"Moreover, BD+ affects only players that have been attacked, as opposed to those that are vulnerable but haven't been attacked and therefore continue to operate properly. "
Now, imagine this: you have hordes of Blu-Ray DVD players connected to the internet that could possibly be deactivated or modified in such a way that future access to content would result in their deactivation. Can you imagine what kind of desirable target this is for a would be hacker? The street cred from this type of hack would guarantee the hacker a type of immortality that would be difficult for a person of that bent to resist. A worm that accomplished this would be the hack of the century.
"OpenServer administrators will be pleased to see that Version 6 supports dynamically loading kernel modules. Previously, basic operations in OpenServer, such as changing the IP address of an Ethernet device, required kernel relinking and a reboot--an inconvenience that's no longer required....
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Relink the kernel... reboot to change a static IP address? You gotta be kidding me. Even Windows 95 didn't require a reboot for this!
Do these fastest super computer claims take into account grid or other distributed computing? An example that comes to mind is the computers running SETI@home could be thought of as a SETI@home super computer. It would only be fair to include such "virtual" super computers for a true comparison.
Microsoft is not appealing the ruling because Windows media format is one of (if not the) dominate formats used by content providers. I would wager that the number of adopters of the stripped down version of Windows will be zero, especially since M$ has made it abundantly clear that it will cost the same as windows with the media player. If you are a computer manufacturer, imagine how desirable your machine will be that does not play a common media format supported by over 90% of the other PCs out there. (Yes that was sarcastic).
Obviously I am in the wrong line of work. Instead of creating useful programs, I should have become a patent weasel^H^H^H^H^H^Hlawyer so I could patent obvious^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hinnovative IP to extort^H^H^H^H^H^Hlicense. I have a rotary dial that when used with electricity and a filament in a vacuum produces varying levels of light. Based on this and other patents, I wonder if I can get a patent on that one?
In all seriousness, the patent office is out of control. If worthless patents keep being granted it could have an effect similar to a distributed denial of service attack (on the patent system itself). There could be so many patents out there that patents are routinely ignored in the normal course of doing business because compliance would be impossible.
The other more scary possibility is the patents act as an attack on innovation itself. I hope the system is fixed before either of these happen.
I agree that desktop firewalls should not be relied upon as the sole source of security since they are vulnerable to being defeated by malicious software and may contain bugs.
However, desktop firewalls can serve as a backup defense in a layered security model. They are also useful for providing a layer of security that is based on applications and addresses (IP/port#) which augments the (external hardware) router's security of addresses and packet inspection. Another benefit is redundancy: If the hardware firewall has a (yet unknown) bug, the software firewall may prevent any attack based on it.
Another best practice is to not log into an OS as Administrator/root, especially to read e-mail, browse the web, IM (Instant messaging), etc. Check your system logs, run anti-virus software and anti-spyware programs (I use a combination of Java Cool's spyware blaster & spyware guard, and Spybot Search & Destroy (the programs are complementary, each one protects in its own way).
will consist of deployment of a crappy too-thick-to-be-thin client, with poor response time, and broken widgets.
I disagree. This model does not appear to be for word processing or other apps that are best served locally, but for applications that are inherently network based, such as banking or order fulfillment. The main thing in the article that I picked up on that makes this different than software as a service is they have introduced a market place where similar/same services can compete and mechanisms to select different services at runtime.
The main thing that I did not see is a reputation system. I don't think this model can work without some kind of reputation system. Otherwise, what is to stop someone from offering very marginal service (but just good enough to be non-fraudulent) and making a killing by under pricing competition (who offer a much better service but charge more).
I will let you in on a secret that will allow you to dodge virtually any unwanted communication with anyone:
Change your number and be sure to get a ringmaster number. Only give the ring master number to trusted parties you wish to communicate with. Only answer the ring master number.
Use your primary number for everything else, and also be sure to have voice mail in case a call from the primary is one you wish to return.
This system works because:
When you call a business, caller ID and even ANI will only return the primary number. The ringmaster number remains your little secret.
Because you only give out the primary number, information trading services will be useless in trying to reach you against your will.
I have found this very effective in thwarting telemarketers. I have not spoken to one in years. This system even works against numbers that do not allow "blocked" caller ID. A demon dialer or trusted party that turns out to be not so trustworthy are the only weaknesses of this system.
For a small or home network with trusted users, sharing the key works just fine. For larger networks, you would still want to secure the wireless access itself and also use IPSec to secure users from each other. This is as true for a wired network with a large user population as it is for a wired network (remember packet sniffers and switch hacks?) IPSec is standard with IPv6 and can also work with IPv4 (the "regular" internet).
Since it appears that SCO may be relegated to the ash heap of history, I would like to give Darl some advice for the new career opportunities that will exist for him:
Don't forget to ask the customer if they want to "Upsize".
Always ask "what value meal do you want?"
Ask the customer if they want salt and catsup. I hate it when I am not asked that and have to eat plain fries.
One final tip that may save you lawyer fees: I don't think you can claim any IP over the process of deep fat frying or cooking ground beef.
IMHO, I think it could be easily spoofed as described in the paper by tricking the user into accepting a bloom filter with all or most of the bits activated. Bingo! now you know everyone:( Another variant is a list loaded with spam spewing addresses and complementary spyware to load it.
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Do these fastest super computer claims take into account grid or other distributed computing? An example that comes to mind is the computers running SETI@home could be thought of as a SETI@home super computer. It would only be fair to include such "virtual" super computers for a true comparison.
Microsoft is not appealing the ruling because Windows media format is one of (if not the) dominate formats used by content providers. I would wager that the number of adopters of the stripped down version of Windows will be zero, especially since M$ has made it abundantly clear that it will cost the same as windows with the media player. If you are a computer manufacturer, imagine how desirable your machine will be that does not play a common media format supported by over 90% of the other PCs out there. (Yes that was sarcastic).
Obviously I am in the wrong line of work. Instead of creating useful programs, I should have become a patent weasel^H^H^H^H^H^Hlawyer so I could patent obvious^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hinnovative IP to extort^H^H^H^H^H^Hlicense. I have a rotary dial that when used with electricity and a filament in a vacuum produces varying levels of light. Based on this and other patents, I wonder if I can get a patent on that one?
In all seriousness, the patent office is out of control. If worthless patents keep being granted it could have an effect similar to a distributed denial of service attack (on the patent system itself). There could be so many patents out there that patents are routinely ignored in the normal course of doing business because compliance would be impossible.
The other more scary possibility is the patents act as an attack on innovation itself. I hope the system is fixed before either of these happen.
IMHO, as long as they pay the same fee that any other theater would pay to screen the movie, they should be free to pariody it as they wish.
However, desktop firewalls can serve as a backup defense in a layered security model. They are also useful for providing a layer of security that is based on applications and addresses (IP/port#) which augments the (external hardware) router's security of addresses and packet inspection. Another benefit is redundancy: If the hardware firewall has a (yet unknown) bug, the software firewall may prevent any attack based on it.
Another best practice is to not log into an OS as Administrator/root, especially to read e-mail, browse the web, IM (Instant messaging), etc. Check your system logs, run anti-virus software and anti-spyware programs (I use a combination of Java Cool's spyware blaster & spyware guard, and Spybot Search & Destroy (the programs are complementary, each one protects in its own way).
I disagree. This model does not appear to be for word processing or other apps that are best served locally, but for applications that are inherently network based, such as banking or order fulfillment. The main thing in the article that I picked up on that makes this different than software as a service is they have introduced a market place where similar/same services can compete and mechanisms to select different services at runtime.
The main thing that I did not see is a reputation system. I don't think this model can work without some kind of reputation system. Otherwise, what is to stop someone from offering very marginal service (but just good enough to be non-fraudulent) and making a killing by under pricing competition (who offer a much better service but charge more).
I read your link. I see another prohibition in it that may apply:
(14) The use of any business, company, or organization name other than the true name of the debt collector's business, company, or organization.
Thus, a creditor spoofing caller ID would violate this section if they happened to spoof the name of another company or organization.
Use your primary number for everything else, and also be sure to have voice mail in case a call from the primary is one you wish to return. This system works because:
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When you call a business, caller ID and even ANI will only return the primary number. The ringmaster number remains your little secret.
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Because you only give out the primary number, information trading services will be useless in trying to reach you against your will.
I have found this very effective in thwarting telemarketers. I have not spoken to one in years. This system even works against numbers that do not allow "blocked" caller ID. A demon dialer or trusted party that turns out to be not so trustworthy are the only weaknesses of this system.For a small or home network with trusted users, sharing the key works just fine. For larger networks, you would still want to secure the wireless access itself and also use IPSec to secure users from each other. This is as true for a wired network with a large user population as it is for a wired network (remember packet sniffers and switch hacks?) IPSec is standard with IPv6 and can also work with IPv4 (the "regular" internet).
One final tip that may save you lawyer fees: I don't think you can claim any IP over the process of deep fat frying or cooking ground beef.
IMHO, I think it could be easily spoofed as described in the paper by tricking the user into accepting a bloom filter with all or most of the bits activated. Bingo! now you know everyone :( Another variant is a list loaded with spam spewing addresses and complementary spyware to load it.