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Comment ZFS ZIL (Score 1) 222

by batrick (#33304446) Attached to: Sandisk Debuts World's Smallest SSD Yet
This would be really nice for ZFS ZILs I think. You only need a ZIL twice the size of your RAM *at most*. Put a 2 of these on my motherboard for that please :). (Buying a whole SSD is way too expensive just for a ZIL : /)
Businesses

Comcast Awarded the Golden Poo Award 286

Posted by samzenpus from the you-will-receive-your-award-between-8-and-12 dept.
ISoldat53 writes "The Consumerist has awarded Comcast the Golden Poo award for the worst company in America. From the article: 'After four rounds of bloody battle against some of the most publicly reviled businesses in America, Comcast can now run up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and hold its hands high in victory — it has bested everyone else to earn the title of Worst Company In America for 2010.'"
Security

Submission + - Help Nmap by filling out the SecTools.org survey! (nmap.org)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Help Nmap and the security world in general by filling out the 2010 SecTools.org survey! Results from this survey help the security community discover new tools, improve old ones, and gives everyone a chance to have their say. Besides being a great venue to learn about lesser known tools, this survey has lead to many of the advanced Nmap features including the Nmap Scripting Engine (which currently has well over 100 user-contributed scripts), Ndiff for comparing scans, the Zenmap interface, and, my personal favourite, despite a lack of votes, a script to check the availability of California vanity plates. With the Summer of Code projects coming up fast, this is your chance to shape Nmap's future!
Security

Submission + - Detecting critical Apple vulnerability with Nmap (cqure.net) 1

Submitted by iago-vL
iago-vL writes: Patrik Karlsson, an Nmap developer, released a script today to detect a vulnerability in the Apple Filing Protocol (afp), CVS-2010-0533. This vulnerability is trivial to exploit and allows users to view files outside of public shares. He describes this vulnerability, which he discovered inadvertently while working on the Nmap Scripting Engine (NSE), as "strikingly similar to the famous Windows SMB filesharing vulnerability from 1995." Instructions on how to detect vulnerable systems using Nmap can be found in the post linked above.

Comment Re:Feature, not a bug. (Score 5, Interesting) 236

by batrick (#31267148) Attached to: GoDaddy Wants Your Root Password
A VPS is rented space on hardware in the same way you rent an apartment. You don't own the hardware, but that doesn't mean the host can break into your box whenever he wants. Maybe the contract asserts they have that right (you would be an idiot to contract with them). Use Linode (arguably the best VPS provider in the industry): http://linode.com/ (I am not affiliated with Linode.)
Security

Submission + - Nmap 5.00 Released! (nmap.org)

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iago-vL
iago-vL writes: "The long-awaited Nmap Security Scanner version 5.00 was just released (download)! This marks the most important release since 1997, and is a huge step in Nmap's evolution from a simple port scanner to an all-around security and networking tool suite. Significant performance improvements were made, and dozens of scripts were added. For example, Nmap can now log into Windows and perform local checks (PDF), including Conficker detection. New tools included in 5.00 are Ncat, a modern reimplementation of Netcat (with IPv6, SSL, NAT traversal, port redirection, and more!), and Ndiff, for quickly comparing scan results. Other tools are in the works for future releases, but we're still waiting for them to add email and ftp clients so we can finally get off Emacs!"

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