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Re: [NF] security tips from a hacking pro
by Ken Dibble 31 Jan '16

31 Jan '16

>As they say in the article, they hardly ever have to bother paying >for exploits. Perhaps that's what they say, but anything that NSA says is suspect. They did pay for them, and still do. Yup, I did read Countdown to Zero Day, by Kim Zetter, which is largely about Stuxnet, but the book discusses the entire NSA cyber war program and its history. They are stockpiling hundreds of zero day exploits and they are not telling the software vendors, and they are even publicly arguing that this is a good idea. There was a remarkable post last week >on stealing a person's identity via Amazon... >https://medium.com/@espringe/amazon-s-customer-service-backdoor-be375b3428c… Well isn't that special? The only issue I have with the notion that they shouldn't do customer support for people who can't log into their accounts is the one I often have when people say there should be a one-size-fits-all response regarding software: What about blind people who use screen reader software? Amazon's website is not fully accessible to screen reader users. It used to be better but they recently made some changes. I frequently watch my wife, who is blind, struggle for up to an hour to try to find some simple piece of information on the Amazon site that I can find within a few seconds. When people complain about this, Amazon says, well you can always call for support on the phone. So now Eric Springer says she shouldn't be able to do that anymore. And other websites are a lot worse than Amazon on that score. Ken Dibble www.stic-cil.org

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Re: [NF] security tips from a hacking pro
by Ken Dibble 31 Jan '16

31 Jan '16

>http://www.wired.com/2016/01/nsa-hacker-chief-explains-how-to-keep-him-out-… "How the NSA Gets You", eh? How the NSA gets you is by buying zero-day exploits on the black market for tens of thousands of dollars apiece, and stockpiling them, and refusing to inform the software vendors about them so they can be patched, as any ethical IT security professional would do. Ken Dibble www.stic-cil.org

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[NF] Console fonts
by Ted Roche 31 Jan '16

31 Jan '16

A cute little site for playing around with color themes and console fonts. The O'Reilly newsletters says, "Like a new pair of shoes!" http://app.programmingfonts.org/ I spend a lot of time in Linux consoles and vim, and really appreciate Solarized Dark and SourceCodePro, though I see a couple others worth checking out. Note that you can type in the simulated console, which is important if you're checking out key characters like zero. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

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[NF] VS2015
by Allen Pollard 29 Jan '16

29 Jan '16

Hi guys. Just wondered if the upgrade to VS 2015 from VS2013 is available in the USA. Over here in Europe it seems we can only buy the whole VS2015 or an upgrade that included MSDN. I don't want MSDN and I don't see why I should pay the whole lot when I have been on VS for years. So can an upgrade be had without MSDN ? Al

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Re: [NF] Ed Yourdon
by Gene Wirchenko 29 Jan '16

29 Jan '16

At 10:43 2016-01-29, Ted Roche <tedroche(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Kent Beck's memorial is touching: > >https://www.facebook.com/notes/kent-beck/memories-of-ed-yourdon/10934219473… My favourite part is this paragraph: The intimacy of his response to my first question gave me courage to ask the question I really wanted to ask: "Why did you charge up the hill carrying the Y2K flag? People are calling you Chicken Little. Your reputation is gone." He replied that he hoped that would be the outcome. If he did nothing, serious problems would ensue for everyone. If he tried and succeeded (which he did), then his reputation was a small price to pay. I was stunned. I had finally built a reputation by that time and I couldn't imagine deliberately sacrificing it. and rather answers about Y2K as raised earlier in this thread. Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko

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Re: [NF] Ed Yourdon
by Ted Roche 29 Jan '16

29 Jan '16

Kent Beck's memorial is touching: https://www.facebook.com/notes/kent-beck/memories-of-ed-yourdon/10934219473… -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

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RE: [NF] Ed Yourdon
by Gene Wirchenko 29 Jan '16

29 Jan '16

At 00:38 2016-01-28, Dave Crozier <DaveC(a)Flexipol.co.uk> wrote: >Sad news indeed but he did make a big mistake with his predictions >about the severity of the Y2K problem despite selling a lot of books about it! Did he? Maybe, he wanted to draw attention to the problem, succeeded in that, and as a result, most of the problem was averted. [snip] Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko

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[NF] Why OpenSource .NET?
by Stephen Russell 29 Jan '16

29 Jan '16

Because M$ is kind and loving company? http://www.cio.com/article/3026664/open-source-tools/the-real-reason-micros… -- Stephen Russell Sr. Analyst Ring Container Technology Oakland TN 901.246-0159 cell --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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[NF] security tips from a hacking pro
by Stephen Russell 29 Jan '16

29 Jan '16

http://www.wired.com/2016/01/nsa-hacker-chief-explains-how-to-keep-him-out-… -- Stephen Russell Sr. Analyst Ring Container Technology Oakland TN 901.246-0159 cell --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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[NF] MSSS Intellisense correction
by Stephen Russell 29 Jan '16

29 Jan '16

Ever have those red squiggly lines in the query editor and you have fixed the underlying table? Here is a quick fix for that current editor window. http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/1074816/MS-SQL-Intellisense-not-seeing-my-t… I know that if fails to fix tables on linked servers but figure few of you would ever deal with linked servers. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Analyst Ring Container Technology Oakland TN 901.246-0159 cell --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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