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  1. Re:Being written on Secure File Storage Over Non-Trusted FTP? · · Score: 1

    GPG is great. What this 'ask slashdot' is missing is more information: What are you really trying to do with your data? If this is just for backup then just tgz (or whatever your fs uses) your files; gpg them and ftp them off. While your offsite data provider doesn't provide for sftp, the data is already encrypted so just your ftp creds get sent in the clear. To reduce brute force attempts to steal your encrypted files, see if your provider can put a simple ip filter on the ftp server, only allowing access from your preapproved addresses.

  2. 2003 called.. on Six Degrees of Wikipedia · · Score: 1
  3. Re:E-Mail on How Would You Prefer To Send Sensitive Data? · · Score: 1

    The security of the vendor is what needs to be considered, secure data should only be given to trustworthy, secure entities. BEFORE contacting the vendor, they should be evaluated with industry standards such as SAS70-II. After that, data encryption is much more secure then transmission encryption, use PGP/GPG with public keys, if the vendor can't/won't but you still must deal with them use PGP self-decrypting-executables with a STRONG passphrase.

  4. Re:warning labels on New 4100 Lumen Flashlight Can Set Things On Fire · · Score: 1

    Buy two and cross the streams!

  5. Re:awww jeez, not this $#!^ again-BUSTED on TSA Limits Lithium Batteries on Airplanes · · Score: 1

    They've been there, done that. See http://mythbustersresults.com/episode10 for information.

  6. Not being used on Evidence of Steganography in Real Criminal Cases · · Score: 1

    While the article states that more instances of stenographic programs were found, it notably does not say that any actual obscured data was found hidden with them. This much more suggests that while these suspects may have gotten a copy of the program, they too have not been using the programs.

  7. Re:Automatic hard-drive reset on reboot on Bulletproof Tool For Golden Age Browsing? · · Score: 1

    Neoware http://www.neoware.com/products/hardware/index.php makes some devices that can run Linux distro's or XPE. Fairly simply to set up for what you are trying to do, reboot to restore to a good image. It sounds like your biggest issues isn't going to be the software, os, or hardware, but the end-users. The more you provide them access to, the more of a support role you may end up in. Many community colleges offer beginner web classes that you may want to recommend they sign up for.

  8. Re:Post your ideas on Slashdot! on How Do I Secure An IP, While Leaving Options Open? · · Score: 1

    While, simply this is part of an effective solution. While not foolproof, PUBLISHING your work will generally establish that it was created no later then that publication date. It is a lot easier to explain to a jury "see this paper I wrote was published on slashdot.org (include dead tree screen prints with date" then, "this digital signature matched an encryption key of a trusty timeserver".

  9. Re:Need Disclaimer on Spanish TV Channels Vandalize Wikipedia · · Score: 5, Informative
  10. Extreme Scope on Executive Order Overturns US Fifth Amendment · · Score: 1

    "What this is really aimed at is insurgents and those who come across the border", Snow explained.

    Across the boarder...don't even try to go anywhere now!

  11. Re:What this really means on Ubuntu Dell $50 Cheaper Than Vista Dell · · Score: 1

    Well Dell is close on this one, basically saying that Vista is worth $50.00, still slightly above the mark though!

  12. Interactive System User on What is the Best Bug-as-a-Feature? · · Score: 1

    Any of the bugs/features that allow access to windows boxes as the system service account are my favorite.

  13. Re:Update on EssJay's status on Wikipedia's Wales Reverses Decision on Problem Admin · · Score: 1

    Essjay has stated his resignation from the project, and removal of his permissions have been coordinated and removed on the meta wiki: http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reques ts_for_permissions&oldid=538959#Essjay

  14. Re:Knaves and Crackers on Microsoft Answers Vista DRM Critics' Claims · · Score: 1

    "You never saw Microsoft attacking a filesharing program"...

    Oh we haven't? How many times have you cursed "EventID 4226" feature? This unchangeable setting (without replacing the tcp stack file) was touted as a security fix, but came as a major hinderance against P2P apps, regarles of their legitimacy. XP's DRM is moe of the same, "features" the customer doesn't want, and can't control.

  15. Dealing with the "customer" on Is A Bad Attitude Damaging The IT Profession? · · Score: 0

    Generally the lusers are the customers, and why we have jobs, That being said I keep a wide array of LARTs nearby at all times. The most useful one so far has been a nice heavy spanner that came with a rack.

  16. Re:Plot element you can count on. on Shatner Leaks Trek XI Details · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I just hope they avoid the use of the time travel as a deus ex machina solution that became more and more used in the later series'.

  17. Re:Protect the consumer on XXX Top Level Domain May Still See Use · · Score: 0

    "I want a designated area on the net for porn...and this will give us it."

    I'd settle for a designated porn-free area of the net. Really, .xxx is not going to replace DCC, Torrent, and P2P streams anytime soon.

  18. Score one for the deer on Robotic Deer to Fight Illegal Hunting · · Score: 1

    If they would just equip these robots with the ability to fire back, the illegal hunters wouldn't be a problme anymore!

  19. FTA: The List on Usability in the Movies -- Top 10 Bloopers · · Score: 1

    1. The Hero Can Immediately Use Any UI
    2. Time Travelers Can Use Current Designs
    3. The 3D UI
    4. Integration is Easy, Data Interoperates
    5. Access Denied / Access Granted
    6. Big Fonts
    7. Star Trek's Talking Computer
    8. Remote Manipulators (Waldo Controls)
    9. You've Got Mail is Always Good News
    10. "This is Unix, It's Easy"

  20. Mod this OVERRATED! on People Swapping PS3s for Wiis? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Uggg not only O/T, but disgusting!

  21. Re:Is it possible to read deleted articles? on Long-Term Wikipedia Vandalism Exposed · · Score: 1

    Only Wikipedia Admins can access the contents of deleted articles. The majority (>90%) of pages deleted are pure vandalism or outright hoaxes. Wikipedia does have processes to request the contents of a deleted article from an administrator for a variety of reasons.

  22. Re:Factors to consider on Landscape Is Changing For Microsoft and Google · · Score: 1

    "...and internet downtime does kill productivity..."

    Not quite sure about that, when the Internet link is down, that's when a lot of us START working.

  23. Re:The problem on Windows XP SP1 Support Ends Tuesday · · Score: 1

    Pop-up blocker: A BROWSER addon, should have been a browser-patch, not part of an OS upgrade. MS FW: A new product, again why bundle this in to an OS upgrade? What happened to the day when a SP was mostly all prior HF's bundled together only?

  24. Tethering on USB EVDO Modem Without PCMCIA · · Score: 1

    It took me days to get my blackberry tether working (over USB at that) through Verizon. I has to install some questionable firmware, several pieces of software on my laptop, and use their propietary networking connector, no DUN. Additionaly, even when EVDO looks good with 512K+, it's been asyncronus, and am lucky to pull 56K+ upstream.

  25. Re:Let me guess: on Ports for Porn - Using Firewalls to Block Porn · · Score: 1

    Google trumps all

    Web Results 1 - 10 of about 50 for six inch long nails taking it up two orifices while screaming "CUM INSIDE OF ME!!!"? . (0.50 seconds)