http://www.metafilter.com/tags/internetsecurity Posts tagged with 'internetsecurity' at MetaFilter. Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:42:22 -0800 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:42:22 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/79567/DDoS%2Don%2DSoCal%2DTime%2DWarner It seems that there is a large <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ddos#Distributed_attack">DDoS</a> attack <a href="http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2009/02/time-warner-cable-blames-ddos-attack-for-spotty-service.ars">targeting Time Warner's DNS servers in Southern California. </a><a href="http://twitter.com/jeffTWC">JeffTWC</a>'s <a href="http://a.longreply.com/57557">latest statement</a>. A <a href="http://www.opendns.com/">solution </a>for those affected? <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/33701/A-Couple-of-Large-Pieces-Joined-at-the-Hip">Previous </a><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/73180/And-DJBs-500-is-safe-for-another-day">DNS </a><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/73180/And-DJBs-500-is-safe-for-another-day">posts</a>, especially <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/77017/Oh-shit-I-just-broke-the-Internet">this one</a>, highlight a dangerous weakness of the current implementation of the internet: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System">DNS Servers</a>. An <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9019951">alternate location </a>for OpenDNS implementation instructions. tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.79567 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:42:22 -0800 DDOS DNS internetsecurity timewarner wayofthedodo http://www.metafilter.com/31136/Microsoft%2Dupdate%2Ddisables%2Duserpassword%2Din%2DURLs With its latest security update Microsoft has disabled the ability to pass <tt>username:password</tt> pairs in URLs. If you usually use this format for connecting to your site via either FTP or HTTP, <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-004.asp">it will no longer work after you install this update</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.31136 Wed, 04 Feb 2004 12:55:16 -0800 FTP HTTP IE internetsecurity microsoft mswindows password security URLs username windows windowsupdate johnnydark http://www.metafilter.com/2829/ <a href="http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/download.html">The bastards at Symantec</a> are now <a href="https://rigel.symantec.com/cgi-bin/esd1.pl?sku=07-12-00014&segment=electronic&subsite=us&promocode=ECSALES&VENICE=x">charging for virus updates.</a> They've just lost a customer, a hopefully many more. The feedback form is <a href="http://service1.symantec.com/DISCUSS/SUPPORT/feedback2.nsf/internet+services+feedback">here</a> if you feel the need to bitch at them. tag:metafilter.com,2000:site.2829 Sat, 12 Aug 2000 16:19:56 -0800 antivirus internetsecurity norton security symantec virus virusdefinitions virusupdates skallas