This could be good news. Microsoft is planning on releasing a slimmed-down version of XP for older computers: The software, code-named Eiger, will be based on Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 and is designed for server-centric computing environments. It can run on a system with a Pentium II processor, 128MB of RAM, and…
There are two companies I’ve always said I don’t want to go against – Walmart & Microsoft. Anyone with the courage to take on Sony in the video game market – and start to win (Click here to read more) must be given respect. No monopolies… just raw power of money and influence. Here’s the…
On or around the 10th of May, Sober.P suddenly stopped spreading and started checking some locations periodically, presumably to download a variant and continue spreading. Yesterday, a new variation was detected, as expected, and was downloaded to these infected machines and has become active as of today. This variant, however, rather than spreading, is simply…
A little weirdness this morning: Swirbo got hit with a few IPs just endlessly connecting and disconnecting as follows: 066.240.006.125.24775-067.019.187.050.00025: EHLO DSEXCH.DebtShield.net 067.019.187.050.00025-066.240.006.125.24775: 250-mta1.swirbo.net 250-PIPELINING 250-SIZE 30720000 250-VRFY 250-ETRN 250 8BITMIME 066.240.006.125.24775-067.019.187.050.00025: QUIT 067.019.187.050.00025-066.240.006.125.24775: 221 Bye 63.243.57.99 was the same, except it sent “EHLO dc1admin.admin.tecnicocorp.com”. The two IPs were: 63.243.57.99/32 (Tecnico TEC42186 (NET-63-243-57-96-1)) 66.240.6.125/32 (Optical…
We are big fans of Clam Anti-Virus, despite worries (by others) about whether or not an open-source product can compete with the big boys in the AV industry. I found some interesting statistics on the various Anti-Virus vendors’ response time on getting various worms added to their definitions updates: Sober.P Sober.L Sober.I ClamAV was the…
Interested in a free copy of VMWare Workstation 5? They are running a promotion giving away free copies if you register for one of their upcoming seminars. If you sign up for the Nashville one, I’ll see you there!
I have written articles in the past about ways to use passphraseless SSH keys in a secure manner, by using the the “command” parameter in the authorized_keys file. The one inconvenience with this method is that it only lets you specify one command. What if you want an account to be able to execute, say,…
It’s long overdue, but it looks like with the introduction of Longhorn, Microsoft may be finally putting the famed BSOD to bed for good. That’s right, folks, meet the RSOD — the Red Screen of Death. Looks good, but let’s hope it doesn’t make as many appearances as the BSOD.
Bill Gurley has a great breakdown of the battle between state legislatures and municipalities that want to provide low-cost broadband/wireless for their citizens. He outlines six reasons why states should not legislate against municipal initiatives to provide internet access, and provides a compelling case for each. Read his article for a great introduction to this…
Bruce Schneier discusses the viability of a SSH worm using the simple fact that ~/.ssh/known_hosts contains visited hostnames and keys, along with the fact that a compromised user/password on one machine will likely work on any of the other machines listed in ~/.ssh/known_hosts.
