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Re:Ask HN: Is it illegal to combat DDOS with a virus?
on Sunday October 23, 2016 @01:21AM (#12772094)
You'd still need to parse the UA, which takes resources. Plus the attackers have root. What's preventing them from spoofing the UA?
Re:New DDoS Attack record 1.5+ Tbps
on Monday October 03, 2016 @07:57AM (#12626709)
>safe
In 99% of cases these devices are exploited using vulnerabilities in the software or configuration added by the vendor (such as telnet access with root:root), not bugs in Linux.
>open source
How exactly would a permissively licensed kernel get vendors to disclose the source code?
Re:UnGoogled Chromium: Chromium with enhanced privacy, control and tra...
on Monday September 26, 2016 @09:33AM (#12581646)
> Free Software version derived from a proprietary browser
Chrome is based on Chromium, not the other way around. It's also pretty much Chrome with changed branding and no built-in Flash (thank god!)
Thinking that google leaves Chromium alone or that it's somehow independent is naive.
Re:UnGoogled Chromium: Chromium with enhanced privacy, control and tra...
on Monday September 26, 2016 @09:29AM (#12581607)
There's literally nothing special about arch or pacman. It's just like any other package manager with newer packages.
Re:UnGoogled Chromium: Chromium with enhanced privacy, control and tra...
on Monday September 26, 2016 @09:25AM (#12581570)
It seems like the developer mashed the keyboard.
Re:All quiet in the IPv4 Internet?
on Friday September 16, 2016 @07:34AM (#12513278)
That would unfortunately accelerate the cancer that is carrier grade NAT.