Dear Rick, Question: Would you lease to me the ownership position of FFL for one month for a dollar? Sincerely, -Buck
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
