<Warning Long Story --- mainly for Steve Riley {MSFT} benefit as well as
anyone interested and caring enough not to give some smart aleck response}:->
Thanks BD. I am going to start ignoring Paul because the fact is the
Albuquerque Public School Network was hacked in the middle of 2007 and Paul
continues to be rude to me unlike other mvps. The fact is that my Windows XP
SP 2 fully updated was hacked when connected via VPN (Virtual Private
Networking). The fact is that it was APS's fault due to default and not
secure domain settings on their end and their server(s) end. APS just used
all the default settings and images to set things up. When I worked there in
2006-2007, the Network at the elementary school was a mess. I worked very
hard with Stephanie H. the networking admin. to hack into the computers that
previous staff had left fully in locked mode and unusuable mode by the
students. It was so locked down there that it made me think of being on a
military base kinda. Stephanie H. explained that former workers had left the
computers in such a mess because they were angry at APS for firing them from
their jobs and of course would not hurt the children so hurt the children's
tool for learning which was the computers.
Chris Quirke, mvp explained the whole situation very clearly to me of how XP
Home and Professional can be broken if the domain is not safeguarded properly
by custom settings and the appropriate hardware as well. I am glad that
people from southern Africa like Chris Quirke, mvp at least understand
internal safety of the consumer 9x source code which has the consumer
maintenance operating system of disk operating system and is built upon the
rock. Chris explained how with Windows XP Home and Professional the security
is external because it is based on the NT source code. The 9x source code
was completely perfected with Windows NT.
However, according to secunia.com and if you go back and research just plain
vanilla Windows NT you will see that it is as secure as 98 Second Edition
which shows us how the problem of extra services including especially remote
access leads to easy hacking capabilities thus showing us that we must go
back in time to the true and tried hardware methods that IBM used back in the
days of the IBM PC in the 1980's. In addition, I am contradicting myself
because I am just searching for the proper solution to the problems of safety
in electronics today. We need Microsoft and hopefully IBM to lead in the
hardware arena again and not just have IBM focus on businesses but start
caring about the little people like BD and I again who are the consumers.
Hardware is better than software I feel because software can be broken.
Parts of the NT source code were indeed leaked over the Internet back in the
day. Microsoft has nicely provided us with a 100+ page document on the
proper security and safety of Windows NT and Windows 98 computers. This is a
critical read for those to help understand the proper settings of the
situation we are currently in these days. The question is can hardware be
broken and Gary S. Terhune, mvp of 98 general newsgroup claims correctly that
it can be broken with the proper software and I feel this may be able to be
done by forcing the hardware to overload itself with the properly written
software programs forced unwilling upon the average joe or jill consumer(s).
The external security of NT (New Technology) business source code is great
within Windows Vista but if someone is able to bypass certain procedures one
can still inflict pain and hacking even upon Vista but it is indeed much
harder than XP. Vista does still lack in terms of backwards compatibility.
Even Windows 7 that is coming out is still NT source code based and it looks
like it may be kind of like Windows ME that broke lots of stuff in Windows 98
Second Edition but hopefully Microsoft can fix it well. Thus, we, BD, as
civillians are left with what alternatives. The current alternatives are
open source of course as well as closed source technologies. This shows us
that in my small and weak opinion the only future is harmony between internal
safe and external secure computing. The cloud computing is upon us but
nothing in my opinion beats having your backup on a seperate external hard
drive that you can move at a moment's notice if the situation arises.
Thus, I feel that Microsoft will indeed lead the way because Microsoft has
the resources. Microsoft has MAPP coming out in October which I am very
grateful for and it is a nice 3 easy step system which is a nice break for
consumers from DHS's more complicated methods on us-cert.gov.
The fault was on APS's side because APS used the "dumb" default settings.
Unfortunately, my Windows 98 Second Edition disappeared during the summer
because APS stupidly phased out Windows 98 Second Edition. They also did not
provide me with my computer. I did erase data on the computer but it is
indeed recoverable with the proper software and that computer did not have
any critical data on it anyway but my home computer with the dual-boot of 98
Second Edition on C:\ in Fat32 and XP Professional in NTFS on D:. Now, so
much for all the supposed external security of Windows XP Professional ---
fully updated on my end mind you. Now, the feds are involved with this
situation thankfully and DOD and DHS are involved as well as lawyers so a
resolution will happen eventually because not only my information but
students information at the Elementary School were compromised. I am indeed
working on a detailed report for the feds but it just takes time. Sorry,
Paul -much to your dismay I am sure-- Windows 98 Second Edition only suffered
a denial of service error which I recently posted here and at the 98 general
newsgroup and interestingly enough no one responded to it on either end
because probably only Bill Gates or the original Windows 98 second edition
team understands the errors involved.
Over and Out, Dan W.
"~BD~" wrote:
>
> "Paul Adare - MVP" <pkadare@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:s5kai30oe5ub.tl3rblibm2lf.dlg@40tude.net...
> > On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:49:01 -0700, Dan wrote:
> >
> >> How about the problems on web sites with errors about missing scripts and
> >> lost objects and other stuff?
> >
> > The error you mentioned on the MSNBC site the other day was simply that, a
> > coding error on the web site, not some malicious attack as you stated in
> > your post.
> > You seem to think that the DNS poisoning issue is currently a big problem
> > and it simply is not.
> > You're like the proverbial man with a hammer, to him, everything looks
> > like
> > a nail.
> >
> > --
> > Paul Adare
> > MVP - Identity Lifecycle Manager
> > http://www.identit.ca
> > Variables won't; constants aren't. -- Osborn
>
>
> Paul,
>
> Your web site says "IdentIT is offering public training on ILM 2007
> Certificate Management. The course covers the fundamentals of ILM 2007
> Certificate Management and provides you with hands-on experience with the
> product before deploying ILM 2007 Certificate Management in your
> organization.
> The following dates have been booked for ILM 2007 Training:
>
> a.. Mississauga, Ontario, Canada - November 13 - 16, 2007 - Click here to
> register!
>
> b.. New York City, NY, USA - TBA"
>
> http://www.identit.ca/clm.html
>
> I've mentioned this before, but no action has been taken to correct matters
> (2007 has long gone!)
>
> Would you like to borrow a hammer? <wink>
>
> Dave
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