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Comment Re:Maybe they just don't need the fix! (Score 1) 103

It's not maybe, it either you need it or you dont! And for the vast majority it's the latter.

it's disabled by default, so it's not a matter of re-enabling it. Besides there is no patch for stupidity.

I could turn that around and say those who blindly always install the latest stuff probably don't know what they really need or do.
New code often means new bugs.

But in this case it only makes sense to warn if the server asks for renegotiation and only accepts an unsecure renegotiation. Browsers can/should warn about that right now.(and maybe they already do)
Of course most SSL connections/servers don't require a renegotiation so for most unpatched servers this will be no problem (as it is security wise).

Comment Maybe they just don't need the fix! (Score 1) 103

You are only vulnerable if you combine (for example) client certificate authentication and unprotected but SSL secured stuff on the same webserver process. Only then the server needs to do a renegotiation otherwise you don't need to enable renegotiations (it's disabled by default in Apache). So I'm pretty sure very few sites actually need that and are perfectly fine/secure with what they have.
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Students Banned From Bringing Pencils To School 426

mernilio writes "According to UPI: 'A Massachusetts school district superintendent said a memo banning sixth graders from carrying pencils was written without district approval. North Brookfield School District interim Superintendent Gordon Noseworthy said Wendy Scott, one of two sixth-grade teachers at North Brookfield Elementary School, did not get approval from administrators before sending the memo to all sixth-grade parents, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette reported Thursday. The memo said students would no longer be allowed to bring writing implements to school. It said pencils would be provided for students in class and any students caught with pencils or pens after Nov. 15 would face disciplinary action for having materials 'to build weapons.'"

Comment Yeah..right (Score 2, Informative) 433

Since last week's story titled "Venezuela's Chavez To Limit Internet Freedom." was really only about taking down a single webpage that demanded Chavez to be killed for years I can only guess this guy was promoting the same or similar things on TV. I would assume the same takedown is possible in most number countries using hate speech, promotion of criminal acts or libel laws.
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Programmable Quantum Computer Created 132

An anonymous reader writes "A team at NIST (the National Institute of Standards and Technology) used berylium ions, lasers and electrodes to develop a quantum system that performed 160 randomly chosen routines. Other quantum systems to date have only been able to perform single, prescribed tasks. Other researchers say the system could be scaled up. 'The researchers ran each program 900 times. On average, the quantum computer operated accurately 79 percent of the time, the team reported in their paper.'"
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Jetman Attempts Intercontinental Flight 140

Last year we ran the story of Yves Rossy and his DIY jetwings. Yves spent $190,000 and countless hours building a set of jet-powered wings which he used to cross the English Channel. Rossy's next goal is to cross the Strait of Gibraltar, from Tangier in Morocco and Tarifa on the southwestern tip of Spain. From the article: "Using a four-cylinder jet pack and carbon fibre wings spanning over 8ft, he will jump out of a plane at 6,500 ft and cruise at 130 mph until he reaches the Spanish coast, when he will parachute to earth." Update 18:57 GMT: mytrip writes: "Yves Rossy took off from Tangiers but five minutes into an expected 15-minute flight he was obliged to ditch into the wind-swept waters."
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Submission + - LGPL Swfdec project now works with YouTube!

Ur@eus writes: "The swfdec library which is a LGPL licensed Flash library just announced that code making it work with YouTube has been checked into their Git repository. So you can now view your YouTube movies with an open source solution! This is the result of six months of intensive hacking by swfdec developer Benjamin Otte and a big step forward for opensource Flash support."

Feed New Leopard Species Found (wired.com)

Genetic tests reveal the clouded leopard of Borneo and Sumatra is a unique cat species and not, as long believed, the same one found in mainland Southeast Asia. By the Associated Press.


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