Posts by RICHTO

Samsung readies handheld releases for Windows 8

Re: The hybrid

The biggest plus point is that it runs Windows. The second is that it includes Office....

Apple Mac OS X Server for Mountain Lion review

Re: Enterprises expensive loss? Posted Thursday 30th August 2012 10:55 GMT Anonymous Coward

Did you just get out of a Delorian?

Windows Server as a fileserver outperforms ANYTHING on the market: http://www.storagereview.com/xio_demonstrates_15gbs_throughput_with_windows_server_2012_and_commodity_hardware

As does SQL Server 2012:

http://www.storagenewsletter.com/news/connection/qlogic-sql-server-2012-temenos-x-io

http://www.onwindows.com/Articles/NEC-sets-SQL-Server-2012-benchmark/6687/Default.aspx

http://collaboration.itincanada.ca/index.php?id=17377&cid=327

Also worth noting that SQL has had fewer security vulnerabilities than any other major database product every year since 2002....

Re: Hmmmm

A server version of OS-X?! That's about as useful as fitting a cat flap to an elephant house...

Samsung whips out Galaxy Note II, cam-phone with proper zoom lens

Re: WTF?

Of rather more public interest, Samsung also announced new Windows 8 phones - primarily an upgraded version of the Galaxy S3....

Super-critical Java zero-day exploits TWO bugs

Re: HTF do you kill the auto-updater zombie thing?

Run the MSCONFIG utility and look at the startup processes....

Re: "Write Once, Exploit Everywhere..."

Good that Windows doesnt ship with Java....

'FIRST ever' Linux, Mac OS X-only password sniffing Trojan spotted

Re: If I were a criminal, I'd definitely target linux desktops

Nah, it's because its a lot more fun. Such users find it a lot more irritating after claiming for years that such systems were secure....

Re: If I were a criminal, I'd definitely target linux desktops

But they are cheapskates running a 'free' OS. Probably they dont have any money not already converted to pot noodles and lentils....

Re: @RICHTO

Sure, but it lets me find my posts nice and easily. And it makes sure the Linux sheep that downvote them all read them as well.

Re: @RICHTO - Funny

Look at the number of Windows servers versus the number of Linux ones. Then look at the hacking statistics. You are far more likly to be hacked runing a Linux box as an internet facing server even allowing for the greater number of Linux servers....

Re: Funny

They are aware. Have you looked at what happens to those servers when they are internet facing lately?

http://www.zone-h.org/news/id/4737

Re: Internet Explorer

IE9 certainly has fewer security vulnerabilities than any other major browser.

Re: Linux trojan ? Utter rubbish!

Thats true of installing pretty much anything on Linux.

Have you tried installing the streaming Office 2013 preview? Amazing stuff. You can launch an Office App in less than a minute while it carries on installing in the background. Good luck reproducing that on Linux.....

Expect to see far more of them after Windows 8 comes out. Secure boot = much harder to root kit or compromise the kernel. Therefore Linux amd Mac viruses will become the new focus of Malware writers.

After all OS-X has ~ 1700 known vulnerabilities and SUSE 10 ~ 3500. to put that in perspective, XP has about 450 and Windows 7 about 200....

i.e. they are Swiss Cheese compared to current Windows versions...(See Secunia.org)

Re: Linux trojan is not news

Well at least you can upgrade to Windows after it finishes cleaning your HDD....

Re: Could THIS be the year of the Linux desktop?

I wouldnt expect too many malware authors will be bothered until Linux hits at least 1% market share no matter how easy the Swiss Cheese of OSs is to hack....

Windows 8 Storage Spaces: Can you trust it with your delicates?

Re: Hmmm

It's a pre release version he is using.

I doubt that RTM has the same issues. Pre release = build 8400. RTM = build 9200.

Re: works well for me...

Why are you still using pre-release builds when RTM is available for download?

If you chose Parity, then by design it will only scale to the smallest multiple of disk size.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/01/05/virtualizing-storage-for-scale-resiliency-and-efficiency.aspx

1 MILLION accounts leaked in megahack on banks, websites

Re: THE MOST BASIC FORM OF MIND CONTROL IS REPETITION

Usual Open Source Swiss Cheese. All the urls have .PHP = LAMP stack being used.

Disable Java NOW, users told, as 0-day exploit hits web

Re: Once again, thank you NoScript

Erm, but Firefox has had more recent security vulnerabilities than current versions of IE....

Google crafts algorithms to get more women in more positions

Re: discrimination?

Nah - they probably just want to save money - and women get paid less for the same jobs. Much the same as employing Indians.

Or perhaps the coffee machines at Google suck, and they need that human touch?

Chancers try to flog lame Mac malware for $60 a pop

Re: this is what happens when you pay peanuts for your malware writers

Probably they outsourced this virus to India?

Ten... all-in-one inkjet photo printers

Re: Printing on glass

Some local options here:

http://www.acrylic-glass-photo.co.uk/en/acrylic-glass-photo/241000.xhtml

http://uk.whitewall.com/products/LumasecLight

http://www.pixum.co.uk/poster-canvas/gallery-print.html

http://www.posterjack.co.uk/

Re: Printing on glass

They are actually based over the pond in the USA, so not a problem for those guys. They charge a lot to ship to the UK though so won't be ideal for most here.

Re: Really miss my Kodak dye sublimation printer

Try a Xerox Wax Transfer printer like the ColourQube 8570DN. I picked up a year old one for £100 on eBay and use it for all my volume printing. It has a great glossy finish.

Re: When is £300>£499?

Quite - the most important piece of information for every printer is missing - can you get OEM ink for it? Otherwise, dont touch with a shitty stick.

I currently use a Canon IP4000, an I865 and an IP8500 - and pay less than £1 per ink cartrirdge.

China could penetrate US with new huge missile

Re: Just in time for a Mormon President

The Catholics are a larger cult than the Mormons...

Yes, i'm sure they have a giant nuclear explosion proof condom ready to cover all the dongs with....

Superworm Crisis eats Macs, VMware and - shock - Windows

Re: late?

That will be when Linux grows past 1% market share....

Re: Never Mind What It Is ..

Domestos kills all known viruses dead. Try putting some of that in your connection ports, and you should be fine....

Re: Where are you now ...

I was thinking more of Mac users. They are mostly journalists too stupid to use a computer or 'creative' types that left school with only a GCSE in Art....

Re: Where are you now ...

Here. First ever malware for Windows Mobile I think? But then it hasnt been updated for many years...

This isnt actually exploiting any vulnerability as far as I can see other than stupidity?

Nokia's WinPho 8 double date announced

Re: Nokia is dying, and it will die.

Rubbish. WP over doubled sales in the last year, and got to 100,000 apps faster than Android did. That will only accelerate with the release of WP8. Nokia technology like Pure View will help propel them to the front of the WP ecosystem.

Re: Very doubtfull developments

The exact same thing is true of the iphone. Siri doesnt work properly outside of the USA for instance.

Re: What's the difference...

Who cares. It's a phone. I get another one every 12 months or so and renew my contract. I expect technology to move on in the mean time...

Re: Meh - havn't they had too many chances already?

Microsoft at one point had over 50% of the smartphone market. That's hardly a flop...

Re: For the love of god

Nokia have stated a Pure View WP8 phone is coming. 40MP Camera....

Re: Just two?

And WP also doesnt have 300 known security vulnerabilities like IOS...

Microsoft, Adobe throw fire blanket over blaze of security flaws

Re: Lovely update failures

Clearly the problem was the startup items. Not the Microsoft patches.

Re: Another update FAIL

Nope - works fine here across a large number of Win 7 64 bit sytems.

Re: PLS Fix It Redmond

These are all brand new issues. Read the releases.

In fact I cant think of Microsoft ever making a security regression mistake. It is after all a professional organisation and not an amateurs playground like Linux where critical kernel issues are reintroduced:

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43355 "Please note that this issue is related to the issue described in BID 25774 (Linux Kernel Ptrace Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability). The vulnerability was reintroduced in Linux kernel 2.6.27-rc1 via commit d4d67150."

IE9 actually has far fewer vulnerabilities than any other major browser - and is no longer tied into the OS.

Re: Linux

That would be a move backwards though. Windows has a modern hybrid microkernel architecture whereas Linux has a far older monolithic design....

Re: The usual Total Fail

I guess you havnt heard of Windows for War Ships?

They did consider Linux, but Windows was found to be more secure!

Apple's lone wolf approach to security will bite it in the rear

Oh, and "The Windows NT 4.0 evaluation included servers and workstations in six different roles, operating in both TCP/IP networked and stand-alone modes.""

So your claim that is was not networked is BS too...

Re: Back on topic.

A simple look at the statistics proves that you are wrong....Windows has far fewer security vulnerabilities than OS-X yet far more Malware. Therefore hackers clearly do make the choice to attack Windows.

Just about everything you posted is wrong.

ACLs have been fully used across the entire system right since NT 3.51.

Actually with Linux you have to complete massive customisation to meet FIPS.

NT4 is C2 certified, which was the highest level possible at the time for a general purpose OS, and ahead of any version of Linux at the time: http://www.linuxtoday.com/security/1999120400205NW

Re: Who writes this crap???

Very very bad.

Nokia hails hacks for New York Lumia WinPho gig

Re: Err...

Ooops - out of date - Europe market size is 860 milllion!

Re: Err...

Erm, no. The largest Mobile phone market in the world is Asia (1 billion+), then Europe (500 million), then the USA. The USA is actually one of the smallest and least important major phone markets. This is why Nokia were number 1 global phone manufacturer whilst hardly selling anything in the USA.

SMSZombie wraps self in nudie pics, slips into 500,000 Android devices

Why would that be massive news? Android's awful security is well known, and let us not forget that the first and worst ever worm infection on the internet which took out much of it for 2-3 days was entirely on UNIX based systems....