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Ask Slashdot: Do-It-Yourself Security Auditing Tools? 116

Posted by timothy from the like-soapy-water-for-your-inner-tube dept.
An anonymous reader writes "I'm a 'prosumer' website builder, have a few sites that are mainly hobbies, but I would like to know that they're at least fairly robust. I'm thinking of the equivalent of a 'dental clinic' — where someone interested in the white hat security field might be willing to take on an audit for the experience and to build a resume. Or, tools such as websites that let you put in a password and see how long it takes to crack it. Or sites where you can put in a URL and it gets poked and prodded by a number of different cracker tools and a 'score' is given. Ideally with suggestions on how to improve. Does anything like that exist? I'm not talking FBI/CIA level security, but just common-sense basics. I've tried to use techniques that improve security, but I don't know how well they work. And I've realized that in the ever growing, fast changing field of computers I'm not going to ever get the knowledge I need to do this myself. I know there are software suites that allow you to sniff and test things on your own, but I'm afraid it's overwhelmingly foreign to me and I just feel like I can't reliably do this myself. Any ideas?"
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Scientists Clone Sheep With 'Good' Fat 233

Posted by Soulskill from the pulling-the-wool-over-your-stomach's-eyes dept.
redletterdave writes "Chinese scientists have cloned a genetically modified sheep containing a 'good' type of fat found naturally in nuts, seeds, fish and leafy greens that helps reduce the risk of heart attacks and cardiovascular disease. The gene, which is linked to the production of polyunsaturated fatty acids, was inserted into a donor cell taken from the ear of a Chinese Merino sheep. The cell was then inserted into an unfertilized egg and implanted into the womb of a surrogate sheep. With any luck, this process could be replicated in the future to clone more animals for safe and healthy consumption."

Comment Re:Austistic Spectrum (Score 1) 555

by Diego_27182818 (#28598117) Attached to: The Mathletes and the Miley Photoshop

I did read it - did you read the post I was replying to. He said "Ask those same people about having THEIR face superimposed on a nude child's body and see how their answers change." This is a totally different and clearly illegal activity because now there was an actual child harmed. I said the more interesting question is asking the people who thought it didn't break the law if their opinion changed if it was THEIR CHILD's face on the nude adult body instead of Miley Cyrus's.

Reading comprehension - not just to be applied to the article.
Networking

D-Link DIR-655 Firmware 1.21 Hijacks Your Internet Connection 428

Posted by timothy from the not-polite dept.
chronopunk writes "Normally when you think of firmware updates for a router you would expect security updates and bug fixes. Would you ever expect the company that makes the product to try and sell you a subscription for security software using its firmware as a salesperson? I recently ran into this myself when trying to troubleshoot my router. I noticed when trying to go to Google that my router was hijacking DNS and sent me to a website trying to sell me a software subscription. After upgrading your D-link DIR-655 router to the latest firmware you'll see that D-link does this, and calls the hijacking a 'feature.'"

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