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by updog 16y ago
Most egos in the valley are far too big to be starstruck by another geek ;)
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by updog 16y ago
You mean, can generate some plans for some first class software. ;)
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by updog 16y ago
Yeah, good point - I would lump that in as being the same thing. They usually get companies like General Dynamics to do this type of thing. Point is, it wasn't amateurs or "basement patriots," and it cost a lot.
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by updog 16y ago
I don't know how any reasonably intelligent person could continue to stubbornly insist that stuxnet was too lame to be done by a government agency. This isn't even a question, of course it was. It isn't even speculation anymore. The only qu
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by updog 16y ago
Yep, you're right. I was accidentally talking out of my ass. Sorry :)
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by updog 16y ago
Obligatory: http://attrition.org/errata/charlatan/steve_gibson/
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by updog 16y ago
Actually, the mess on github is hex-rays.
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by updog 16y ago
This came from one of the better known commercial decompilers. Which ones do you consider 'advanced'?
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by updog 16y ago
Have you worked at any large companies and had success with that? I'm used to dealing with people who don't know who wrote the agreement, have given it to thousands of others "without a problem", and treat me like I am a bit odd for actuall
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by updog 16y ago
You should have told them not to be evil.
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by updog 16y ago
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself. -Thomas Paine
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by updog 16y ago
Man, you are clearly speaking from a position of privilege on that one. How the hell do you hold back 6-12 months salary when you can barely afford the rent, utility bills and the costs of raising some kids to begin with? Haha, just hold
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by updog 16y ago
I was thinking this as well, but for a different reason. I, for one, would never enter the YC program. $15,000 (especially for that much equity) just doesn't work for most people. The only demographic that can really make that work are 20is
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by updog 16y ago
It's been called many things. Security people have self-esteem problems, so if they see something being praised, they start convulsing at the sight of this injustice and must immediately blog about it and argue on forums. As someone who has
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by updog 16y ago
Easy, the one that dumped perl a decade ago. It is truly archaic and has no place in a production environment anymore. The only people still using it are resisting change to a more productive and useful language.
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by updog 16y ago
Yeah, sorry, I knew it was Bulgaria...just read an unrelated headline about the Belgian government and typed that instead. I agree, it is worth looking into until there is real evidence either way. Hopefully he will come forward. Someone on
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by updog 16y ago
Changing my vote. I think the guy is nuts and/or running away. Stuff doesn't add up. -He claims a particular LEO is after him for pro-western views. This is the hardest hit to his credibility. If he said that botnet authors came after him f
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by updog 16y ago
Could it have been a formerly-proper light fixture installation that had a power wire borrowed to power a recording device? If I was going to bug someone for a long time, I would not run new wires. I would piggyback off of some other low po
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by updog 16y ago
The ICC color profile in the PNG has a copyright string of Apple 2011. If he took them mid-last year, this doesn't make a ton of sense. Perhaps someone at ZDNet re-saved them. If that is the case, they should release the originals.
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by updog 16y ago
No, the only thing that wasn't known was how he dumped metldr. This is a relatively insignificant part of the whole thing and wasn't what fail0verflow was focusing on in their research (as seen in the video). The only reason that he was abl
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by updog 16y ago
A hosting company that doesn't actively inform customers of outages? Unprofessional. Nobody is going to read a status blog every day to see if an outage might happen at some point in the future. Passive notification isn't acceptable, imo.
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Linode down yet again?
1 points by updog 16y ago|9 comments
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by updog 16y ago
Are you confusing HMAC with salting?
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by updog 16y ago
This. I think most people "get it" by now, but I roll my eyes every time someone tries to say that those who exploit software or break into computers are "crackers". No, they aren't.
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by updog 16y ago
Huh, well my opinion of Matasano has definitely dropped. You guys aren't fans of full disclosure over there? http://users.volja.net/database/matasano.PNG
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by updog 16y ago
I'm not sure that is a bad thing, actually. Although I do not like spam and botnets, at least they are willing to stand up for their customers and require due process. Others will cave on bogus DMCA notices and assume that the customer is g
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by updog 16y ago
Nope, I was in Fremont, and saw maybe 1 flash all night. Heard no thunder.
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by updog 16y ago
No, try again. You did not "get it straight" at all. You seem to have a strong (negative) opinion on the matter, yet you demonstrate a very poor grasp of some basic infosec concepts. You should perhaps consider reserving judgement when that
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by updog 16y ago
I still think hackernews is inappropriately named. It should be called startup news, but that doesn't have the same ring to it. Hacking is now a security word. It hasn't been reclaimed at all, it's just confusing to everyone that doesn't re
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by updog 16y ago
lol

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