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2014-11-07 Economy

Trojan Horse In Infrastructure Computers Since 2011

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Posted by Grunter 2014-11-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 doesn't load 1:05 AM cst

Posted by 3dc 2014-11-07 02:08|| 2014-11-07 02:08|| Front Page Top

#2 working now

Posted by SteveS 2014-11-07 02:28|| 2014-11-07 02:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Trojan Horse In Infrastructure Computers and Trojan Horse In White House Since 2009.

Damn Pesky those Russians.

Posted by Woodrow Thud3213 2014-11-07 08:21|| 2014-11-07 08:21|| Front Page Top

#4 I've been working with computers for over 30 years now but I'm getting weary of it. The Internet held great promise back in the early '90s but has now shown itself to be a very dangerous place. Russians, Chinese, Ukrainians and various other bad actors all over the world including the United States threaten our security because we let them. Just like the failure to secure the border, the government has failed to secure the Internet. Hackers in this country should be ruthlessly prosecuted and countries like Russia should be denied access to our Internet. If the Chinese can do it, so can we...er, that is, if we didn't buy all of our computers from China. I can't keep up with all of the new vulnerabilities that are being discovered every day. I'd have to patch my servers every damn day to keep up with it. Then I'd have to upgrade to a new release of software every month. That requires downtime and my bosses and users would freak out. So I sweat and I'm growing weary of it. I'd rather be programming and creating value than playing defense all the time. Away from the job, I'm afraid to use my credit card, or is it my debit card? Or is it both? Cash works. At the polls, we're afraid that some Democrat party boss has rigged the computerized voting machines. I like paper ballots. I still like Rantburg but I worry that Barack Obama and his IRS henchmen will persecute me for my comments, either that or some jihadi will bomb my house. I want out of this business.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-11-07 12:05|| 2014-11-07 12:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Linux/FreeBSD/OpenBSD?

Posted by OldSpook 2014-11-07 15:33|| 2014-11-07 15:33|| Front Page Top

#6 OldSpook, that's what I use. But, because of excessive 'features' and 'flexibility', they are still too complicated to secure effectively. We need something much simpler, which runs code only specifically authorized by the user, with end to end encryption using keys known only to the owner/user.

That means no Microsoft and no Apple. And no Google OS, either.

Our work here is not done.

Posted by KBK 2014-11-07 16:39|| 2014-11-07 16:39|| Front Page Top

#7 some variant of Plan9?

Posted by 3dc 2014-11-07 21:27|| 2014-11-07 21:27|| Front Page Top

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