You could check out some of the schools which the NSA reccomends for security in general. They have a list of National Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAEIAE). The link is http://www.nsa.gov/ia/academia/caeiae.cfm
I attend Brigham Young University. I was just at a University wide forum where the speaker mentioned this issue. She is a professor in the chemistry department. She is religious. (Catholic actually--Hey not everyone is a mormon in Utah) She spoke on this very issue being discussed in the legislature. She spoke of how religion does not answer all of the answers of the Universe and how we need to find out as many answers as we can. Religion and science do not clash. They are not mutually exclusive beliefs. She gave quotes both from notable catholic and Mormon sources.
When she was finished, the student body in attendance gave her a warm round of applause. I was very impressed. I myself do not believe that evolution and religion are mutually exclusive. I'll have to ask the big man upstairs when I get there, but until then, it is a very fascinating subject. While the speech isn't available for download yet the link is at BYU Broadcasting devotionals. It will probably be available in a couple days. The speech date is Feb 28, 2006. The first half is about superconductivity. The last part is about teaching evolution in schools.
Yea, the american express card sounds kind of cool. I have one and the RFID doesn't do me any good because I need to be in a particular market. (AZ I think)
I don't think that it uses a very far range. I'm not sure what it transmits.
The RFID tags are on all new BLUE cards. It's too bad that they discontinued the smartcard features. I thought they were at least cooler sounding. Oh, and as a note on how to get your comment read and modded up more easily, post an awesome A+ comment just under a +4 or +5 comment that doesn't have too many replies.
The article linked to by slashdot does not fit the technical aptitude of many of the readers. Fortunately, it does link to the actual 15 page paper. The official page link with abstract is here. The full 15-page text is available in PDF.
With regards to your question about accuracy, here is a snippet from the actual paper(PDF)
To understand the effects of topology and access technology on our skew estimates, we fixed the location of the fingerprinter and applied our TCP timestamps-based technique to a single laptop in multiple locations, on both North American coasts, from wired, wireless, and dialup locations, and from home, business, and campus environments (Table 3). All clock skew estimates for the laptop were close-- the difference between the maximum and the minimum skew estimate was only 0.67 ppm. We also simultaneously measured the clock skew of the laptop and another machine from multiple PlanetLab nodes throughout the world, as well as from a machine of our own with a CDMA-synchronized Dag card [1, 9, 11, 17] for taking network traces with precise timestamps (Table 4). With the exception of the measurements taken by a PlanetLab machine in India (over 300 ms round trip time away), for each experiment, all the fingerprinters (in North America, Europe, and Asia) reported skew estimates within only 0.56 ppm of each other. These experiments suggest that, except for extreme cases, the results of our clock skew estimation techniques are independent of access technology and topology.
This is an incredibly accurate and precise method of verrifying if the computer is the same.
Some people have also mentioned NTP subverting this method. Here are a coupole of key quotes about NTP.
For example, default Windows XP Professional installations only synchronize their system times with Microsoft's NTP server when they boot and once a week thereafter. Default Red Hat 9.0 Linux installations do not use NTP by default, though they do present the user with the option of entering an NTP server. Default Debian 3.0, FreeBSD 5.2.1, and OpenBSD 3.5 systems, at least under the configurations that we selected (e.g., "typical user"), do not even present the user with the option of installing ntpd. For such a non-professionallyadministered machine, if an adversary can learn the values of the machine's system clock at multiple points in time, the adversary will be able to infer information about the device's system clock skew...
Additionally, the method described can be used with the TCP timestamps option which
for popular operating systems like Windows XP, Linux, and FreeBSD, a device's TSopt clock may be unaffected by adjustments to the device's system clock via NTP. To sample some popular operating systems, standard Red Hat 9.0 and Debian 3.0 Linux distributions2 and FreeBSD 5.2.1 machines have TSopt clocks with 10 ms resolution, OS X Panther and OpenBSD 3.5 machines have TSopt clocks with 500 ms resolution, and Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, and Pocket PC 2002 systems have TSopt clocks with 100 ms resolution. Most systems reset their TSopt clock to zero upon reboot; on these systems i[Ctcp] is the time at which the system booted. If an adversary can learn the values of a device's TSopt clock at multiple points in time, then the adversary may be able to infer information about the device's TSopt clock skew, s[Ctcp].
Paraphrasing, The article says that this technique can be used by websites, Carnivore-like apps, anybody between you and the computer you are communicating with, banner-ad companies and ISPs (think comcast forcing you to not use a NAT).
This is an incredible, and incredibly scary, way to track a physical computer. Doubtless, many security reform
I wouldn't call it FUD. It may scare some people. It's likely true. He told how to carry out the attack. Why are you posting as a coward? I mean if you have a valid point, show yourself. Oh, maybe you just had some mod points. Wuss.
I remember hearing how gelitan gummy can be used to fool a fingerprint reader. I thought it was kind of cool. If someone questions you, just eat the evidence. read the story here
yea, I forgot what the evidence was until I went to sleep last night. It was late at night and I just wanted to post some previous evidence that I had heard.
at a campus lecture at my college. The professor gave very good evidence that the universe is expanding at an accellerating rate. The devotional was called "Exploding Stars, Expanding Universe."
Unfortunately, the school does not have a transcript of the forum, but you can download it in mp3 format for free
It was, and still remains, a very good talk about the accelerating expansion of the universe.
It's true, I had mine unpatched for about 3 weeks before i "knew" it was hacked. I know I deserved it, but someone didn't have to over-write 60 important system commands with "ps"
It seems kind of odd that this comes out as if it's recent news. Here is the link to a PBS transcript which details the findings of the gene which is mentioned in Wired.
well, the/. effect is too late. The site is already down. The site is already down, but for anybody curious, check out the gcached site (www.e-buyonline.com)
if you are the curious type, you'll notice that my search terms are still in the link. A helful hint for finding the site if you have the page staring you in the face... search for specific phrases on the website. Happy googling.
ta ta
I don't see the news. I already have firefox working on a USB device. It's great. Firefox does not require any registry entries by default. That being said, you can already install extensions, bookmars, etc. and such on you USB device with firefox on it.
Old news, but I suppose lots of people don't know that you can do this already.
They should also add something which enables connections to landlines for a minimal fee. On many providers, calling a landline if your minutes are used up can cost as much as $.50 while many telephone or calling card companies charge $.05 or lower.
Solution: Google has enough power that they could easily actively scan for open proxies
Problem: Competitor clicks multiple times using his/her browser on the ad.
Solution: Check the IP address, use a cookie, check the referrer. Only charge ONCE for multiple clicks. This alone may save many advertisers.
Problem:User uses multiple referred URLS.
Solution: Verify that the ad WAS placed on that page.
Problem: user deletes cookies using an automated program.
Solution: check the IP address. Verify the referred URL
Problem: Google isn't currently doing jack for advertisers
Solution: As an advertiser check your logs. Verify that your clicks are ligitimate interested users. (i.e. cookies, javascript code which records time spent at the website, number of impression from AdSense and search results vs. number of ligitimate users.)
I have a website which provides a free service to the community (alumni website). Almost every legitimate user who clicks on the Ad registers for the service. This site is only for one school and as a result, I had very few clicks per impression for Adsense ads, but incredibly high click per impressions for search results. I have incredibly targeted ads. One day I noticed that my clicks from adsense had gone up alot, but my user registration did not go up proportionately. As a result, I discontinued my adsense ads and only used search related ads. Lesson learned, AdSense may not be all its cracked up to be.
I don't know about 50% of it jobs being lost, but I do think that the type of IT jobs will shift.
In many arenas, but not all, software sales will plumit. We have already seen this. How many people do you know with a pirated copy of windows or any other applications? Open source has become somewhat of a revelotion. Linux is the only "distribution" which is increasing its market share percentage. Companies will continue to find that open source software will help them develop their applications quicker, efficiently, and cheaper.
With all of this software sales plumitting, there will be an increasing need to support these software solutions and using the software to develop projects. Services such as animation, security, system administrators, on call administrators, repairmen, developers and many other IT service professions will Thrive and increase in need.
databases and reference websites will NEVER replace the need for service professions. They will definitely increase the prodeuctivity, but they cannot replace the profession.
UHF
has some classic special effects many of which don't need any high quality video editing software. The movie was made in 1989 on a low budget. While the movie tanked when it first came out, it was one of the hottest DVDs in 2002. (I think it was ahead of its time) This movie has proved that low-quality special effects can be the best.
1. Almost none of my googleADS receive valid hits from GoogleADS content.
2. My content ads spiked recently.
3. MSNbot started crawling like mad at about the same time.
RESULT: Make your own conclusion, but it appears MSN doesn't care jack about the little guy.
Slashdot Mirror
You could check out some of the schools which the NSA reccomends for security in general. They have a list of National Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAEIAE). The link is http://www.nsa.gov/ia/academia/caeiae.cfm
I attend Brigham Young University. I was just at a University wide forum where the speaker mentioned this issue. She is a professor in the chemistry department. She is religious. (Catholic actually--Hey not everyone is a mormon in Utah) She spoke on this very issue being discussed in the legislature. She spoke of how religion does not answer all of the answers of the Universe and how we need to find out as many answers as we can. Religion and science do not clash. They are not mutually exclusive beliefs. She gave quotes both from notable catholic and Mormon sources.
When she was finished, the student body in attendance gave her a warm round of applause. I was very impressed. I myself do not believe that evolution and religion are mutually exclusive. I'll have to ask the big man upstairs when I get there, but until then, it is a very fascinating subject. While the speech isn't available for download yet the link is at BYU Broadcasting devotionals. It will probably be available in a couple days. The speech date is Feb 28, 2006. The first half is about superconductivity. The last part is about teaching evolution in schools.
Yea, the american express card sounds kind of cool. I have one and the RFID doesn't do me any good because I need to be in a particular market. (AZ I think)
I don't think that it uses a very far range. I'm not sure what it transmits.
The RFID tags are on all new BLUE cards. It's too bad that they discontinued the smartcard features. I thought they were at least cooler sounding.
Oh, and as a note on how to get your comment read and modded up more easily, post an awesome A+ comment just under a +4 or +5 comment that doesn't have too many replies.
The article linked to by slashdot does not fit the technical aptitude of many of the readers. Fortunately, it does link to the actual 15 page paper. The official page link with abstract is here. The full 15-page text is available in PDF.
With regards to your question about accuracy, here is a snippet from the actual paper(PDF)
This is an incredibly accurate and precise method of verrifying if the computer is the same.
Some people have also mentioned NTP subverting this method. Here are a coupole of key quotes about NTP.
Additionally, the method described can be used with the TCP timestamps option which
Paraphrasing, The article says that this technique can be used by websites, Carnivore-like apps, anybody between you and the computer you are communicating with, banner-ad companies and ISPs (think comcast forcing you to not use a NAT).
This is an incredible, and incredibly scary, way to track a physical computer. Doubtless, many security reform
I wouldn't call it FUD. It may scare some people. It's likely true. He told how to carry out the attack. Why are you posting as a coward? I mean if you have a valid point, show yourself. Oh, maybe you just had some mod points. Wuss.
I remember hearing how gelitan gummy can be used to fool a fingerprint reader. I thought it was kind of cool. If someone questions you, just eat the evidence. read the story here
yea, I forgot what the evidence was until I went to sleep last night. It was late at night and I just wanted to post some previous evidence that I had heard.
at a campus lecture at my college. The professor gave very good evidence that the universe is expanding at an accellerating rate. The devotional was called "Exploding Stars, Expanding Universe."
Unfortunately, the school does not have a transcript of the forum, but you can download it in mp3 format for free
It was, and still remains, a very good talk about the accelerating expansion of the universe.
It's true, I had mine unpatched for about 3 weeks before i "knew" it was hacked. I know I deserved it, but someone didn't have to over-write 60 important system commands with "ps"
Jerk
It seems kind of odd that this comes out as if it's recent news. Here is the link to a PBS transcript which details the findings of the gene which is mentioned in Wired.
well, the /. effect is too late. The site is already down. The site is already down, but for anybody curious, check out the gcached site (www.e-buyonline.com)
if you are the curious type, you'll notice that my search terms are still in the link. A helful hint for finding the site if you have the page staring you in the face... search for specific phrases on the website. Happy googling.
ta ta
I don't see the news. I already have firefox working on a USB device. It's great. Firefox does not require any registry entries by default. That being said, you can already install extensions, bookmars, etc. and such on you USB device with firefox on it.
Old news, but I suppose lots of people don't know that you can do this already.
They should also add something which enables connections to landlines for a minimal fee. On many providers, calling a landline if your minutes are used up can cost as much as $.50 while many telephone or calling card companies charge $.05 or lower.
Alright, It's a little complex, but not too much.
Problem: proxies
Solution: Google has enough power that they could easily actively scan for open proxies
Problem: Competitor clicks multiple times using his/her browser on the ad.
Solution: Check the IP address, use a cookie, check the referrer. Only charge ONCE for multiple clicks. This alone may save many advertisers.
Problem:User uses multiple referred URLS.
Solution: Verify that the ad WAS placed on that page.
Problem: user deletes cookies using an automated program.
Solution: check the IP address. Verify the referred URL
Problem: Google isn't currently doing jack for advertisers
Solution: As an advertiser check your logs. Verify that your clicks are ligitimate interested users. (i.e. cookies, javascript code which records time spent at the website, number of impression from AdSense and search results vs. number of ligitimate users.)
I have a website which provides a free service to the community (alumni website). Almost every legitimate user who clicks on the Ad registers for the service. This site is only for one school and as a result, I had very few clicks per impression for Adsense ads, but incredibly high click per impressions for search results. I have incredibly targeted ads. One day I noticed that my clicks from adsense had gone up alot, but my user registration did not go up proportionately. As a result, I discontinued my adsense ads and only used search related ads. Lesson learned, AdSense may not be all its cracked up to be.
I don't know about 50% of it jobs being lost, but I do think that the type of IT jobs will shift.
In many arenas, but not all, software sales will plumit. We have already seen this. How many people do you know with a pirated copy of windows or any other applications? Open source has become somewhat of a revelotion. Linux is the only "distribution" which is increasing its market share percentage. Companies will continue to find that open source software will help them develop their applications quicker, efficiently, and cheaper.
With all of this software sales plumitting, there will be an increasing need to support these software solutions and using the software to develop projects. Services such as animation, security, system administrators, on call administrators, repairmen, developers and many other IT service professions will Thrive and increase in need.
databases and reference websites will NEVER replace the need for service professions. They will definitely increase the prodeuctivity, but they cannot replace the profession.
UHF has some classic special effects many of which don't need any high quality video editing software. The movie was made in 1989 on a low budget. While the movie tanked when it first came out, it was one of the hottest DVDs in 2002. (I think it was ahead of its time) This movie has proved that low-quality special effects can be the best.
I meant to say that this is for content-based ads. Think googlesyndication.
1. Almost none of my googleADS receive valid hits from GoogleADS content.
2. My content ads spiked recently.
3. MSNbot started crawling like mad at about the same time.
RESULT: Make your own conclusion, but it appears MSN doesn't care jack about the little guy.