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  1. Re:Nice libc hack on Pokemon-Themed Umbreon Rootkit Targets Linux Systems On ARM and x86 (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Indeed the blog post is quite informative.
    Since this is a ilbc hack, it would seem that docker would be a great way to detect this, since you can get a different libc.
    Running: `docker run -P -it -v /:/mnt ubuntu`
    gives you a root shell under a different libc with all of your filesystems mounted under /mnt
    This is of course speculation since I assume I don't have the rootkit installed, but it seems pretty straightforward.

  2. Re:Seriously?? on First Steps Towards Network Transparency For Wayland (phoronix.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Personally, I would never use any windowing system by choice that did *not* have network transparency. Non-local VMs and applications with specific hardware requirements or physical attachments are the biggest (as specific examples that I have used *today*). I use VNC heavily (including KVM-to-VNC for boot level interactions with systems) but that is no overall solution since it doesn't give you integrated desktops usually (copy-paste, breaking out each remote window into a local window, etc).

    I'd certainly accept something like (I currently use it) NX (No-Machine's X) when run in rootless mode. That works decently well for allowing remote GUIs to behave more or less like they were local.

  3. Re:Which RAID are they referring to? on Linux 4.0 Has a File-System Corruption Problem, RAID Users Warned · · Score: 5, Informative

    md raid. The bug was in commit md/raid0: fix bug with chunksize not a power of 2 causing, you guessed it, a bug with a chunksize not a power of two. I guess "fix" was a bit diversionary.

    The real problem was a macro modifying arguments that were later expected to be the unmodified version.

  4. Useful with virtual credit card numbers on Startup Touts All-in-One Digital Credit Card · · Score: 1

    Marry this to Citibank's virtual credit card numbers (or similar offerings from other companies) and now you can use one-time credit card numbers for all transactions, bonus points if you can punch in a dollar amount too like citibank offers. Who *cares* if you card # is skimmed or not. At most one person will get the amount of money you wanted to pay. Otherwise, I would stay far away from the service.

  5. Good luck calling 911 on Permanent Undersea Homes Soon; Temporary Ones Now · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Sounds cool, but I think there are some practical downsides to living underwater.  UPS/Fedex deliveries.  Service calls.  Public utilities (fresh water, sewer, electrical, gas).  General safety in the face of disasters becomes much more of a concern.

    Water cooling your servers might be easier--as long as the saltwater doesn't corrode your fittings.

    Best leave this to plant growth labs instead of primary living quarters.

  6. Example xorg.conf supporting four monitor on 2 Displays and 2 Workspaces With Linux and X? · · Score: 1

    This is an xorg.conf which supports four screen display, two per
    PCI card. Note that not all X11 drivers support non-xinerama
    mode (certainly with one card, possibly even with multiple
    cards). Specifcally the Intel driver people explicitly removed
    the working functionality and refuse to believe that anyone
    actually wants this

    Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "Default"
    Screen 0 "Screen Samsung NV1 CRT"
    Screen 1 "Screen Samsung NV1 DVI" RightOf "Screen Samsung NV1 CRT"
    Screen 2 "Screen Samsung NV2 CRT" RightOf "Screen Samsung NV1 DVI"
    Screen 3 "Screen Samsung NV2 DVI" RightOf "Screen Samsung NV2 CRT"
    InputDevice "Mouse-MX510" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
    EndSection

    Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Keyboard1"
    Driver "kbd"
    Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
    Option "XkbLayout" "us"
    EndSection

    Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Mouse-basic"
    Driver "mouse"
    Option "Protcol" "IMPS/2"
    Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
    Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
    EndSection

    Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Mouse-MX510"
    Driver "evdev"
    Option "Device" "/dev/input/event3"
    Option "Buttons" "10"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "9 10"
    Option "Name" "Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse"
    Option "Resolution" "800"
    Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    EndSection

    Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Samsung204LCD"
    VendorName "Samsung"
    ModelName "SyncMaster 204T"
    HorizSync 30.0 - 75.0
    VertRefresh 60.0 - 60.0
    DisplaySize 411 311
    Option "dpms"
    EndSection

    Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Samsung226LCD"
    VendorName "Samsung"
    ModelName "SyncMaster 226BW"
    HorizSync 30.0 - 75.0
    VertRefresh 60.0 - 60.0
    Option "dpms"
    EndSection

    Section "Device"
    Identifier "nvidia1-crt"
    Driver "nvidia"
    VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName "NV44A [GeForce 6200]"
    VideoRam 262144
    BusID "PCI:3:1:0"
    screen 0
    Option "DPMS" "true"
    Option "RandRRotation" "true"
    EndSection

    Section "Device"
    Identifier "nvidia1-dfp"
    Driver "nvidia"
    VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName "NV44A [GeForce 6200]"
    BusID "PCI:3:1:0"
    screen 1
    Option "DPMS" "true"
    Option "RandRRotation" "true"
    EndSection

    Sectio

  7. Phoenix to Los Angeles vs Finland on US Cell Phone Plans Among World's Most Expensive · · Score: 1

    I suppose that could be true...if you didn't spend five seconds looking it up. Phoenix to Los Angeles (by ground) is 372 miles. Utsjoki to Helsinki (Finland, by ground) is 795 miles. Your argument may be correct in general but in specific...

  8. Re:Similar tool on New PHP Interpreter Finds XSS, Injection Holes · · Score: 1

    Grrrr. I didn't notice the lack of linking during preview.

    Did you actually follow that link? It goes to a junk page.

    Perhaps one of these tools will be more useful:

  9. Re:Similar tool on New PHP Interpreter Finds XSS, Injection Holes · · Score: 1

    Did you actually follow that link? It goes to a junk page.

    Perhaps one of these tools will be more useful:

    • http://code.google.com/p/ratproxy/
    • http://developer.spikesource.com/wiki/index.php/Projects:phpsecaudit
    • http://pixybox.seclab.tuwien.ac.at/pixy/
  10. Re:5D 09 7F B4 60 B8 FB BD D0 2B 6A A3 F2 F6 AB CA on Own Your Own 128-Bit Integer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I got one of these yesterday, but really, who has time to remember such long numbers. However, I know that it had a "D2" in it, so I figure anytime I see a number which contains this unique fingerprint, I'll assume it is my number. Fortunately, no-one has violated my rights by posting a number with "D2" in it as a comment to this article yet. You all are warned!

  11. Re:So nothing can display it correctly? on Firefox and Opera Fail the Acid2 Test · · Score: 1
    Well lout at least cannot generate PDF:
    The system reads a high-level description of a document similar in style to LaTeX and produces a PostScript file which can be printed on most laser printers and graphic display devices. Plain text output is also available, PDF output is not supported anymore.
    Now of course you can generate postscript and convert that with ps2pdf but that doesn't give you the high-end PDF features (document navigation) or bugs. And how can you talk about displaying PDF without mentioning Ghostscript
  12. Talk to your Ombudsman! on BitTorrent Inherently Illegal? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Many univeristies have an Ombudsman, whose job it is to talk advocate for those trapped in meaningless rules which do not or should not apply.