Well, the FDIV was NOT obscure (I remember seeing it in every major PC magz at that time), and it was not only one obscure bug, but more like 0.9986756235 bug.
No it didn't. The only real upgrade to the hashing system of windows is the avent of NTLM hashes, with arbitrary lengths (LM was 'limited' to 7 [1]) and better hashing (LM was case insensitive).
BTW, all of you sysadmins should change the policies on your DC (or your own computer if you're not in a domain) to remove the storage of LM passwords if you don't have any Win9x and WinNT
[1] it is not limited, although the hash is separated in 7 characters hashes (meaning for "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP" it keeps the hashes of "ABCDEFG", concatenated with the hash of "HIJKLMN", and so on). Just for you who did not follow LophtCrack...
they should have had the stations on a VPN with IDS, no way for the worm to get in
AH! If only that was true. VPN may be broken if misconfigured (and believe me it often is), it does not protect against client vulns from other computer on the network, and IDS are sooooooo easy to manipulate and are not to be considered a security: it can be compared to a fuzzy camera hanging on your roof facing one side.
Just as a reminder, it was proved by different benchmarks (gaming bench as well) that DDR2 gained around 7% real performance over DDR... You have to remember that memory size is more important than pure speed, along with bus speed and what amout of that memory is held on the video card (and not in system memory). There are soooo many factors, and I personnally find that the extra half fps is not worth upgrading your 500mhz memory to 667... I prefer to spend on video cards.
You know there is no 3D capable hardware emulated under VMWare (neither any other solution), which makes visualisation of 3D (or even 2D, since the hardware emulated is not capable of accelerated 2D sprites and other stuff) graphics really slow? And why the hell would you play UT200x under a VM anyway? It was not meant this way. Buy an old P4 at 300 bucks and you've paid your VM license.
Actually, they DO have politics in.eu, and conflicts, debates, crisis, people, progress, good laws, etc... one thing America lacks as a whole (.ca and.mx too). My name is Hans, and I am Canadian. Though of european origins.
He sure is better than you! Admit it, you're a bot. He is better than sure you!
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It IS low, but should not be overlooked under no circumstances. That's what we call the 9/11 factor:)
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VMWare have had a couple of vulnerabilities since start. Don't forget that there IS a lot of information exchanged between the fake drivers (those in the guess) and the VM software, which means it is probable that there are some buffer overflows or anything available. Fuzzing is really prolific in those fields:)
For example, when there is a date/time sync between the guest and the host, the date HAS to be passed someway. With VMWare it is through an undocumented (officially) communication port (much like a mouse coordinates, say). A vuln has been found in the first couple versions of VMWare that used this so that the host could infect the guess. Lately it's been the mouse sync and the network sharing that has been targetted (and successfully broken).
So yes, it IS possible, and probable that it is going to happen for this software too, as it becomes popular.
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Even more when a couple of vulns have been pointed out by fuzzers for VMware since fall 2005, which is less than 6 months ago:) Long live virtualization, but still don't forget that sandbox is good till it gets out of the sandbox. VM should never ever be considered a security, but much like a barrier with many advantages... and as it gets more popular it will be even more true.
I'm sure with the right developer, Linux could also be used to harness zero point energy, create wormholes for travel in your basement, and possibly cure most diseases...
but what's the use if it cannot cook and bring your breakfast at your bed the exact moment you wake up? Oh that and play music... without using speaker, that is.
It certaining *is* expansive, but I don't think that's what you meant.
uh yes. but you probably meant "certainly";)
as for memory, I _believe_ I'd rather buy a 500 mhz 2G ram with 500 Gb hard drive than a 3.0 Ghz Xeon 2G ram with 50G hdd. Both being considered equivalent in term of performance (on the network) / data contained.
In the war of memory/cpu consumption (because basically compression is just about trading one for the other), memory still wins (in my heart) because no viable solution for low-end cpu exist.
Have you ever tried to randomly access a movie and get a full image using MPEG-4, which uses a similar technique? If you are able to just switch to a randomly chosen frame and have a full image instantly, look at how much processing power it needed.
I'm betting my money that if it used in the way you suggest (which is what TFA also suggests), then the benifit won't surpass the processing power it will ask. Again, hdd space is cheap, cpu power is expansive. If it is used for bandwidth or small medias, then question is how it will compare to other well known techniques (i.e. gzip) and how are they going to push it.
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Well, the FDIV was NOT obscure (I remember seeing it in every major PC magz at that time), and it was not only one obscure bug, but more like 0.9986756235 bug.
2015?
You call this a mirror?
THIS is a mirror.
You've been on myspace waaaaay too long...
That makes you 42... Is that true geeks like you never shave nor wash? Are you still using COBOL? Is it painful?
And this is the reason I use Lynx as a browser....
I see you miss the 2nd point... Probably means you've been beyond the first one. There's no one there, man, no one.
No it didn't. The only real upgrade to the hashing system of windows is the avent of NTLM hashes, with arbitrary lengths (LM was 'limited' to 7 [1]) and better hashing (LM was case insensitive).
BTW, all of you sysadmins should change the policies on your DC (or your own computer if you're not in a domain) to remove the storage of LM passwords if you don't have any Win9x and WinNT [1] it is not limited, although the hash is separated in 7 characters hashes (meaning for "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP" it keeps the hashes of "ABCDEFG", concatenated with the hash of "HIJKLMN", and so on). Just for you who did not follow LophtCrack...
AH! If only that was true. VPN may be broken if misconfigured (and believe me it often is), it does not protect against client vulns from other computer on the network, and IDS are sooooooo easy to manipulate and are not to be considered a security: it can be compared to a fuzzy camera hanging on your roof facing one side.
Just as a reminder, it was proved by different benchmarks (gaming bench as well) that DDR2 gained around 7% real performance over DDR... You have to remember that memory size is more important than pure speed, along with bus speed and what amout of that memory is held on the video card (and not in system memory). There are soooo many factors, and I personnally find that the extra half fps is not worth upgrading your 500mhz memory to 667... I prefer to spend on video cards.
You know there is no 3D capable hardware emulated under VMWare (neither any other solution), which makes visualisation of 3D (or even 2D, since the hardware emulated is not capable of accelerated 2D sprites and other stuff) graphics really slow? And why the hell would you play UT200x under a VM anyway? It was not meant this way. Buy an old P4 at 300 bucks and you've paid your VM license.
Been there.
bah you didn't get the t-shirt, stop bragging
To me it still looks like prostitution, if I may. And I'm used to selling one's body in exchange of money... I'm a consultant.
Actually, they DO have politics in .eu, and conflicts, debates, crisis, people, progress, good laws, etc... one thing America lacks as a whole (.ca and .mx too). My name is Hans, and I am Canadian. Though of european origins.
He sure is better than you! Admit it, you're a bot. He is better than sure you!
It IS low, but should not be overlooked under no circumstances. That's what we call the 9/11 factor :)
For example, when there is a date/time sync between the guest and the host, the date HAS to be passed someway. With VMWare it is through an undocumented (officially) communication port (much like a mouse coordinates, say). A vuln has been found in the first couple versions of VMWare that used this so that the host could infect the guess. Lately it's been the mouse sync and the network sharing that has been targetted (and successfully broken).
So yes, it IS possible, and probable that it is going to happen for this software too, as it becomes popular.
Even more when a couple of vulns have been pointed out by fuzzers for VMware since fall 2005, which is less than 6 months ago :) Long live virtualization, but still don't forget that sandbox is good till it gets out of the sandbox. VM should never ever be considered a security, but much like a barrier with many advantages... and as it gets more popular it will be even more true.
but what's the use if it cannot cook and bring your breakfast at your bed the exact moment you wake up? Oh that and play music... without using speaker, that is.
uh yes. but you probably meant "certainly" ;)
as for memory, I _believe_ I'd rather buy a 500 mhz 2G ram with 500 Gb hard drive than a 3.0 Ghz Xeon 2G ram with 50G hdd. Both being considered equivalent in term of performance (on the network) / data contained.
In the war of memory/cpu consumption (because basically compression is just about trading one for the other), memory still wins (in my heart) because no viable solution for low-end cpu exist.
Have you ever tried to randomly access a movie and get a full image using MPEG-4, which uses a similar technique? If you are able to just switch to a randomly chosen frame and have a full image instantly, look at how much processing power it needed.
I'm betting my money that if it used in the way you suggest (which is what TFA also suggests), then the benifit won't surpass the processing power it will ask. Again, hdd space is cheap, cpu power is expansive. If it is used for bandwidth or small medias, then question is how it will compare to other well known techniques (i.e. gzip) and how are they going to push it.
I GNU it!
By not doubling the backslashes it wouldn't even compile ('\p' non-standard for a start). Now how is that?
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