The admins on the ground seem to disagree with you. From that page, "Our initial investigations are pointing at an attack through IIS using ASP in an overload."
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The second part of your comment would make a great sig.
The risk/reward concept of crime is complicated by economies of scale. Prior to the Series-Of-Tubes(TM), it was fairly difficult to con more than one person at a time. Now, many high school students have the power to con millions of people across international borders. The potential reward has gone up. The perceived potential of risk has gone down. Thus, cybercrime rises.
...and my GF wants to pop up a chat window every 10 freaking minutes...
My first thought when I read this was, "this guy has a very technologically advanced, but needy, grandfather." I attribute my thought process to the facts that a) it is Monday and b) GirlFriend in the world of/. is akin to Bigfoot; a few have reported seeing them, but they are generally thought to be a myth.
Ah! My buddy Anonymous! How are things at the Coward house? Anyway, let's consider those systems that have antivirus for their mail services only to be exempt, shall we? How does that change your list?
I agree with you that users are themselves a major security concern. I disagree that your scenario would produce the results you claim because I have been a system administrator for Windows and Linux (and the rare Mac) and I have seen the damage users can do to each kind of system. My Windows users needed far more help fixing things they had broken than my Linux users of all levels of skill (mostly novices, though).
With that said, I am becoming tired of people propagating the myth that it is all about the users or even about the market share. It is not. It is about openness and design.
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Yes, it's true. There is AV software for Linux systems. It is for mail servers that serve Windows clients. Read the documentation, it's in there. Thanks for playing, though;-)
Yes, someone could delete the contents of their home directory by so doing. He or she could NOT affect anything beyond that by clicking on it. This also assumes they have made the script executable. And, strictly speaking, your script is not a virus. It does not self-propagate.
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And _I_ consider the existence of antivirus tools to imply an OS that just sucks.
My friend, you come off as really ignorant. I suggest you try a modern distribution before you spout such drivel. My kids don't have iPods, though they all have mp3 players (and my wife actually has an ogg/mp3 player) that are supported by my Linux machines just fine. They also play all kinds of games and watch youtube. They have done so for quite some time.
Very good post. As a fellow user of soap, shampoo, and toothpaste, let us join forces to encourage the use of these products among the rest of our slashdot brethren.
Good point. I've always been amused by the disconnect between "goodwill" in the accounting sense and "goodwill" in the vernacular. Microsoft has plenty of the former and little of the latter.
It would be interesting to know if studies such as these actually do factor into the accounting of intangibles and goodwill. Any CPA's out there?
Today's forecast calls for light showers with a high chance of flying chairs. Seriously, though, I used to doubt the power of "branding," but the more I learn about the average consumer (disappointing as it may be), the more I understand why companies care about this kind of thing.
I don't know what distro you use, but I was like you: no acceptable flash player for AMD64. I use Ubuntu, and following an upgrade to Gutsy, installed flashplayer (or whatever it's called) via synaptic, and it handled all the nspluginwrapper stuff automatically. I was quite impressed. Of course I found the need shortly thereafter to install flashblock (or whatever it's called) to tone down certain sites.
Is that what you got out of his rambling? Anyway, if that was his point, I still disagree. As a Linux user, I have had plenty of interoperability for years now, thank you very much. I am curious, if Linux is so inconsequential, why does Microsoft continue to call Linux its biggest threat?
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Were this J.K.'s only lawsuit I might believe you. Nox.
I occassionally wonder if we /.ers don't set our sites a bit high. (No, this isn't why we, collectively, can't find women.)
Mr. Ballmer, I must say I was surprised to see you posting to /. Good for you. Did you also throw a chair at the guy?
Tell that to my 10-year-old son. He does great with it, and he teaches himself by watching tutorials on Youtube.
Did you hear that? It sounded a lot like a joke going over someone's head.
The admins on the ground seem to disagree with you. From that page, "Our initial investigations are pointing at an attack through IIS using ASP in an overload."
The second part of your comment would make a great sig.
One might conclude the southern pole should also work.
The risk/reward concept of crime is complicated by economies of scale. Prior to the Series-Of-Tubes(TM), it was fairly difficult to con more than one person at a time. Now, many high school students have the power to con millions of people across international borders. The potential reward has gone up. The perceived potential of risk has gone down. Thus, cybercrime rises.
Ah! My buddy Anonymous! How are things at the Coward house? Anyway, let's consider those systems that have antivirus for their mail services only to be exempt, shall we? How does that change your list?
I agree with you that users are themselves a major security concern. I disagree that your scenario would produce the results you claim because I have been a system administrator for Windows and Linux (and the rare Mac) and I have seen the damage users can do to each kind of system. My Windows users needed far more help fixing things they had broken than my Linux users of all levels of skill (mostly novices, though).
With that said, I am becoming tired of people propagating the myth that it is all about the users or even about the market share. It is not. It is about openness and design.
Yes, it's true. There is AV software for Linux systems. It is for mail servers that serve Windows clients. Read the documentation, it's in there. Thanks for playing, though ;-)
Yes, someone could delete the contents of their home directory by so doing. He or she could NOT affect anything beyond that by clicking on it. This also assumes they have made the script executable. And, strictly speaking, your script is not a virus. It does not self-propagate.
And _I_ consider the existence of antivirus tools to imply an OS that just sucks.
My friend, you come off as really ignorant. I suggest you try a modern distribution before you spout such drivel. My kids don't have iPods, though they all have mp3 players (and my wife actually has an ogg/mp3 player) that are supported by my Linux machines just fine. They also play all kinds of games and watch youtube. They have done so for quite some time.
This runs Linux, though it is not technically a MikeRoweSoft Surface product.
The product above is Mitsubishi's DiamondTouch screen. The folks who make it have released a Linux-compatible SDK.
It took a second glance at your post and username before I realized you weren't being sarcastic. This is /. afterall.
Very good post. As a fellow user of soap, shampoo, and toothpaste, let us join forces to encourage the use of these products among the rest of our slashdot brethren.
Good point. I've always been amused by the disconnect between "goodwill" in the accounting sense and "goodwill" in the vernacular. Microsoft has plenty of the former and little of the latter.
It would be interesting to know if studies such as these actually do factor into the accounting of intangibles and goodwill. Any CPA's out there?
Today's forecast calls for light showers with a high chance of flying chairs. Seriously, though, I used to doubt the power of "branding," but the more I learn about the average consumer (disappointing as it may be), the more I understand why companies care about this kind of thing.
I don't know what distro you use, but I was like you: no acceptable flash player for AMD64. I use Ubuntu, and following an upgrade to Gutsy, installed flashplayer (or whatever it's called) via synaptic, and it handled all the nspluginwrapper stuff automatically. I was quite impressed. Of course I found the need shortly thereafter to install flashblock (or whatever it's called) to tone down certain sites.
Is that what you got out of his rambling? Anyway, if that was his point, I still disagree. As a Linux user, I have had plenty of interoperability for years now, thank you very much. I am curious, if Linux is so inconsequential, why does Microsoft continue to call Linux its biggest threat?
Damn. I wish I had kept a mod point so I could mod you the troll that you are.
Anyway, considering the number of magnetic drives that I've lost over the years, flash will be my medium of choice as the price continues to decline.