Entries for Thursday, January 6, 2005
➠ January 6, 2005
Schneier on Security: Linux Security
Stick a Linux box, with vulnerable services, on the public-facing internet and 3 months later, chances are, it won’t have been compromised. Windows? The average is 4 minutes.
Bloggerheads - Jerry Springer, the BBC, Mediawatch UK, and those f**king c**ts at The Sun
The mass-mailing of complaints about “decency” has now reached the British media, as 15,000 complaints are received by the BBC *before* “Jerry Springer - The Opera” is broadcast. And Rupert Murdoch’s stoking the fire.
Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware (Beta) Home
Microsoft’s newly purchased-and-rebranded Anti-Spyware package. I’ve been playing with it, and it’s *really* nicely designed.
CameraMail
Fantastic — Someone sends an exposed camera via USPS, asking postal workers to take photos. These are the results.