Submission Summary: 0 pending, 45 declined, 17 accepted (62 total, 27.42% accepted)
Submission + - Deutche Telecom plans to offer IPv6 (heise.de)
rastos1 writes: The Deutsche Telekom will provide dual stack IPv4/IPv6 connectivity for all DSL users (google translation) as of end of 2011. The users will be in addition to their IPv4 address assigned IPv6 /56 prefix. Interesting is that this prefix will be dynamic. For permanently connected users, the prefix will change rarely. Customers that have purchased fixed IPv4 address, will get an offer for stable IPv6 prefix.
Submission + - Registration required to get JDK
rastos1 writes: I run today across a forum message mentioning that one needs to register in order to download Java Development Kit. Indeed. Looking at the list of benefits I don't think they apply to me and the requirement makes me compelled to use the "Feedback" for the first time ever. All I ever wanted was the JDK archive and API docs in a zip. Now it looks like I will have to come up with one more fake identity when I will want to update my development environment because I got lost in the forest of privacy policy documents within a few minutes. All I could find is that cookies have expiration time less than a year. What is the slashdot crowd position on this?
Submission + - Catch a plane, or wait for bomb squad? (bbc.co.uk)
rastos1 writes: Part of Munich airport in southern Germany was shut down for several hours after a traveler's laptop set off an explosives detector. ... Officials had wanted to check the computer again but the man had left. ... A police spokesman quoted by AFP news agency cautioned that the scanner could have been set off by chemicals such as perfumes, and that the man might simply have been in a hurry to catch his plane.
I'm so glad the security of air traffic is taken care of.
I'm so glad the security of air traffic is taken care of.
Submission + - SSL renegotiation attack becomes reality (theregister.co.uk)
rastos1 writes: A Turkish grad student has devised a serious, real-world attack on Twitter that targeted a recently discovered vulnerability in the SSL protocol. The exploit by Anil Kurmus is significant because it successfully targeted the so-called SSL renegotiation bug to steal Twitter login credentials that passed through encrypted data streams. All in all, a man in the middle is able to steal the credentials of a user authenticating himself through HTTPS to a trusted website.
The attack description is available on securegoose.org
The attack description is available on securegoose.org
Submission + - Airline passenger bill of rights
rastos1 writes: If the airlines really want talk Congress out of passing a passenger bill of rights, they're not doing themselves any favors. The latest air-travel horror story comes to us from Minnesota, where 47 passengers on a Continental Airlines regional flight spent nearly 14 hours in transit and were trapped in six-hour ground delay on a 50-seat regional jet ... the airline wouldn't let passengers off the plane because TSA screeners had gone home and passengers legally couldn't get back on the plane.
Submission + - Music copyright in EU extended to 70 years (europa.eu)
Submission + - DVD's from Obama to Brown - locked by DRM
rastos1 writes: While not exactly a film buff, Gordon Brown was touched when Barack Obama gave him a set of 25 classic American movies ... Alas, when the PM settled down to begin watching them the other night, he found there was a problem. The films only worked in DVD players made in North America and the words "wrong region" came up on his screen.
Submission + - Britain's minister pulled aside at airport for 2nd
rastos1 writes: Shahid Malik, the MP for Dewsbury and an international development minister, was returning to Heathrow after meetings and talks on tackling terrorism, when he was stopped an questioned at Dulles Airport near Washington yesterday morning.
"The abusive attitude I endured last November I forgot about and I forgave, but I really do believe that British ministers and parliamentarians should be afforded the same respect and dignity at U.S.A. airports that we would bestow upon our colleagues in the Senate and Congress." said Shahid Malik.
Yay! I love it when a plan comes together! (And anti-terrorism measures hit the right people)
"The abusive attitude I endured last November I forgot about and I forgave, but I really do believe that British ministers and parliamentarians should be afforded the same respect and dignity at U.S.A. airports that we would bestow upon our colleagues in the Senate and Congress." said Shahid Malik.
Yay! I love it when a plan comes together! (And anti-terrorism measures hit the right people)
Submission + - Microsoft provides interoperability documentation
rastos1 writes: CNN Money informs:
"Microsoft Corp has complied with the EU executive's demands requiring the US software giant to divulge the software protocols, or 'interoperability information', underpinning Windows for makers of rival products" — according to European Commission. The commission also said: "As of today, the interoperability information appears to be substantially complete"
The article apparently talks about Exchange — but never directly mentions it. The links for said documentation (or place where it can be purchased) are, for some unknown reason, missing.
"Microsoft Corp has complied with the EU executive's demands requiring the US software giant to divulge the software protocols, or 'interoperability information', underpinning Windows for makers of rival products" — according to European Commission. The commission also said: "As of today, the interoperability information appears to be substantially complete"
The article apparently talks about Exchange — but never directly mentions it. The links for said documentation (or place where it can be purchased) are, for some unknown reason, missing.
Submission + - Wife of Hans Reiser missing
rastos writes:
The opinions on ReiserFS and his author vary. But I hope this ends well.Nina "Nenashga" Reiser, 31, was last seen on Sept. 3 dropping off her children with their father, Hans Reiser, 43. Her abandoned car was found in North Oakland Sept. 9, and authorities this week issued a bulletin describing the mother of two as "at risk" and a possible victim of foul play.
