Posts by Dillon Pyron 852 publicly visible posts • joined 15 Feb 2007
I know 10 people who filed amicus briefs in this case. Most of the security community was behind her on this one. Of course a prosecution witness is going to provide information that only serves the prosecution. However, he really wasn't qualified to do the job and missed several pieces of exculpatory information.
Disclaimer: I'm a professional witness.
It comes down to this: What did he agree to? As far as I can tell, Microsoft still hasn't publicized exactly what agreements he's in violation of.
As far as hobby vs selling is concerned, there's no prohibition against making some money on your hobby. I'm a SCUBA instructor. It's not my profession, it's a hobby. But I still charge for it.
Will the vendors adopt it? Only if the margins are superior to what they are getting for "business" PCs. And the volume will have to make up for the raw loss in revenue.
It's going to have to be consumer driven. Which means they will come from a smaller company who will either be bought by IBM/HP/Dell or driven out of business when one of them decides to join the fray.
Blade PCs are a great solution, but I don't think many people see the problem yet. Most companies now see laptops as the solution to a lot of their desktop issues. My current customer certainly does (even contractors are issued company laptops).
Blade PCs would solve the problem of the worker taking home a million names, addresses, SSNs, birthdates and credit card numbers. If they need to work from home, issue them another client (like I said, they better be cheap) and use a VPN (broadband goes without saying. Noone with a business need uses dial up).
I wish them well.
Meanwhile, the FCC, in a power grab, is seeking to regulate "standard" cable and satellite. I guess a recent airing of "Hustle" on AMC where Stacy says "this is bullshit" would have prompted a fine.
The FCC needs to come into the 21st century. I've heard 13 year olds using "shit" and "fuck" (and much worse), so we're not really protecting innocent ears. Any parent who let their children watch "NYPD Blue" has only them self to blame for the kid picking up "naughty language".
I have a small collection of fiber cables that have been snagged, looped, crushed, bent and otherwise very mildly abused. Glass fiber is great for in cabinet connection, but even going between cabinets under the floor presents too much risk for me to be happy.
All hail our new masters, POF.
The UK has joined the rest of the world, where the incompetent become the managers and the grunts get the work done. And the manager, not knowing WTF is actually happening, avoids reporting up the chain for fear of actually having to explain what's going on.
Of course, the politicians are quite good at ducking responsibilities themselves.
As long as all they do is talk (and not explicitly), they are breaking no laws. Now, if they host a site with pictures or storied or any of that crap, off with their heads (both of them).
NAMBL gets away with plenty of crap because they are very careful in what they say and publicly do. It's what they advocate and do in private that makes me sick.
I may disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.
Sony is slowly getting more software (movie) support while Toshiba is trying to get the hardware angle. I think Sony will "win", although in the end, whichever side "wins", it will be the consumer who gets beat up. Half the people will have to buy a second box and new movies. Yes, prices will drop, but somebody's going to have a boat anchor. The Blu Ray/HD-DVD battle is going to go on for some time. Or somebody is going to produce a full feature dual format player.
Of course, until more 1080p TVs are bought, it's kind of a moot point for the consumer. And given the number of interlaced TVs that have sold in the last three years, that may be some time.
My phone didn't hold up to a dive to 60 feet for 25 minutes (although the SIM worked just fine). I didn't have insurance. My wife's phone fell off her pocket (you wouldn't believe how insecurely she has it). First was uninsured, cost me $100. Second was insured, cost me $50 for a deductible. Insurance is $5 a month. I paid it for 18 months. We were eligible for new phones but oh no, she wanted the same phone. We can afford it, so I'm dumping the insurance. Silly me.
Now she has Blue Tooth and backs her phone up on a regular basis, since she won't put every thing on her SIM. Which also means the next phone will have to be a Moto.
Mike Richards, I was going to say the same thing. Anyone who has seen the Zapruder film has seen some of the goriest that TV has had to offer. And who doesn't remember the famous photo of the Viet Namese general killing the VC?
OTOH, papparzzi are probably even lower than used car salesmen. They make their living harassing and embarrassing. The problem is, so many of us look at the pictures. Who hasn't sneaked a peek at a topless picture of a celeb? As long as we tolerate these pictures in what ever form, they will be around. It's just like drug dealers. Demand means they'll be there. No demand, no paparazzi.
I'm one of the 5300 contractors. We've been told that some of our contracts will be cut short. In other cases, new contractors won't be brought on when our contracts expire. Dell limits contractors to 9 months or 1450 hours, which ever comes first. For me that will be about 6 1/2 months.
You want keyloggers? I've got plenty. Some you tell what machine (by IP address) to send the data to (sort of a /var/log/daemon thing). Others log to a file on the local machine in an encrypted form. Some are USB devices that you connect between the keyboard and the machine (4GB is an awful lot of keystrokes). I've even got a keyboard that records and plays back. All acquired from legit sources. Except in Germany. And I've used them for similar purposes, catching crooks (although usually locally). Like catching a guy who was sending encrypted email (gets by the filters) with sensitive data.
When they were announced, I was hot for one. Now I've seen and used several "smart phones" (but not bought). None of them have any appeal to me. So I'll just use my V551 for a while longer, even though Cingular wants me to sign up for a new plan and buy a new phone. They've even promised me "an advanced reservation" for an iPhone.
I use many of the same tools in my security assessments. I always get an acknowledgement and agreement from the customer, signed by an officer, before I start out. But I use things like nessus, netstumbler, airsnort and others. All tools also used by hackers.
I guess security assessments are now verboten in Germany.
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