SAN DIEGO -- At a panel discussion in San Diego Tuesday, a top Marine general tells an audience that, among other things, it is "fun to shoot some people."

Marine General's Blunt Comments Draw Fire

I liked this interview because it was a more casual and candid chat with President Bush. He talked about books he's reading, what his exercise routine is, and other personal details about his typical day. I found it very interesting.

C-Span Transcript: Interview with President Bush: January 27, 2005

I'm not surprised by this at all. I think it is CHomsky who said that If you don't believe in freedom of expression for people we dispise, we don't believe in it at all. By that measurement, I think most americans don't believe in it at all, dispite the free speech flagwaving that suggests the contrary.

Decius wrote:
] Hrm. This article puts quite a spin on the data. This
] conclusion is not entirely supported even by the information
] they cut out and presented in the sidebar. The real title
] ought to be "Students only concerned with their 1st amendment
] rights, and not of others." This is typical of any group in
] society. Students are far more likely then teachers to support
] the independence of their school newspaper and far more likely
] then teachers to support "offensive" rock music. They care
] about their personal freedoms and not freedoms in general. Its
] hard to fault them when their teachers, parents, etc aren't
] any better.
]
] What's up with that? Well follow the link at the end of the
] article and you'll see that the study is sponsored by a group
] that seeks to promote journalism classes in high schools. Its
] obviously to their benefit to create a "crisis" in student's
] knowledge of the first amendment which they are ready and
] willing to address. Plus, no one knows more about using the
] media to promote an agenda then journalists themselves.

RE: Students say First Amendment Rights NO BIG DEAL

Very dangerous trend.

Students say First Amendment Rights NO BIG DEAL

Decius wrote:
] [ This was inevitable. Its a good idea for their business and
] a bad idea for computer security on the whole. Its hard to
] argue that Microsoft has a moral obligation to patch stolen
] software, but on the other hand this is going to make a bad
] situation worse. ]

It may have been inevitable, but I think one has a moral responsibility to fix problems they cause. Remember, the biggest victim of vulnerble code is the internet as a whole, not the person who may be using microsofts products without a license. I think you can make a very strong case for microsoft having a moral obligation to provide patches for everyone.

RE: Microsoft: No Patches for Pirated Windows

Cryptologists at Johns Hopkins University have found a way to crack the code stored in millions of car keys. The car security system sold by Texas Instruments involves a transponder chip embedded in the key and a reader inside the car. The transponder emits radio signals, which the receiver in the car has to identify. If there is a mismatch then the car will not start irrespective of whether the key is correct or not.

Cryptologists crack the car key code

Lexus cars may be vulnerable to viruses that infect them via mobile phones. Landcruiser 100 models LX470 and LS430 have been discovered with infected operating systems that transfer within a range of 15 feet.

Mobile virus infects Lexus cars

Spinner wrote:
] bucy wrote:
] ]
] ] I bought an old Portmaster 2e a few days ago to run serial
] ] consoles for a bunch of unix boxen. When we brought up its
] ] config, the domain name in it was netcom.com.
]
] I need help getting into mine.
] I have a console but login says "Host not found"
] have permutated switches and set only jumper...
]
] any help would be greatly appreciated.

First, you need to get in. Set dip switch 1 to the up position and use a username of !root and a password of override. You should get a login failure, but it should return a 16 character challenge string. Mail that string to override@portmasters.com and it will automatically respond. Lucent gave them authority to handle this sort of thing when they killed the portmaster line. When you get a response, login as !root again and use the response they give you as the password, and you should be in and can use set password to set a new password.

Next, you are going to want to erase the configuration to the factory default. Enter the following commands:

set console
set debug 0x72
erase configuration
reboot

You should then be able to login via S0 and perform your configuration.

RE: Anyone remember Netcom?

In the stupidest security move microsoft has made to date, they've decided that pirated copies of microsoft products should not recieve security patches.

What's next, 'How to write a worm', published by Microsoft Press?

Microsoft: No Patches for Pirated Windows

LOS ANGELES -- Outfitting every U.S. commercial passenger plane with anti-missile systems would be a costly and impractical defense against terrorists armed with shoulder-fired rockets, according to a study released Tuesday.

[From Schneier's blog...]
The Rand study also cited the unreliability of the system, and the problems of false alarms.

Identifying terrorism security countermeasures that aren't worth it...maybe it's the start of a trend.

Posted on January 26, 2005 at 08:42 AM

Report: Airline anti-missile system costly, unreliable