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Comment Re:We used RDP ... (Score 1) 51

... and what I did was change the port from 3389 to the last four digits of our telephone number.

I monitored the logs on the firewall and RDP was the number-one hit. I could see the name and password they tried.

Mostly it was admin, administrator, and then random usernames and the passwords were blank or the same as the username.

Attacks did decrease a lot and I think it was because port scanners found nothing at 3389.

Whitelisting an IP was not an option. My people traveled all over. I used CNAME at the domain level to craft subdomains with the user's names spelled backwards.

We did that for awhile too, but eventually we were found and targeted. VPN turned out to be the correct solution.

Comment Works for The Grand Tourr (Score 1) 206

I don't have any problems with binging personally, but I think it is beneficial to producers of these shows to string out releases, at least for some.

When a new season of The Grand Tour airs, they only do one episode a week. As a result, they get 12 weeks of press and attention from people. When a show releases on Netflix, such as Stranger Things, it gets a huge blitz of attention right off the bat, then is quickly forgotten as people move onto the newest shiny thing.

Comment Re:For a long time, I just wished I could (Score 1) 247

I had a young son, who would take my phone out of my pocket while I was sleeping.

My kid loves to swipe my phone as well, though he loves that you don't need to unlock it to access the camera. So once I retrieve it from him after a fair amount of time, I find a thousand selfies on it.

I'll take that over the 911 thing though.

Comment Yay for metered connections! (Score 4, Interesting) 110

About time!

I recently helped a friend who kept having Windows 10 chew through all his Verizon bandwidth. They live in a rural area and are unable to get DSL, so they're on Verizon's 5gig a month plan. The Anniversary update along with all the live tiles, Update sharing and telemetry information sharing, completely wiped out their monthly bandwidth limit.

I turned on the metering controls to help with that, but this is even better.

Comment Re:Chromecast support (Score 1) 105

This might be cool if Amazon would bother to put in Chromecast support, no one is stopping them. Hulu, Netflix, CBS, HBO, and many other streaming vendors have managed to do it. Without that they are nowhere near worth paying for.

I totally agree. Lack of Chromecast support is very annoying. I ended up buying a Firestick when it was on sale, and have both my Chromecast and Firestick plugged into my HDMI switcher. That way I can control both with my phone. One more step but it makes the best of a bad situation.

Comment Re:They should do it, but they haven't. Why? (Score 1) 254

The answer is easy. They are not interested in the contents of the terrorist's phone as much as they want a magic key that will unlock anyone's iPhone anywhere.

That is it exactly. This is a high profile case. A major terrorist attack on US soil. What better way to convince the public that there NEEDS to be a backdoor on their devices? They aren't going to let this opportunity go to waste.

Comment Re:Sliders (Score 1) 480

If you really cared about quality of story, characters, etc. Sliders was by far the best. It doesn't hurt that it's science was some of the best too. Most items on this list are melodramatic space opera.

I think you mean the first two seasons of Sliders.

Comment Re:Indicative of General Attitudes (Score 1) 153

The older people are eeking out what they can until retirement, but at the cost of preventing younger people from having access to jobs where they can build their skills. I fear that in 10 years, our country will be in trouble as the Boomers retire for good and there will be no one left to replace them.

So what you're saying is, we need "Carrousel"?

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