"And where exactly are all these attacks coming from. Where are these worms and viruses hosted. What's different is all the attacks are coming for other compromised Windows boxen. Of course it's totally different, you're not being attacked by Linux boxes."
You have a point, I would be stupid not to agree the it's probably mostly infected Windows machines. I just don't think that's what the summary is saying. When the text of the link to the article says "how vulnerable Windows XP really is", i read it as that, not as "how many infected Windows XP boxes are out there."
The point of the article, IMO at least, is to remind people how quickly an unpatched Windows machine gets infected and therefore how important it is to keep your OS updated. That they used an updated "secured" Windows installation to host the virtual machine sort of shows this, I would say. I just think simply saying "Windows XP is unsecure" is not really what this article is trying to say and that the summary was a bit too simple in that sense.
And just to make it clear, I'm posting this from my Ubuntu laptop. I've been running Linux exclusively for around 5 years (non-exclusively for around 8), so I'm far from an MS fanboy. I just think with all the reasons there are for critisising MS and Windows, there's no reason to make this just another "Windows is insecure" story.
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This doesn't really show how vulnerable Windows XP really is, it shows how often it is subject to attack. Since all these are (mostly at least) worms and automated attacks, that's not really different from looking at the logs on my Linux boxes, where, for instance, my apache server is quite often "attacked" by a worm looking for IIS vulnerabilities.
I like to bash MS as much as most people here, but this choice of words really misleading. True, never ever put an unpatched box un the Internet, especially if it's running some version of MS Windows, but this hasn't got that much to do with the security of an updated Windows installation.
Here at/. we all know to never put an unpatched box on-line, but it is interesting when more mainstream media put focus on that, no need to attack Microsoft in order to make this story interesting.
Ok, thanks. If others got the same idea, then I guess it's not such a bad idea?:-)
I need to write some "smaller" assigments for university and I just thought this might be worth looking into.
The page is very much lacking information, should there be any reason why this wouldn't be possible or is it simply lack of time from developers?
Very interesting idea. I was wondering if it might be possible to write something like this as an apache module and if it is possible, has it already been done?
Something like a directive in the Apache configuration file, where you define everything uploaded into a certain directory to automaticly create a.torrent in the same (or another) directory that will then get seeded?
I'm seriously very interested in any thoughts on this, since I might look into trying to code something like that...
While your point is still valid, there is not really a "Swedish version" of Star Wars ep.1.
Here in Scandinavia we don't generally dub movies, so the audio track would still be English.
It could have been he downloaded a French, German, Spanish etc. version...
The frenzy whipped up utilized a lot of cartoons that weren't even published. They were much more inflammatory, but the big point is that they're made up. Denmark didn't publish them.
"Denmark" didn't publish any cartoons at all. The Danish newspaper "Jyllands-posten" published some.
A big part of the controversy has been that the Danish prime minister didn't want to apologize for what an independant newspaper published. Just want to point out a big difference.
Speaking from Denmark (part of the EU), I would say that 1984 is definitly moving closer. The techincal aspects that makes it, more or less, impossiple to record everything a person says and of course the loss of privace aside, I find it the most scary thing, that the general attitude seems to be: "If you don't have anything to hide, so it doesn't matter, does it?"
For many, it wouldn't be life altering if their email was read, their MP3 collection viewed and downloaded and their favorite version of solitaire copied as well. I would argue that the people with valuable data wouldn't give out such information (like many of us in this forum).
You just listed my 3 main reasons for using my pc. Apart from reading slashdot.;-)
"I think whichever OS can meet the other in the middle--with a balance of security, usability, and power--will win the long-term battle."
Why do we need to have a battle? Like many have allready pointed out, Linux has its advantages, so does Windows and others. Why do we need "One OS to rule them all"?.
If it's the same case I'm thinking about, I saw a tv-program about it.
Some parts of Judas Priest's songs played backwards, sounded something like "Just do it", meaning "Commit suicide".
Judas Priest's response was, first of all: "Why would anyone buy an album and listen to it baskwards".
Secondly they spend a night listening to all of their albums backwards and found things like "Mama wants candy" and similar stuff, which closed the case.
Quite funny imo.
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"And where exactly are all these attacks coming from. Where are these worms and viruses hosted. What's different is all the attacks are coming for other compromised Windows boxen. Of course it's totally different, you're not being attacked by Linux boxes."
You have a point, I would be stupid not to agree the it's probably mostly infected Windows machines. I just don't think that's what the summary is saying. When the text of the link to the article says "how vulnerable Windows XP really is", i read it as that, not as "how many infected Windows XP boxes are out there."
The point of the article, IMO at least, is to remind people how quickly an unpatched Windows machine gets infected and therefore how important it is to keep your OS updated. That they used an updated "secured" Windows installation to host the virtual machine sort of shows this, I would say. I just think simply saying "Windows XP is unsecure" is not really what this article is trying to say and that the summary was a bit too simple in that sense.
And just to make it clear, I'm posting this from my Ubuntu laptop. I've been running Linux exclusively for around 5 years (non-exclusively for around 8), so I'm far from an MS fanboy. I just think with all the reasons there are for critisising MS and Windows, there's no reason to make this just another "Windows is insecure" story.
This doesn't really show how vulnerable Windows XP really is, it shows how often it is subject to attack. Since all these are (mostly at least) worms and automated attacks, that's not really different from looking at the logs on my Linux boxes, where, for instance, my apache server is quite often "attacked" by a worm looking for IIS vulnerabilities. /. we all know to never put an unpatched box on-line, but it is interesting when more mainstream media put focus on that, no need to attack Microsoft in order to make this story interesting.
I like to bash MS as much as most people here, but this choice of words really misleading. True, never ever put an unpatched box un the Internet, especially if it's running some version of MS Windows, but this hasn't got that much to do with the security of an updated Windows installation.
Here at
What the fuck does "WTF" mean?
Ok, thanks. If others got the same idea, then I guess it's not such a bad idea? :-)
I need to write some "smaller" assigments for university and I just thought this might be worth looking into.
The page is very much lacking information, should there be any reason why this wouldn't be possible or is it simply lack of time from developers?
Very interesting idea. I was wondering if it might be possible to write something like this as an apache module and if it is possible, has it already been done?
.torrent in the same (or another) directory that will then get seeded?
Something like a directive in the Apache configuration file, where you define everything uploaded into a certain directory to automaticly create a
I'm seriously very interested in any thoughts on this, since I might look into trying to code something like that...
Thanks!
While your point is still valid, there is not really a "Swedish version" of Star Wars ep.1.
Here in Scandinavia we don't generally dub movies, so the audio track would still be English.
It could have been he downloaded a French, German, Spanish etc. version...
The frenzy whipped up utilized a lot of cartoons that weren't even published. They were much more inflammatory, but the big point is that they're made up. Denmark didn't publish them.
"Denmark" didn't publish any cartoons at all. The Danish newspaper "Jyllands-posten" published some.
A big part of the controversy has been that the Danish prime minister didn't want to apologize for what an independant newspaper published. Just want to point out a big difference.
Speaking from Denmark (part of the EU), I would say that 1984 is definitly moving closer. The techincal aspects that makes it, more or less, impossiple to record everything a person says and of course the loss of privace aside, I find it the most scary thing, that the general attitude seems to be: "If you don't have anything to hide, so it doesn't matter, does it?"
As opposed to the other kind of predictions? ;-)
Congratulations, you've just explained one of the most well known quotes used, and got modded funny.
Anyone got an idea when the Debian packages will be ready?
Or should I just run the installer?
For many, it wouldn't be life altering if their email was read, their MP3 collection viewed and downloaded and their favorite version of solitaire copied as well. I would argue that the people with valuable data wouldn't give out such information (like many of us in this forum). ;-)
You just listed my 3 main reasons for using my pc.
Apart from reading slashdot.
"I think whichever OS can meet the other in the middle--with a balance of security, usability, and power--will win the long-term battle."
:-)
Why do we need to have a battle? Like many have allready pointed out, Linux has its advantages, so does Windows and others. Why do we need "One OS to rule them all"?.
Why can't we just get along?
If it's the same case I'm thinking about, I saw a tv-program about it. Some parts of Judas Priest's songs played backwards, sounded something like "Just do it", meaning "Commit suicide". Judas Priest's response was, first of all: "Why would anyone buy an album and listen to it baskwards". Secondly they spend a night listening to all of their albums backwards and found things like "Mama wants candy" and similar stuff, which closed the case. Quite funny imo.