ronny, maybe you don't need a real supercomputer. how
about the combined power of all the internetcafe
computers in say the central region, then a few small
LANS and WANS.you might pull it off with some patience
?
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> 1. Microsoft's Linux-Related Patents Rejected
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> 2. How to Break Into a Computer That is Right at
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> (Kiggundu Mukasa)
> 3. Re: How to Break Into a Computer That is Right
> at Your
> Fingertips (Joseph Begumisa)
> 4. Re: How to Break Into a Computer That is Right
> at Your
> Fingertips (Ronny)
> > From: Kiggundu Mukasa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Linux Users Group Ug." <[email protected]>
> Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 12:15:50 +0300
> Subject: [LUG] Microsoft's Linux-Related Patents
> Rejected
>
>
http://news.com.com/Microsofts+Linux-related+patents+rejected/
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> 2100-7344_3-5889308.html
> The U.S. Patent Office has rejected two Microsoft
> patents over the
> FAT file format, but the software maker said
> Wednesday that it's not
> ready to give up its battle to protect its widely
> used method for
> storing data.
>
> "The patent office delivered its ruling late last
> month but made it
> public this week. With one of the patents, the
> decision is what's
> considered a final rejection, while with another
> it's considered
> nonfinal. In both cases, Microsoft has the ability
> to pursue its
> claims further.....
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> > From: Kiggundu Mukasa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Linux Users Group Ug." <[email protected]>
> Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 12:17:22 +0300
> Subject: [LUG] How to Break Into a Computer That is
> Right at Your Fingertips
>
> http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/generic/
> 0,295582,sid14_gci1131341,00.html
> If the BIOS is not password protected, the attacker
> doesn't even need
> a screwdriver. He or she can hack into a Windows- or
> Linux-based
> computer by using only two items: a KNOPPIX CD and a
> USB key. KNOPPIX
> is a Linux distribution that is available for free
> at knoppix.com and
> that can be burned onto a single CD. The attacker
> can boot KNOPPIX
> from the CD and then copy everything from the hard
> drive to the USB
> key. (If the BIOS has been set to disallow booting
> from the CD drive,
> the attacker needs only one additional item: a
> KNOPPIX boot floppy
> disk, which is available from the same site as the
> KNOPPIX CD...)
>
> ****************
> *****************************
> Kiggundu Mukasa # Computer Network
> Consultancy###
> KYM-NET LTD. # Intranets &
> Internet Solutions#
> Plot 80 Kanjokya Street
> P.O. Box 24284 Kampala, Uganda
> Tel: +256 77 972255
> +256 71 221141
> Fax: +256 31 262122
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>
> > From: Joseph Begumisa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 09:42:47 +0000 (GMT)
> Subject: Re: [LUG] How to Break Into a Computer That
> is Right at Your
> Fingertips
>
>
> They forgot to include a supercomputer and patience
> just in case my disks
> are encrypted. :)
>
>
> regards,
>
> Joseph.
>
> On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Kiggundu Mukasa wrote:
>
> >
>
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid14_gci1131341,00.html
> > If the BIOS is not password protected, the
> attacker doesn't even need a
> > screwdriver. He or she can hack into a Windows- or
> Linux-based computer by
> > using only two items: a KNOPPIX CD and a USB key.
> KNOPPIX is a Linux
> > distribution that is available for free at
> knoppix.com and that can be burned
> > onto a single CD. The attacker can boot KNOPPIX
> from the CD and then copy
> > everything from the hard drive to the USB key. (If
> the BIOS has been set to
> > disallow booting from the CD drive, the attacker
> needs only one additional
> > item: a KNOPPIX boot floppy disk, which is
> available from the same site as
> > the KNOPPIX CD...)
> >
> > ****************
> *****************************
> > Kiggundu Mukasa # Computer Network
> Consultancy###
> > KYM-NET LTD. # Intranets &
> Internet Solutions#
> > Plot 80 Kanjokya Street
> > P.O. Box 24284 Kampala, Uganda
> > Tel: +256 77 972255
> > +256 71 221141
> > Fax: +256 31 262122
> >
>
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> >
>
>
> > From: Ronny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]>
> Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 13:25:10 +0000
> Subject: Re: [LUG] How to Break Into a Computer That
> is Right at
> Your Fingertips
>
> Leave alone that you can't unmount a machine from a
> rack with just a
> phillips screw driver.I hear some guys even remove
> CRW/DVD's from their
> machines not a bad Idea(KNOPPIX lamed ) but they
> forget one of the
> backdoors "a keyboard + Monitor " move with them too
> :-D
> Yours Forever
> Ronny
>
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>
> Joseph Begumisa wrote:
>
> >
> > They forgot to include a supercomputer and
> patience just in case my
> > disks are encrypted. :)
> >
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Joseph.
> >
> > On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Kiggundu Mukasa wrote:
> >
> >>
>
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid14_gci1131341,00.html
>
> >>
> >> If the BIOS is not password protected, the
> attacker doesn't even need
> >> a screwdriver. He or she can hack into a Windows-
> or Linux-based
> >> computer by using only two items: a KNOPPIX CD
> and a USB key. KNOPPIX
> >> is a Linux distribution that is available for
> free at knoppix.com and
> >> that can be burned onto a single CD. The attacker
> can boot KNOPPIX
> >> from the CD and then copy everything from the
> hard drive to the USB
> >> key. (If the BIOS has been set to disallow
> booting from the CD drive,
> >> the attacker needs only one additional item: a
> KNOPPIX boot floppy
> >> disk, which is available from the same site as
> the KNOPPIX CD...)
> >>
> >> **************** *****************************
> >> Kiggundu Mukasa # Computer Network Consultancy###
> >> KYM-NET LTD. # Intranets & Internet Solutions#
> >> Plot 80 Kanjokya Street
> >> P.O. Box 24284 Kampala, Uganda
> >> Tel: +256 77 972255
> >> +256 71 221141
> >> Fax: +256 31 262122
> >>
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