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Internet flaw a boon to hackers

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    Internet flaw a boon to hackers

    Computer security professionals crammed into a Las Vegas ballroom on Wednesday for the first public briefing on an Internet flaw that lets hackers hijack traffic on the World Wide Web.
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    "There is bunch of weird (stuff) going on out there right now," expert Dan Kaminsky told AFP, confirming that attacks are being launched online despite efforts to conceal and patch the vulnerability in the Internet's foundation.
    Oh come on!

    We've known the big back door has been open since the eighties, and now they warn people and say they are going to try and do something about it.

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    Confusion is a natural state of being

    #2
    I only use Microsoft, so I'm totally secure.

    HTH

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      #3
      Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
      I only use Microsoft, so I'm totally secure.

      HTH


      WHS

      Rule #76: No excuses. Play like a champion.

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        #4
        Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
        I only use Microsoft, so I'm totally secure.

        HTH
        and your IP address is?
        Confusion is a natural state of being

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          #5
          Originally posted by Diver View Post
          and your IP address is?
          192.168.1.37
          "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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            #6
            Originally posted by DaveB View Post
            192.168.1.37




            Search Reverse By IP
            Fast & Easy To Reverse IP Address Get Name Address Email & More !
            UnderCoverDetective.com/ReverseIP
            Confusion is a natural state of being

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              #7
              Originally posted by Diver View Post




              Search Reverse By IP
              Fast & Easy To Reverse IP Address Get Name Address Email & More !
              UnderCoverDetective.com/ReverseIP

              Easier just to use nslookup
              "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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                #8
                Originally posted by DaveB View Post
                Easier just to use nslookup
                I was just showing availability
                Confusion is a natural state of being

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Diver View Post
                  I was just showing availability
                  Most of those are spam sites anyway trying to sell you services you can get for free elsewhere.
                  "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by DaveB View Post
                    Most of those are spam sites anyway trying to sell you services you can get for free elsewhere.
                    Never looked at them
                    Confusion is a natural state of being

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