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Comment Re: God I hope we never have to go through that ag (Score 1) 980

by dmbrun (#60975634) Attached to: Biden Sworn In as 46th President
>> with borders closed even to Australian citizens?

Nope.

At present it is going down to 2,500 Australians allowed per week allowed back. Was 5,000.

>> They got hit and took exactly the repressive measures

The correct repressive measures. You either have infectious people running around or you control them. Which is better for the people and the economy? Hint: Look at the United Kingdom.

Comment Re:Questions (Score 1) 57

Does this vaccine, or any of the other vaccines undergoing testing, protect against covid-19 as a whole, or a specific strain of the virus?
Is this a once-and-done vaccine, similar to smallpox, or will we have to get booster shots every so often?
How long does protection last?
Does being vaccinated prevent you from transmitting the virus to others, or does it only protect you from contracting the virus?

For all of your questions, we don't fully know the answers at this stage.

Quite probably we will have to get booster shots. Some of the early vaccines will require two shots for full effect. And protection might be only for six months. Those who have had the virus once can get it again, that's been documented in a number of cases. And they were slightly different strains. Three months seems to have been the immunity given from having had the virus.

Comment Re:Well... is it? (Score 1) 542

by dmbrun (#60369731) Attached to: Why the Pandemic Is So Bad in America
>> New Zealand has only 2 (new) cases, both isolated in quarantine. That's it, no other known active cases, and they won't be opening up to travellers without strict quarantine

Er, no.

There's 24 cases in quarantine as of now. These are NZ citizens returning home and testing has found they have COVID.

Australia's present problems appear to come from breaches in quarantine in the state of Victoria. Victoria is in trouble and will be in lockdown for a while. Nearby state NSW is busy stamping out hotspots to stop becoming a second Victoria. The rest of Australia is fine, at present ...

Submission + - Linux 4.15 Kernel Released (iu.edu)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Linus Torvalds has released Linux 4.15 following the lengthy development cycle due to the Spectre v2 and Meltdown CPU vulnerability mitigation work. This update comes with many kernel improvements including RISC-V architecture support, AMDGPU Display Code support, Intel Coffee Lake graphics support, and many other improvements.

Submission + - SPAM: Even Smaller Asteroids Are A Threat

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: "The real issue is that articles calling these asteroids ‘potentially dangerous’ miss the point: The asteroids that caused the Chelyabinsk or Michigan events weren’t labeled ‘potentially hazardous’ because they weren’t tracked at all. Something the size of the Chelyabinsk meteor (15-20 meters) hitting an urban center could still be devastating.” We’ll need a lot better surveillance if we’re going to keep track of those.
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Submission + - Ophelia Became a Major Hurricane Where No Storm Had Before (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The system formerly known as Hurricane Ophelia is moving into Ireland on Monday, bringing "status red" weather throughout the day to the island. The Irish National Meteorological Service, Met Eireann, has warned that, "Violent and destructive gusts of 120 to 150km/h are forecast countrywide, and in excess of these values in some very exposed and hilly areas. There is a danger to life and property." Ophelia transitioned from a hurricane to an extra-tropical system on Sunday, but that only marginally diminished its threat to Ireland and the United Kingdom on Monday, before it likely dissipates near Norway on Tuesday. The primary threat from the system was high winds, with heavy rains. Forecasters marveled at the intensification of Ophelia on Saturday, as it reached Category 3 status on the Saffir-Simpson scale and became a major hurricane. For a storm in the Atlantic basin, this is the farthest east that a major hurricane has been recorded during the satellite era of observations. Additionally, it was the farthest north, at 35.9 degrees north, that an Atlantic major hurricane has existed this late in the year since 1939.

Submission + - Second Crypto Bug of the Day: Infineon TPM Chipsets Generate Insecure RSA Keys (bleepingcomputer.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Infineon TPM chipsets that come with many modern-day motherboards generate insecure RSA encryption keys that put devices at risk of attack. TPM stands for Trusted Platform Module (TPM), which is an international standard for secure cryptoprocessors that are used to store critical data such as passwords, certificates, and encryption keys.

According to a security alert issued by Infineon last week and research published today, a vulnerability in the Infineon TPM firmware results in the generation of weak RSA keys. The vulnerability allows for an attack on RSA1024 and RSA2048, and affects chips manufactured as early as 2012. RSA encryption works by encrypting data with a dual private and public key. The attack allows an attacker to determine the private key.

  Infineon issued a firmware update last week and has forwarded the update to motherboard vendors which are now working on integrating the Infineon TPM firmware update into all their products. Known affected vendors include Acer, ASUS, Fujitsu, HP, Lenovo, LG, Samsung, Toshiba, and other smaller Chromebook vendors. Both Microsoft and Google have issued "workarounds" as part of security updates, but fixing this attack surface will require manually patching the motherboard firmware of all affected vendors.

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