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Comment: Re:Not even that complicated (Score 1) 113

by Lanboy (#39058365) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Smartest Way To Transfer an Old Domain/Site?

But then you are left changing the IP for the site. If possible just cname the site hostname to a DNS hostname that the new guy controls . As long as you don't need to have a https version of the site. Then either migrate your mail to a new domain over time by changing all your account profiles and informing your correspondents of the change, or put a banner on the site informing visitors of the upcoming change to the new domain name.

Comment: I would, but Bill Finger and Bob Kane are dead. (Score 5, Interesting) 115

by Lanboy (#38908549) Attached to: DC Comics Prevails In Batmobile Copyright Dispute

Since the Batmobile debuted in 1941, using the copyright rules in effect of the times, the name would be public domain since 1991. Since our congressmen are apparently paid by Disney, this date was pushed to 2011 and now 2031. Let us try to guess how much in royalties the descendants of the creators of the name Batmobile will get. Lets see... Oh yes they will get ditkuss.

Bill Finger probably made a total of 50K off of batman his whole goddamn life. So I am not crying for DC here.

Comment: Re:If they can't say (Score 2) 85

by Lanboy (#38908011) Attached to: Verisign Admits Company Was Hacked In 2010, Not Sure What Was Stolen

If someone had a copy of the Verisign root public keys, it doesn't matter if the providers get new keys, your browser would trust any certificate created by these keys. So if you connect to a website encrypted by certificates from a different CA, a man in the middle attack presenting a newly minted certificate using the stolen keys would not raise any alarm in any SSL browser that trusts that verisign root certificate. Which essentially means every browser in the world.

Not only would every provider need to get new certificates and intermediates, every end user browser would need to be patched to no longer trust the compromised x509 root keys.

People are still using internet explorer 6.0 . Good luck on that one.

I wonder if this has anything to do with why Verisign was so hot to change their root keys (10/10/2010) , though they stated that this was for the 2048bit keylength that will be manditory 1/1/2014 .

Comment: If they got the keys to the Verisign PKI root cert (Score 1) 85

by Lanboy (#38907877) Attached to: Verisign Admits Company Was Hacked In 2010, Not Sure What Was Stolen

If the root PKI private keys were lifted from the site then whoever had them could create valid ssl certificates for any DNS hostname that every browser and ssl stack in the world would view as real. If the same users were able to put themselves in the correct place in the network or be able to do a successful DNS poisoning attack, they would then be able to undetectably capture all data protected by the SSL public key infrastructure. So pretty much all internet data would be suspect.

I assume that this did not happen, as these super hackers would have access to huge swaths of the accounts and sensitive user information for for every e-commerce site in the world. You know your bank accounts and paypal and apple ids and credit card info. Those tax returns you do online, ssl vpns, ipsec vpns secured with x509 certificates, corporate mail, stock brokerage accounts. They would be able to relay mail undetectably thru every mail server that permits relay with authentication. Nothing major. I personally would put my money in a sock in my bedroom, but nothing major.

Comment: Re:Deja vu (Score 0) 394

by Lanboy (#37241006) Attached to: Ex-Board Member Says HP Is Committing 'Corporate Suicide'

While the old guard hated her, she put the company in a position to be profitable again.

It is looking like firing Carly was an awful idea. Like it or not, she had the company moving in a direction, and they were making plenty of money.They had kicked dell out of the corporate laptop business ( the end of the market that makes money ) and were starting to do the same with corporate desktops. They were making money, lots of it. And they have been chasing their tail since. They will soon spin out into two or three companies, the software services one will crash and burn. The profitable sector will be the one stamping their name on calculators and printers designed and made in China.

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