OrgTechHandle: IPTEC-ARIN
OrgTechName: IP Tech
OrgTechPhone: +1-703-345-3416
OrgTechEmail: abuse@rr.com
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As for 6.6.6.6:
Search results for: 6.6.6.6
OrgName: DoD Network Information Center
OrgID: DNIC
Address: 3990 E. Broad Street
City: Columbus
StateProv: OH
PostalCode: 43218
Country: US
NetRange: 6.0.0.0 - 6.255.255.255
CIDR: 6.0.0.0/8
NetName: YUMA-NET
NetHandle: NET-6-0-0-0-1
Parent:
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS01.ARMY.MIL
NameServer: NS02.ARMY.MIL
NameServer: NS03.ARMY.MIL
Comment: Army Information Systems Center
Comment: U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground
Comment: Building 2105
Comment: Yuma, AZ 85365-9110 US
RegDate:
Updated: 2002-10-07
OrgTechHandle: MIL-HSTMST-ARIN
OrgTechName: Network DoD
OrgTechPhone: +1-800-365-3642
OrgTechEmail: HOSTMASTER@nic.mil
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While this is true for most software found for Business/Corporate environments and is very cheap with education discounts, (Windows, MS-Office, MS-SQL, Symantec-AV, Adobe CS, Autodesk, etc.) The problem I frequently run into is "crap" from Educational Software Vendors, some of these guys give Used-Car Salesmen a good reputation. (not all of them but most)
Just an example we had one vendor wanting to sell some us software that would generate nice little graphs, it was not software at all, it was just an Excel template (less than 5kb) and they wanted $8,000 to license this on a per user basis for 30+ users... For an Excel file with 1 or 2 custom macros built-in and some cells setup with calculations that most 5th graders could code. (The wizards in Excel produced the same result for free.)
Most of these vendors try to sell software that is basically a proprietary Flash player (usually version 4 or 5) opening.pdf files (which always need Adobe Reader 3, sometimes 4) or powerpoint or word 95/97 files that never look right in 2002/2003
When they try to sell us an actual "program" it almost 90% of the time is written for 16-Bit NTVDM processes utilizing VB4 and 5 (sometimes 6) libraries and never work without Admin rights. The worst thing is most of this software is not 10+ years old most of it has been written in the last year or two.
When 64Bit OS/Applications are becoming more mainstream there is no excuse for 16Bit VB 4/5/6 code without even bothering to convert to 32Bit in the last 5-7 years and then charging a fortune for it (most schools are on tight budgets) I think many software vendors like these see the education system full of people who are too dumb to see through (and some probably are) fortunately we have good people on our staff that have to do everything they can to keep from throwing these vendors out the moment they spot them.
FOSS software is good for education as it is mostly free and does many things without spending hardly any money and the quality is much much more than what we get from the above situations.
We just updated our XP image for re-deployment and added nearly 1.5GB of FOSS software (OpenOffice, GIMP, Blender, VLC, TuxPaint, and others) and will probably add more next year. We have deployed several Linux servers and will attempt a test roll out with a few workstations in the future.
"A remote code execution flaw in IE
executes code with the users
rights, and therefore gets access to what the user has access too."
You obviously haven't dealt with spending 5+ hours removing spyware all
because a "NON-Admin" user decided to visit a web page in IE. (just
viewing it.) If these programs don't act as gateways to some of the
highest levels of the OS how could a "Standard User" account (with no
write access to most of the HD) load software that loads several system
services (running as "SYSTEM") on a fully patched 2000 SP4 desktop,
write endless entries in the registry so every time "ANY" folder/.exe
is opened the programs are re-installed again?? I have personally
witnessed this on more than a few occasions and there was NO
download/open dialog, NO warning, NO Nothing being generated to turn a
working machine 5 minutes later in to Spyware/Adware/Pop-up HELL eating
every available CPU/MEM resource and downloading/installing everything
on the Internet it could connect and get it's hands on!
"If you browse the web using firefox while running as administrator and
you get hit with an exploit that exploit will have full access to your
system."
And what happens when i visited the "Same" infected site with Firefox
on an identical cloned machine... At least one message (after a.js
script loads) asking if i want to open/save an ".exe" file!
Slashdot Mirror
Chapter 7 is so last year, they just beg for Billions in bailout money now.
From ARIN WhoIS:
Search results for: 66.66.66.66
OrgName: Road Runner HoldCo LLC
OrgID: RRNY
Address: 13241 Woodland Park Road
City: Herndon
StateProv: VA
PostalCode: 20171
Country: US
ReferralServer: rwhois://ipmt.rr.com:4321
NetRange: 66.66.0.0 - 66.67.255.255
CIDR: 66.66.0.0/15
NetName: RR-NYS-2BLK
NetHandle: NET-66-66-0-0-1
Parent: NET-66-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: DNS1.RR.COM
NameServer: DNS2.RR.COM
NameServer: DNS3.RR.COM
NameServer: DNS4.RR.COM
Comment: ADDRESSES WITHIN THIS BLOCK ARE NON-PORTABLE
RegDate: 2001-01-17
Updated: 2002-08-30
RTechHandle: ZS30-ARIN
RTechName: ServiceCo LLC
RTechPhone: +1-703-345-3416
RTechEmail: abuse@rr.com
OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE10-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Abuse
OrgAbusePhone: +1-703-345-3416
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@rr.com
OrgTechHandle: IPTEC-ARIN
OrgTechName: IP Tech
OrgTechPhone: +1-703-345-3416
OrgTechEmail: abuse@rr.com
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As for 6.6.6.6:
Search results for: 6.6.6.6
OrgName: DoD Network Information Center
OrgID: DNIC
Address: 3990 E. Broad Street
City: Columbus
StateProv: OH
PostalCode: 43218
Country: US
NetRange: 6.0.0.0 - 6.255.255.255
CIDR: 6.0.0.0/8
NetName: YUMA-NET
NetHandle: NET-6-0-0-0-1
Parent:
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS01.ARMY.MIL
NameServer: NS02.ARMY.MIL
NameServer: NS03.ARMY.MIL
Comment: Army Information Systems Center
Comment: U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground
Comment: Building 2105
Comment: Yuma, AZ 85365-9110 US
RegDate:
Updated: 2002-10-07
OrgTechHandle: MIL-HSTMST-ARIN
OrgTechName: Network DoD
OrgTechPhone: +1-800-365-3642
OrgTechEmail: HOSTMASTER@nic.mil
# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2007-06-26 19:10
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While this is true for most software found for Business/Corporate environments and is very cheap with education discounts, (Windows, MS-Office, MS-SQL, Symantec-AV, Adobe CS, Autodesk, etc.) The problem I frequently run into is "crap" from Educational Software Vendors, some of these guys give Used-Car Salesmen a good reputation. (not all of them but most)
.pdf files (which always need Adobe Reader 3, sometimes 4) or powerpoint or word 95/97 files that never look right in 2002/2003
Just an example we had one vendor wanting to sell some us software that would generate nice little graphs, it was not software at all, it was just an Excel template (less than 5kb) and they wanted $8,000 to license this on a per user basis for 30+ users... For an Excel file with 1 or 2 custom macros built-in and some cells setup with calculations that most 5th graders could code. (The wizards in Excel produced the same result for free.)
Most of these vendors try to sell software that is basically a proprietary Flash player (usually version 4 or 5) opening
When they try to sell us an actual "program" it almost 90% of the time is written for 16-Bit NTVDM processes utilizing VB4 and 5 (sometimes 6) libraries and never work without Admin rights. The worst thing is most of this software is not 10+ years old most of it has been written in the last year or two.
When 64Bit OS/Applications are becoming more mainstream there is no excuse for 16Bit VB 4/5/6 code without even bothering to convert to 32Bit in the last 5-7 years and then charging a fortune for it (most schools are on tight budgets) I think many software vendors like these see the education system full of people who are too dumb to see through (and some probably are) fortunately we have good people on our staff that have to do everything they can to keep from throwing these vendors out the moment they spot them.
FOSS software is good for education as it is mostly free and does many things without spending hardly any money and the quality is much much more than what we get from the above situations.
We just updated our XP image for re-deployment and added nearly 1.5GB of FOSS software (OpenOffice, GIMP, Blender, VLC, TuxPaint, and others) and will probably add more next year. We have deployed several Linux servers and will attempt a test roll out with a few workstations in the future.
Someone say Claria?
may not be on the list, but Microsoft is enough to cause concerns.
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3519521
"A remote code execution flaw in IE executes code with the users rights, and therefore gets access to what the user has access too."
.js
script loads) asking if i want to open/save an ".exe" file!
You obviously haven't dealt with spending 5+ hours removing spyware all because a "NON-Admin" user decided to visit a web page in IE. (just viewing it.) If these programs don't act as gateways to some of the highest levels of the OS how could a "Standard User" account (with no write access to most of the HD) load software that loads several system services (running as "SYSTEM") on a fully patched 2000 SP4 desktop, write endless entries in the registry so every time "ANY" folder/.exe is opened the programs are re-installed again?? I have personally witnessed this on more than a few occasions and there was NO download/open dialog, NO warning, NO Nothing being generated to turn a working machine 5 minutes later in to Spyware/Adware/Pop-up HELL eating every available CPU/MEM resource and downloading/installing everything on the Internet it could connect and get it's hands on!
"If you browse the web using firefox while running as administrator and you get hit with an exploit that exploit will have full access to your system."
And what happens when i visited the "Same" infected site with Firefox on an identical cloned machine... At least one message (after a