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I hate hackers
- Thread starter dlloyd
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Oh yeah, one thing I forgot to mention - if you're using Windows, those MicroSlop security updates are very critical. You can download the "baseline security analyzer" for free off the 'Slop web site. Stuff like this happens all the time, 'cause people forget to patch their holes:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8078108/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8078108/
Sure enough, some j*ck*ss tried to hack into my system, just as I was bragging about how secure it is. I knew that was going to happen. They're all over the place, even here on TB. I'm not "entirely" sure who it was yet, I'll check the logs in the morning. Most likely it was some teenage dweeb. Very much doubt it was the NSA, they know all about me already. 
But that's the deal, "beware". Fortunately I'm not stupid enough to keep any really personal information on my perimeter. The most they're going to find is Smash's picture of the budget deficits over the last twenty years. All the good stuff is behind the wall. "Multiple layers of defense" is the best strategy. 
But that's the deal, "beware". Fortunately I'm not stupid enough to keep any really personal information on my perimeter. The most they're going to find is Smash's picture of the budget deficits over the last twenty years. All the good stuff is behind the wall. "Multiple layers of defense" is the best strategy. /sysadmin hat on
1. Never leave any data(you would regret losing/leaking) on any PC with an IP address.
2. Software "firewalls" are a joke. Period.
3. Real-time IP traffic analyzing/logging is a worthy pursuit.
4. Don't depend on the legal system if something malicious happens to you online.
5. Alpha-numeric passwords ONLY.
6. Never trust one AV/Malware detection product.
7. M$ users, learn how the registry works(see #6)
8. Backup your critical data to an offline destination.
/sysadmin hat off
To the OP: Don't hate hackers. It is one of the most misunderstood words. Criminals are criminals. Hackers aren't always criminal.
1. Never leave any data(you would regret losing/leaking) on any PC with an IP address.
2. Software "firewalls" are a joke. Period.
3. Real-time IP traffic analyzing/logging is a worthy pursuit.
4. Don't depend on the legal system if something malicious happens to you online.
5. Alpha-numeric passwords ONLY.
6. Never trust one AV/Malware detection product.
7. M$ users, learn how the registry works(see #6)
8. Backup your critical data to an offline destination.
/sysadmin hat off
To the OP: Don't hate hackers. It is one of the most misunderstood words. Criminals are criminals. Hackers aren't always criminal.
DaftCat said:
+1
Lock yourself behind a tight, tight hardware firewall, keep up with all software updates and don't install anything unless you are sure it does what it is supposed to.
This will protect you from 90%+ of the hackers out there, and the people good enough to walk through a solid setup probably are out hacking more interesting things, like your bank's outsourced call center
The new Dude Pit as well as Vintagebass.com websites are in the works.
We'll be doing our own backups.
It sucks that so much valuable information was lost but we'll be back up and rolling bigger & better soon!
We'll be doing our own backups.
It sucks that so much valuable information was lost but we'll be back up and rolling bigger & better soon!
EZboard was supposed to be a "real" server that we paid out the ying yang for. 
The look and layout of the new vBulletin "Pit" will be very much as the old one.
It'll be up and running before the weekend and as soon as I get the new Vintagebass.com website up and running I'll be talking to Paul here about some ad space.
The look and layout of the new vBulletin "Pit" will be very much as the old one.
It'll be up and running before the weekend and as soon as I get the new Vintagebass.com website up and running I'll be talking to Paul here about some ad space.
I find it funny that you're good with computers. Mainly because I see your avatar, and I think I see a cowboy hat. Thus, you are a cowboy. It makes me giggle to think of a cowboy hacking into computers.nonsqtr said:And I'm pretty darn good.
So, I'm not really laughing at you, your avatar just makes me think of a cowboy. Then I laugh at an imaginary cowboy.
So it's just a baseball cap then?nonsqtr said:Yeah, but I'm wearing a white hat....
I guess the headstock of your bass interferes... and makes me see a cowboy hat.
One study found that from the time you put a computer directly on the internet to the time of the first attempted (hopefully not successful) attack is ....... 20 SECONDSnonsqtr said:Dude, anti-hacking is your own responsibility. If you don't protect yourself, you'll get what you get. I have a massive home network here, and all anyone's going to see if they hack into it, is a single solitary Windows machine. There's no way anyone can see the plethora of stuff that's behind it. The Internet is the Wild Wild West these days. I say, you need a sherrif on your side. Unless you're wearing a black hat. And even then...
This is for your average DSL or cable modem connection. Hackers are continously scanning the blocks of IPs given to DSL and cable companies.
Case in point: I needed to allow somebody to upload to my ftp site. So I very carefully opened anonymous write only ftp upload access(*). I then did an upload from a remote computer to my ftp computer to make sure it worked. After the upload I checked the log to see that everything was good. In the first ten minutes I had the ftp connection up somebody had attempted to compromise the system. Luckily not too many people attempted this or I would have run out of disk space.
(*) I know, I know but the person was very computer illiterate and had some very useful information.
