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[NF] C=64 on the internet
by Ted Roche 08 Jan '18

08 Jan '18

On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 1:27 PM, Alan Bourke <alanpbourke(a)fastmail.fm> wrote: > Can software fix a hardware design fault? No, but you can work potentially around it by causing the processor to work in a different way. > > Also connecting a C64 to the internet is easier than you might think. > > > -- > Alan Bourke > alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm > http://store.go4retro.com/nic/ Well, that's true. But then, you've got a C=64 on the internet, and now you have two problems. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

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Re: [NF] Meltdown and Spectre CPU Flaw Information
by Gene Wirchenko 05 Jan '18

05 Jan '18

At 00:28 2018-01-05, Alan Bourke <alanpbourke(a)fastmail.fm> wrote: >These exploits are nasty but if they've been in Intel chips ever >since they started implementing out-of-order execution in 1995 then >surely if there was a serious real-world threat we would have seen it long ago? No. It is possible that the Black Hats do not know every weakness of systems. [snip] Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko

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Re: [NF] Meltdown and Spectre CPU Flaw Information
by AndyHC 05 Jan '18

05 Jan '18

Nah! - nothing to worry about here - just an old government backdoor into - er - everything. On 04-Jan-2018 10:57 PM, Ken Dibble wrote: > Hi folks, > > Ask Woody has a very thorough report on this, with links to more > information. > > We all need to be fully informed about this; it is going to affect > everybody. > > https://www.askwoody.com/ > > Ken Dibble > www.stic-cil.org > > [excessive quoting removed by server]

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[NF] Export to PDF/FDF
by M Jarvis 05 Jan '18

05 Jan '18

Yep, still alive and kickin'.... I'm working up a proof-of-concept thing to add to our report writing engine, that being the ability to export our text based reports into a PDF. I know how to do the FDF creation part of this (thanks again Ted) but I seem to be coming up short in a couple of areas. I am using LibreOffice to create my PDF template file, and not sure if the problem lives in there or not. I add a textbox control to a document, save as PDF, and later the FDF merge works just fine. BUT if the text starts getting any longer than what fits into the textbox as I've laid it out in the PDF, scroll bars appear and the textbox doesn't expand. I'm not saying it *should* do so automatically, but I can't figure out how to do that or even if it's possible. Or, is there some other control available to LibreOffice I might try using that lets me FDF merge in files of large size? In a perfect world there wouldn't be any control visible to the user at all, just the text of the report. Some of our reports can be several thousand pages for Year-End stuff and all that... Installing any software such as CutePDF or other to help drive this isn't an option at this time. TIA, -- Matt Jarvis Eugene, Oregon USA --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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RE: [NF] Meltdown and Spectre CPU Flaw Information
by Ken Dibble 05 Jan '18

05 Jan '18

>If you are a HIPAA shop then I'm sure your IT team is paying proper >attention to this. Hah! I AM the IT team. (I have a couple of part-time assistants who do help desk and maintenance, but I'm the CIO/SysAdmin/DBA/Systems Analyst/Code Monkey/chief cook and bottle washer. We have an internal "cloud"; we don't use any form of commercial cloud storage for documents, or for any sensitive data (unless you count email as such; and sensitive data sent by email is password-encrypted in zip file attachments using 7-Zip). We do not host public-facing websites or email servers. I have a consultant that I use for extremely technical purposes. I've requested their opinion on the issues. I have a lot of stuff to research on my own, though, as I don't accept anybody's opinion without evaluating it for myself to the best of my ability. My primary concern is what happens to the performance of VMWare when they issue a patch for this, and what happens to the performance of various vintages of MS Server that have been virtualized after I apply patches to them. Ken

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Re: [NF] Meltdown and Spectre CPU Flaw Information
by Ted Roche 05 Jan '18

05 Jan '18

Also, kudos to Microsoft for shipping their patches a week early, and spontaneously rebooting idle Windows workstations while people were freaking out over the new exploits. Good job! On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 12:27 PM, Ken Dibble <krdibble(a)stny.rr.com> wrote: > Hi folks, > > Ask Woody has a very thorough report on this, with links to more > information. > > We all need to be fully informed about this; it is going to affect > everybody. > > https://www.askwoody.com/ > > Ken Dibble > www.stic-cil.org > > [excessive quoting removed by server]

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Re: [NF] Export to PDF/FDF
by Gene Wirchenko 04 Jan '18

04 Jan '18

At 15:37 2018-01-03, M Jarvis <brewdaddy(a)gmail.com> wrote: [snip] >Installing any software such as CutePDF or other to help drive this isn't >an option at this time. Why not? Do you have an arm tied behind your back, too? Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko

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RE: [NF] Meltdown and Spectre CPU Flaw Information
by Richard Kaye 04 Jan '18

04 Jan '18

If you are a HIPAA shop then I'm sure your IT team is paying proper attention to this. -- rk -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ken Dibble Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2018 2:46 PM To: profoxtech(a)leafe.com Subject: RE: [NF] Meltdown and Spectre CPU Flaw Information Virtually everything we do here involves HIPAA-sensitive information, but we have very robust perimeter defenses. I'm much more concerned about a potential 30%+ performance loss in systems that are constantly used by nearly a hundred people every day. >The exploit allows VMs to go into the memory space of other VMs. >Very bad. Unless you don't have any sensitive info that needs to >stay that way. > >-- > >rk > >-----Original Message----- >From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ken Dibble >Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2018 1:35 PM >To: profoxtech(a)leafe.com >Subject: Re: [NF] Meltdown and Spectre CPU Flaw Information > >I just can't wait to see what it's going to do to my highly >virtualized network--if I ever decide to let it through. Probably a >smaller version of what it's already started to do to some commercial >cloud systems. > >Windows Automatic Updates: Just Say No. (TM) > > >Also, kudos to Microsoft for shipping their patches a week early, and > >spontaneously rebooting idle Windows workstations while people were > >freaking out over the new exploits. Good job! > > > >On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 12:27 PM, Ken Dibble <krdibble(a)stny.rr.com> wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > Ask Woody has a very thorough report on this, with links to more > > > information. > > > > > > We all need to be fully informed about this; it is going to affect > > > everybody. > > > > > > https://www.askwoody.com/ > > > > > > Ken Dibble > > > www.stic-cil.org > > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server]

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RE: [NF] Meltdown and Spectre CPU Flaw Information
by Ken Dibble 04 Jan '18

04 Jan '18

Virtually everything we do here involves HIPAA-sensitive information, but we have very robust perimeter defenses. I'm much more concerned about a potential 30%+ performance loss in systems that are constantly used by nearly a hundred people every day. >The exploit allows VMs to go into the memory space of other VMs. >Very bad. Unless you don't have any sensitive info that needs to >stay that way. > >-- > >rk > >-----Original Message----- >From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ken Dibble >Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2018 1:35 PM >To: profoxtech(a)leafe.com >Subject: Re: [NF] Meltdown and Spectre CPU Flaw Information > >I just can't wait to see what it's going to do to my highly >virtualized network--if I ever decide to let it through. Probably a >smaller version of what it's already started to do to some commercial >cloud systems. > >Windows Automatic Updates: Just Say No. (TM) > > >Also, kudos to Microsoft for shipping their patches a week early, and > >spontaneously rebooting idle Windows workstations while people were > >freaking out over the new exploits. Good job! > > > >On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 12:27 PM, Ken Dibble <krdibble(a)stny.rr.com> wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > Ask Woody has a very thorough report on this, with links to more > > > information. > > > > > > We all need to be fully informed about this; it is going to affect > > > everybody. > > > > > > https://www.askwoody.com/ > > > > > > Ken Dibble > > > www.stic-cil.org > > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server]

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RE: [NF] Meltdown and Spectre CPU Flaw Information
by Richard Kaye 04 Jan '18

04 Jan '18

The exploit allows VMs to go into the memory space of other VMs. Very bad. Unless you don't have any sensitive info that needs to stay that way. -- rk -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ken Dibble Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2018 1:35 PM To: profoxtech(a)leafe.com Subject: Re: [NF] Meltdown and Spectre CPU Flaw Information I just can't wait to see what it's going to do to my highly virtualized network--if I ever decide to let it through. Probably a smaller version of what it's already started to do to some commercial cloud systems. Windows Automatic Updates: Just Say No. (TM) >Also, kudos to Microsoft for shipping their patches a week early, and >spontaneously rebooting idle Windows workstations while people were >freaking out over the new exploits. Good job! > >On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 12:27 PM, Ken Dibble <krdibble(a)stny.rr.com> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > Ask Woody has a very thorough report on this, with links to more > > information. > > > > We all need to be fully informed about this; it is going to affect > > everybody. > > > > https://www.askwoody.com/ > > > > Ken Dibble > > www.stic-cil.org > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server]

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