Do you have a comment to make about Hackers?
On 12/2/2013 9:26 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
Yes, the liars were really out in force over the weekend, along with
their defenders. (That's who you were referring to, right?)
Buck wrote:
Yep, Denial-of-service-attacks. DoSa. Yea that is effectively what we
have for so long had with all the unkindness that some in evident
method have used to quench and flood out much of any substantial
discussion on FFL. We've been long suffering with that here. It is
like as soon as the water settles out to drink they come and flood
poison over it again in unkind method. Like look at the last week
again, these pernicious writers were repeatedly given the chance to
come in from their unkind ways and they are right back at flooding the
springs with their poison. I hope Rick returns from his travels and
does something to save the spring that is FFL.
-Buck, on the lone prairie
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <Buck> wrote:
Richard J writes,
One of the favorite tactics of internet pranksters and hackers is to
'raid' a forum or site, essentially overwhelm it with negative
rantings
in large numbers, just for kicks - lulz.
..
It seems to me that most of these hacker exploits wouldn't be a
problem
if moderators were a bit more diligent in their moderating and
security:
strcpy () is your enemy, strncpy () is your friend. Go figure.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <punditster@...> wrote:
One of the favorite tactics of internet pranksters and hackers
is to
'raid' a forum or site, essentially overwhelm it with negative
rantings
in large numbers, just for kicks - lulz.
According to what I've read on 4chan /b/, the "Anonymous
Group" will
conduct a major DDoS, even bigger than the attack on the
Church of
Scientology, which was called "Project Chanology". Thank God
respondents
are allowed unlimited posts per week on Yahoo! FFL, or else
we'd be
hacked and shut down by the pirates and the hackers - we've
got to
defend ourselves or it's chaos.
It seems to me that most of these hacker exploits wouldn't be
a problem
if moderators were a bit more diligent in their moderating and
security:
strcpy () is your enemy, strncpy () is your friend. Go figure.
This is another one of those books that needs to be on a
mandatory
reading list for all IT Security bachelors degrees. Yes, I've
got the
book and the degree, and that's probably the main reason I'm
still alive
and posting.
"Kevin Mitnick was the most elusive computer break-in artist
in history.
He accessed computers and networks at all the world's biggest
companies
- and no matter how fast the authorities were, Mitnick was
faster,
sprinting through phone switches, computer systems, and
cellular networks.
As the FBI's net finally began to tighten, Mitnick went on the
run,
engaging in an increasingly sophisticated game of hide and
seek that
escalated through false identities, a host of cities, and
plenty of
close shaves, to an ultimate showdown with the Feds, who would
stop at
nothing to bring him down.
"Ghost in the Wires" is a thrilling true story of intrigue,
suspense,
and unbelievable escapes - and a portrait of a visionary who
forced the
authorities to rethink the way they pursued him and forced
companies to
rethink the way they protect their their most sensitive
information."
With an introduction by Steve Wozniak.
'Ghost in the Wires'
by Kevin Mitnick
Back Bay Books, 2011
