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Comment Re:Solution: Public Key Auth (Score 1) 327

by ttldkns on Monday December 22, 2008 @07:25AM (#26198627) Attached to: The Slow Bruteforce Botnet(s) May Be Learning

then you should configure it so that only members of a specific group are SSH users. Then by default no one can login with SSH. A whitelist is much more effective here.

Put
AllowGroups sshusers

in your sshd_config file and then only members of the sshusers group can login via ssh

Submission + - WARNING: driver updates causing Vista deactivation (apcmag.com)

Submitted by

KrispySausage

on Tuesday October 23, 2007 @08:48AM

KrispySausage writes: "After weeks of gruelling troubleshooting, I've finally had it confirmed by Microsoft Australia and USA — something as small as swapping the video card or updating a device driver can trigger a total Vista deactivation.

Put simply, your copy of Windows will stop working with very little notice (three days) and your PC will go into "reduced functionality" mode, where you can't do anything but use the web browser for half an hour.

How can this ridiculous situation occur, and what is Microsoft's response... read on."

Submission + - BBC iPlayer to be cross platform (pm.gov.uk)

Submitted by

ddrichardson

on Thursday September 06, 2007 @02:07PM

ddrichardson writes: "The BBC iPlayer service is no longer to be tied to Windows only. Following a scucessful online government petition, the BBC trust in conjunction with Ofcom have decided to make the system cross-platform. From the Government response:

The BBC Trust made it a condition of approval for the BBC's on-demand services that the iPlayer is available to users of a range of operating systems, and has given a commitment that it will ensure that the BBC meets this demand as soon as possible."

Submission + - Build a Neighborhood (Or Apartment) Social Wifi?

Submitted by Ecifer on Wednesday September 05, 2007 @02:20PM

Ecifer writes: After recently moving into a new apartment complex, getting Comcast service, and setting up my wireless network, an oddly socialist idea came to mind... "Wouldn't it be nice of me to just share this WiFi with everyone on this floor?"... well, financially, that'd be a Snafu, but is there a way to set it up so that we're all saving money, AND I'm not breaking any usage agreements?

The way I look at it, I'd need the following:
1) An ISP that would let me share the bandwidth... Even Comcast Business doesn't do this w/o express written permission, and since I'm pretty much stealing their customers, I'm gonna bet they'd say 'No.' That means I'm probably paying more (Than comcast, now there's a comical sentiment)... but the cost would be distributed, you'd just need to find enough people to make the pricing work out.
2) A series of wireless repeaters to cover the entire area. This one isn't so hard... WRT54G + Specialized Firmware can do that... and that's just one option. Again, I'm not looking for a bullet-proof business network, these are just normal people, doing normal internet browsing. That brings us to point 2a) Firewall and Antivirus. Perhaps offer a secure subnet option.
3) For any users who'd want to have wired, they'd either need a modified router (such as that in point 2), or a specialized wired->wireless bridge.
4) A usage agreement for all involved.

So am I crazy, or could this work? How would YOU do it?

Submission + - Facebook to publicly list users in search engines (facebook.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 05, 2007 @12:22PM

An anonymous reader writes: If you're an occasional Facebook user and are worried about security, it's time to once again log in and review your privacy settings. Last night, Philip Fung posted on his facebook blog that Facebook users are now going to have a public search listing that will be available on the likes of Google and Yahoo!, unless users decide to opt out. "In a few weeks, we will allow these Public Search listings (depending on users' individual privacy settings) to be found by search engines like Google, MSN Live, Yahoo, etc. We think this will help more people connect and find value from Facebook without exposing any actual profile information or data."

Submission + - New DX10 Benchmarks Do More Bad than Good

Submitted by

NIMBY

on Wednesday May 23, 2007 @01:12AM

NIMBY writes: "An interesting editorial over at PC Perspective looks at the changing status between modern game developers and companies like AMD and NVIDIA that depend on their work to show off their products. Recently, both AMD and NVIDIA separately helped in releasing DX10 benchmarks based on upcoming games that show the other hardware vendor in a negative light. But what went on behind the scenes? Can any collaboration these companies use actually be trusted by reviewers and the public to base a purchasing decision on? The author things the one source of resolution to this is have honest game developers take a stance for the gamer."

Submission + - Solid light discovery excites scientists

Submitted by

Francisco Ardisson

on Tuesday May 15, 2007 @08:12AM

Francisco Ardisson writes: "Researchers from the Universities of Melbourne and Cambridge have unveiled a new theory that shows light can behave like a solid. Dr Greentree and colleagues Jared Cole and Professor Lloyd Hollenberg of the University of Melbourne with Dr Charles Tahan of the University of Cambridge made their 'solid light' breakthrough using tools more commonly used to study matter. "Solid light will help us build the technology of this century," says Dr Andrew Greentree of the School of Physics at the University of Melbourne. — Read More: http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/articleid_4188.html ps.: Will we be seing Jedi Light Sabers anytime soon? :)"

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