Why do you think RIAA-sponsored associations and business interests are suing (potential) customers?
Other businesses have "offenders" that break either patent or copyright over various things. Many of those businesses consider it to be a "cost" of business to keep their customers happy. After all, in most businesses, it is "the customer is always right", when when they are not. Why is music/movie industries different?
Then I fail to understand: If you run a static kernel with NSA in, no compiler, no discernable way to tell the arch/version, and root removed (via NSA sec), how can you rootkit a machine? Hell, even BSD has apphend-only files for purposes of logfiles.
For starters, why you do NOT keep any sort of compiler on your machine.
It's rather difficult to load kernel obfuscation modules (like hiding processes and files) without header files and no compiler.
It'd be even better if you could make every program execute only (no reading) and hide/proc through something like NSASecurity setup. What they dont know, they cant do much with. Obfuscation, THEN security. Keep em guessing.
According to your view, Apple is "that company in dizzying heights".
Microsoft has never controlled the hardware industry. They wrote software (MSDOS) after cannibalizing the public domain CP/M. IBM, then Compaq created the first bioses. ISA was a standard, then added for 16 bit. The clones tried EISA, but failed... (and I liked eisa due to backwards compat), but as did IBM's MCA.
Still, during all this time, Microsoft made MSDOS and Windows. There was also PCDOS, DRDOS, and other OS'es. There was no monopoly, just a horridly fragmented market. And this was all JUST X86. There was also Amiga, MAC, and many other machine makers.
Simple enough.. Im in Indiana, and there's this interstate called I-65 that runs to Canada and down to Florida. If the federal guys think they can take their money back from us, we'll just shut down the interstate. Wouldnt that be fun? Reroute all traffic AROUND 700
Simple answer: For any device that isn't accessibly patchable by the end user, there should be a firewall watching in and outbound data to verify 2 things.
1: That the device is not "hacked" by some third entity via an exploit aimed at the general classes of devices (game consoles). 2: To verify that the device is NOT corrupting or sending private information about your private network or datastores.
If I cant "play with it whatever I like", it's not trusted and going behind a nice wall.
My key is that there's only a few devices that that out there. Mainly, you know whats running on your BSD's and Linuxes and SysV... Thats it.
---I imagine there are people on this very website who would love to be able to exploit a browser bug and attack a Microsoft console.
BLINKS..
A Microsoft Console? What? Do they retain ownership when I BOUGHT it, bought the software, buy the electricity to keep it on, have the space in my apartment to keep it in, and buy the bandwidth to keep it on the internet??
It is MY CONSOLE, not anybody elses property. If I want to crack it open, solder wires to the busses and interconnects, I'm damned if anybody will stop me. Its a different issue if they dont want me playing on their private network, but thats fine. I dont want on their god-damned network. I bought a computer that mainly plays games, and Ill have the right to do whatever I want with it.
Better yet, each registered MS Windows machine could have their own hidden, protected private key along with a public key.
To set up what seems to be called "CTCP", all you'd do are have appended DHCP flags already allowed by the standard, with one last extra flag as "SIGNATURE" flag, signed by the private key. All data would be in clear-text, and easily read AND changeable, BUT the signature guarantees unmodification. The MS DHCP server could verify the sig, and grant/refuse an IP address.
Of course, there'd be many ways to attack that. One, start sending out fake DHCP requests. I'm guessing the server will have a time-out setting that will be in place.. Just send out enough replies from "everyone" in that the floor/building cant connect. Next, send out dupes of requests, but with information changed. MS sig fails, denies IP.
Law of science: For all technology, there is an equally strong opposing technology.
What a bunch of tripe. It only considers average wage, and NOT cost of living in that area.
Living in Buttfuck, Kentucky is a hell of a bunch cheaper than living in San Diego, California. All this lil graph shows is your absolute wage to others around the world. It's NOT my fault that another peoples cant get their act together and mutiny their current governments and make a better one.
BTW: according to the slidey graphy thing, the absolute average wage is 850 (USD). Big surprise about their numbers.... They're guilt begging money.
I know my "view" is out of date. I've been on Unix from the mid 80's when my dad had an active purdue account. I used MSDos and sysV over a 300 baud modem.
And I dealt with Win31 when it came out. Big surprise.
Last time I had to deal with Novell was when my high school had it installed on their servers and IPX as their network proto.
When I think of Novell, I think of a company that has an outdated file server and other cruft that they charge 100,000$+ for 250 licenses.. But they charge only a percent of that to schools.
Hell, Id rather deal with Windows and MS than the Bindery. Egads.
So, big whoop they're bending over to MS, thinking they might try to screw them.
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Somebody set up us the bomb.
You have no chance to survive make your time. Ha ha ha ha.
--Local elevation of privilege is now considered a DoS attack on Vista?
Absolutely. Considering that all the anti-user media playback programs are running under SYSTEM-like permissions, any sort of elevations breaks DRM.
Not patching broken DRM means the media ogres get really mad.
They do NOT give IE for Linux/FreeBSD.
Why do you think RIAA-sponsored associations and business interests are suing (potential) customers?
Other businesses have "offenders" that break either patent or copyright over various things. Many of those businesses consider it to be a "cost" of business to keep their customers happy. After all, in most businesses, it is "the customer is always right", when when they are not. Why is music/movie industries different?
Grand Theft Auto, and Role Playing Game weapons???
What planet did I wake up to?
Then I fail to understand: If you run a static kernel with NSA in, no compiler, no discernable way to tell the arch/version, and root removed (via NSA sec), how can you rootkit a machine? Hell, even BSD has apphend-only files for purposes of logfiles.
For starters, why you do NOT keep any sort of compiler on your machine.
/proc through something like NSASecurity setup. What they dont know, they cant do much with. Obfuscation, THEN security. Keep em guessing.
It's rather difficult to load kernel obfuscation modules (like hiding processes and files) without header files and no compiler.
It'd be even better if you could make every program execute only (no reading) and hide
Rename it JPG .
According to your view, Apple is "that company in dizzying heights".
Microsoft has never controlled the hardware industry. They wrote software (MSDOS) after cannibalizing the public domain CP/M. IBM, then Compaq created the first bioses. ISA was a standard, then added for 16 bit. The clones tried EISA, but failed... (and I liked eisa due to backwards compat), but as did IBM's MCA.
Still, during all this time, Microsoft made MSDOS and Windows. There was also PCDOS, DRDOS, and other OS'es. There was no monopoly, just a horridly fragmented market. And this was all JUST X86. There was also Amiga, MAC, and many other machine makers.
Simple enough.. Im in Indiana, and there's this interstate called I-65 that runs to Canada and down to Florida. If the federal guys think they can take their money back from us, we'll just shut down the interstate. Wouldnt that be fun? Reroute all traffic AROUND 700
Yeah, I didnt think so.
Simple answer: For any device that isn't accessibly patchable by the end user, there should be a firewall watching in and outbound data to verify 2 things.
1: That the device is not "hacked" by some third entity via an exploit aimed at the general classes of devices (game consoles).
2: To verify that the device is NOT corrupting or sending private information about your private network or datastores.
If I cant "play with it whatever I like", it's not trusted and going behind a nice wall.
My key is that there's only a few devices that that out there. Mainly, you know whats running on your BSD's and Linuxes and SysV... Thats it.
Interesting strategy... That they use a "points system" to obfuscate how much you're really paying.
---I imagine there are people on this very website who would love to be able to exploit a browser bug and attack a Microsoft console.
BLINKS..
A Microsoft Console? What? Do they retain ownership when I BOUGHT it, bought the software, buy the electricity to keep it on, have the space in my apartment to keep it in, and buy the bandwidth to keep it on the internet??
It is MY CONSOLE, not anybody elses property. If I want to crack it open, solder wires to the busses and interconnects, I'm damned if anybody will stop me. Its a different issue if they dont want me playing on their private network, but thats fine. I dont want on their god-damned network. I bought a computer that mainly plays games, and Ill have the right to do whatever I want with it.
Better yet, each registered MS Windows machine could have their own hidden, protected private key along with a public key.
To set up what seems to be called "CTCP", all you'd do are have appended DHCP flags already allowed by the standard, with one last extra flag as "SIGNATURE" flag, signed by the private key. All data would be in clear-text, and easily read AND changeable, BUT the signature guarantees unmodification. The MS DHCP server could verify the sig, and grant/refuse an IP address.
Of course, there'd be many ways to attack that. One, start sending out fake DHCP requests. I'm guessing the server will have a time-out setting that will be in place.. Just send out enough replies from "everyone" in that the floor/building cant connect. Next, send out dupes of requests, but with information changed. MS sig fails, denies IP.
Law of science: For all technology, there is an equally strong opposing technology.
OK... vmware runs upon another OS. Say... linux.
I now route all packets to null and whitelist what I want to allow. Problem solved.
Talk about a low cost solution to that ;-D
Just like the sharpie on "protected cd's"
Course I was thinking that a x-acto knife could extract the chip. I dont care if the antenna is still in there.
What a bunch of tripe. It only considers average wage, and NOT cost of living in that area.
Living in Buttfuck, Kentucky is a hell of a bunch cheaper than living in San Diego, California. All this lil graph shows is your absolute wage to others around the world. It's NOT my fault that another peoples cant get their act together and mutiny their current governments and make a better one.
BTW: according to the slidey graphy thing, the absolute average wage is 850 (USD). Big surprise about their numbers.... They're guilt begging money.
Programs and techniques be used wherever chaotic systems take place? I guess it's in the domain of the weather, disease rates and population growth.
It would be rather interesting to watch social networks in the similar style (Im not thinking of myspace gunk...).
SO the muslims will be the most adept?
boooo hissss (BOOOOOOOM the user has been suicide bombed)
That they do have respect.
The nice letter to the guy developing the google-map data interface was a great show. And no C&D, just asking nicely.
Im always amazed at companies acting ethically.
It was written like a monkey on crack. And damn those "global warming" analogies.
Might as well had the Enzyte "Knock on wood" guy there as well shaking his stick...
I was trying my hand at some sarcasm.
Those of you who have bought will NOT like....
Zen Buddhism --- War in 3 Easy Steps
Idiots Guide to become a Stock Broker --- Honor and Ethics
The Holy Bible --- Pedophiles in our World
Guide to Windows Vista --- Kama Sutra
I know my "view" is out of date. I've been on Unix from the mid 80's when my dad had an active purdue account. I used MSDos and sysV over a 300 baud modem.
And I dealt with Win31 when it came out. Big surprise.
Last time I had to deal with Novell was when my high school had it installed on their servers and IPX as their network proto.
I tend to stay away from stuff like that.
When I think of Novell, I think of a company that has an outdated file server and other cruft that they charge 100,000$+ for 250 licenses.. But they charge only a percent of that to schools.
Hell, Id rather deal with Windows and MS than the Bindery. Egads.
So, big whoop they're bending over to MS, thinking they might try to screw them.