...As a first ingredient we have the probing and even at least one worm/botnet on the loose attacking unpatched phpBB installations. Probes we see on patched phpBB boards range from trying the highlight bug to trying to run "uname -a".
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- patch XML_RPC: "pear upgrade XML_RPC" should do the trick, or visit the distribution site for more details.
So why not run loose a spider that probes `pear upgrade XML_RPC`?
The new encryption may complicate making "backups" of movies rented from Netflix, but as far as internet piracy is concerned, this changes nothing. People will simply download the movies with even less hassle, just like they're doing right now. It only takes one hacking group to compromise one key in order to decode the disc or capture the output, repackage the movie to.avi and release it on the Internet. The movie industry wouldn't even know which key or which device is compromised, hence they wouldn't know which license to revoke.
Why aren't we simply using an already existing, working, proven alternative to gasoline, which is hydrogen in the mix with some carbons -- aka ethanol?
The existing combustion engines would need only minimal modification (new carb and some heating appliance), and your could run the car you own at this very day, on a renewable, far cleaner, and safer energy source which you could fuel from the same gas station you use today.
Did you know in Brazil there are already 5 million cars running on ethanol?
And no, you wouldn't need to convert half the territory of the US to fulfill its energy needs, you could just as well use byproducts of existing normal agriculture.
For the MPAA to get IP addresses, all they have to do is connect to the tracker and say "Hey, gimme some IP addresses", and the tracker will gladly oblige. Encrypting the tracker traffic would just mean nobody could eavesdrop on exactly *which* IP addresses the MPAA was receiving.
That is correct -- but it's also worth noting that requests such as these can be centrally logged and monitored by the tracker. If a certain IP were to take an undue amount of snapshots of an suspiciously numerous torrents without actually downloading and sharing stuff, then the tracker could take note. Say, by transparently starting to offer randomized IP addresses..
It'd be even easier for private torrent sites, which use authentication and centralized trackers, to pinpoint overly enthusiastic *AA spies.
Russia's per-capita GDP is $8,900 in purchasing power parity (PPP). Not real $$$. Their real GDP per capita is about $2,000, which thanks to cheaper prices simply "feels" like getting $8,900 in the US.
Since Microsoft is interested in [i]real[/i] $$$, then the [i]real[/i] $36 it's asking for the crippled OS is for Russians similar to paying $360 or more as an American.
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- patch XML_RPC: "pear upgrade XML_RPC" should do the trick, or visit the distribution site for more details.
So why not run loose a spider that probes `pear upgrade XML_RPC`?
The new encryption may complicate making "backups" of movies rented from Netflix, but as far as internet piracy is concerned, this changes nothing. People will simply download the movies with even less hassle, just like they're doing right now. It only takes one hacking group to compromise one key in order to decode the disc or capture the output, repackage the movie to .avi and release it on the Internet. The movie industry wouldn't even know which key or which device is compromised, hence they wouldn't know which license to revoke.
Why aren't we simply using an already existing, working, proven alternative to gasoline, which is hydrogen in the mix with some carbons -- aka ethanol? The existing combustion engines would need only minimal modification (new carb and some heating appliance), and your could run the car you own at this very day, on a renewable, far cleaner, and safer energy source which you could fuel from the same gas station you use today. Did you know in Brazil there are already 5 million cars running on ethanol? And no, you wouldn't need to convert half the territory of the US to fulfill its energy needs, you could just as well use byproducts of existing normal agriculture.
For the MPAA to get IP addresses, all they have to do is connect to the tracker and say "Hey, gimme some IP addresses", and the tracker will gladly oblige. Encrypting the tracker traffic would just mean nobody could eavesdrop on exactly *which* IP addresses the MPAA was receiving. That is correct -- but it's also worth noting that requests such as these can be centrally logged and monitored by the tracker. If a certain IP were to take an undue amount of snapshots of an suspiciously numerous torrents without actually downloading and sharing stuff, then the tracker could take note. Say, by transparently starting to offer randomized IP addresses.. It'd be even easier for private torrent sites, which use authentication and centralized trackers, to pinpoint overly enthusiastic *AA spies.
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Russia's per-capita GDP is $8,900 in purchasing power parity (PPP). Not real $$$. Their real GDP per capita is about $2,000, which thanks to cheaper prices simply "feels" like getting $8,900 in the US. Since Microsoft is interested in [i]real[/i] $$$, then the [i]real[/i] $36 it's asking for the crippled OS is for Russians similar to paying $360 or more as an American.