[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Re: Hackers

2013-12-02 Thread authfriend
He's been doing this ever since I first ran into him in 1995. 
 Barry wrote:
 
> It's a form of cyberterrorism.

Ann wrote:
 Just like what you did when I first started posting to FFL. You had had a few 
beers and got mean and nasty. It was just about enough to drive me away. You 
are easily as guilty of this as anyone and I believe this explains your 
longevity here Barry. You are an unwelcoming bastard to just about everyone who 
decides to begin posting here, not to mention those who have been here for 
years. One whiff of your style of 'welcome wagon' and any normal person leaves 
pretty quickly.






Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: Hackers

2013-12-02 Thread Richard J. Williams

Do you have a comment to make about Hackers?

On 12/2/2013 9:26 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:


Yes, the liars were really out in force over the weekend, along with 
their defenders. (That's who you were referring to, right?)



Buck wrote:

Yep, Denial-of-service-attacks. DoSa. Yea that is effectively what we 
have for so long had with all the unkindness that some in evident 
method have used to quench and flood out much of any substantial 
discussion on FFL. We've been long suffering with that here. It is 
like as soon as the water settles out to drink they come and flood 
poison over it again in unkind method. Like look at the last week 
again, these pernicious writers were repeatedly given the chance to 
come in from their unkind ways and they are right back at flooding the 
springs with their poison. I hope Rick returns from his travels and 
does something to save the spring that is FFL.


-Buck, on the lone prairie



---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

Richard J writes,

One of the favorite tactics of internet pranksters and hackers is to
'raid' a forum or site, essentially overwhelm it with negative
rantings
in large numbers, just for kicks - lulz.
..
It seems to me that most of these hacker exploits wouldn't be a
problem
if moderators were a bit more diligent in their moderating and
security:

strcpy () is your enemy, strncpy () is your friend. Go figure.



---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

One of the favorite tactics of internet pranksters and hackers
is to
'raid' a forum or site, essentially overwhelm it with negative
rantings
in large numbers, just for kicks - lulz.

According to what I've read on 4chan /b/, the "Anonymous
Group" will
conduct a major DDoS, even bigger than the attack on the
Church of
Scientology, which was called "Project Chanology". Thank God
respondents
are allowed unlimited posts per week on Yahoo! FFL, or else
we'd be
hacked and shut down by the pirates and the hackers - we've
got to
defend ourselves or it's chaos.

It seems to me that most of these hacker exploits wouldn't be
a problem
if moderators were a bit more diligent in their moderating and
security:
strcpy () is your enemy, strncpy () is your friend. Go figure.

This is another one of those books that needs to be on a
mandatory
reading list for all IT Security bachelors degrees. Yes, I've
got the
book and the degree, and that's probably the main reason I'm
still alive
and posting.

"Kevin Mitnick was the most elusive computer break-in artist
in history.
He accessed computers and networks at all the world's biggest
companies
- and no matter how fast the authorities were, Mitnick was
faster,
sprinting through phone switches, computer systems, and
cellular networks.

As the FBI's net finally began to tighten, Mitnick went on the
run,
engaging in an increasingly sophisticated game of hide and
seek that
escalated through false identities, a host of cities, and
plenty of
close shaves, to an ultimate showdown with the Feds, who would
stop at
nothing to bring him down.

"Ghost in the Wires" is a thrilling true story of intrigue,
suspense,
and unbelievable escapes - and a portrait of a visionary who
forced the
authorities to rethink the way they pursued him and forced
companies to
rethink the way they protect their their most sensitive
information."
With an introduction by Steve Wozniak.

'Ghost in the Wires'
by Kevin Mitnick
Back Bay Books, 2011






[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: Hackers

2013-12-02 Thread authfriend
Yes, the liars were really out in force over the weekend, along with their 
defenders. (That's who you were referring to, right?)
 

 Buck wrote:

 Yep, Denial-of-service-attacks. DoSa. Yea that is effectively what we have for 
so long had with all the unkindness that some in evident method have used to 
quench and flood out much of any substantial discussion on FFL. We've been long 
suffering with that here. It is like as soon as the water settles out to drink 
they come and flood poison over it again in unkind method. Like look at the 
last week again, these pernicious writers were repeatedly given the chance to 
come in from their unkind ways and they are right back at flooding the springs 
with their poison. I hope Rick returns from his travels and does something to 
save the spring that is FFL.
 -Buck, on the lone prairie  
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Richard J writes,
 One of the favorite tactics of internet pranksters and hackers is to 
'raid' a forum or site, essentially overwhelm it with negative rantings 
in large numbers, just for kicks - lulz.
..
It seems to me that most of these hacker exploits wouldn't be a problem 
if moderators were a bit more diligent in their moderating and security: 

 strcpy () is your enemy, strncpy () is your friend. Go figure. 
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 One of the favorite tactics of internet pranksters and hackers is to 
 'raid' a forum or site, essentially overwhelm it with negative rantings 
 in large numbers, just for kicks - lulz.
 
 According to what I've read on 4chan /b/, the "Anonymous Group" will 
 conduct a major DDoS, even bigger than the attack on the Church of 
 Scientology, which was called "Project Chanology". Thank God respondents 
 are allowed unlimited posts per week on Yahoo! FFL, or else we'd be 
 hacked and shut down by the pirates and the hackers - we've got to 
 defend ourselves or it's chaos.
 
 It seems to me that most of these hacker exploits wouldn't be a problem 
 if moderators were a bit more diligent in their moderating and security: 
 strcpy () is your enemy, strncpy () is your friend. Go figure.
 
 This is another one of those books that needs to be on a mandatory 
 reading list for all IT Security bachelors degrees. Yes, I've got the 
 book and the degree, and that's probably the main reason I'm still alive 
 and posting.
 
 "Kevin Mitnick was the most elusive computer break-in artist in history. 
 He accessed computers and networks at all the world's biggest companies 
 - and no matter how fast the authorities were, Mitnick was faster, 
 sprinting through phone switches, computer systems, and cellular networks.
 
 As the FBI's net finally began to tighten, Mitnick went on the run, 
 engaging in an increasingly sophisticated game of hide and seek that 
 escalated through false identities, a host of cities, and plenty of 
 close shaves, to an ultimate showdown with the Feds, who would stop at 
 nothing to bring him down.
 
 "Ghost in the Wires" is a thrilling true story of intrigue, suspense, 
 and unbelievable escapes - and a portrait of a visionary who forced the 
 authorities to rethink the way they pursued him and forced companies to 
 rethink the way they protect their their most sensitive information." 
 With an introduction by Steve Wozniak.
 
 'Ghost in the Wires'
 by Kevin Mitnick
 Back Bay Books, 2011