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  1. Re:Is anyone surprised? on Complete Microsoft EMET Bypass Developed · · Score: 1

    Yes I do as a matter of fact.

    Please tell me what I'm doing wrong:
    - SSH keys where possible
    - Mandatory randomly generated passwords for the accounts that can't use SSH keys
    - Only HTTP, DNS and SSH are exposed via the hardware load balancer
    - Software is updated every 6 - 12 months, or when a specific threat is discovered.

    Oh no! I've got SSH on port 22. I'm going to get hacked now!!!!

  2. Re:Don't make a big deal of OS choice in embedded on Ford Dumping Windows For QNX In New Vehicles · · Score: 1

    Erm they do only run one application. It has different modules but I'd be surprised if it isn't a single executable.

    DOS has shit hardware support. QNX is similar but actively maintained and can handle the graphics and input aspects so Ford doesn't have to write a TCP/IP and touch screen driver from scratch. It is very cheap and light however.

    Windows (embedded or not) is quite bloaty and expensive for running one app.

    QNX had a demo awhile back. A full GUI OS with web browser that fit and booted from a 1.44mb floppy disk.
    Windows 3.11 needed 13 floppies if I remember correctly. That is some perspective for you.

  3. Re:Is anyone surprised? on Complete Microsoft EMET Bypass Developed · · Score: 1

    If you expose easily exploited stuff, you deserve to get owned.

    They try stuff like username 'admin' password '123456'. If that is a issue for your server you are an idiot.
    If you say use SSH keys then you don't have to give the script kiddies and automated attacks a second thought - they will *never* get in.

  4. Re:Is anyone surprised? on Complete Microsoft EMET Bypass Developed · · Score: 3, Informative

    Erm you do know that SSH broadcasts it's presence as soon as you connect right?

    Try "telnet server.com 22" and you'll see how nice and obvious it is that you've found a SSH server.
    You'll get a nice banner like "SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_6.0p1 Debian-3ubuntu1"

    The moment the port scan finds it, they know it is SSH.

  5. Re:Is anyone surprised? on Complete Microsoft EMET Bypass Developed · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I disagree. It is like changing the SSH port.

    It gives the *illusion* of security, which makes people slack.
    E.g. My SSH password is 123456 but don't worry its ok! I changed the SSH port to 1234 so I'm safe.

    I avoid smoke and mirrors security as much as possible.

  6. Re:Am I just not thinking about this correctly? on DARPA Looks To End the Scourge of Counterfeit Computer Gear · · Score: 1

    Right so just pass scanning electron microscopes out to everyone? That will make it really dead easy for anyone to spot counterfeits right?

  7. Re:That doesn't sound like a "leak". on Lumia Phones Leaking Private Data To Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Did it also say that someone would be friendly enough to sit there reading your messages and looking at your pictures of your own kids naked?

  8. Re:Son, I am dissapoint. on New 360-Degree Video Capture Method Unveiled · · Score: 2

    ...from the cloud!

  9. Re:Not the Same on Amazon Coins and How the Definition of 'Crypto-Currency' Is Getting Too Loose · · Score: 2

    Yeah. What exactly is 'crypto' about this 'currency'? It is just a prepaid balance.

  10. Re:So on Fake Pub Studies Drinking Habits · · Score: 1

    My uni had a pub on it's grounds. I assumed it was fairly normal.

  11. Re:News for nerds on A Mathematical Proof Too Long To Check · · Score: 1

    Oh its really quite simple.....once you've learned basic English.

    Keep at it. I'm sure you'll get there eventually.

  12. Re:Open Source is better. on Dear Asus Router User: All Your Cloud Are Belong To Us · · Score: 2

    Yep DD-WRT is on my RT-AC66U. Works brilliantly.

  13. Re:Chicken little on Whatever Happened To the IPv4 Address Crisis? · · Score: 1

    APNIC does give them out reasonably freely. I just got a /24 last month.

    Mind you a /28 wouldn't be coming from APNIC, that would be from your host which can still be difficult but not nearly as much as from APNIC. /28 is also a relatively small amount.

  14. Re:Dead end on Elon Musk Says Larger Batteries Might Be On the Way · · Score: 1

    2 words: Charge time.

    Batteries are nowhere near as good as hydrocarbons on that front.
    2 minutes vs 8 hours.

  15. Re:TPB legit? on Hyperlinking Is Not Copyright Infringement, EU Court Rules · · Score: 1

    But conspiracy would apply to regular links too wouldn't it?

  16. Re:I just watched the video on Australian Police Deploy 3D Crime Scene Scanner · · Score: 2

    Nope. That is what makes this system interesting. I needs to be deliberately unstable.

    The spring makes it flop around in all directions from just the slightest movements by the operator.

  17. Re:ONLY 2" resolution instead of 1"?? on Google Earth's New Satellites · · Score: 1

    I am. Over the American education system though, not the images.

    Metric really isn't that hard.

  18. Re: Psh, jQuery. on HTML5 App For Panasonic TVs Rejected - JQuery Is a "Hack" · · Score: 1

    And "#my_div input[type=hidden],#otherdiv input[type=submit]" is for all intents and purposes impossible (in a reasonable timeframe) in plain js.

  19. Re:Psh, jQuery. on HTML5 App For Panasonic TVs Rejected - JQuery Is a "Hack" · · Score: 1

    Oh sure I'd never use jQuery for just one or two things.

    But the context here is a HTML 5 app with AJAX. The ajax functions alone are worth it and I doubt he included jQuery just for that.

  20. Re:Psh, jQuery. on HTML5 App For Panasonic TVs Rejected - JQuery Is a "Hack" · · Score: 1

    On the assumption you never used any parameters. E.g. sure children() can be done in 1 line without jQuery, but children("input[type=input]") most certainly cannot.
    That specific example is a pain in the butt without jQuery.

  21. Re:Psh, jQuery. on HTML5 App For Panasonic TVs Rejected - JQuery Is a "Hack" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Oh man so many of those examples are ridiculous.

    Look you don't need jQuery! You just type 20 lines of code and it does the same thing as jQuery's 1 line of code.
    See? jQuery isn't needed at all.

  22. Re:Fruit of the poison tree on DEA Presentation Shows How Agency Hides Investigative Methods From Trial Review · · Score: 2

    Why should a legal wiretap be hidden from the court? Anyone who does illegal things and talks about them over the phone is a moron.

    The identity of the informants or undercover agents don't need to be revealed and they usually aren't. The court just needs to know it was legal.
    The DEA is talking about breaking the law, then trying to cover it up. They aren't trying to protect anyone except their backsides.

  23. Re:Sign the petition on Australia OKs Dumping Dredge Waste In Barrier Reef · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah as if Getup will actually get anything done.

  24. Re:To be fair... on Press Used To Print Millions of US Banknotes Seized In Quebec · · Score: 2

    Not true!

    Getting cocaine to rub over the bills to enhance their authenticity requires hanging out in some dodgy neighbourhoods.
    That is what stops me from doing it. :P

  25. Re:Questions not addressed in the summary on Sound System Simulates the Roar of a Rocket Launch · · Score: 1

    Decibels are a logarithmic scale, not linear. 154 decibels are over twice as powerful as 150 decibels.