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DogPoundPup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 11:54 PM Original message |
Cyber-attack on Defense Department computers raises concerns |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Calling |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. This one was pretty slick. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. The very idea of allowing thumb drives anywhere near classified stuff is boneheaded. |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Well, they don't allow the drives anywhere near the secure server rooms. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. LOL. Made in China. Who could have predicted this? |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Bingo these were MADE IN CHINA and we have been sharing |
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DavidMS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Thumb drives are ok... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I run FreeBSD, but all *BSDs are cool. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Me too |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. The best you can do is be invisible unless you do something. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 08:55 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Once they ID your IP, it doesn't take them long to attack |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Sounds almost like password cracking. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. FreeBSD 6.4 now available |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Damn, and 7.0-Release: |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 05:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. The price is right |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Maybe it's time to build a new machine, single-boot FreeBSD. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 09:18 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I have 6.3 running on a 13 year old machine |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 09:43 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Yah, I keep patching up olwm, which is work, cause I don't like all the chrome. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 09:57 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. compiler speed |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 10:04 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Pico on a flash drive, that's what I was thinking ... |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I used to use them for diagnostics |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I'll bet you could rig elections with that sort of thing too ... |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Password protection means nothing |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 11:02 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Yes, that's the point. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Disposing of old machines |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I usually keep old drives around for a while, like 5 years, then beat them apart with a hammer. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 11:51 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I like to salvage the magnets first |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. LOL. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Get a set of Torx bits |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. But that would void the warranty. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. By the time I crack one open |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. The thing is I don't DO anything. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. I guess you're not GOP after all. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. This is, BTW, why those FARC PCs that the Colombians found all that incriminating |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. There is the rub: |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Yeah, it's like some sort of death wish they have. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. My favorite thumb trick is bootable thumbs drives you can run off of |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. I bought quite a few of these on ebay for cheap. Sandisk, I believe. |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. From what I understand... |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 08:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Can't they protect DoD computers from bad thumbdrives on the machine side? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
4. And how much money does DOD spend on cyber security? |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
7. Was Obama briefed? |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
10. "the exceptional step of briefing President Bush this week" |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
15. "highly protected classified network" |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. From what my source said... |
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