Comment Re:And if there's a man in the middle? (Score 1) 69
Or just keep eves dropping to introduce a denial of service condition unless utilizing a switched environment
Submission + - DNA cancer codes cracked by international effort (news.com.au) 1
Enigma23 writes: As reported on news.com.au, scientists from the International Cancer Genome Consortium of 12 institutes around the world will today release the first DNA profiles of some of the most prevalent types of tumours. While the story asserts that "A new era of cancer treatment has dawned" I'm a bit more sceptical, given that gene therapy and immunotherapy are still very much in their infancy at the current time.
Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Colaborative web-based IDE? 1
Obliterous writes: "With developers geographically dispersed all over the globe, and often not having a regular computer to work from, I'm looking for a web-based collaborative IDE. open source is preferable, and with our budget, free is a requirement.
Does such a beast even exist?"
Does such a beast even exist?"
Submission + - Military Asserts Right to Respond to Cyberattacks
Hugh Pickens writes: "AP reports that National Security Agency director Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander says the US should counter computer-based attacks swiftly and strongly and act to thwart or disable a threat even when the attacker's identity is unknown. "Even with the clear understanding that we could experience damage to our infrastructure, we must be prepared to fight through in the worst case scenario," wrote Alexander in a 32-page Senate questionnaire he answered in preparation for a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to head Cyber Command. Alexander offered a limited but rare description of offensive US cyber activities, saying the U.S. has "responded to threats, intrusions and even attacks against us in cyberspace," and has conducted exercises and war games adding that it is unclear whether or not those actions have deterred criminals, terrorists or nations. Alexander stressed that any US response to a cyber attack must be authorized by the president and must conform to international law and guiding military principles requiring that the reaction be deemed militarily necessary and in proportion to the attack. "It is reasonable to assume that returning fire in cyberspace, as long as it complied with law of war principles ... would be lawful.""
Comment Re:Incorrect Summary (Score 1) 237
So mandating an option such as this for chat applications; whether in a social networking site, or 3rd party chat application, is our government stepping on our toes?
Or is it a method to eliminate the current system where due to lack of funds and man power our law enforcement hire cheap labor in the form of victims of said offenses?
This option might eliminate the bias introduced and could also be used to eliminate on line scamming, automated bots etc.
Besides, this is less invasive of an option and puts controls in the hands of any on line user
If they really wanted to be invasive they could utilize a spider to index photographs on any public and non-public site, utilize facial recognition to do comparisons with the existing database of missing and exploited children for possible matches.
This may only be invasive in regards to indexing non-public sites and it may actually backfire financially due to a fairly large portion of the world economy relying on the oldest profession on the planet.
Privacy is a big thing, invasive government monitoring is a problem, as is corruption within law enforcement and I think this option would help eliminate a portion of that bias.
Comment hmmmm (Score 2, Interesting) 237
Good parenting is a better option.
Having a button in any type of chat application which either party can flag a conversation with is so interfering with a UI that you all hate the idea?
I don't have kids, and I cannot think of anything better then good parenting but I also cannot see any harm adding a simple for the sole purpose of making it easier to handle things such as bots, scammers, predators etc.
The only problem I can really see is misuse of the button when an ex-girlfriend decides she wants to fuck with her ex-boyfriend in a malicious manner.
I suppose filtering and priority detection can be implemented to possibly eliminate false positives etc.
Submission + - Power your house with a bottle of water (popsci.com)
hlsmcc writes: MIT chemist uses artificial photosynthesis to create energy. From the article, "MIT chemist Dan Nocera showed how well he put that stimulus money to use by highlighting his new photosynthetic process. Using a special catalyst, the process splits water into oxygen and hydrogen fuel efficiently enough to power a home using only sunlight and a bottle of water.
Like organic photosynthesis, Nocera's reaction uses sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and energy. However, whereas plants create energy in the form of sugars, this process creates energy in the form of free hydrogen. That hydrogen can either be recombined with the oxygen in a fuel cell to generate electricity, or converted into a liquid fuel.
In about four hours, water treated with Nocera's catalyst can produce 30 kilowatt-hours of energy. Moreover, the process is cheap. So cheap, in fact, that Nocera has no problem envisioning a day when each house generates its own fuel and electricity from photosynthesis." Video at the source shows more.
Like organic photosynthesis, Nocera's reaction uses sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and energy. However, whereas plants create energy in the form of sugars, this process creates energy in the form of free hydrogen. That hydrogen can either be recombined with the oxygen in a fuel cell to generate electricity, or converted into a liquid fuel.
In about four hours, water treated with Nocera's catalyst can produce 30 kilowatt-hours of energy. Moreover, the process is cheap. So cheap, in fact, that Nocera has no problem envisioning a day when each house generates its own fuel and electricity from photosynthesis." Video at the source shows more.
Submission + - Patch submitting and developers say...
zerointeger writes: Being fairly new to programming, patch creation etc. within the Open Source community I would like solicit information regarding patch submissions, feature additions to existing projects.
Most administrators are aware of the sometimes confusing and albeit difficulty in configuration regarding a linux desktop to authenticate against a kerberized directory. Necessary service configurations(samba, nss, winbind, ldap, etc), pam authentication stack configuration, schema configuration... I cannot say it is difficult but I also cannot say it is not time consuming to implement a single sign on solution for linux desktop clients to rival that of an active directory roaming profile implementation.
A few years ago my employer tasked me with adding features to the existing pam_krb5 authentication module. The features I was asked to include were dynamic OpenLDAP/Active Directory account lookup prior to the UID/GID mapping per TGT request (which at the time required additional configuration of the nss_ldap, pam_ldap, nsswitch, ldap.conf files) and to dynamically create a password less account in the local passwd database. Not to toot my own horn here but it also includes features to dynamically add the authenticated user to local groups. All of this is made a little simpler by integrating the configuration directives into the krb5.conf file in the pam section.
I have already submitted a patch to the original developer but am afraid it may not get integrated which will then require me to apply my patch to every version that gets released in the future. Realistically this is not a big problem however, in regards to an open source community, at which point do features get implemented to make administrators, end users and the task of promoting linux for the desktop?
Most administrators are aware of the sometimes confusing and albeit difficulty in configuration regarding a linux desktop to authenticate against a kerberized directory. Necessary service configurations(samba, nss, winbind, ldap, etc), pam authentication stack configuration, schema configuration... I cannot say it is difficult but I also cannot say it is not time consuming to implement a single sign on solution for linux desktop clients to rival that of an active directory roaming profile implementation.
A few years ago my employer tasked me with adding features to the existing pam_krb5 authentication module. The features I was asked to include were dynamic OpenLDAP/Active Directory account lookup prior to the UID/GID mapping per TGT request (which at the time required additional configuration of the nss_ldap, pam_ldap, nsswitch, ldap.conf files) and to dynamically create a password less account in the local passwd database. Not to toot my own horn here but it also includes features to dynamically add the authenticated user to local groups. All of this is made a little simpler by integrating the configuration directives into the krb5.conf file in the pam section.
I have already submitted a patch to the original developer but am afraid it may not get integrated which will then require me to apply my patch to every version that gets released in the future. Realistically this is not a big problem however, in regards to an open source community, at which point do features get implemented to make administrators, end users and the task of promoting linux for the desktop?
Comment Living in... (Score 1) 234
Utah is interesting.
We have everything that the bigger cities have. Unfortunately that includes corruption. I am not going to try and slander the law enforcement community as a whole, nor the politicians, as I do not think it is warranted.
However, having witnessed first hand corruption I cannot think of any law that would stop this practice.
This whole thing of labeling everything a sex crime, leads me to believe that cointellpro has simply morphed into a form that will always merit support from politicians, families and law enforcement constituents.
I have not read the contents of the bill but I wonder if there are safeguards for us tax payers? I also question biased opinions from within the ranks those that took an oath to protect the law. A tapped internet connection can also be used as a reverse proxy which would then be subjected to the investigative authority and their best interests and/or their quota.
We have everything that the bigger cities have. Unfortunately that includes corruption. I am not going to try and slander the law enforcement community as a whole, nor the politicians, as I do not think it is warranted.
However, having witnessed first hand corruption I cannot think of any law that would stop this practice.
This whole thing of labeling everything a sex crime, leads me to believe that cointellpro has simply morphed into a form that will always merit support from politicians, families and law enforcement constituents.
I have not read the contents of the bill but I wonder if there are safeguards for us tax payers? I also question biased opinions from within the ranks those that took an oath to protect the law. A tapped internet connection can also be used as a reverse proxy which would then be subjected to the investigative authority and their best interests and/or their quota.
Submission + - What platform to use for an Interactive website? 1
AusPublishingWorker writes: I work at a fairly large publishing company, and we're currently looking at revamping our website. At the moment, like most publishers, our website consists of little more than a cumbersome catalogue, generated from our database. What we are looking to do is create a website which will allow us to have the ability to upload regular content with a minimum of effort and better communicate with our customers. Things like Author Blogs, Customer comments, rich media e.g. Author Interviews, Technology Demos etc. are high on the priority list. It's important to keep a fairly simple interface, but that is more of a design issue. My question is: which platform would best allow us to create this sort of site, without a huge investment, and without high maintenance?
I've heard a fair bit recently about wiki based websites (generated using something like Atlassian's Confluence http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/) but I'm not sure if this will have the flexibility needed. Others have suggested things like Joomla and Drupal. I do some basic web design in my job, but this sort of thing is way beyond me; so I was hoping you guys could offer up some suggestions, and the reasoning behind them?
I've heard a fair bit recently about wiki based websites (generated using something like Atlassian's Confluence http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/) but I'm not sure if this will have the flexibility needed. Others have suggested things like Joomla and Drupal. I do some basic web design in my job, but this sort of thing is way beyond me; so I was hoping you guys could offer up some suggestions, and the reasoning behind them?
Comment dns? (Score 1) 256
Why not just have the root DNS and sub DNS servers offload their requests?
That way you can pick up the schemers
Oh wait... DNSSEC was invented
Comment WinNix (Score 1) 259
NEW IMPROVED SECURITY IN WINDOWS VERSION 99999!!!
*Slipped in a BSD *nix based OS under our fancy gui*
Comment Where is their test environment? (Score 2, Insightful) 170
Since when does using a fuzzer to modify http headers constitute as a l337?
So do I have to give up my computer while somebody that wants to test out their l337 skillz essentially destroying my development server and hard work without compensation?
Where are the bills protections to me as a non-felon, voting, tax-payer?
Astrium Hopes To Test Grabbing Solar Energy From Orbit 144
goldaryn writes "Word from the BBC today is that Europe's biggest space company is seeking partners to help get a satellite-based solar power trial into orbit:
'EADS Astrium says the satellite system would collect the Sun's energy and transmit it to Earth via an infrared laser, to provide electricity. Space solar power has been talked about for more than 30 years as an attractive concept because it would be 'clean, inexhaustible, and available 24 hours a day.' However, there have always been question marks over its cost, efficiency and safety. But Astrium believes the technology is close to proving its maturity.'"
Submission + - six-legged walking robot controlled by two neurons (google.de)
alobar72 writes: a tiny network of neurons — consisting of two neurons to be precise — enables this robot to walk.
Most funny thing: Not all aspects of this concepts seem to bee fully understand — but it works
Most funny thing: Not all aspects of this concepts seem to bee fully understand — but it works
