The suggestive powers of all the thousands of "in soviet russia" jokes are now taking their toll. Now see what you've done, Slashdot? You've brought back the Iron Curtain!
All hilarity aside, this is not a good trend at all. It started good in the 90's, but I'm not like this trend
This combined with the "secret room" In ATT for the NSA, and no need for FISA court (which the judges themselves angry). Full disclosure, full steam ahead!
When we grew up and went to school, there were certain teachers who would hurt the children anyway they could by pouring their derision upon anything we did exposing any weakness however carefully hidden by the kids.
But in the town it was well known When they got home at night their fat and psychopathic wives Would thrash them within inches of their lives!
We don't need no education We don't need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers leave them kids alone Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone! All in all it's just another brick in the wall. All in all you're just another brick in the wall.
(A bunch of kids singing) We don't need no education We don't need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers leave them kids alone Hey! Teacher! Leave us kids alone! All in all it's just another brick in the wall. All in all you're just another brick in the wall.
"Wrong, Guess again! Wrong, Guess again! If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat? You! Yes, you behind the bike sheds, stand still laddie!"
Seems like the link you provided has issues (I.E. bad rendering, video link bad, etc.) because of the forward slash after it. Just remove the slash, and your good:)
Which makes maintenance a lot more easier, as you only have to deal with one type of system, one type of hardware, etc. That is only one reason, but it is a big one. When you have to juggle two separate types of hardware configs at this distance, two software setups, it gets a lot more complex.
You are thinking too in the box when you think a pet project can't go and help third world countries. It all must start with a small idea first. How do you think the XO-laptop was developed? I'm sure it started with a really simple mockup prototype at the earliest stages, a "pet project".
It all starts with some dude tinkering in his garage, in his office playing with components. Then you go to the engineering/R and D level which applies the PRINCIPLES of the pet project onto a larger scale. Not the same little toy, but the same concepts shown in the toy. Once a device has been built that captures the same principles at a much larger level, it then can be sent to third world countries. Solar panels started out as a "pet project" in some scientist's lab in the middle of the 20th century. They're now being sent all around third world countries to run water pumps to help villages get water, run Buddhist monasteries in the Himalayas, etc...
Nuclear power, though promising in terms of cutting emissions, does carry a lot of other hidden costs. Nuclear power for the US at a large level would require importing Uranium from other countries, as the US only has a small amount of Uranium ore. Whereas solar/wind/etc. would be generating the electricity right here on American soil without foreign imports.
Uranium ore is also a finite resource, and like coal will eventually run out. Also, utilizing several technologies at once to produce power has its benefits. Relying on a single energy source for power doesn't have the same inherent security of having many different kinds of energy sources. My opinion is we should spend the mega billions needed for building a large Nuclear power network when you could spend that and develop a large, multi-pronged sustainable energy system that requires no imports.
Wearableelectronics do exist, and they are for the truely nerdy people out there. But alas, it seems laypeople don't have a clue as to this geeky beauty. They think anything with a circuitboard in an airport is a bomb.
as per typical slashdot style, I didn't RTFA. After reading it though, this sounds fairly invasive. The "infrastructure" monitoring covers most everything now that the vast majority of America's systems are controled through computers. As long as they're just putting up more firewalls and stopping hacker attacks, fine. I fear however with this administration that information gathered may find its way into some metadatabase where ID'ing people is standard.
I personally like this turn of events, as the US govn'ts tech security score card has rarely risen above "D". I just wish they would transfer their effort from monitoring some average joe's cellphone/email/blackberry/web surfing to this.
In this particular case its social engineering of ignorant users that is the biggest culprit. Saying that however, Windows in my opinion should have much better safeguards against the trojan once downloaded. At that point is like trying to control a bull in a china shop with the way Windows is built.
I don't think such a lawsuit against Microsoft would work, granted the legions of lawyers at their dispoal. Also the fact that the user is infact at fault, though unknowingly for letting it in.
A zero-day worm infection, which have happened before, in my opinion may be successful. In that case there is no patch for the hole, and if Microsoft knows about it they may be at risk if they don't immediately patch it. However I am not a lawyer, and trying to fight such a battle in court against Microsoft would surely cost hudreds of thousands to millions of dollars given the legal resources they have.
Moving people away from windows to say Ubuntu works for newbies who have never used the computer before, as they're learning something new. What makes it really difficult for the masses is that most people have already gotten used to Windows, and would give their right arm to keep using Windows. Trying to entice them to use something else is extremely difficult because they love the status quo. At that point its more effective to teach them how to be safe than uproot what they have already learned.
I think ISPs need to take more action in notifying a user that their computer has been compromised. Cutting off may be left for the last resort, but certainly sending them emails, calling them or mailing them letters should be required. The user's ignorance to the issue hurts the internet
As you point out, an antibotnet worm spreading across the 'net would be not be nearly as much traffic as portscanning as the IP addresses are already known. I agree it is possible. The complexities of taking sections of the net offline though without the botnet owners noticing and dynamically patching the rest of the 'net are incredibly difficult though. It would be an incredibly complex game of cat and mouse, but it is possible.
The Nachi worm was written to search out computers infected with the now-famous Blaster worm and patch the computer with a Microsoft patch. It replicated itself around the world, and once the patch had been implemented and the Blaster worm deleted it deleted itself. Unfortunately it created a heck of a lot of traffic on infected networks, which slowed them down considerably.
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The suggestive powers of all the thousands of "in soviet russia" jokes are now taking their toll. Now see what you've done, Slashdot? You've brought back the Iron Curtain! All hilarity aside, this is not a good trend at all. It started good in the 90's, but I'm not like this trend
Quit sending Men In Black with their shaded-window cars into my shop! They're scaring away my customers!
This combined with the "secret room" In ATT for the NSA, and no need for FISA court (which the judges themselves angry). Full disclosure, full steam ahead!
*You, Yes You, Stand Still Laddie!*
When we grew up and went to school, there were certain teachers who would hurt the children anyway they could
by pouring their derision upon anything we did
exposing any weakness however carefully hidden by the kids.
But in the town it was well known
When they got home at night their fat and psychopathic wives
Would thrash them within inches of their lives!
We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.
(A bunch of kids singing) We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teacher! Leave us kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.
"Wrong, Guess again!
Wrong, Guess again!
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.
How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?
You! Yes, you behind the bike sheds, stand still laddie!"
Oh I cant help it! This reminds me too much if Monty Python's Argument Clinic
Thank you! That made my morning.
Guns ablazin', I'm SURE they could take on the entire Google fanbase.
Throw out a loud obnoxious bozo yelling into his cell like you'd throw out that loud obnoxious drunk guy. There's not much of a difference.
Seems like the link you provided has issues (I.E. bad rendering, video link bad, etc.) because of the forward slash after it. Just remove the slash, and your good :)
Which makes maintenance a lot more easier, as you only have to deal with one type of system, one type of hardware, etc. That is only one reason, but it is a big one. When you have to juggle two separate types of hardware configs at this distance, two software setups, it gets a lot more complex.
I can access Slashdot, I am hap NO CARRIER
You are thinking too in the box when you think a pet project can't go and help third world countries. It all must start with a small idea first. How do you think the XO-laptop was developed? I'm sure it started with a really simple mockup prototype at the earliest stages, a "pet project".
It all starts with some dude tinkering in his garage, in his office playing with components. Then you go to the engineering/R and D level which applies the PRINCIPLES of the pet project onto a larger scale. Not the same little toy, but the same concepts shown in the toy. Once a device has been built that captures the same principles at a much larger level, it then can be sent to third world countries. Solar panels started out as a "pet project" in some scientist's lab in the middle of the 20th century. They're now being sent all around third world countries to run water pumps to help villages get water, run Buddhist monasteries in the Himalayas, etc...
He sings quite a good little tune to Bilbo.
Well, literally. Or more correctly, SCOX got sucked down the drain.
missionary = mercenary
Security of critical gov't systems SHOULDN'T be left to some missionary IT support. It should be done in house. period.
Uranium ore is also a finite resource, and like coal will eventually run out. Also, utilizing several technologies at once to produce power has its benefits. Relying on a single energy source for power doesn't have the same inherent security of having many different kinds of energy sources. My opinion is we should spend the mega billions needed for building a large Nuclear power network when you could spend that and develop a large, multi-pronged sustainable energy system that requires no imports.
Wearable electronics do exist, and they are for the truely nerdy people out there. But alas, it seems laypeople don't have a clue as to this geeky beauty. They think anything with a circuitboard in an airport is a bomb.
as per typical slashdot style, I didn't RTFA. After reading it though, this sounds fairly invasive. The "infrastructure" monitoring covers most everything now that the vast majority of America's systems are controled through computers. As long as they're just putting up more firewalls and stopping hacker attacks, fine. I fear however with this administration that information gathered may find its way into some metadatabase where ID'ing people is standard.
I personally like this turn of events, as the US govn'ts tech security score card has rarely risen above "D". I just wish they would transfer their effort from monitoring some average joe's cellphone/email/blackberry/web surfing to this.
I don't think such a lawsuit against Microsoft would work, granted the legions of lawyers at their dispoal. Also the fact that the user is infact at fault, though unknowingly for letting it in.
A zero-day worm infection, which have happened before, in my opinion may be successful. In that case there is no patch for the hole, and if Microsoft knows about it they may be at risk if they don't immediately patch it. However I am not a lawyer, and trying to fight such a battle in court against Microsoft would surely cost hudreds of thousands to millions of dollars given the legal resources they have.
I think ISPs need to take more action in notifying a user that their computer has been compromised. Cutting off may be left for the last resort, but certainly sending them emails, calling them or mailing them letters should be required. The user's ignorance to the issue hurts the internet
As you point out, an antibotnet worm spreading across the 'net would be not be nearly as much traffic as portscanning as the IP addresses are already known. I agree it is possible. The complexities of taking sections of the net offline though without the botnet owners noticing and dynamically patching the rest of the 'net are incredibly difficult though. It would be an incredibly complex game of cat and mouse, but it is possible.
Railway and freight hauler CSX had to stop trains because of the Nachi worm, the Associated Press reported.
Airline Air Canada canceled flights on Tuesday because its network couldn't deal with the amount of traffic generated by the Nachi worm.
Though it cleared out the blaster worm, it created a hell of a lot of damage itself by the mere fact that it clogged networks with traffic.
The Nachi worm was written to search out computers infected with the now-famous Blaster worm and patch the computer with a Microsoft patch. It replicated itself around the world, and once the patch had been implemented and the Blaster worm deleted it deleted itself. Unfortunately it created a heck of a lot of traffic on infected networks, which slowed them down considerably.