Perhaps this is true, but their choice of this particular domain name implies that they're trying to hide or disguise something - that 2o7 bit confuses log files and is unnecessary. They should change their name if they're not evil.
Just means you gotta take away more control from the individual as a matter of policy. As much as I try to fight DHCP, it just keeps on coming back!
Thanks!
What about 2o7.net? These bottom-feeders have been using a domain name that looks like an IP address for ages - and there's no legitimate reason for it, other than to confuse those who can't tell zero's from O's in their firewall reports. Even their hosts appear with stuff like 192.168.1.2o7.net.
Most folks out there would miss that in a firewall report if they didn't read it closely and wonder why an IP address appeared in the resolved names column.
What ever happened to the Internet Death Penalty? Boy, do we need it now!
This sounds like a perfect start for on-demand programming services to me. And at least in GB, you won't have as many channels of crapola as you'd have in the USA. A good delivery system could make this into the DVR killer app.... just.... need..... bandwidth..... urg...
I use the Logitech USB headphone myself with Skype. The voice quality is great - better than any phone I've ever used. The SkypeIn feature is worth a looksee as well - it's in beta now, but you can receive phone calls and record voicemail with it, even if you're on the road with your laptop. It's even possible to get out of state phone numbers to ring your Skype account too. USB headsets work like a secondary sound system for your PC - and you can tell Skype to ring the main speakers, but use the headset for calls.
Two of my customers were hit with this at the same time on Friday around 4:50pm - the only good thing about it was that it hit at a time when many of the folks most affected by the bad update had gone for the weekend. They called, described the problem, and it hit almost completely in sync, all the machines that were running the latest XP with all the patches. We spent 3 hours that night troubleshooting and eventually figured out it was the AV software messing it up - and then about 20 minutes later on Trend Micro's site they had a "you gotta update from v594 to v596" to fix it.
First off, lets face some reality here - it was only a matter of time before something this scale happened - AV software, if developed by a small group and not effectively tested, could be perhaps the least QA tested software on business PC's in the world today.
Remember that response time is the major factor in AV protection - and getting your signatures out faster than the other guys, and faster than the virus spreads, is about the only success that these vendors know.
For a long time now I've seen shoddy work from various AV vendors - Norton steals resources, Trend leaves stuff behind after an un-install and McAfee spams their own users after install. Thus far the only two that havn't bothered me that much are Zone Alarm and Grisoft's free AVG.
For the last 2 years I've asked Trend Micro, Symantec and McAfee to add a single feature into their server-based email virus protection - and that is the smarts to know when to (and not to) respond to a message with a "this message contains a virus".
Right now virus responses are a binary value - you either send them or you don't. Shouldn't the AV software be able to know from it's signature whether or not the senders email address is spoofed?
Anyway, I digress. What it all boils down to is that AV vendors have a huge market penetration, and if some vendors aren't QA'ing their work (or if Microsoft is restricting updates by country) then it's inevitable that something nasty is going to be spread by the AV software.
Also remember that it's not just the AV software - Microsoft's last round of updates seem to have broken more than just this.
Running away is a good defense - it worked during 'nam. If we had a martian colony now, I'd sign to go in a heartbeat -- I'd rather raise buggalo on Mars than pay taxes to finance DubDub's failing terror hunt.
Finding focus is the hard thing, so focus on not being focused! I've done this for ages and I've been very successful so far. I was professionally tested as an INTP 20 years ago when I was programming for a psychology firm. Since then I've gone to college (and dropped out) got married, worked as a computer consultant, network engineer, systems manager, network manager, and now I'm doing internet security stuff. As an INTP, ones focus can be on anything, but you do loose interest on anything once you've done it long enough. At college I learned confidence and grew out of my INTP and became an ENTP - not that this is a requirement of growth and success, but ultimately it led me away from programming.
In general, if there's a field you enjoy and are good at, but the field is diverse, work in little corners of it over time - once you know all the corners, you may have a clue where to go next.
It took 20 years to realize that I want to be a writer or maybe even go to law school. It's critical that you make good choices, and learn to walk away from bad ones.
One five separate occasions, friends who's computers run windoze have had troubles - network card crapouts, cable modem acting up, etc. Everytime I suspect the hardware, I boot up Knoppix - excepting for Toshiba laptop keyboard woes, Knoppix works everywhere - even with Motorola USB cable modems!!!
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Perhaps this is true, but their choice of this particular domain name implies that they're trying to hide or disguise something - that 2o7 bit confuses log files and is unnecessary. They should change their name if they're not evil.
Just means you gotta take away more control from the individual as a matter of policy. As much as I try to fight DHCP, it just keeps on coming back! Thanks!
Good ideas, but not an enterprise deployable solution.
Any of us can secure our workstation. It's the network that's the problem.
180solutions are scumbags, true.
What about 2o7.net? These bottom-feeders have been using a domain name that looks like an IP address for ages - and there's no legitimate reason for it, other than to confuse those who can't tell zero's from O's in their firewall reports. Even their hosts appear with stuff like 192.168.1.2o7.net.
Most folks out there would miss that in a firewall report if they didn't read it closely and wonder why an IP address appeared in the resolved names column.
What ever happened to the Internet Death Penalty? Boy, do we need it now!
This sounds like a perfect start for on-demand programming services to me. And at least in GB, you won't have as many channels of crapola as you'd have in the USA. A good delivery system could make this into the DVR killer app.... just.... need..... bandwidth..... urg...
I use the Logitech USB headphone myself with Skype. The voice quality is great - better than any phone I've ever used. The SkypeIn feature is worth a looksee as well - it's in beta now, but you can receive phone calls and record voicemail with it, even if you're on the road with your laptop. It's even possible to get out of state phone numbers to ring your Skype account too. USB headsets work like a secondary sound system for your PC - and you can tell Skype to ring the main speakers, but use the headset for calls.
Skype isn't in beta either.
Two of my customers were hit with this at the same time on Friday around 4:50pm - the only good thing about it was that it hit at a time when many of the folks most affected by the bad update had gone for the weekend. They called, described the problem, and it hit almost completely in sync, all the machines that were running the latest XP with all the patches. We spent 3 hours that night troubleshooting and eventually figured out it was the AV software messing it up - and then about 20 minutes later on Trend Micro's site they had a "you gotta update from v594 to v596" to fix it. First off, lets face some reality here - it was only a matter of time before something this scale happened - AV software, if developed by a small group and not effectively tested, could be perhaps the least QA tested software on business PC's in the world today. Remember that response time is the major factor in AV protection - and getting your signatures out faster than the other guys, and faster than the virus spreads, is about the only success that these vendors know. For a long time now I've seen shoddy work from various AV vendors - Norton steals resources, Trend leaves stuff behind after an un-install and McAfee spams their own users after install. Thus far the only two that havn't bothered me that much are Zone Alarm and Grisoft's free AVG. For the last 2 years I've asked Trend Micro, Symantec and McAfee to add a single feature into their server-based email virus protection - and that is the smarts to know when to (and not to) respond to a message with a "this message contains a virus". Right now virus responses are a binary value - you either send them or you don't. Shouldn't the AV software be able to know from it's signature whether or not the senders email address is spoofed? Anyway, I digress. What it all boils down to is that AV vendors have a huge market penetration, and if some vendors aren't QA'ing their work (or if Microsoft is restricting updates by country) then it's inevitable that something nasty is going to be spread by the AV software. Also remember that it's not just the AV software - Microsoft's last round of updates seem to have broken more than just this.
Running away is a good defense - it worked during 'nam. If we had a martian colony now, I'd sign to go in a heartbeat -- I'd rather raise buggalo on Mars than pay taxes to finance DubDub's failing terror hunt.
Finding focus is the hard thing, so focus on not being focused! I've done this for ages and I've been very successful so far. I was professionally tested as an INTP 20 years ago when I was programming for a psychology firm. Since then I've gone to college (and dropped out) got married, worked as a computer consultant, network engineer, systems manager, network manager, and now I'm doing internet security stuff. As an INTP, ones focus can be on anything, but you do loose interest on anything once you've done it long enough. At college I learned confidence and grew out of my INTP and became an ENTP - not that this is a requirement of growth and success, but ultimately it led me away from programming. In general, if there's a field you enjoy and are good at, but the field is diverse, work in little corners of it over time - once you know all the corners, you may have a clue where to go next. It took 20 years to realize that I want to be a writer or maybe even go to law school. It's critical that you make good choices, and learn to walk away from bad ones.
Knoppix Rocks!!
One five separate occasions, friends who's computers run windoze have had troubles - network card crapouts, cable modem acting up, etc. Everytime I suspect the hardware, I boot up Knoppix - excepting for Toshiba laptop keyboard woes, Knoppix works everywhere - even with Motorola USB cable modems!!!