Comment: scanners scripties (Score 1) 154
Does this mean that there will now be another set of noise with script kiddies trying to create automated scanners to locate these devices, thus adding more junk for me to look through in the logs?
Comment: Depends where the xfinity servers are located (Score 1) 272
I would say it depends on where the xfinity servers are located. If comcast has the servers on its own network, or has a peering arrangement with the network which xfinity servers are located, it is possible that they are not paying as much for the bandwidth when compared to the bandwidth that is used by their users going to netflix servers. If netflix wants net neutrality on this issue, then they can offer to pay for the bandwidth that connects netflix to comcast.
This reminds me of the old AOL network where content providers paid AOL to be connected to the "premium" access network that enabled AOL users better access. At that time AOL could dictate the terms since it was one of the few games in town which had ALOT of users that the content providers were eager to get their hands on.
A long time ago a local university had really bad connectivity to the internet (it had to go to the "main parent" campus then back out the the internet to reach an ISP that literally was half a mile away. The university and the ISP decided that a "mutual peering" arrangement was beneficial to both since the ISP had more than 70% of the local market at the time and most of the local market communicated in some form with the university servers....
Someone at netflix should have thought of that (peering with comcast/charter/etc) with a "dont charge your users for the cap when connecting to us via the peering connection" deal...
Hulu should also consider that as well....
Details of Initial "Disc to Digital" Program Emerge 201
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Unknown Lamer
from the digitize-your-digital-video-disc-today dept.
from the digitize-your-digital-video-disc-today dept.
MojoKid writes with an excerpt from an article at Hot Hardware: "Walmart's burgeoning partnership with the Ultraviolet DRM system backed by major Hollywood studios and their plans to 'assist' customers in registering DVDs with the Ultraviolet system, made headlines not long ago. Walmart has also since announced additional details to the program and it's a clever attempt to drive more users to Vudu, Walmart's subsidiary movie streaming service. Here's how the service works. 'Starting April 16th, 2012 in more than 3,500 stores, Walmart customers will be able to bring their DVD and Blu-ray collections to Walmart and receive digital access to their favorite titles from the partnering studios. An equal conversion for standard DVDs and Blu-ray discs will be $2. Standard DVDs can be upgraded to High-Def (HD) for $5.' Anyone who doesn't have a Vudu account will have one created for them as part of this process. That's part of the genius to the plan. If customers embrace the offer, Walmart signs up hundreds of thousands, possibly millions of people for Vudu. Even better, from Walmart's perspective, is that first-time users who pony up $2 for a digital version of their DVDs are effectively paying to create Vudu accounts."
Comment: Re:Are 3G networks encrypted? (Score 1) 139
Except that now in order to save money, 3G bandwidth, or "conveniance for users" many locations have "automatic free wifi connections" to attwifi/Wayport_Access hotspots (mcdonalds, starbucks, and many airports, etc) for ipad 3g and iphone users. The only recourse is to MANUALLY turn off wifi if you only want 3G
Southwest Airlines iPhone App Unencrypted, Vulnerable To Eavesdroppers 139
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timothy
from the one-more-path-to-id-theft dept.
from the one-more-path-to-id-theft dept.
New submitter davidstites writes "I am a masters computer science student at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, and in November I performed a security audit of 230+ popular iOS applications because I wanted to know how secure apps on smartphones and tablets really are. I made a shocking discovery. The largest single potential security breach was with the Southwest Airlines application. Southwest Airlines' iPhone app leaves a user's information vulnerable to hackers. When you login to the application on your phone using your Rapid Rewards account, the app submits your username and password information as plain-text (unencrypted) to a Southwest remote server (mobile.southwest.com). A potential attacker can simply sniff for the data on the network and steal it. This situation is a hackers dream! If a victims credentials were captured, a hacker could use those credentials to login to that particular account and they would have access to anything the victim would have access to, such as addresses, birthdays, e-mail, phone and credit cards. They could even book a flight in the victims name." (Read on below for more details.)
How useful is ipv6 depends on the destination webs->
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TeddyR writes "IPv6 enabled TOP 1000000 websites as of Jan 8 2012
From the site:
"Here is a list which contains all popular sites (according to Alexa) with an IPv6 address. Out of the 990068 tested websites only 14229 have one or more IPv6 addresses. That is 1.44%.
Out of the 24500 IPv6 addresses 18766 are connectable. That is 76.6%."
Even more shocking is that many of the top ipv6 sites are not the "goto" sites for many users and are not US based sites, showing how far the US must go in order for ipv6 to be useful.
A question for slashdot maintainers: why isnt slashdot.org on the list by now?"
Link to Original Source
From the site:
"Here is a list which contains all popular sites (according to Alexa) with an IPv6 address. Out of the 990068 tested websites only 14229 have one or more IPv6 addresses. That is 1.44%.
Out of the 24500 IPv6 addresses 18766 are connectable. That is 76.6%."
Even more shocking is that many of the top ipv6 sites are not the "goto" sites for many users and are not US based sites, showing how far the US must go in order for ipv6 to be useful.
A question for slashdot maintainers: why isnt slashdot.org on the list by now?"
Link to Original Source
Comment: Is it secure from the NSA et al? (Score 3, Interesting) 81
The question is what backdoors have they placed on it. Is it secure from themselves (NSA) and other three letter agencies?
Comment: Re:$8.5 billion for Skype (Score 1) 192
What nobody here seems to have mentioned is that MS may not be buying Nokia for the obvious reasons: The build phones, they are probably buying it for the IP that it owns. IP that MS may already be paying billions for to incorporate into other tech that they may have or are planning to produce...
Controlled Quantum Levitation Used To Build Wipeout Track 162
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timothy
from the why-youtube-exists dept.
from the why-youtube-exists dept.
First time accepted submitter gentryx writes "Researchers at the Japan Institute of Science and Technology have build a miniature Wipeout track (YouTube video) using high temperature superconductors and quantum levitation. Right now this is fundamental research, but in the future large scale transportation systems could be built with technology akin to this. I have a different vision: let Nintendo sell this as an accessory for the Wii U. I'd buy several of these tracks, let the gliders race through the whole house and track them on our TV!"
Update: 01/05 22:08 GMT by S : As many readers have pointed out, this is CGI.
Comment: Re:Sure it is (Score 1) 969
$10? The Amercan public will start panicing if gas reaches $6.00/gallon. At $7.00 they will say "well, were no longer in Iraq, just send them over to Iran...."