1) Subject receives DOS attack from Zombie machine
2) Subject returns fire to zombie machine, perhaps with some sort of encoded you're attacking me so I'm attacking you script.
3) From here the following happens, either somebody notices the machine is being attacked, investigates and reacts, leading the original victim to shut off it's counter-attack. Or an automated script in the Zombie machine packet sniffs the retaliatory attack and shuts itself down and/or notifies admin for further action.
This seems like a good idea, while the ethics of a counter-DoS attack are not sound, this could be a way to limit attacks. However Zombie's spoofing other addresses could lead to issues as well...again tho it's well known that DoS's are a pain in the butt to stop so what could work? Dunno...
Recalling from personal experience, I am by most definitions a dork and have been one since I picked up my first book in life.
As a general rule I was more inclined to read books than socialize granted that was all I knew. Everyone would want to talk about the latest fad or trend and I just simply was never interested. Whenever company was over, I'd just simply ignore all that and go to my room and read. I had few friends in my life, mostly those I could relate to. Aside from the occasional bully, I was happy socially.
However my stepmom couldn't stand that being a social giant. I was to relate to everyone and anyone. She would constantly drag me out of my room and try and get me to talk to people. I never did out of spite, mostly just clamming up or worse being nasty to anybody she tried, until I could get back to my book (and later computer games). I was not a pleasant conversationalist when forced like that. Therefore I question the value of corrective action against a socially dis-inclined person.
For what it's worth tho, I'd like to think I turned out normal. I'm the first of my brothers to get married (well in 2 weeks anyways). Generally people say I relate well to others. However you generally find me talking to people I can relate with intellectually rather than people who are more inclined to talk about the latest "survivor" episode or some other gunk (I didn't even watch the Super Bowl!). However I can BS my way through anything if needed, for exapmle a job interview or performance review, etc.
But with children now often knowing their way around a computer before they know how to read, it's almost like forcing students to use slide rules when they know calculators can do the job faster.
Funny back in my day (at least at high school level) I was discouraged from using encyclopedias because they didn't have enough depth. Funny how times have changed and it seems like we're encouraging instead.
Personally though I think of this as a typical example of obsoletion. However it's not to say that such summaries aren't easily replaceable on the web. For me a good replica of the encyclopedia experience is best found at Wikipedia.org. To the point that I would even be willing to pay for the content in Wikipedia. There I can just lazily browse whatever I feel like with interesting suggestions if all I want to do is curl up to a mug of spicy apple cider and enjoy an evening learning something interesting...
The acceptance of robots to do personal care probably would have to do with cultural norms amongst everything else. Japan is a society very accepting of high tech gadgets and gizmos, so in turn it's a novelty. While Europe is fairly accepting of hi-tech toys, most Europeans place a very high regard on humanity, hence a lower acceptance of robots for just this sort of thing.
to further that thought (before I sound like a total moron), sure I could whitelist emails from *.amazon.com, *.walmart.com, *.dell.com etc...but that just gets to be too many sources after awhile, plus spammers are good at forging. And occasionally something unsolicited comes through from a friend with a new email address that's actually welcome...
Well yes and no....one key problem, not everything uses IM yet, for example if I send a customer support inquiry to amazon.com, I'd have to do it via email, and get a response via email. Amazon doesn't (yet anyways) have a IM ID where they could automate such responses, as do many other stores. Hence a whitelist is tricky on those grounds and email must still be used, however again in 10 years this all might change...
As long as Spam continues to be profitable (and apparently increasingly so), I fear we may never really see the end of it. Even if SMTP protocols are revised, even if Internet postage is applied to emails, as long as you're doing better revenues over your expenses, which in most cases you are, then there is no hope.
Tho I may sound resigned and defeated to e-mail's evenutal fate, there are alternates. Instant messaging is easier controlled (I never get any Spam, but then I don't allow people on my buddy list to IM me). IRC and other online chats are tough to pollute as well.
In short my prediction is in 10 years I will have completely ditched my email address and I will be giving friends my ICQ UIN/AOL Handle/Yahoo Handle in lieu of it.
Ok I'm through ranting, time for everyone else to.
Supply go up, Demand is stagnant or declining = Prices going down
Supply go up, Demand goes up in Lockstep = Prices holding in line with inflation and external factors
Supply go up, but demand goes up exceeding supply = Prices going up faster than external factors
Good old college economics:-)
Nobody can beat the market economy, as the supply of programming skills go up, the price will inevitably go down until some is written for free. Unless you're big monopoly (De Beers comes to mind) you really can't totally influence supply and demand. My advice to any programmer would be to "code what you feel" and people will pay you for customizations and new designs later.
Something like an painter, generally you're painting for free until your talent is discovered, and then you rake in the big bucks...
In DOS 6.22 they included a virus scanner with the operating system. A deviation of the now defunct central point anti-virus software. Anybody got any idea why they quit doing that in Win95 and beyond? My theories are as follows:
After central point died, MS just didn't bother trying another one
Another anti virus vendor cried "Anti-Trust!" and MS backed down
None were ready for Win95 at the time
MS just didn't care
Any combo of the above...
I can't help but think though, had MS continued with offering anti-virus software, they MyDoom virus (amongst other worms) might have been a fraction of the attack it was...so sad...
Well yes apparently I was mistaken in that an Indian astronaut was aboard and therefore India's degree of separation from the Colombia accident was not as far as I thought. My humble apologies to those who are offended, I just tried to come up with a theory without any basis of India's involvement in the Space Shuttle Colombia without researching India's involvement in the Shuttle crash and deserve to be rightfully flamed as a result.
However at the same time, this does little to disprove my theory about degrees of separation and mourning. Pick another country that didn't have any astronauts aboard, how much do you think they mourned? Go further down to a tiny village in that country, the news of the Space Shuttle Colombia breaking up may not have even reached them yet! Just food for thought.
Well, at risk of sounding like a jerk as well, It only stands to reason that the further the degrees of separation from this incident, the less you'd really notice.
Rocket goes boom in India, I wouldn't be surprised to see most of India mourning. However while I mourn the loss of life, it just doesn't sink in as bad as say Colombia going boom.
On the flipside how many Indians truly stood up and took notice (or mourned even) when Colombia went boom? If I had to hazard a guess, not as many as today with their rocket. While I was probably more mournful of Colombia going boom than I am today.
However this is nothing to be ashamed about otherwise ones life would be very depressing overall:-/. Granted that lots of tregedy happens each day, and the more sensitive you are to varying degrees of separation the more mourning you would do overall.
For those of us who hate to spend gazillions of dollars on newspaper subscriptions, and want to get the content on paper for free online, only to watch publishers lock up their content to require payment yet again, I have a proposal.
Just step away from free, and turn it into cheaper. For example, you give xyz newspaper $10 as a deposit. At any time you can opt to buy today's online content of that newspaper (or other online content) for $0.50. It gets you the rights to the entire content for the day, and maybe even a PDF you can download and read/print offline. This way you don't pay outrageous prices for subscriptions to memberships and read what you want. Thoughts?
Well if we thin out the population of tech schools some, the more reputable colleges (in my case Cal Poly Pomona) will look a little better, and that degree will mean more. Therefore maybe IT degrees will mean something again...well we can hope anyways...
Yeah but the VB pieces of MS Office are a double edged sword, how do you think most of those Word/Excel/Access Macro viruses come from? Mostly written in MS Office using those VB extensions.
Now while quite honestly, I've used the VB Macro extensions for useful stuff, to be rid of those Macro viruses I'd do without the VB extensions thank you very much.
Open source software goes through rigorous security testing, but such testing serves only to test known outside threats. The fact that security holes continue to appear should be enough to deter governments from jumping on this bandwagon, but won't be.
*Deletes 40 zillionth mydoom attachment in his inbox*, and I suppose other operating systems are more secure...what exactly are you suggesting we do about the lack of security in today's OS's? Linux, Windows, Unix even have all identified security flaws in their time...
What can we trust in code? You mention it right there Mr. Author, we can trust the latest and greatest stable Linux kernels, but if install a test kernel, or some hobbyist lil' app on the remote corners of the open source world on a production server, you get what you deserve. Incidentally the same goes for windows, WinXP latest Service pack is definitely more secure than any test versions of their OS's, or even the initial RTM builds of their operating systems. What gets deployed in a production environment...well duh....
The author says:
[Snip] Worse though, I don't think that security testing can be made robust enough to protect against someone injecting dangerous code into the software from the inside--and inside, for open source, means anyone who cares to join the project or create their own distribution.
I suppose we trust Microsoft, SCO and IBM more? Puh-leez, if you need a totally secure OS, you're best off hiring your own programmers and starting from scratch, and hoping they're as secure as anyone else, oh wait can't trust them either...never mind just build an OS yourself then...
I remember back in my College days I stayed in the Dorm room with Union Pacific railroad tracks 100 feet away blowing their horns loudly at 1am, and a bunch of roommates that liked partying in large numbers upstairs. It's a wonder I got any sleep at all...
Nowadays I've moved to a location about a mile from the airport, and despite the occasional roar of a jet taking off nearby me, I sleep like like the dead:-)
1) Latest IE/Latest Mozilla Balance on Windows (needs to be 50% viewable on latest IE and 50% viewable on Mozilla reasonably compromised so right now, IE 6/Windows and Mozilla 1.6/Windows)
2) One version back of above browsers (IE 5/Windows and Netscape 6/Windows, the Mozillas all render close to the same anyways)
3) Safari (latest version)
4) IE/Mac (latest version)
5) Mozilla/Mac (latest version)
Slashdot Mirror
Proposed idea:
1) Subject receives DOS attack from Zombie machine
2) Subject returns fire to zombie machine, perhaps with some sort of encoded you're attacking me so I'm attacking you script.
3) From here the following happens, either somebody notices the machine is being attacked, investigates and reacts, leading the original victim to shut off it's counter-attack. Or an automated script in the Zombie machine packet sniffs the retaliatory attack and shuts itself down and/or notifies admin for further action.
This seems like a good idea, while the ethics of a counter-DoS attack are not sound, this could be a way to limit attacks. However Zombie's spoofing other addresses could lead to issues as well...again tho it's well known that DoS's are a pain in the butt to stop so what could work? Dunno...
and I live in one of the precincts in question. *sigh* bring on the "haha your state sucks in voting" jokes now please...time to move I guess....
Recalling from personal experience, I am by most definitions a dork and have been one since I picked up my first book in life.
As a general rule I was more inclined to read books than socialize granted that was all I knew. Everyone would want to talk about the latest fad or trend and I just simply was never interested. Whenever company was over, I'd just simply ignore all that and go to my room and read. I had few friends in my life, mostly those I could relate to. Aside from the occasional bully, I was happy socially.
However my stepmom couldn't stand that being a social giant. I was to relate to everyone and anyone. She would constantly drag me out of my room and try and get me to talk to people. I never did out of spite, mostly just clamming up or worse being nasty to anybody she tried, until I could get back to my book (and later computer games). I was not a pleasant conversationalist when forced like that. Therefore I question the value of corrective action against a socially dis-inclined person.
For what it's worth tho, I'd like to think I turned out normal. I'm the first of my brothers to get married (well in 2 weeks anyways). Generally people say I relate well to others. However you generally find me talking to people I can relate with intellectually rather than people who are more inclined to talk about the latest "survivor" episode or some other gunk (I didn't even watch the Super Bowl!). However I can BS my way through anything if needed, for exapmle a job interview or performance review, etc.
Your turn to rant!
But with children now often knowing their way around a computer before they know how to read, it's almost like forcing students to use slide rules when they know calculators can do the job faster.
Funny back in my day (at least at high school level) I was discouraged from using encyclopedias because they didn't have enough depth. Funny how times have changed and it seems like we're encouraging instead.
Personally though I think of this as a typical example of obsoletion. However it's not to say that such summaries aren't easily replaceable on the web. For me a good replica of the encyclopedia experience is best found at Wikipedia.org. To the point that I would even be willing to pay for the content in Wikipedia. There I can just lazily browse whatever I feel like with interesting suggestions if all I want to do is curl up to a mug of spicy apple cider and enjoy an evening learning something interesting...
The acceptance of robots to do personal care probably would have to do with cultural norms amongst everything else. Japan is a society very accepting of high tech gadgets and gizmos, so in turn it's a novelty. While Europe is fairly accepting of hi-tech toys, most Europeans place a very high regard on humanity, hence a lower acceptance of robots for just this sort of thing.
to further that thought (before I sound like a total moron), sure I could whitelist emails from *.amazon.com, *.walmart.com, *.dell.com etc...but that just gets to be too many sources after awhile, plus spammers are good at forging. And occasionally something unsolicited comes through from a friend with a new email address that's actually welcome...
Well yes and no....one key problem, not everything uses IM yet, for example if I send a customer support inquiry to amazon.com, I'd have to do it via email, and get a response via email. Amazon doesn't (yet anyways) have a IM ID where they could automate such responses, as do many other stores. Hence a whitelist is tricky on those grounds and email must still be used, however again in 10 years this all might change...
I really should use that preview button... "I only allow people on my buddy list to IM Me..."
As long as Spam continues to be profitable (and apparently increasingly so), I fear we may never really see the end of it. Even if SMTP protocols are revised, even if Internet postage is applied to emails, as long as you're doing better revenues over your expenses, which in most cases you are, then there is no hope.
Tho I may sound resigned and defeated to e-mail's evenutal fate, there are alternates. Instant messaging is easier controlled (I never get any Spam, but then I don't allow people on my buddy list to IM me). IRC and other online chats are tough to pollute as well.
In short my prediction is in 10 years I will have completely ditched my email address and I will be giving friends my ICQ UIN/AOL Handle/Yahoo Handle in lieu of it.
Ok I'm through ranting, time for everyone else to.
Supply go up, Demand is stagnant or declining = Prices going down :-)
Supply go up, Demand goes up in Lockstep = Prices holding in line with inflation and external factors
Supply go up, but demand goes up exceeding supply = Prices going up faster than external factors
Good old college economics
Nobody can beat the market economy, as the supply of programming skills go up, the price will inevitably go down until some is written for free. Unless you're big monopoly (De Beers comes to mind) you really can't totally influence supply and demand. My advice to any programmer would be to "code what you feel" and people will pay you for customizations and new designs later.
Something like an painter, generally you're painting for free until your talent is discovered, and then you rake in the big bucks...
Yup, it's the newest one from Micro$oft :-p
Well I dunno, they kinda stick to you like that old piece of gum on your shoe or something....it can go both ways.
In other news I just got my self a spelll checker...
We have the big ugly viscous Microsoft-like villains vs. the slothlike, inefficient quasi-government organization...
:-/
My bets are on the lawyers...with 100 to 1 against the people...
oooooh that's too funny, I'll put it up there with the "nobody needs more than 640k memory" remark which they're also famous for :-)
- After central point died, MS just didn't bother trying another one
- Another anti virus vendor cried "Anti-Trust!" and MS backed down
- None were ready for Win95 at the time
- MS just didn't care
- Any combo of the above...
I can't help but think though, had MS continued with offering anti-virus software, they MyDoom virus (amongst other worms) might have been a fraction of the attack it was...so sad...Well yes apparently I was mistaken in that an Indian astronaut was aboard and therefore India's degree of separation from the Colombia accident was not as far as I thought. My humble apologies to those who are offended, I just tried to come up with a theory without any basis of India's involvement in the Space Shuttle Colombia without researching India's involvement in the Shuttle crash and deserve to be rightfully flamed as a result.
However at the same time, this does little to disprove my theory about degrees of separation and mourning. Pick another country that didn't have any astronauts aboard, how much do you think they mourned? Go further down to a tiny village in that country, the news of the Space Shuttle Colombia breaking up may not have even reached them yet! Just food for thought.
Well, at risk of sounding like a jerk as well, It only stands to reason that the further the degrees of separation from this incident, the less you'd really notice.
:-/. Granted that lots of tregedy happens each day, and the more sensitive you are to varying degrees of separation the more mourning you would do overall.
Rocket goes boom in India, I wouldn't be surprised to see most of India mourning. However while I mourn the loss of life, it just doesn't sink in as bad as say Colombia going boom.
On the flipside how many Indians truly stood up and took notice (or mourned even) when Colombia went boom? If I had to hazard a guess, not as many as today with their rocket. While I was probably more mournful of Colombia going boom than I am today.
However this is nothing to be ashamed about otherwise ones life would be very depressing overall
For those of us who hate to spend gazillions of dollars on newspaper subscriptions, and want to get the content on paper for free online, only to watch publishers lock up their content to require payment yet again, I have a proposal.
Just step away from free, and turn it into cheaper. For example, you give xyz newspaper $10 as a deposit. At any time you can opt to buy today's online content of that newspaper (or other online content) for $0.50. It gets you the rights to the entire content for the day, and maybe even a PDF you can download and read/print offline. This way you don't pay outrageous prices for subscriptions to memberships and read what you want. Thoughts?
Well if we thin out the population of tech schools some, the more reputable colleges (in my case Cal Poly Pomona) will look a little better, and that degree will mean more. Therefore maybe IT degrees will mean something again...well we can hope anyways...
I get all that AND I use an electric blanket at night....top that!
*waits for someone to come forward saying he microwaves himself daily*
Yeah but the VB pieces of MS Office are a double edged sword, how do you think most of those Word/Excel/Access Macro viruses come from? Mostly written in MS Office using those VB extensions.
Now while quite honestly, I've used the VB Macro extensions for useful stuff, to be rid of those Macro viruses I'd do without the VB extensions thank you very much.
Open source software goes through rigorous security testing, but such testing serves only to test known outside threats. The fact that security holes continue to appear should be enough to deter governments from jumping on this bandwagon, but won't be.
:-).
*Deletes 40 zillionth mydoom attachment in his inbox*, and I suppose other operating systems are more secure...what exactly are you suggesting we do about the lack of security in today's OS's? Linux, Windows, Unix even have all identified security flaws in their time...
What can we trust in code? You mention it right there Mr. Author, we can trust the latest and greatest stable Linux kernels, but if install a test kernel, or some hobbyist lil' app on the remote corners of the open source world on a production server, you get what you deserve. Incidentally the same goes for windows, WinXP latest Service pack is definitely more secure than any test versions of their OS's, or even the initial RTM builds of their operating systems. What gets deployed in a production environment...well duh....
The author says:
[Snip] Worse though, I don't think that security testing can be made robust enough to protect against someone injecting dangerous code into the software from the inside--and inside, for open source, means anyone who cares to join the project or create their own distribution.
I suppose we trust Microsoft, SCO and IBM more? Puh-leez, if you need a totally secure OS, you're best off hiring your own programmers and starting from scratch, and hoping they're as secure as anyone else, oh wait can't trust them either...never mind just build an OS yourself then...
Ok I'm done ranting, everyone else's turn
I remember back in my College days I stayed in the Dorm room with Union Pacific railroad tracks 100 feet away blowing their horns loudly at 1am, and a bunch of roommates that liked partying in large numbers upstairs. It's a wonder I got any sleep at all...
:-)
Nowadays I've moved to a location about a mile from the airport, and despite the occasional roar of a jet taking off nearby me, I sleep like like the dead
Keyboard clicking....BAH!!!!
In order of priority (sure flame away)
1) Latest IE/Latest Mozilla Balance on Windows (needs to be 50% viewable on latest IE and 50% viewable on Mozilla reasonably compromised so right now, IE 6/Windows and Mozilla 1.6/Windows)
2) One version back of above browsers (IE 5/Windows and Netscape 6/Windows, the Mozillas all render close to the same anyways)
3) Safari (latest version)
4) IE/Mac (latest version)
5) Mozilla/Mac (latest version)
Beyond that, well I just can't please everyone