[funsec] bullet proof servers?

2009-01-13 Thread Rick Wesson
one of my friends having too much fun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vLCVY0HZp4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drQlSptFXXI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fUK9CZ9LPI ___ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailm

[funsec] Death by code release

2009-01-13 Thread Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
I loved the BBC "cutline" on this story: * Windows 7 now 'available to all' * Microsoft has announced the latest Windows release will not be limited, after the initial launch crashed the whole of the Microsoft site. So, Microsoft has decided to release, to the whole world, a product that crash

Re: [funsec] Death by code release

2009-01-13 Thread Rob Thompson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I can't believe that there are really that many people that are interested in Windoze 7, after Vista sucked as badly as it did. People just do not learn, do they??? This is coming from a reformed Windoze (l)user. Rob. Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor,

Re: [funsec] bullet proof servers?

2009-01-13 Thread Gadi Evron
We need to arrange a gun range meeting for day after ISOI On Tue, 13 Jan 2009, Rick Wesson wrote: > > one of my friends having too much fun > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vLCVY0HZp4 > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drQlSptFXXI > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fUK9CZ9LPI > >

[funsec] Why fingerprint biometrics are bad...

2009-01-13 Thread Dragos Ruiu
(Experts have been saying it for years. Now we will have to deal with the inadequacies of the systems put in place. cheers, --dr) url: http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20090103TDY02308.htm Woman details immigration scam Yasuhiro Maeda / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent SEOUL--A South Korean

Re: [funsec] Death by code release

2009-01-13 Thread Rob Thompson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Peter Evans wrote: > Well, I wonder if it is as anal as vista (which I have, but > to be quite honest, can't be arsed to install) about HDCP and > content encraption. It would be a safe assumption that it will be worse. Remember, Mi

Re: [funsec] Death by code release

2009-01-13 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:07:54 +0900, Peter Evans said: > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 06:19:25PM -0800, Rob Thompson wrote: > > Peter Evans wrote: > > > Well, I wonder if it is as anal as vista (which I have, but > > > to be quite honest, can't be arsed to install) about HDCP and > > > content encr

[funsec] Yahoo! has more than a new CEO...

2009-01-13 Thread Paul Ferguson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ..they have a rogue advertising issue, as well. Ben Edelman: [snip] Yahoo's Right Media ad marketplace features widespread ads exactly designed to deceive. I present ten examples of these deceptive ads, and I critique their unwelcome characteristics

[funsec] UK Censorship: Brit Porn Filter Censors 13 Years of Net History

2009-01-13 Thread Paul Ferguson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Completely whacked. Via El Reg. [snip] Four weeks after birthing a nationwide Wikipedia edit ban, Britain's child porn blacklist has led at least one ISP to muzzle the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine - an 85-billion-page web history dating back t