http://www.ipcop.org/
Bootable Linux ISO installed on some dinosaur PC hardware. 2 NICs, Inside & Outside. Put behind the Linksys/Netgear/router. Install the Squidguard add on. Transparent Proxy that watches ALL HTTP (TCP port 80) traffic and HTTPS (TCP 443) URL's. transparent for all outbound recording. Designed network bottleneck for all outbound Internet traffic.
Configure DHCP client on the outside, and DHCP server to the inside. So all clients receive DHCP services from IPCop.
All free.
This is the correct course of action. Repairs to Dell laptops will typically ask that you remove HD's, CD ROM's, Floppy's for shipping back and fourth for these types of repairs as they don't want those damaged at all in the process. This is a physical repair which and many folks have already beaten to death and pointed out has nothing to do with the OS on it. (Though the first couple comments on Linux possibly causing the cracking were humorous). Good luck, and quit using Linux in the first place. Come back to the dark side and put Vista back on. You know you want to....
It appears from many of these comments; folks have not looked at the Intelligent Design argument. Many statements seem to conclude a stereotypical assumption that ID boils down to "God made it all and that's all that needs to be said". Scientists that have argued in favor of ID have successfully and logically layed out a solid presentation, minus any mention of God. Hypocritically people who naively believe Darwin and Lamark's explanation of the Origin of Man are unwilling to even consider that their (Darwin and Lamark) arguments are in fact flawed by their own science. Scientific standards are in place to help provide undisputable facts. At the end of the day, neither Darwin's Evolution theory or ID meet these standards save for one exception. ID has built into it a fact that our own scientific process cannot explain everything by it's own nature. The only rebuttal to this is, "Well, it's just a matter of time before someone discovers an explanation". This turns out to be the same "out" for opponents of ID as those who are accused of being in favor of ID having "God made it all, and that is that." ID isn't more "let's bring God back". It's a scientifically critical look at Darwin's Evolution theory. Holding it to actual scientific standards. When this happens, one quickly sees how full of holes it really is. Medical research would never make the same conclusion with the same results Darwin and his methods did.
On the off chance that one would actually like to bring God into this argument (for argument's sake), that would come down to this statement: Our science cannot explain our God, but our God can explain our science.
It appears from your comments you have not looked at the Intelligent Design argument. Your statements seem to conclude a sterotypical assumption that ID boils down to God made it all and that's all that needs to be said. Scientists that have argued in favor of ID have successfully and logically layed out a solid presentation. Hypocritically people who nievely believe Darwin and Lamark's explaination of the Origin of Man are unwilling to even consider that their arguments are in fact flawed by their own science. Scientific standards are in place to help provide undisputable facts. At the end of the day, neither Darwin's Evolution theory or ID meet these standards save for one exception. ID has built into it a fact that our own scientific process cannot explain everything by it's own nature. The only rebuttle to that is "well, it's just a matter of time before someone discovers an explaination". This turns out to be the same "out" for opponents of ID as those who are accused of being in favor of ID having "God made it all, and that is that."
On the off chance that one would actually like to bring God into the argument (for argument's sake), that would come down to this statement: Our science cannot explain our God, but our God can explain our science.
Well I'm not targeting anyone. For most of us tech geeks it's not that hard to whip out the hammer against someone in the tech respect. No, I'm not looking for ideas in that way. Going through the comments one thing is aparent. SSN is still the crown jewel for someone and one should take the time to keep it safe.
That would take a degree of social engineering. What I was looking for is more of what can realistically be done without a SSN? Social engineering aside. Maybe you get a batch file that contains the payment information to 300 customers. That file contains a name, account number, ammount paid, current balance. What could really be done with it?
I see there were some insightful comments to the original posting. But again, without a SSN one cannot get credit in anyone's name. I'm not blaming the college-age folks with no real-world experience talking about some things they only think makes sense. But to keep things on the same page, know these: Banks have many controls in place to protect themselves, customers' & customer data. Only a few of these controls are on the technical side. Frauds happen mostly in the areas of actual live paper (yes, it's not a paperless world), social engineering over the phone (sweet talking and sounding dumb over the phone, it's not a new trick). Auditors, examiners, & regulators are quite careful to know processes that take place. "Magnetic media" data protection is just one slice of the pizza. Don't go by media reports that sensationalize remote hacking attacks. Big banks are no longer targets, but their service providers are. This is because the SP's don't have the $$ that the bigger banks do. This makes them more of a target because they may also excuse not having the controls banks have in place because they are not regulated as heavily as the big banks are. Requirements are significatly less. It's those organizations that are targets because they may have the same customer data the big banks have in a less secure environment. Banks protect themselves by not releasing SSN's on customers and tracking them a different way. Hense, what would you really do if you got your hands on a payment statement? Could you make another payment for the person? See their balance?
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http://www.ipcop.org/ Bootable Linux ISO installed on some dinosaur PC hardware. 2 NICs, Inside & Outside. Put behind the Linksys/Netgear/router. Install the Squidguard add on. Transparent Proxy that watches ALL HTTP (TCP port 80) traffic and HTTPS (TCP 443) URL's. transparent for all outbound recording. Designed network bottleneck for all outbound Internet traffic. Configure DHCP client on the outside, and DHCP server to the inside. So all clients receive DHCP services from IPCop. All free.
This is the correct course of action. Repairs to Dell laptops will typically ask that you remove HD's, CD ROM's, Floppy's for shipping back and fourth for these types of repairs as they don't want those damaged at all in the process. This is a physical repair which and many folks have already beaten to death and pointed out has nothing to do with the OS on it. (Though the first couple comments on Linux possibly causing the cracking were humorous). Good luck, and quit using Linux in the first place. Come back to the dark side and put Vista back on. You know you want to....
It appears from many of these comments; folks have not looked at the Intelligent Design argument. Many statements seem to conclude a stereotypical assumption that ID boils down to "God made it all and that's all that needs to be said". Scientists that have argued in favor of ID have successfully and logically layed out a solid presentation, minus any mention of God. Hypocritically people who naively believe Darwin and Lamark's explanation of the Origin of Man are unwilling to even consider that their (Darwin and Lamark) arguments are in fact flawed by their own science. Scientific standards are in place to help provide undisputable facts. At the end of the day, neither Darwin's Evolution theory or ID meet these standards save for one exception. ID has built into it a fact that our own scientific process cannot explain everything by it's own nature. The only rebuttal to this is, "Well, it's just a matter of time before someone discovers an explanation". This turns out to be the same "out" for opponents of ID as those who are accused of being in favor of ID having "God made it all, and that is that." ID isn't more "let's bring God back". It's a scientifically critical look at Darwin's Evolution theory. Holding it to actual scientific standards. When this happens, one quickly sees how full of holes it really is. Medical research would never make the same conclusion with the same results Darwin and his methods did. On the off chance that one would actually like to bring God into this argument (for argument's sake), that would come down to this statement: Our science cannot explain our God, but our God can explain our science.
It appears from your comments you have not looked at the Intelligent Design argument. Your statements seem to conclude a sterotypical assumption that ID boils down to God made it all and that's all that needs to be said. Scientists that have argued in favor of ID have successfully and logically layed out a solid presentation. Hypocritically people who nievely believe Darwin and Lamark's explaination of the Origin of Man are unwilling to even consider that their arguments are in fact flawed by their own science. Scientific standards are in place to help provide undisputable facts. At the end of the day, neither Darwin's Evolution theory or ID meet these standards save for one exception. ID has built into it a fact that our own scientific process cannot explain everything by it's own nature. The only rebuttle to that is "well, it's just a matter of time before someone discovers an explaination". This turns out to be the same "out" for opponents of ID as those who are accused of being in favor of ID having "God made it all, and that is that." On the off chance that one would actually like to bring God into the argument (for argument's sake), that would come down to this statement: Our science cannot explain our God, but our God can explain our science.
Well I'm not targeting anyone. For most of us tech geeks it's not that hard to whip out the hammer against someone in the tech respect. No, I'm not looking for ideas in that way. Going through the comments one thing is aparent. SSN is still the crown jewel for someone and one should take the time to keep it safe.
That would take a degree of social engineering. What I was looking for is more of what can realistically be done without a SSN? Social engineering aside. Maybe you get a batch file that contains the payment information to 300 customers. That file contains a name, account number, ammount paid, current balance. What could really be done with it?
Nice. Thanks for the laugh towards the end of these threads!
I see there were some insightful comments to the original posting. But again, without a SSN one cannot get credit in anyone's name. I'm not blaming the college-age folks with no real-world experience talking about some things they only think makes sense. But to keep things on the same page, know these: Banks have many controls in place to protect themselves, customers' & customer data. Only a few of these controls are on the technical side. Frauds happen mostly in the areas of actual live paper (yes, it's not a paperless world), social engineering over the phone (sweet talking and sounding dumb over the phone, it's not a new trick). Auditors, examiners, & regulators are quite careful to know processes that take place. "Magnetic media" data protection is just one slice of the pizza. Don't go by media reports that sensationalize remote hacking attacks. Big banks are no longer targets, but their service providers are. This is because the SP's don't have the $$ that the bigger banks do. This makes them more of a target because they may also excuse not having the controls banks have in place because they are not regulated as heavily as the big banks are. Requirements are significatly less. It's those organizations that are targets because they may have the same customer data the big banks have in a less secure environment. Banks protect themselves by not releasing SSN's on customers and tracking them a different way. Hense, what would you really do if you got your hands on a payment statement? Could you make another payment for the person? See their balance?
Playing another card here. Is there something wrong with being one of these Christian Fundamentalists?