10 Ways to Implement Multi-Layered Security
How secure is your enterprise? Does your current strategy include
true end-to-end security? Topics covered include: Lost laptops and
smartphones, botnets, network security, messaging security, Intrusion
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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Building a Gary Gygax Memorial
* The End of Paper Books
* SpaceX Sues Valador For Defamation
* Aussie Climate Scientists Receiving Death Threats
* Turning Memories On/Off With the Flip of a Switch
* Bittorrent and uTorrent Sued For Patent Violations
* Japan's 8-petaflop K Computer Is Fastest On Earth
* LulzSec Teams With Anonymous, In Operation AntiSec
* Best Buy Flexes Legal Muscles Over "Geek"
* Skype Execs Purged On Eve of MS Takeover
* AP Investigation Concludes US Nuke Regulators Weakening Safety Rules
* Review: <em>Green Lantern</em>
* Soldier Re-Grows Leg Muscle After Experimental Procedure
* Oracle Thinks Google Owes $6.1 Billion In Damages
* Brute-Force Password Cracking With GPUs
* Codemasters Shuts Down <em>GRID</em> Online Multiplayer
* Court Case To Test GNU GPL
* SSL/TLS Vulnerability Widely Unpatched
* SCOTUS: Clean Air Act Trumps Emissions Lawsuits
* The Iceman's Last Meal
* The Ugly State of ARM Support On Linux
* <em>Defiance</em> Combines TV Show and MMO
* FCC Plans To Stop Cell Phone Bill Mystery Fees
* Robots Draw Faces and Doodle For London Gallery Goers
* Where Is Firefox OS?
* Skype Forcing Mac Users To Upgrade Client
* 13-Year-Old Password Security Bug Fixed
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| Building a Gary Gygax Memorial
| from the die-20-in-the-sky dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday June 19, @21:05 (Role Playing (Games))
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/0020214/Building-a-Gary-Gygax-Memorial?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "It looks like approval to build [0]a memorial
to E. Gary Gygax has been granted in Lake Geneva City, Wisconsin. The
Gygax Memorial Fund is still taking donations for the memorial that may
begin construction as early as later this year. I (like many on Slashdot)
spent many years of my youth using Gygax inspired creations as an excuse
to socialize, roll dice, and eat chips at impromptu gatherings before
computers intruded on the RPG realms."
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Links:
0. http://www.gygaxmemorialfund.com/index.php/2-uncategorised-uncategorised/9-land-in-donian-park
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| The End of Paper Books
| from the last-folded-page dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday June 19, @23:04 (Books)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/0158255/The-End-of-Paper-Books?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "Books are on their way to extinction, writes
Kevin Kelly, adding that we are in a special moment when paper books are
plentiful and cheap that will not last beyond the end of this century.
'It seems hard to believe now, but within a few generations, [1]seeing an
actual paper book will be as rare for most people as seeing an actual
lion.' But a prudent society keeps at least one specimen of all it makes,
so Brewster Kahle, the founder of the Internet Archive, has decided that
we should keep a copy of every book that Google and Amazon scan so that
somewhere in the world there was at least one physical copy to represent
the millions of digital copies. That way, if anyone ever wondered if the
digital [2]book's text had become corrupted or altered, they could
[3]refer back to the physical book that was archived somewhere safe. The
books are being stored in cardboard boxes, stacked five high on a pallet
wrapped in plastic, stored 40,000 strong in a shipping container, inside
a metal warehouse on a dead-end industrial street near the railroad
tracks in Richmond California. In this nondescript and 'nothing valuable
here' building, Kahle hopes to house 10 million books ��� about the
contents of a world-class university library. 'It still amazes me that
after 20 years [4]the only publicly available back up of the internet is
the privately funded Internet Archive. The only broad archive of
television and radio broadcasts is the same organization,' writes Kelly.
'They are now backing up the backups of books. Someday we'll realize the
precocious wisdom of it all and Brewster Kahle will be seen as a hero.'"
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Links:
0. http://pioneerwomanmodels.com/
1. http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2011/06/when_hard_books.php
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_hole
3. http://blog.archive.org/2011/06/06/why-preserve-books-the-new-physical-archive-of-the-internet-archive/
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive
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| SpaceX Sues Valador For Defamation
| from the If-you-don't-have-anything-nice-to-say dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday June 20, @02:07 (Space)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/031258/SpaceX-Sues-Valador-For-Defamation?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Looks like aerospace consulting firm Valador
tried to bite off more than it can chew. After already having bagged
lucrative 'safety review' contracts with SpaceX' competitors, it tried to
sell its services to SpaceX as well. However, according to SpaceX' claims
in a recent court filing, Valador tried to juice up their sales pitch by
first [0]spreading rumors at key NASA offices that SpaceX's Falcon 9
rocket is 'unsafe', and then generously offering its services to SpaceX
to aid them with addressing any undeserved bias against them among NASA
officials. In true California fashion (being the most litigious state of
the nation), SpaceX is having none of that and is taking Valador to court
for defamation, seeking damages identical to the value of the consulting
contract Valador tried to sell to them." CT: It appears that the link in
this story has disappeared. If you can find something better, post it.
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Links:
0. http://ralphewig.tumblr.com/post/6624210863/spacex-vs-valador-the-price-of-success
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| Aussie Climate Scientists Receiving Death Threats
| from the warming-up-to-you dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday June 20, @05:12 (Australia)
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/035226/Aussie-Climate-Scientists-Receiving-Death-Threats?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "With the Australian parliament beginning the
debate on setting a carbon price, climate scientists are reporting an
increase in threatening phone calls and even death threats. The threats
are serious enough that several universities have [0]increased security
for their ecology and meteorology researchers. The Australian government
is seeking to introduce a carbon tax by July 2012."
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| Turning Memories On/Off With the Flip of a Switch
| from the mice-in-black dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday June 20, @08:04 (Science)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/0335236/Turning-Memories-OnOff-With-the-Flip-of-a-Switch?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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cylonlover writes "Using electrical probes embedded into the brains of
rats, scientists have managed to replicate the brain function associated
with long-term behavior and found a way to literally [0]turn memories on
and off with the flip of a switch. The scientists hope their research
will eventually lead to a neural prosthesis to help people suffering
Alzheimer's disease, the effects of stroke or other brain injury to
recover long-term memory capability."
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Links:
0. http://www.gizmag.com/switching-memories-on-and-off/18959/
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| Bittorrent and uTorrent Sued For Patent Violations
| from the i'm-patenting-patents dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday June 20, @08:41 (Patents)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/123211/Bittorrent-and-uTorrent-Sued-For-Patent-Violations?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]dutchwhizzman writes "Bittorrent and uTorrent have been [1]sued for
using certain techniques in their clients and the bittorrent protocol.
From the article it appears technologies are being used that were
submitted in a 1999 patent that was subsequently approved in 2007. This
itself is not uncommon, but given the technologies involved, HTTP could
very well be prior art, or it could violate at least part of the same
protocol."
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Links:
0. mailto:whizzman@gmail.com
1. http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-bittorrent-sued-for-patent-infringement-110619/
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| Japan's 8-petaflop K Computer Is Fastest On Earth
| from the but-can-it-run-doom dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday June 20, @09:23 (Supercomputing)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/133257/Japans-8-petaflop-K-Computer-Is-Fastest-On-Earth?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Stoobalou writes "An eight-petaflop Japanese supercomputer has grabbed
the title of [0]fastest computer on earth in the new Top 500
Supercomputing List to be officially unveiled at the International
Supercomputing Conference in Hamburg today. The K Computer is based at
the RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science in Kobe, Japan,
and smashes the previous supercomputing records with a processing power
of more than 8 petaflop/s (quadrillion calculations per second) ��� three
times that of its nearest rival."
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Links:
0. http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/6/20/japans-8-petaflop-k-computer-fastest-earth/
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| LulzSec Teams With Anonymous, In Operation AntiSec
| from the summon-dennis-leary dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday June 20, @10:15 (Security)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/1357223/LulzSec-Teams-With-Anonymous-In-Operation-AntiSec?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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c0lo writes "After a brief spat where the notorious Anonymous hacking
collective sniped at Lulzsec, the 'upstart' hacking collective, for
crowing about low-rent Denial of Service attacks on the CIA and 4chan
websites, the [0]two groups have apparently teamed up in operation
Anti-Sec. The [1]operation's 'top priority is to steal and leak any
classified government information, including email spools and
documentation. Prime targets are banks and other high-ranking
establishments. If they try to censor our progress, we will obliterate
the censor with cannonfire anointed with lizard blood.' We can only
predict that the following will be unpredictable: store canned food and
flash batteries, change your eBanking password daily."
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Links:
0. http://www.abc.net.au/technology/articles/2011/06/20/3248520.htm
1. http://pastebin.com/9KyA0E5v
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| Best Buy Flexes Legal Muscles Over "Geek"
| from the dibs-on-nerd dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday June 20, @11:02 (The Courts)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/1454207/Best-Buy-Flexes-Legal-Muscles-Over-Geek?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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siliconbits writes "US Electronics retailer Best Buy has been slow but
steady in the fight to protect its Geek Squad trademark, but some are
wondering whether the 800-lb gorilla of the tech retailing sector is
going too far in its war to right some wrongs. The word 'Geek' is a
century-old word that used to mean 'fool' or 'crazy,' but has, since the
beginning of the 1980s, been associated with fans of technology in
general and computers in particular. That hasn't prevented a number of
[0]geek-themed companies from being hit by Best Buy's legal team over the
last decade, including Geek Housecalls, Rent a Geek, Geek Rescue, Speak
with A Geek and, not surprisingly, arch-rival Newegg."
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Links:
0. http://www.itproportal.com/2011/06/20/best-buy-flexes-legal-muscles-over-geek-word/
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| Skype Execs Purged On Eve of MS Takeover
| from the out-with-the-old dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday June 20, @11:46 (Businesses)
| https://slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/1517229/Skype-Execs-Purged-On-Eve-of-MS-Takeover?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]jfruhlinger writes "You might think that the executive team that
engineered a lucrative buyout for their company would be rewarded. But
eight execs from Skype instead found themselves [1]fired just before
their company was formally taken over by Microsoft. It appears that this
move isn't meddling from Redmond; rather, the private equity firm that
owns a 70 percent stake in Skype wanted to cut back on the payout to
company execs that would normally accompany this kind of transaction."
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Links:
0. http://joshreads.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/175657/skype-executives-depart-after-microsoft-buyout
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| AP Investigation Concludes US Nuke Regulators Weakening Safety Rules
| from the what's-the-worst-that-could-happen? dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday June 20, @12:25 (Power)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/1540233/AP-Investigation-Concludes-US-Nuke-Regulators-Weakening-Safety-Rules?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Raenex writes "An investigation by the Associated Press has found [0]a
pattern of safety regulations being relaxed in order to keep aging
nuclear power plants running. According to their investigation, when
reactor parts fail or systems fall out of compliance with the rules,
studies are conducted by the industry and government. The studies
conclude that existing standards are 'unnecessarily conservative.'
Regulations are loosened, and the reactors are back in compliance. From
the article: 'Examples abound. When valves leaked, more leakage was
allowed ��� up to 20 times the original limit. When rampant cracking caused
radioactive leaks from steam generator tubing, an easier test of the
tubes was devised, so plants could meet standards. Failed cables. Busted
seals. Broken nozzles, clogged screens, cracked concrete, dented
containers, corroded metals and rusty underground pipes ��� all of these
and thousands of other problems linked to aging were uncovered in the
AP's yearlong investigation. And all of them could escalate dangers in
the event of an accident.'"
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Links:
0. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110620/ap_on_re_us/us_aging_nukes_part1
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| Review: <em>Green Lantern</em>
| from the green-lanterns-light dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday June 20, @13:06 (Movies)
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/168218/Review-Green-Lantern?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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In summers past we've seen big guns like Superman and Spider-man and
Batman make big screen appearances, but this summer it's lesser known
heroes like Thor and Green Lantern taking to the big screen with varying
degrees of success. What follows is my brief review of the new GL film
with some spoilers and commentary. You have been warned.
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| Soldier Re-Grows Leg Muscle After Experimental Procedure
| from the corporal-logan dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday June 20, @13:29 (Medicine)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/1457217/Soldier-Re-Grows-Leg-Muscle-After-Experimental-Procedure?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Marine Isaias Hernandez has been able to [0]grow back most of the missing
muscle from his leg, including skeletal muscle, thanks to an experimental
treatment involving an injection of a a growth promoting substance
extracted from pig bladders. Hernandez lost 70% of his right thigh
muscles from a mortar exploded attack in Afghanistan. Normally this type
of injury would lead to an amputation. From the article: "In preparation
for the operation, corporal Hernandez was made to build up the remaining
30 per cent of muscle left on the damaged thigh. Surgeons then sliced
into the thigh, placing a thin slice of a substance called extracellular
matrix. The surgery is the result of a $70 million investment by the US
military into regenerative medicine research."
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| Oracle Thinks Google Owes $6.1 Billion In Damages
| from the and-a-pony dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday June 20, @13:46 (Oracle)
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/176222/Oracle-Thinks-Google-Owes-61-Billion-In-Damages?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "When Oracle acquired Sun in 2009, the company
got its hands on a lot of desirable technology. While OpenOffice may have
fallen by the wayside, Oracle isn't about to let the Java programming
language and its associated patents remain untouched if they can generate
some additional revenue. In fact, the company is currently in the middle
of a legal battle with Google over those patents that could potentially
net Oracle billions and leave Android crippled. In August last year
[0]Oracle sued Google for infringing Java patents and copyright by
developing Android. Oracle argues that Android uses technology derived
from Java and therefore infringes multiple patents. It wants
compensation, but with most court documents and details not publicly
available, it's hard to know specifics. However, [1]new documents made
available late last week revealed just [2]how much Oracle thinks is an
acceptable damages payment for Google to make. According to an expert
Oracle hired, Google could be looking at a bill between $1.4 billion and
$6.1 billion for its alleged infringements."
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Links:
0. http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/08/13/0255205/Oracle-Sues-Google-For-Infringing-Java-Patents
1. http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_18302891?nclick_check=1
2. http://www.geek.com/articles/news/oracle-thinks-google-owes-it-6-1-billion-in-damages-20110620/
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| Brute-Force Password Cracking With GPUs
| from the add-a-character-every-six-months dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday June 20, @14:25 (Encryption)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/1738208/Brute-Force-Password-Cracking-With-GPUs?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "We all know that brute-force attacks with a
CPU are slow, but [0]GPUs are another story. Tom's Hardware has an
interesting article up on WinZip and WinRAR encryption strength, where
they [1]attempt to crack passwords with Nvidia and AMD graphic cards.
Some of their results are really fast ��� in the billions of passwords per
second ��� and that's only with two GTX 570s!"
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Links:
0. http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/06/05/2028256/Cheap-GPUs-Rendering-Strong-Passwords-Useless
1. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/password-recovery-gpu,2945.html
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| Codemasters Shuts Down <em>GRID</em> Online Multiplayer
| from the sorry-about-your-luck dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday June 20, @14:44 (Games)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/1747218/Codemasters-Shuts-Down-GRID-Online-Multiplayer?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]crookedvulture writes "This is why gamers make such a fuss about being
able to host their own dedicated servers. Codemasters [1]has shut down
the online multiplayer component of three-year-old racing game GRID
because a third party declined to renew its contract to host PC and
PlayStation 3 servers for the game. Folks with the Xbox 360 version will
still be able to play online, but Codemasters [2]doesn't offer much in
the way of an apology for everyone else. Perhaps it's time for game
publishers unwilling to release dedicated servers to be required to
maintain their own multiplayer servers for a set number of years after a
title's launch."
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Links:
0. http://techreport.com/
1. http://techreport.com/discussions.x/21156
2. http://community.codemasters.com/forum/grid-multiplayer-1035/467878-grid-online-multiplayer-discontinued-ps3-pc.html
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| Court Case To Test GNU GPL
| from the doesn't-play-nice-with-others dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday June 20, @15:07 (The Courts)
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/1826210/Court-Case-To-Test-GNU-GPL?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]ciaran_o_riordan writes "Tomorrow, [1]a German court will hear the
case of AVM, a distributor of Linux-based routers, which seeks to block
Cybits from distributing software that modifies the routers' software to
add content-filtering functionality. [2]Free Software Foundation Europe
explains: 'AVM justified its position using three arguments. First, they
stated that their whole product software must be regarded as an entity
under AVM copyright, and that this entity must not be modified. The
position Mr. Welte [founder of gpl-violations.org and copyright holder of
several parts of the Linux kernel] took was that the whole product
software would in that case be a derivative work according to the GPL,
and thus the whole product software should be licensed under the GNU GPL.
AVM then switched to a second argument: that the software embedded on its
DSL terminals consisted of several parts. According to Mr. Welte, AVM
could then not prohibit anyone from modifying or distributing the GPL
licensed software parts. The final argument by AVM was that the software
on their DSL terminals is a composition of several different programs,
which, due to the creative process, would be a protected compilation and
thus under the copyright of AVM and not affected by the copyleft of the
GPL.'"
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Links:
0. http://ciaran.compsoc.com/
1. http://fsfe.org/news/2011/news-20110620-01.en.html
2. http://fsfe.org/projects/ftf/avm-gpl-violation.en.html
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| SSL/TLS Vulnerability Widely Unpatched
| from the never-put-off-until-tomorrow-what-you-can-forget-entirely dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday June 20, @15:46 (Encryption)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/1934231/SSLTLS-Vulnerability-Widely-Unpatched?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]kaiengert writes "In November 2009 a Man-In-the-Middle vulnerability
for SSL/TLS/https was [1]made public (CVE-2009-3555), and shortly
afterwards [2]demonstrated to be exploitable. In February 2010
researchers published [3]RFC 5746, which described how servers and
clients can be made immune. Software that implements the TLS protocol
enhancements became available shortly afterwards. Most modern web
browsers are patched, but the solution requires that both browser
developers and website operators take action. Unfortunately, 16 months
later, many major websites, including several ones that deal with real
world transactions of goods and money, still haven't upgraded their
systems. Even worse, for a big portion of those sites it can be shown
that their operators failed to apply the essential configuration hotfix.
Here is an [4]exemplary list of patched and unpatched sites, along with
more background information. The patched sites demonstrate that patching
is indeed possible."
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Links:
0. https://kuix.de/
1. http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/11/05/144252/Man-In-the-Middle-Vulnerability-For-SSL-and-TLS
2. http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/11/16/2327230/SSL-Renegotiation-Attack-Becomes-Real
3. http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5746.txt
4. https://ssltls.de/status-of-major-sites.php
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| SCOTUS: Clean Air Act Trumps Emissions Lawsuits
| from the laying-down-the-law dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday June 20, @16:26 (Government)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/202246/SCOTUS-Clean-Air-Act-Trumps-Emissions-Lawsuits?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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schwit1 writes "The Supreme Court on Monday [0]rejected a global warming
lawsuit against five big power companies, its most important
environmental ruling since 2007 and a victory for the utilities and the
Obama administration. The justices unanimously overturned a ruling by a
US appeals court that the lawsuit now involving six states can proceed in
an effort to force the coal-burning plants to cut emissions of gases that
contribute to climate change. In a defeat for environmentalists, the
Supreme Court agreed with the companies that regulating greenhouse gases
should be left to the Environmental Protection Agency under the clean air
laws. [1]The ruling stemmed from a 2004 lawsuit claiming the five
electric utilities have created a public nuisance by contributing to
climate change. The lawsuit wanted a federal judge to order them to cut
their carbon dioxide emissions."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/202246/SCOTUS-Clean-Air-Act-Trumps-Emissions-Lawsuits?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/20/us-usa-climate-lawsuit-idUSTRE75J3JR20110620
1. http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/10-174.ZS.html
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| The Iceman's Last Meal
| from the bet-it-was-twinkies dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday June 20, @17:04 (Science)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/2025211/The-Icemans-Last-Meal?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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sciencehabit writes "Less than two hours before he hiked his last steps
in the Tyrolean Alps 5000 years ago, [0]��tzi the Iceman fueled up on a
last meal of ibex meat, according to a new study. Armed with ��tzi's newly
sequenced genome and a detailed dental analysis, scientists have also
found that the Iceman had brown eyes (not blue, as commonly assumed) and
probably wasn't much of a tooth brusher. Dental analysis shows that the
Iceman suffered a blunt force trauma to two teeth ��� possibly a blow to
the mouth ��� at least several days before his death and was plagued by
both periodontal disease and cavities."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/2025211/The-Icemans-Last-Meal?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/06/the-icemans-last-meal.html?ref=hp
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| The Ugly State of ARM Support On Linux
| from the penguins-have-weak-arms dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday June 20, @17:44 (Open Source)
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/2039229/The-Ugly-State-of-ARM-Support-On-Linux?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]jfruhlinger writes "Power-efficient ARM processors are moving up the
food chain, to the extent that even Windows will soon see an ARM port.
Linux, which has long been cross-platform, should have a long head start
in this niche, right? Well, blogger Brian Proffitt explains [1]just how
messy the state of Linux support for ARM is right now, partially as a
result of mutually conflicting kernel hacks from ARM manufacturers who
just wanted to get their products out the door and weren't necessarily
abiding by the GPL obligations to release code. Things are improving now,
not least because Linus is taking a personal hand in things, but sorting
the mess out will take time."
Discuss this story at:
https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/2039229/The-Ugly-State-of-ARM-Support-On-Linux?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://joshreads.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/mobile-wireless/175829/arm-and-linux-major-construction-ahead
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| <em>Defiance</em> Combines TV Show and MMO
| from the your-death-to-sewer-rats-will-have-a-laugh-track dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday June 20, @18:03 (Sci-Fi)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/2120240/Defiance-Combines-TV-Show-and-MMO?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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In 2008 we [0]discussed news of an MMO in an early phase of development
that sought to merge two different forms of media: TV shows and video
games. Now, reader querbeet points out that work on the game ��� Defiance ���
is much further along. [1]Screenshots and [2]an interview with a senior
developer provide [3]a clearer image of how such a project will work.
"Both the game and the show take place in a near future, post-apocalyptic
version of Earth. ... The game is centered in the remains of San
Francisco, while the show will take place in St. Louis. 'They exist
within the same universe,' Hill told Ars. 'And primarily where we're
going to be different is the fact that things that happen in the game
will occur in the show and things that happen in the show will occur in
the game. From a global standpoint this could be a large political
change, a big environmental change, and they'll happen simultaneously on
both.' As an example, Hill said that a character from the show could
leave for San Francisco, show up in the game and go on adventures with
players, before returning to St. Louis to discuss everything that
happened while they were in the game world."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/2120240/Defiance-Combines-TV-Show-and-MMO?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://games.slashdot.org/story/08/06/02/1611240/Sci-Fi-Channel-Merging-TV-Show-with-MMO
1. http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/06/15/defiance-offers-facts-and-screenshots/
2. http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/06/defiance-interview.ars
3. http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/06/08/e3-2011-trion-worlds-talks-defiance/
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| FCC Plans To Stop Cell Phone Bill Mystery Fees
| from the eight-dollars-for-occupying-a-transmission-medium dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday June 20, @18:25 (Cellphones)
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/2136257/FCC-Plans-To-Stop-Cell-Phone-Bill-Mystery-Fees?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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GovTechGuy writes "FCC chairman Julius Genachowski said Monday that his
agency is going to [0]make it harder for mobile carriers to hit customers
with mystery fees on their monthly bills. The practice, known as '[1]cramming,'
typically involves charging customers between $1.99 and $19.99 per month
for services they either didn't use or didn't request. The FCC announced
fines totaling nearly $12 million against four carriers for cramming last
week."
Discuss this story at:
https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/2136257/FCC-Plans-To-Stop-Cell-Phone-Bill-Mystery-Fees?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/167333-fcc-proposes-new-rules-to-fight-cell-phone-bill-cramming
1. http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/cramming-tip-sheet-consumers
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| Robots Draw Faces and Doodle For London Gallery Goers
| from the you-look-like-this dept.
| posted by timothy on Monday June 20, @18:53 (AI)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/2211241/Robots-Draw-Faces-and-Doodle-For-London-Gallery-Goers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]ptresset writes with a snippet from Wired: "Pop along to the
Tenderpixel art space in Soho this month, and you could grab a drawing of
your mug, [1]sketched by one of Patrick Tresset's robotic arms. The
sketching bot is called Paul. It starts off the exhibition by scanning
the room and looking for people with its motorised eye. When it spots a
human face, it uses an edge detection technique called Gabor filter
(which is modeled after cells in a human's visual cortex) to pick out the
salient lines."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/2211241/Robots-Draw-Faces-and-Doodle-For-London-Gallery-Goers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.aikon-gold.com/
1. http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-06/17/sketching-robots
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| Where Is Firefox OS?
| from the there's-no-pleasing-some-people dept.
| posted by timothy on Monday June 20, @19:06 (Firefox)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/2243259/Where-Is-Firefox-OS?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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adeelarshad82 writes "Microsoft's very simple yet graceful concept raises
a very big question. The way Microsoft is planning out Windows 8,
developers will be able to write one HTML 5 app which will run across
every Windows 8 form factor, from desktops to laptops, to ARM netbooks
and tablets. Given the concept, if you remove the operating system ��� or
at least make it transparent enough that the browser becomes the platform
��� then suddenly every piece of software works across every piece of
hardware which raises the question that [0]why Mozilla hasn't considered
a Firefox OS?"
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/2243259/Where-Is-Firefox-OS?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.extremetech.com/internet/85828-mozilla-where-is-firefox-os
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| Skype Forcing Mac Users To Upgrade Client
| from the we-control-the-horizontal dept.
| posted by timothy on Monday June 20, @19:25 (Communications)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/2246254/Skype-Forcing-Mac-Users-To-Upgrade-Client?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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mijkal writes "Nevermind a [0]huge outcry over the iTunes-like behemoth
of Skype v5 for Mac. Users with v2.8 are being pushed an update to v5
regardless of update preferences. I even restored v2.8 from TimeMachine
only to have it update itself again within minutes, offering only an
option to relaunch the app."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/2246254/Skype-Forcing-Mac-Users-To-Upgrade-Client?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://blogs.skype.com/en/2011/04/an_update_on_skype_for_mac.html
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| 13-Year-Old Password Security Bug Fixed
| from the not-13-year-old's dept.
| posted by timothy on Monday June 20, @19:48 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/2257229/13-Year-Old-Password-Security-Bug-Fixed?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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arglebargle_xiv writes "In a sign that many eyes don't really make
(security) bugs shallow, a [0]thirteen-year-old password-hashing bug that
affects (at least) PHP, some Linux distros (Owl, ALT Linux, SUSE), and a
variety of other apps has [1]just been patched. This problem had been
present in widely-used code since 1998 without anyone noticing it."
Better late than never; reader Trailrunner7 points to this article
outlining the [2]dangers of old exploits, given old code for them to toy
with.
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/2257229/13-Year-Old-Password-Security-Bug-Fixed?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.openwall.com/lists/john-dev/2011/06/20/3
1. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/20/2
2. https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/forget-apt-mass-malware-still-big-threat-062011
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