Very true from the stand point of immigration, civilian, and law enforcement practices. However, the military role would still rest wtih the "National Guard".
"Border Guard" is actually the duty of the "National Guard" Oh wait they're in Iraq. Coasties have been changed from one of the most loved and respected services in the world to a despised, and ineffective law enforcement force (poorly funded and consequently poorly trained http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/DS_After_Actio n_Report.html).
Cyber space war fighting and understanding the combat needs of networks have been part of the airforce mission for over two decades. Adding it to the mission statement is only showing the increased concern and admitting the increased importance that networks and computers are playing in war fighting. For some interesting reading try http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/transformation /oft_implementation_ncw.pdfNetwork-Centric Warfare (1.10 mb) detailing a significant increase in the undertanding and capability. Secondly, there understanding of "cyber-warfare" and most net saavy citizens aren't quite the same.
What a boon if done. Think about it! Law enforcement would only have to monitor one port for specific traffic. If you were caught off port then you are already breaking the laws. Not only would companies be able to filter, but ISP's would be able to charge extra for Porn Ports. YOu want this access to this content and wham! it's an extra $19.95. Don't believe it? What about comcastic locking down port 25? NNTP dying on the vine just add Porn Ports? Are we going to need specific Porn Browsers? AOL will be able to charge extra for adult access. This has all the novelty of another idealogues attempt to protect the wayward from themselves.
I happen to have a robin hood hanging in my wall display too. It represents about $20 in tips, and arrows (Easton carbon fiber). I figured out why it didn't split full length. And, the reason is pretty simple. The target is a foam target and the second arrow hitting the first arrow drives the first arrow deeper into the target (absorbing energy) rather than splitting the first arrow more than half way.
So who busts the mythbusters myths?
Love show by the way?
GUI would be Xerox Parc, TCP-IP would be Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn.
Where have all the old school hackers gone?
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As a former hiring manager at a major corporation I look at this from a different point of view. Are people telling the talent how to get my attention? From the review, the title, and the way information is being imparted (apparent from the review) I would say not. If you want the big job with the big pay check get a real education along with the skillz. If you want to be a trusted partner in the security of a company you had better be able to communicate and do TCP/IP math. Maturity, professionalism, and education are more important the being some leet hacker wannabe. The corporate network is not the place to learn nor is it the playground for the disgruntled. Where have all the old school hackers gone? Where are the people who could actually write code, and configure networks too?
This rumor circulates every few months. In the three years I worked at Sun it popped up at least every six months. Especially after donut Wednesdays went away. There alwasys seem to be this talk about the stock being substantially worth less than the assets of the company. Wasn't that what all those stock buyouts in the 80's were about? Buying companies for their assets versus their worth as a producer?
Is it possible what we have here is a total misunderstanding of the Internet medium? Could this be a case where the judge has no clue what the Internet or websites do, and how they distribute their content? Is this a case where the judge is interperting the word press and thinking linotype?
Is there anything in the design path for Microsoft software to decrease "bloat", increase performance, and decrease processor requirements? Will we continue to see software with significantly increasing requirements on performance that renders useless older hardware and feeding the minions of Linux and Beowulf clusters? More importantly when will Microsoft talk openly and in detail about efforts that place performance and security on the front line along with features and usability?
Y2k was interesting. I led a team of over a hundred technical types to diagnose and develop solutions for a major telco. Customers with problems included power companies and manufacturing companies. On the proof their were issues side the Chicago Board of Trade fiasco was the result of improper distributed Y2K fix code (some will dispute this). The fact is the lab I was responsible for found time sync modules in everything from Hyundai PBX systems to Wellfleet routers would drop traffic because of date issues. In some cases the equipment was so old that power cycling it for testing purposes caused it to fail on the spot. In several cases the audit revealed equipment or telco systems that were being under utilized (hot but unconnected) or over utilized (hot but not billed). If I learned anything it was that a team of several hundred people within a year can do amazing things but costs buckets of money. I was definitely amazed that companies with huge IT budgets would buy Herman Miller chairs but wouldn't replace twenty year old routers.
The best way to get an internship is to start about a year earlier. With my students I start posting and discussing internship opportunities with my sophomore classes. This gives them time to apply. Since regional Universities don't have the clout for big name contracts it can be harder to find placements. I average 7 to 10 direct requests a semester for my best brightest students. Our security program is in its infancy so I expect that to grow.
I also for a limited amount of students accept undergraduates into research billets where they get to hack on grid computers and forensically analyze all those trivial traces we do (grunt work). This is also a growing area and usually is going to the student who has already identified they are going to graduate school. During Christmas break three students and I are setting up a 100 node Beowulf cluster to build signatures and traffic analysis models for a research project.
For a real select few starting this year I've started taking star students and we are beginning to publish their independent projects at conferences. The first one should be in April. I expect that will draw demand both for our program and the students. Getting the students work out in the open I'm hoping will make internships easier. Since our program is just getting off the ground we are pushing the students work to show what they can do. I think next semester we are going to build some portfolios of students work and that may help the process too.
For the student doing it on their own I would likely start by preparing a portfolio of projects, papers, and laboratory assignments. That is your school work or thinking work to prove you're smart. I would then take my best projects and build upon them to show that you have skills. Build a resume or vita around those items and be prepared to show case what you can do and what you think you can do.
On the theme of outreach the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE.org) has some good materials if you are 40. In my department we have been considering doing a few things (the "younger" professorial types anyways).
We have tried to get a LAN party off the ground utilizing University resources to push our new gaming option.
Some of us have suggested getting a Beowulf cluster off the ground with hand picked students from High Schools doing the networking and programming.
A couple of us professorial types were shut down in our efforts to have a hack a box competition for all of those reasons you can imagine.
In a few cases it isn't the ideas but the refrain "If you want to do that get a grant" that stops moving forward.
Several universities utilize AIM for holding on-line office hours. In some cases it is professor preference, but in others there is a specified/required tool. Students who are not savvy computer users look for ease of use and AOL has the greater share of that market. If a student disappears from chat sessions that is one thing, but when this professor disappeared one week before finals it was not a happy time. Luckily us old Unix geeks wear a belt and suspenders and the odds of Yahoo and *Egads* MSN Messenger going down at the same time are minimal.
I really enjoyed the book myself when I read it this summer. As a compilation detailing computer law it was pretty good. Most of the tools I found to be aging or at a very low level. If you add in "Cybercrime" by Ralph D. Clifford an excellent book on computer law it opens a much broader picture. "Software Forensics" by Robert M. Slade is my current read and gets an interesting rating for now. "Computer Forensics" unfortunately is only part of the picture. With so much of the net existing in RAM and the traffic in between nodes "Network Forensics" should be the next big topic. There has to be a way of taking dynamic bits and making static evidence. There are a few other things that are going to hold back the field of forensics. The fact that the commercial forensic tool vendors have been refusing to teach the defense attorneys or experts is very scary. This is a rapidly expanding field very similar to how DNA expanding in the 70's and 80's.
Having been in industry for over 20 years and now teaching in the University system take what I say within those regards. As a hiring authority on major projects (of dozens or hundreds of people) if I set a degree as a requirement I never saw a resume that didn't have the appropriate degree. Unless one of my engineers brought me some persons resume directly. When balancing the schools for major positions (6 figures and up) I might call the school directly and talk to the major professors and see what they remembered (usually these are the references anyways). For lower level positions who has the time?
I worked in corporate IT at two major telecoms, and two major consulting companies. At every job I've had the prior service military were a significant back bone of the profit making contingent. They required less management, met deadlines, and didn't whine about company decisions. Oh, I'm prior military myself (USMC).
When balancing two CS programs as an undergraduate you should be more interested in whether they are ABET accredited utilizing the latest curriculum standards than what name is plastered on the sign. What is your goal? Do you want to work in industry or be involved in research? If you want to be involved in research find the prestigious research university and ingratiate yourself with the faculty. If you are interested in doing 4-years and opting for industry get the paper and run for the door. When I'm hiring people the paper gets you the interview, your skills get you past my minions, and your ability to communicate with me during the interview gets me to sign the will hire paperwork.
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Very true from the stand point of immigration, civilian, and law enforcement practices. However, the military role would still rest wtih the "National Guard".
"Border Guard" is actually the duty of the "National Guard" Oh wait they're in Iraq. Coasties have been changed from one of the most loved and respected services in the world to a despised, and ineffective law enforcement force (poorly funded and consequently poorly trained http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/DS_After_Actio n_Report.html).
Cyber space war fighting and understanding the combat needs of networks have been part of the airforce mission for over two decades. Adding it to the mission statement is only showing the increased concern and admitting the increased importance that networks and computers are playing in war fighting. For some interesting reading try http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/transformation /oft_implementation_ncw.pdfNetwork-Centric Warfare (1.10 mb) detailing a significant increase in the undertanding and capability. Secondly, there understanding of "cyber-warfare" and most net saavy citizens aren't quite the same.
What a boon if done. Think about it! Law enforcement would only have to monitor one port for specific traffic. If you were caught off port then you are already breaking the laws. Not only would companies be able to filter, but ISP's would be able to charge extra for Porn Ports. YOu want this access to this content and wham! it's an extra $19.95. Don't believe it? What about comcastic locking down port 25? NNTP dying on the vine just add Porn Ports? Are we going to need specific Porn Browsers? AOL will be able to charge extra for adult access. This has all the novelty of another idealogues attempt to protect the wayward from themselves.
I happen to have a robin hood hanging in my wall display too. It represents about $20 in tips, and arrows (Easton carbon fiber). I figured out why it didn't split full length. And, the reason is pretty simple. The target is a foam target and the second arrow hitting the first arrow drives the first arrow deeper into the target (absorbing energy) rather than splitting the first arrow more than half way. So who busts the mythbusters myths? Love show by the way?
Have you all figured out yet that a Robin Hood (two arrows impacting the same spot) is actually possible? disgruntled archer.
More fodder for the you can be an idiot and still be an executive files. Music industry ignorance is perfect.
GUI would be Xerox Parc, TCP-IP would be Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn.
As a former hiring manager at a major corporation I look at this from a different point of view. Are people telling the talent how to get my attention? From the review, the title, and the way information is being imparted (apparent from the review) I would say not. If you want the big job with the big pay check get a real education along with the skillz. If you want to be a trusted partner in the security of a company you had better be able to communicate and do TCP/IP math. Maturity, professionalism, and education are more important the being some leet hacker wannabe. The corporate network is not the place to learn nor is it the playground for the disgruntled. Where have all the old school hackers gone? Where are the people who could actually write code, and configure networks too?
This rumor circulates every few months. In the three years I worked at Sun it popped up at least every six months. Especially after donut Wednesdays went away. There alwasys seem to be this talk about the stock being substantially worth less than the assets of the company. Wasn't that what all those stock buyouts in the 80's were about? Buying companies for their assets versus their worth as a producer?
Is it possible what we have here is a total misunderstanding of the Internet medium? Could this be a case where the judge has no clue what the Internet or websites do, and how they distribute their content? Is this a case where the judge is interperting the word press and thinking linotype?
To heck with Enterprise and the wales. Somebody save the daemon.
Is there anything in the design path for Microsoft software to decrease "bloat", increase performance, and decrease processor requirements? Will we continue to see software with significantly increasing requirements on performance that renders useless older hardware and feeding the minions of Linux and Beowulf clusters? More importantly when will Microsoft talk openly and in detail about efforts that place performance and security on the front line along with features and usability?
So does this mean I might get funding for a F/OSS net scraper?
Y2k was interesting. I led a team of over a hundred technical types to diagnose and develop solutions for a major telco. Customers with problems included power companies and manufacturing companies. On the proof their were issues side the Chicago Board of Trade fiasco was the result of improper distributed Y2K fix code (some will dispute this). The fact is the lab I was responsible for found time sync modules in everything from Hyundai PBX systems to Wellfleet routers would drop traffic because of date issues. In some cases the equipment was so old that power cycling it for testing purposes caused it to fail on the spot. In several cases the audit revealed equipment or telco systems that were being under utilized (hot but unconnected) or over utilized (hot but not billed). If I learned anything it was that a team of several hundred people within a year can do amazing things but costs buckets of money. I was definitely amazed that companies with huge IT budgets would buy Herman Miller chairs but wouldn't replace twenty year old routers.
The best way to get an internship is to start about a year earlier. With my students I start posting and discussing internship opportunities with my sophomore classes. This gives them time to apply. Since regional Universities don't have the clout for big name contracts it can be harder to find placements. I average 7 to 10 direct requests a semester for my best brightest students. Our security program is in its infancy so I expect that to grow. I also for a limited amount of students accept undergraduates into research billets where they get to hack on grid computers and forensically analyze all those trivial traces we do (grunt work). This is also a growing area and usually is going to the student who has already identified they are going to graduate school. During Christmas break three students and I are setting up a 100 node Beowulf cluster to build signatures and traffic analysis models for a research project. For a real select few starting this year I've started taking star students and we are beginning to publish their independent projects at conferences. The first one should be in April. I expect that will draw demand both for our program and the students. Getting the students work out in the open I'm hoping will make internships easier. Since our program is just getting off the ground we are pushing the students work to show what they can do. I think next semester we are going to build some portfolios of students work and that may help the process too. For the student doing it on their own I would likely start by preparing a portfolio of projects, papers, and laboratory assignments. That is your school work or thinking work to prove you're smart. I would then take my best projects and build upon them to show that you have skills. Build a resume or vita around those items and be prepared to show case what you can do and what you think you can do.
On the theme of outreach the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE.org) has some good materials if you are 40. In my department we have been considering doing a few things (the "younger" professorial types anyways). We have tried to get a LAN party off the ground utilizing University resources to push our new gaming option. Some of us have suggested getting a Beowulf cluster off the ground with hand picked students from High Schools doing the networking and programming. A couple of us professorial types were shut down in our efforts to have a hack a box competition for all of those reasons you can imagine. In a few cases it isn't the ideas but the refrain "If you want to do that get a grant" that stops moving forward.
Several universities utilize AIM for holding on-line office hours. In some cases it is professor preference, but in others there is a specified/required tool. Students who are not savvy computer users look for ease of use and AOL has the greater share of that market. If a student disappears from chat sessions that is one thing, but when this professor disappeared one week before finals it was not a happy time. Luckily us old Unix geeks wear a belt and suspenders and the odds of Yahoo and *Egads* MSN Messenger going down at the same time are minimal.
I really enjoyed the book myself when I read it this summer. As a compilation detailing computer law it was pretty good. Most of the tools I found to be aging or at a very low level. If you add in "Cybercrime" by Ralph D. Clifford an excellent book on computer law it opens a much broader picture. "Software Forensics" by Robert M. Slade is my current read and gets an interesting rating for now. "Computer Forensics" unfortunately is only part of the picture. With so much of the net existing in RAM and the traffic in between nodes "Network Forensics" should be the next big topic. There has to be a way of taking dynamic bits and making static evidence. There are a few other things that are going to hold back the field of forensics. The fact that the commercial forensic tool vendors have been refusing to teach the defense attorneys or experts is very scary. This is a rapidly expanding field very similar to how DNA expanding in the 70's and 80's.
Having been in industry for over 20 years and now teaching in the University system take what I say within those regards. As a hiring authority on major projects (of dozens or hundreds of people) if I set a degree as a requirement I never saw a resume that didn't have the appropriate degree. Unless one of my engineers brought me some persons resume directly. When balancing the schools for major positions (6 figures and up) I might call the school directly and talk to the major professors and see what they remembered (usually these are the references anyways). For lower level positions who has the time?
I worked in corporate IT at two major telecoms, and two major consulting companies. At every job I've had the prior service military were a significant back bone of the profit making contingent. They required less management, met deadlines, and didn't whine about company decisions. Oh, I'm prior military myself (USMC).
When balancing two CS programs as an undergraduate you should be more interested in whether they are ABET accredited utilizing the latest curriculum standards than what name is plastered on the sign. What is your goal? Do you want to work in industry or be involved in research? If you want to be involved in research find the prestigious research university and ingratiate yourself with the faculty. If you are interested in doing 4-years and opting for industry get the paper and run for the door. When I'm hiring people the paper gets you the interview, your skills get you past my minions, and your ability to communicate with me during the interview gets me to sign the will hire paperwork.