Actually newer versions of Windows are also included in the patch. Of course learning this would require one to read past the often-incorrect or often-shortsighted summaries:-P
I tried to go to the March 2012 Microsoft Security Bulletin on their website and got a 404 Error. Guess they're updating it with new info? BTW I tested the sample Ruby code that was published and the BSOD worked like a champ on a couple of my older boxes here at work. Good thing I don't use RDP on any Internet-facing hosts. Only through a VPN...
I had the same thing happen! My mortgage is through Citi and I kept on typing out these long "secure" messages to them and forgot about the illegal characters. Had to keep retyping. Nice sanitizing!
In addition there is over two years left to implement this in the U.S. according to what I see. *yawn* (from a person who helped with Y2K projects back in the day).
Pretty valid points. College is essentially intellectual exercise and not necessarily a practical (i.e. - monetary investment) exercise. I was an English major and wound up being an IT Manager the past 15+ years. A degree shows you can learn, regurgitate facts, and comform to professors' requirements. All of those years and experiences could've been replaced with a bottom rung IT A+ type of job and taking some technical certification classes...
Besides the poor English in the summary if you check Wikipedia's history for this entry you probably won't find much to indicate what is claimed...hmmm...act reactionary very much?
Good point. And my US keyboards render the passwords a lot differently than the time I am trying to enter in my password from my iPhone/iPad...and since I don't always memorize the jumbled version I sometimes get a brain cramp:)
For my passwords I use the keys one-up-and-to-the-right of the "dictionary style" password I have. For example, for password this would come out as -wee305r, making it harder to brute force. Of course if the passwords are all stored plain text by some incompetents what's the point?!
True. Just testing out my Windows 7 pro machine a second ago I found they removed telnet.exe from the system. So instead of adopting a standard set such as SSH (which is unlikely seeing their conflict with FOSS) they have dropped other long standing, less secure components.
I wouldn't either. Although for my company's e-commerce website, our Citrix ICA web client, Outlook Web Access, etc. I can throw down $30 a year for a cheaper GoDaddy SSL cert for each host.
There are always cheaper alternatives that take cost out of the equation. Like a few years ago I looked at why we were spending $800 a year for a commerical PGP license for transmitting SFTP banking batch transmissions. Get GNU PGP for free and have basically the same security!
Though I haven't kept up with SSH development on Windows
Actually this Swiss Army knife helps me a great deal in the Windows-centic world I support for admin tasks where I work. Been using Putty for over 5 years now for everything from SFTP to SSH remote commands. Works fine for me. That and some Ruby scripting help automate a great deal of my work:-)
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spent $7,414.26 to buy 73 [...] 25 copies of 73 standards works out to $273,750,000
Am I the only one who doesn't get the math? Or does the judge exponentially impose penalties under copyright protection?
Actually newer versions of Windows are also included in the patch. Of course learning this would require one to read past the often-incorrect or often-shortsighted summaries :-P
Actually from what I see it appears to be newer versions of Windows as well...
I tried to go to the March 2012 Microsoft Security Bulletin on their website and got a 404 Error. Guess they're updating it with new info? BTW I tested the sample Ruby code that was published and the BSOD worked like a champ on a couple of my older boxes here at work. Good thing I don't use RDP on any Internet-facing hosts. Only through a VPN...
If you're anonymous then how will we recognize you? *scratches head*
How long do the diesel generators last?
As long as folks can supply it with fuel, right?!
...Sixth Sense movie quote. "I see dead people."
Did you post this from your quantum computer???
Not sure about the theoretical effect of stopping, since the original theory postulates that once riding that warp bubble there's no way to stop...
Lotus Notes is still around? *crunching on my VisiCalc spreadsheet*
I had the same thing happen! My mortgage is through Citi and I kept on typing out these long "secure" messages to them and forgot about the illegal characters. Had to keep retyping. Nice sanitizing!
In addition there is over two years left to implement this in the U.S. according to what I see. *yawn* (from a person who helped with Y2K projects back in the day).
Yeah, Mono is up to...what....NET 1.1 or 2.0 now? That will surely be a great safety net!
Bump this while yo checkin' yo braces and semicolons...
Pretty valid points. College is essentially intellectual exercise and not necessarily a practical (i.e. - monetary investment) exercise. I was an English major and wound up being an IT Manager the past 15+ years. A degree shows you can learn, regurgitate facts, and comform to professors' requirements. All of those years and experiences could've been replaced with a bottom rung IT A+ type of job and taking some technical certification classes...
I use VisiCalc because I'm down like that...
Besides a 30-year reverse time warp we have a recursive link. That's deep. Too deep for a Monday really...
Besides the poor English in the summary if you check Wikipedia's history for this entry you probably won't find much to indicate what is claimed...hmmm...act reactionary very much?
Good point. And my US keyboards render the passwords a lot differently than the time I am trying to enter in my password from my iPhone/iPad...and since I don't always memorize the jumbled version I sometimes get a brain cramp :)
For my passwords I use the keys one-up-and-to-the-right of the "dictionary style" password I have. For example, for password this would come out as -wee305r, making it harder to brute force. Of course if the passwords are all stored plain text by some incompetents what's the point?!
Carwinism!
They just should have slammed down the 'Hyperspace' button...sigh...
True. Just testing out my Windows 7 pro machine a second ago I found they removed telnet.exe from the system. So instead of adopting a standard set such as SSH (which is unlikely seeing their conflict with FOSS) they have dropped other long standing, less secure components.
I wouldn't either. Although for my company's e-commerce website, our Citrix ICA web client, Outlook Web Access, etc. I can throw down $30 a year for a cheaper GoDaddy SSL cert for each host.
There are always cheaper alternatives that take cost out of the equation. Like a few years ago I looked at why we were spending $800 a year for a commerical PGP license for transmitting SFTP banking batch transmissions. Get GNU PGP for free and have basically the same security!
Though I haven't kept up with SSH development on Windows
Actually this Swiss Army knife helps me a great deal in the Windows-centic world I support for admin tasks where I work. Been using Putty for over 5 years now for everything from SFTP to SSH remote commands. Works fine for me. That and some Ruby scripting help automate a great deal of my work :-)