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Comment The one thing missing (Score 1) 182

Would seen to be the assumed and inherent responsibility with regards to the use of open source (FOSS). Contribution (Not specifically money, but it helps) to the open source community as a whole, by users just want free with no strings and full (What do ya mean support is only email and you will get back to me when you can! I wont be bothered to read anything and can't figure out how to do something simple). Adding bugs that are found to trackers, maybe even fixing the code if you can do it. Helping in forums with the knowledge that you have. Promoting the use of open source and the responsibility that follows. It would seem that "most" want everything for free and on a platter waiting for them without the contribution part. I have been there in the past and I can see the error of my ways. Sometimes the contribution can be in the most unlikely ways.

An author I have followed (All of his books are released in digital form for free under CC) is self publishing a book (Dead tree, limited edition) that is a collection of past works and includes all the digital files for the works. E books, audio books, whatever is avaiable for the contents, all licensed under CC. He was looking for some cheap hardware to clone the SD cards that are included in (Yes attached in the cover) and I wound up recomending some hardware and writing the software to perform the cloning. The code is being wrapped up, along with the program and install instructions, for all to take for free later this month once the website is updated for my FOSS contributions, as small and somewhat insignifiant as they are. We are only as free as we help with the free.

Comment Hackers tap SCADA vuln search engine (Score 1) 227

I might be repeating what others have said, but I found this looking to find out what SCADA is.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/02/scada_search_engine_warning/

A search engine that indexes servers and other internet devices is helping hackers to find industrial control systems that are vulnerable to tampering, the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team has warned.

The year-old site known as Shodan makes it easy to locate internet-facing SCADA, or supervisory control and data acquisition, systems used to control equipment at gasoline refineries, power plants and other industrial facilities. As white-hat hacker and Errata Security CEO Robert Graham explains, the search engine can also be used to identify systems with known vulnerabilities.

According to the Industrial Control Systems division of US CERT, that's exactly what some people are doing to discover poorly configured SCADA gear.

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