User: troublemaker_23

Rebooting OpenBSD?

On: OpenBSD Will Get Unique Kernels On Each Reboot (bleepingcomputer.com)

Uptime is a defining characteristic of OpenBSD - Netcraft will prove this. How often are OpenBSD machines rebooted to take advantage of this feature? It would be understandable on a Windows system.

Re:Is there anything other that power grab here ?

On: Australia Wants ISPs To Protect Customers From Viruses (sophos.com)

Dan Tehan is one of many Australian government ministers who has no clue about technology. http://bit.ly/2pMtFlG

Computer virus? Or Windows virus?

On: Computer Virus Attack Forces Hospitals To Cancel Operations, Shut Down Systems (zdnet.com)

Why does ZDNet always hide the fact that Windows is the operating system involved when viruses, worms, malware, scumware, ransomware etc are involved?

Re:something taco seems to miss

On: On the Subject of Slashdot Article Formatting

Both this rant and the earlier one say one simple thing - this is how we do it, we give a a flying fuck for your opinion and we are going to continue doing things our way. The dislike of the word "editor" is a bit amusing - it appears to spring from a desire to avoid control. THis, when Malda's tone in both articles tells us one thing - he is also a little Hitler.

Is this the real story?

On: Dell Infringes on Patent by Selling Overseas?

Isn't the story here the fact that Dell has been
sued? the patent was granted in 1999 in the US;
in 2002 in Singapore and in 2003 in Australia and
New Zealand.

Re:The real question remains....

On: Kernel Exploit Cause Of Debian Compromise

There is also no mention of the original point
of entry - which was said to be a sniffed
password. So which individual was sending
passwords in the clear?
And if it's a Debian developer who's done this
shouldn't he/she be outed?