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  • On the post: No, Government Computers Won't Suddenly Be Vulnerable To Hackers On April 8; They Already Are

    AzureSky ( profile ), 18 Mar, 2014 @ 01:30am

    Re: Re: Re: Re:

    actually its 2/3 windows server 1/3 *nix based(some solaris, some bsd some linux)

    the custom apps for the most part access some old ass telnet based systems that the company dosnt want to pay to replace/update but needed to do something to make them more user friendly.

    so they stuck a UI over the telnet system.

    biggest thing with windows is to not let the user install their own apps(unless they know WTF they are doing, most dont)

    but thats true with OSX and even Linux, if you give the user to much power, they will fuck shit up.....ask anybody in IT, or tech support...users are the biggest flaw in security in any system...be it computers of physical security.

    as the old joke goes, every time you produce an idiot proof device/system, the world produces a new breed of idiots able to fuck it all up.

  • On the post: No, Government Computers Won't Suddenly Be Vulnerable To Hackers On April 8; They Already Are

    AzureSky ( profile ), 18 Mar, 2014 @ 01:26am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: XP security

    will have to ask my buddy i cant for the life of me remember the right thing to search but AFIK it was an issue with LAMP that made web news pretty heavily for a few weeks last year, and was pretty nasty bug, but only effected linux setups, windows servers where immune even if they ran AMP.

  • On the post: No, Government Computers Won't Suddenly Be Vulnerable To Hackers On April 8; They Already Are

    AzureSky ( profile ), 18 Mar, 2014 @ 01:19am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: XP security

    http://waa.ai/ruc

    www.extremetech.com/computing/177882-massive-linux-security-flaw-dwarfs-apples-cryptography-problems-of-just-last-week

    www.networkworld.com/news/2014/030414-linux-security-279392.html

    thats just a 10sec google search, i will be back very soon with a really nasty one that caused issues for a bunch of websites if i can remember what the search term for it is.

  • On the post: No, Government Computers Won't Suddenly Be Vulnerable To Hackers On April 8; They Already Are

    AzureSky ( profile ), 17 Mar, 2014 @ 02:25pm

    Re: Re:

    yup, infact, a friend of mine who works for a large banking firm says they have found windows vista/7/8/8.1 to be more secure then the linux build 1/2 their desktops where running, and after alot of testing they decided to just go with windows 7 and a 3rd party security suit, since with the tools MS offers it makes it easy for them to update group policies and such easily, and now even their own internal apps self update(using a torrent based updater!!!)

    its pretty cool really, they also considered BSD but discovered that the new desktops they had bought over 1500 of(for replacing on p4/p-d xp systems) didnt have good driver support under bsd yet.

    7 however works great and they where able to set it up so that the systems dont have WMP or even IE installed, they have Seamonkey and Chrome, as well as VLC all setup to be updated once a month as needed. (they went with vlc because despite its flaws, it can play videos direct from iso files linked over the network, and that saved IT alot of time and effort)

  • On the post: No, Government Computers Won't Suddenly Be Vulnerable To Hackers On April 8; They Already Are

    AzureSky ( profile ), 17 Mar, 2014 @ 02:18pm

    Re: Re: Re: XP security

    i suggest you look up osx and linux known bugs/security flaws then look up each app that tends to come with common distros or that people install, every last one of them is full of bugs and holes, *nix is no more secure then windows by default, infact, many distros are less secure, the main advantage *nix has, its not got a large enough desktop user base to build much malware/scareware for it, where windows and even OSX are much more attractive targets.

    i use bsd/linux/windows every day and, they all have their good points and bad, btw, IE is currently more secure then firefox so that arguements out, WMP has less security flaws then the most common 3rd party players under windows(though it is a crappy media player honestly)

    if you want security, you really shouldnt be looking at popular or common software.

    try beos/haiku that should be more secure then win/lin/oxs/bsd for desktop use...though its not really ready for prime....

  • On the post: Man Calls Cops To Turn In Drug Paraphernalia He Found, Gets Home Placed On Federal 'Drug Lab' Watchlist For 2 Years

    AzureSky ( profile ), 17 Mar, 2014 @ 12:57pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re:

    i sure as hell wouldnt stop, not with the risk of being sued/blamed, i wouldnt even call the cops, because that also puts you at risk of being blamed.

  • On the post: The 'Most Transparent Administration In History' Sets New Record In Denying Freedom Of Information Requests

    AzureSky ( profile ), 17 Mar, 2014 @ 02:08pm

    people thought oBomBa was serious when he said he was pro whistle blower and pro transparency?

    oBomBa was and is a politician, they lie, they tell people what they think we want to hear, in order to get elected.

    I still stand by oBomBa/biden being better then McCain/Palin....palin is to stupid to live....bidens just a corporate shill....

    either way, expecting a Politician to risk the public finding out bad things about them.....very amusing

  • On the post: Philly Transit Police Chief Shocked That No One Came To The Assistance Of A Cop Being Assaulted By A Suspect

    AzureSky ( profile ), 02 Oct, 2013 @ 03:01pm

    Re: There was a day

    you mean like when a guy is accused of anything by a woman, and the cops assult and arrest him no questions asked....

    then when they find out the guy was 3000 miles away, they beat him up some more, then tell him hes free to go...and walk 5-10-15-20-30-40-50miles home....oh and no, you cant use the phone to call a ride....

    happened to me.....and i wasnt even the guy she accused....it was a friend of mine....i hadnt seen in almost a year.....
    tunes out, he was in jail during the alleged assault.....

  • On the post: US Gov't Funded Julian Assange's Crypto Research… Then Pulled The Plug

    AzureSky ( profile ), 16 Sep, 2013 @ 02:43pm

    Re:

    thought it was common knowledge that our govt armed and supported the before cutting and running....typical US policy, get what you want, then get the fuck out.

  • On the post: Netflix Uses Piracy As Market Research, Isn't Afraid Of It Because It Knows It Can Offer A Better Service

    AzureSky ( profile ), 16 Sep, 2013 @ 01:53pm

    Re: Re: OMG! Mike agrees with me!

    naa, cancer gets OOTB.....

  • On the post: FEMA Grounds Private Drones That Were Helping To Map Boulder Floods, Threatens To Arrest Operators

    AzureSky ( profile ), 16 Sep, 2013 @ 01:59pm

    please understand something, people running these agencies and their efforts are enlarge from former generations who dont understand todays world or the tech we have.

    They do not like what they do not understand.

    its the same reason so many in congress are anti-internet and pro MAFIAA they dont understand the tech but they know what they are told to believe...

  • On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

    AzureSky ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2013 @ 03:46pm

    Re: Alll weekend !!

    reported, just so you know, if this gets hidden, its not mike but public opinion that hides this crap.

  • On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

    AzureSky ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2013 @ 03:45pm

    Re: Re:

    I suggest we add 2 more buttons, one for stupid and one for offensive :P

  • On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

    AzureSky ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2013 @ 03:43pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Out of 350 comments

    I think it needs pointed out, Im not an insider(if I had the money I would be....sadly, I live on SSI(disabled) and dont have a ton of money :/

    somebody else found my post of value and promoted it, whoever that was, thanks :)

  • On the post: Man Who Raped 14-Year-Old Sentenced To 30 Days In Jail Because Girl Looked Kinda Old And The Internet Is Mean

    AzureSky ( profile ), 31 Aug, 2013 @ 10:03pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: This is sick...

    well said, very well said....

    and funny, the world cant even agree on when somebody can consent, the range falls between puberty and like 21, thats a pretty wide range....

    even states in this very country cant agree, 14-18 range in Murika!!!!

    so, what age is it?

    by law, you cant even tell that without checking the laws in each state every time you enter one, since they can change any time they change the law.

    the funniest part to me is I bet you have no problem with charging a 14yo as an adult in a murder case or armed robbery or aggravated violent rape.

    somehow a 14yo is culpable for those things but cant be culpable to pick who they wana fuck....

    then, the DA and COPS cant help but harrass her till she offs herself.....and you wana blame the guy who hasnt seen her in 3 years....rather then the DA and COPS who havent given her any peace and likely threatened to send her to prison if she didnt do what they wanted....

    I do say the latter having had the cops threaten me like that over something i saw happen.....(mutual combat fight where the guy who started it got his ass handed to him, they wanted to send the other guy to prison and i wouldnt say that he started it and didnt stop when the fight was clearly over.....when infact he did...)

    andrew, you can KMFHA, this guy was wrong, he deserved to be punished for being stupid and abusing his authority (if thats what happened), but she did not deserve to be punished and harassed over this till she killed herself.

    you are one sick fuck if you think she deserved to get harrassed till she killed herself because she refused to say he raped her, when she didnt feel she had been raped or abused in any way....

    in this case, I take the "victum"s word over that of cops/da that just want convictions.

  • On the post: Man Who Raped 14-Year-Old Sentenced To 30 Days In Jail Because Girl Looked Kinda Old And The Internet Is Mean

    AzureSky ( profile ), 31 Aug, 2013 @ 09:56am

    Re: Re: Re: Statutory Rape

    threaded view, i suggest you use it.

  • On the post: Man Who Raped 14-Year-Old Sentenced To 30 Days In Jail Because Girl Looked Kinda Old And The Internet Is Mean

    AzureSky ( profile ), 31 Aug, 2013 @ 09:39am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: This is sick...

    because the law in her state says shes to dumb-stupid to understand and be culpable for her actions/choices.

    on the other hand, if she murdered somebody or committed armed robbery or the like, she would be culpable for her actions and would be charged as an adult.

    not hypocrisy at all..

  • On the post: Ex-Prenda Lawyer Wonders If Team Prenda Believes Their Own Lies After Laughable Hearing

    AzureSky ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2013 @ 03:42pm

    Re: Re:

    sorry didnt report this post, stupid copypasta got in there :S

  • On the post: Ex-Prenda Lawyer Wonders If Team Prenda Believes Their Own Lies After Laughable Hearing

    AzureSky ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2013 @ 03:42pm

    Re:

    reported(so you dont think mike is why this is hidden from view...mind i would hit "stupid" if that where an option but its not)

    i duno, i have met some pretty stupid laywers.....specially public defenders and persecutors/prosecutors....

  • On the post: Police Admit That NZ Spy Agency Illegally Spied On Kim Dotcom, But Aren't Going To Do Anything About It

    AzureSky ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2013 @ 03:18pm

    Re: Re: Go Kim Go

    reported(so you dont think mike is why this is hidden from view...mind i would hit "stupid" if that where an option but its not)

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