Yeah they sure blend in by DDOSing and sending out spamThe fact that they are moving away from IRC and on to P2P and encrypted control mechanisms is old news
does not matter now educated you are a vulnerable system is still a vulnerable system, but knowledge is always a good thing so i wont mod you down for having only a half-truth...not using MS-Windows would work best, switching to a flavor of BSD or Linux is a good decision, or if you have the cash get a Mac from Apple...
i hate mac fan boys as much as the next, but catfish, you are an idiot. Mac's DONT get virii like a windows pc, even if you have people looking for exploits. The way the kernel, services, and userspace objects interact is just so much different. Mac's have that strong UNIX base, which helps them a lot.
There have already been several very critical holes found in parts of OSX. People may have even exploited them. The real problem is Microsoft's lack of timeliness when patching holes. How long did it take them to patch the WMF exploit? Long enough for some other frustrated hackers out there to create a fix themselves. Apple may not be the fastest updater in the world, but they put Microsoft to shame. Their major security patches are out in days, as opposed to months.I'm also going to tell you why you're going to get dugg down by a bunch of people. It isn't "MAC", it's "Mac" or "mac". MAC as an acronym (M.A.C.) means "Media Access Controller", or the hardware address of a network card. Mac people get seriously annoyed by that.There are virus free computers all over the internet. Mine, for example. Also, every single BeOS or QNX machine. ;-)(virii is not a word, xerox)
They called IRC a relic... relic! Well to that I say relic my big hairy ass. You can log onto freenode or a plethora of other servers and get support or just simple answers for thousands of software projects (including PHP).Within 2 minutes I was able to find out that PHP doesn't support late static binding, but might support something similar in PHP6. _2_ minutes on IRC! Then I went on with my work.(note: php is a terrible choice if you really want to do OOP)
There is a theory that people with interests other than learning sniff the ethernet in open wireless networks, only to steal identities. Personally I think if they go to all the trouble of falsifying passports, then there really isn't much of a need to do so. The last time I looked up updates on an ethereal type of sniffer they were made by the department of homeland security (security updates I mean). I doubt it would really be terrorists who use zombies to try and take out DNS servers or redbacks ect.
sublimeOct 20, 2006
Yeah they sure blend in by DDOSing and sending out spamThe fact that they are moving away from IRC and on to P2P and encrypted control mechanisms is old news
khafraOct 20, 2006
They are. Hacking has been terrorism for over a year now. Along with jaywalking.
baalzebubOct 20, 2006
does not matter now educated you are a vulnerable system is still a vulnerable system, but knowledge is always a good thing so i wont mod you down for having only a half-truth...not using MS-Windows would work best, switching to a flavor of BSD or Linux is a good decision, or if you have the cash get a Mac from Apple...
Closed AccountOct 20, 2006
i hate mac fan boys as much as the next, but catfish, you are an idiot. Mac's DONT get virii like a windows pc, even if you have people looking for exploits. The way the kernel, services, and userspace objects interact is just so much different. Mac's have that strong UNIX base, which helps them a lot.
combatchuckOct 20, 2006
There have already been several very critical holes found in parts of OSX. People may have even exploited them. The real problem is Microsoft's lack of timeliness when patching holes. How long did it take them to patch the WMF exploit? Long enough for some other frustrated hackers out there to create a fix themselves. Apple may not be the fastest updater in the world, but they put Microsoft to shame. Their major security patches are out in days, as opposed to months.I'm also going to tell you why you're going to get dugg down by a bunch of people. It isn't "MAC", it's "Mac" or "mac". MAC as an acronym (M.A.C.) means "Media Access Controller", or the hardware address of a network card. Mac people get seriously annoyed by that.There are virus free computers all over the internet. Mine, for example. Also, every single BeOS or QNX machine. ;-)(virii is not a word, xerox)
nofxjunkeeOct 20, 2006
They called IRC a relic... relic! Well to that I say relic my big hairy ass. You can log onto freenode or a plethora of other servers and get support or just simple answers for thousands of software projects (including PHP).Within 2 minutes I was able to find out that PHP doesn't support late static binding, but might support something similar in PHP6. _2_ minutes on IRC! Then I went on with my work.(note: php is a terrible choice if you really want to do OOP)
ricterOct 20, 2006
Doh... my zombie joke fell on deaf ears...
diabolickfugnuOct 21, 2006
There is a theory that people with interests other than learning sniff the ethernet in open wireless networks, only to steal identities. Personally I think if they go to all the trouble of falsifying passports, then there really isn't much of a need to do so. The last time I looked up updates on an ethereal type of sniffer they were made by the department of homeland security (security updates I mean). I doubt it would really be terrorists who use zombies to try and take out DNS servers or redbacks ect.