a small name server without sweating. Combined with other networks, they could knock out much larger installations.
The attack is simple to perform and simple to avoid.
This is old news. If you're running an open DNS server, you're very likely participating in someonelse's DDoS attack and have been for the last couple years. We bought a company last year and part of my job was to assimilate their DNS systems that were reportedly flaking out constantly. I can't speak to the people running the servers before me, but the diagnosis was easy. Once we turned off recursion and convinced the network not to let spoofed UDP packets enter the network, the attacks stopped instantly.
Prior art! http://research.microsoft.com/~mbj/Smiley/Smiley.h tml
Two years ago A List Apart ran an a set of articles where they did this exact thing.
Part 1 Part 2
Plugins and extentions are not the same thing. In Windows, Flash is a plugin. The only way to determine if it is there is to try to view content or visit about:plugins which gives you a list, but no options. it does not appear in the extensions dialog.