2000-- Declared "Naughty aughties" sexual activity will increase leading to a new Baby boom. Some people will announce that in fact 2010 is when the apocolypse will happen. 2001-- Congress authorizes military command that will monitor Amercan internet traffic for possible "Threats" 2005-- Current encryption methods will be rendered obsolete due to unforseen computer technology 2007-- "Digital Mcarthyism" begins in ernest. Anbody precieved as technologicaly knowledgeable will be considered a threat to the state, and monitored online. The only people who will have any type of technology freedom will be people who turn over people who represent a possible 'threat' to the "state". 2010-- "CyberTerrosm"(CT) against "Digital Mcarthyists" begins to get public and serious media coverage 2011-- A group will claim responsibilty for CT. Members of this group will be killed in a shoot outs when there main group is assaulted be the State.Online member go into hiding 2013-- Several splinter groups begin CT once agian, however they will have incorperated people that will make attacks in the "physical world" 2015-- Personal computers older then 5 years confiscated as part of CT preventivness. commercials will air saying it's for public good.
2017-- Even tho true AI is not perfected congress enects a law that makes it impossible for AI to have ANY rights.
2018-- Banking system becomes unstable do to a loss of public trust. CT's against banking systems begin to render them useless. Barter Begins
2020-- Sections of the US begin to declare independce and print there own hard currency. Digital currency is not considered trustworthy.
2022-- Computers will be writing code based on a loose set of requirments. Anybody can get code to do anything.
2030-- Quntum computers and AI's are used to create "perfect" encryption for the mass's. banks begin to gain public trust. 2040-- Global un-availability of oil creates an energy crisis like never before seen.
2050--Coldfusion discovered.
2060-- a Digital Global Goverment begins to emerge.
2075-- intellegences discovered on another planet. 2076-- global concern over ET life begins a buildu of a global defence system. 2077-- Huge resouces allocated to develop space travel. 2085-- Discovery of how to travel into tiny alternate "Pocket" dimensions. By entering a pocket dimension at on point, traveling a short distance in that dimension and then re-emerging in the same point in our universe will allow people to travel the universe with the same regularity that people travel the globe today. 2099-- "face" to "face" meeting with ET's.
2000-- Declared "Naughty aughties" sexual activity will increase leading to a new Baby boom. Some people will announce that in fact 2010 is when the apocolypse will happen. 2001-- Congress authorizes military command that will monitor Amercan internet traffic for possible "Threats" 2005-- Current encryption methods will be rendered obsolete due to unforseen computer technology 2007-- "Digital Mcarthyism" begins in ernest. Anbody precieved as technologicaly knowledgeable will be considered a threat to the state, and monitored online. The only people who will have any type of technology freedom will be people who turn over people who represent a possible 'threat' to the "state". 2010-- "CyberTerrosm"(CT) against "Digital Mcarthyists" begins to get public and serious media coverage 2011-- A group will claim responsibilty for CT. Members of this group will be killed in a shoot outs when there main group is assaulted be the State.Online member go into hiding 2013-- Several splinter groups begin CT once agian, however they will have incorperated people that will make attacks in the "physical world" 2015-- Personal computers older then 5 years confiscated as part of CT preventivness. commercials will air saying it's for public good. 2017-- Even tho true AI is not perfected congress enects a law that makes it impossible for AI to have ANY rights. 2018-- Banking system becomes unstable do to a loss of public trust. CT's against banking systems begin to render them useless. Barter Begins 2020-- Sections of the US begin to declare independce and print there own hard currency. Digital currency is not considered trustworthy. 2022-- Computers will be writing code based on a loose set of requirments. Anybody can get code to do anything. 2030-- Quntum computers and AI's are used to create "perfect" encryption for the mass's. banks begin to gain public trust. 2040-- Global un-availability of oil creates an energy crisis like never before seen. 2050--Coldfusion discovered. 2060-- a Digital Global Goverment begins to emerge. 2075-- intellegences discovered on another planet. 2076-- global concern over ET life begins a buildu of a global defence system. 2077-- Huge resouces allocated to develop space travel. 2085-- Discovery of how to travel into tiny alternate "Pocket" dimensions. By entering a pocket dimension at on point, traveling a short distance in that dimension and then re-emerging in the same point in our universe will allow people to travel the universe with the same regularity that people travel the globe today. 2099-- "face" to "face" meeting with ET's.
Since many people here on/. like me, probably work for a PHB. Is there a site I can point him to in order to refute this FUD? Is there a honest Benchmark page at all? if not perhaps I'll start one. TOTALLY unbiased. I believe Linux is the better OS, but CIO's don't have time to test this stuff themselves, so they stick with the status quo. Actual quote: "If in wasn't for NT i'd have to cut my staff in half!"
Using CT, how easy or otherwise is it to bring down or attack vital systems? Any teeny could do this to a improperly implemented system. Some systems are inherantly easier then others. What sort of skills would be needed to do so, and are they common/teachable? Many systems can be "attacked" in one way or another by downloading pre-existing software.
Commercial-off-the-shelf software: can it really do CT? Some can, yes.Procomm plus could be used to work around call back security. Which systems are actually attackable? Anything someone can get access to. Meaning if it is possible for someone to access your system offsite for legit reasons then someone can do it for CT. Can a recovery be made from such attacks? Assuming PROPER backup proceders are in place and used then yes. Mission critical apps should have a secure redundency system. Meaning a system that is up-todate but NOT accessible, except onsite. Is it likely to improve/get worse? Hard to say, on one hand computers are getting more powerfull, but on the other hand system people are now taking security seriously. What sort of preventitive work would you recommend them to carry out? A sysadmin should always budget some of his/her time to attempt to break their own security by keeping up to date in whats going on in "the underground" in regards to their hardware, and software.Then trying to implement it against their own system.Carefully.
Personally I believe that anyone who wants true security should have COMPLETE source code control. If yhou want to do business with a vendor, then they need to give you source code, if the Software is totally in-house then you need a team to double check it. And if you want to really test the system, set a test system up and offer rewards to whom ever can crack it. Greed can work for you as well as against. As with ALL types of security, it's a balance between how convienant and how secure.
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2000-- Declared "Naughty aughties" sexual activity
will increase leading to a new Baby boom.
Some people will announce that in fact 2010 is when the apocolypse will happen.
2001--
Congress authorizes military command that will monitor Amercan internet traffic for possible "Threats"
2005--
Current encryption methods will be rendered obsolete due to unforseen computer technology
2007--
"Digital Mcarthyism" begins in ernest.
Anbody precieved as technologicaly knowledgeable will be considered a threat to the state, and monitored online. The only people who will have any type of technology freedom will be people who turn over people who represent a possible 'threat'
to the "state".
2010--
"CyberTerrosm"(CT) against "Digital Mcarthyists"
begins to get public and serious media coverage
2011--
A group will claim responsibilty for CT. Members of this group will be killed in a shoot outs when there main group is assaulted be the State.Online member go into hiding
2013--
Several splinter groups begin CT once agian, however they will have incorperated people that will make attacks in the "physical world"
2015--
Personal computers older then 5 years confiscated as part of CT preventivness. commercials will air saying it's for public good.
2017--
Even tho true AI is not perfected congress enects a law that makes it impossible for AI to have ANY rights.
2018--
Banking system becomes unstable do to a loss of public trust. CT's against banking systems begin to render them useless. Barter Begins
2020--
Sections of the US begin to declare independce and print there own hard currency. Digital currency is not considered trustworthy.
2022--
Computers will be writing code based on a loose set of requirments. Anybody can get code to do anything.
2030--
Quntum computers and AI's are used to create "perfect" encryption for the mass's. banks begin to gain public trust.
2040-- Global un-availability of oil creates an energy crisis like never before seen.
2050--Coldfusion discovered.
2060-- a Digital Global Goverment begins to emerge.
2075-- intellegences discovered on another planet.
2076-- global concern over ET life begins a buildu of a global defence system.
2077-- Huge resouces allocated to develop space travel.
2085-- Discovery of how to travel into tiny alternate "Pocket" dimensions. By entering a pocket dimension at on point, traveling a short distance in that dimension and then re-emerging in the same point in our universe will allow people to travel the universe with the same regularity that people travel the globe today.
2099-- "face" to "face" meeting with ET's.
2000-- Declared "Naughty aughties" sexual activity will increase leading to a new Baby boom. Some people will announce that in fact 2010 is when the apocolypse will happen. 2001-- Congress authorizes military command that will monitor Amercan internet traffic for possible "Threats" 2005-- Current encryption methods will be rendered obsolete due to unforseen computer technology 2007-- "Digital Mcarthyism" begins in ernest. Anbody precieved as technologicaly knowledgeable will be considered a threat to the state, and monitored online. The only people who will have any type of technology freedom will be people who turn over people who represent a possible 'threat' to the "state". 2010-- "CyberTerrosm"(CT) against "Digital Mcarthyists" begins to get public and serious media coverage 2011-- A group will claim responsibilty for CT. Members of this group will be killed in a shoot outs when there main group is assaulted be the State.Online member go into hiding 2013-- Several splinter groups begin CT once agian, however they will have incorperated people that will make attacks in the "physical world" 2015-- Personal computers older then 5 years confiscated as part of CT preventivness. commercials will air saying it's for public good. 2017-- Even tho true AI is not perfected congress enects a law that makes it impossible for AI to have ANY rights. 2018-- Banking system becomes unstable do to a loss of public trust. CT's against banking systems begin to render them useless. Barter Begins 2020-- Sections of the US begin to declare independce and print there own hard currency. Digital currency is not considered trustworthy. 2022-- Computers will be writing code based on a loose set of requirments. Anybody can get code to do anything. 2030-- Quntum computers and AI's are used to create "perfect" encryption for the mass's. banks begin to gain public trust. 2040-- Global un-availability of oil creates an energy crisis like never before seen. 2050--Coldfusion discovered. 2060-- a Digital Global Goverment begins to emerge. 2075-- intellegences discovered on another planet. 2076-- global concern over ET life begins a buildu of a global defence system. 2077-- Huge resouces allocated to develop space travel. 2085-- Discovery of how to travel into tiny alternate "Pocket" dimensions. By entering a pocket dimension at on point, traveling a short distance in that dimension and then re-emerging in the same point in our universe will allow people to travel the universe with the same regularity that people travel the globe today. 2099-- "face" to "face" meeting with ET's.
Since many people here on /. like me, probably work for a PHB. Is there a site I can point him to in order to refute this FUD? Is there a honest Benchmark page at all? if not perhaps I'll start one. TOTALLY unbiased. I believe Linux is the better OS, but CIO's don't have time to test this stuff themselves, so they stick with the status quo. Actual quote: "If in wasn't for NT i'd have to cut my staff in half!"
If a wire carring vital information exits a secure building, REGAURDLESS of encryption CT can occur. ala Wire cutters.
Using CT, how easy or otherwise is it to bring down or attack vital
systems?
Any teeny could do this to a improperly implemented system. Some systems are inherantly easier then others.
What sort of skills would be needed to do so, and are they
common/teachable?
Many systems can be "attacked" in one way or another by downloading pre-existing software.
Commercial-off-the-shelf software: can it really do CT?
Some can, yes.Procomm plus could be used to work around call back security.
Which systems are actually attackable?
Anything someone can get access to. Meaning if it is possible for someone to access your system offsite for legit reasons then someone can do it for CT.
Can a recovery be made from such attacks?
Assuming PROPER backup proceders are in place and used then yes. Mission critical apps should have a secure redundency system. Meaning a system that is up-todate but NOT accessible, except onsite.
Is it likely to improve/get worse?
Hard to say, on one hand computers are getting more powerfull, but on the other hand system people are now taking security seriously.
What sort of preventitive work would you recommend them to carry
out?
A sysadmin should always budget some of his/her time to attempt to break their own security by keeping up to date in whats going on in "the underground" in regards to their hardware, and
software.Then trying to implement it against their own system.Carefully.
Personally I believe that anyone who wants true security should have COMPLETE source code control.
If yhou want to do business with a vendor, then they need to give you source code, if the Software is totally in-house then you need a team to double check it. And if you want to really test the system, set a test system up and offer rewards to whom ever can crack it. Greed can work for you as well as against.
As with ALL types of security, it's a balance between how convienant and how secure.