November 2010
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“If you concoct a convincing on-line meta-personality on the Net, then that...”
– Microserfs, Douglas Coupland (via prostheticknowledge)
August 2010
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July 2010
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June 2010
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Kill Switch (The X-Files) - Wikipedia, the free... →
The episode was written by acclaimed cyberpunk novelist William Gibson[1], together with fellow science fiction author Tom Maddox. The authors and long-time friends had discussed various collaborations before and approached the production company with an offer to write an episode.[2] The result was “Kill Switch”, which first aired on February 15, 1998.
April 2010
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March 2010
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Planet Earth (TV pilot) - Wikipedia, the free... →
Planet Earth was a science fiction television movie that was created by Gene Roddenberry, written by Roddenberry and Juanita Bartlett (from a story by Roddenberry). It first aired on April 23, 1974 on the ABC network, and starred John Saxon as Dylan Hunt. It was presented as a pilot for what was hoped to be a new weekly television series. The pilot focused on gender relations from an early 1970s...
Genesis II (film) - Wikipedia, the free... →
Genesis II is a 1973 American TV film created and produced by Gene Roddenberry and directed by John Llewellyn Moxey. It opens with the suitably melodramatic line, “My name is Dylan Hunt. My story begins on the day on which I died.” It is the story of a 20th century man thrown forward in time, to a post-apocalyptic future, by an accident in suspended animation.
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Cityscape #3, originally uploaded by Max Capacity [AM].
February 2010
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Can the FBI Secretly Track Your Cell Phone? -... →
Currently, the records are obtained under what are known as “2703(d)” orders—a reference to an obscure provision of a federal law known as the Stored Communications Act—in which prosecutors only need to assert that there are “reasonable grounds” to believe the records are “relevant” to an ongoing federal criminal investigation, a much lower standard that that...
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Wireless LAN security - Wikipedia, the free... →
See also
Hotspot
802.1x
MAC filtering
Wi-Fi Protected Setup
Wireless access point
Wireless LAN
Wireless intrusion prevention system
Wireless security
Legality of piggybacking
Wireless LAN security - Wikipedia, the free... →
Related publications
Wi-Foo: The Secrets of Wireless Hacking (2004) - ISBN 978-0321202178
Real 802.11 Security: Wi-Fi Protected Access and 802.11i (2003) - ISBN 978-0321136206
Wireless LAN security - Wikipedia, the free... →
Open Access Points
Today, there is almost full wireless network coverage in many urban areas - the infrastructure for the wireless community network (which some consider to be the future of the internet) is already in place. One could roam around and always be connected to Internet if the nodes were open to the public, but due to security concerns, most nodes are encrypted and the users...
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End-to-End encryption
One can argue that both layer 2 and layer 3 encryption methods are not good enough for protecting valuable data like passwords and personal emails. Those technologies add encryption only to parts of the communication path, still allowing people to spy on the traffic if they have gained access to the wired network somehow. The solution may be encryption and authorization in...
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Restricted access networks
Solutions include a newer system for authentication, IEEE 802.1x, that promises to enhance security on both wired and wireless networks. Wireless access points that incorporate technologies like these often also have routers built in, thus becoming wireless gateways.
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Access Control at the Access Point level
One of the simplest techniques is to only allow access from known, approved MAC addresses. However, this approach gives no security against sniffing, and client devices can easily spoof MAC addresses, leading to the need for more advanced security measures.
Another very simple technique is to have a secret ESSID (id/name of the wireless network), though...
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Security options
There are three principal ways to secure a wireless network.
For closed networks (like home users and organizations) the most common way is to configure access restrictions in the access points. Those restrictions may include encryption and checks on MAC address. Another option is to disable ESSID broadcasting, making the access point difficult for outsiders to detect. Wireless...
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Concerns
-Anyone within the geographical network range of an open, unencrypted wireless network can ‘sniff’ or record the traffic, gain unauthorized access to internal network resources as well as to the internet, and then possibly sending spam or doing other illegal actions using the wireless network’s IP address, all of which are rare for home routers but may be significant...
Wireless LAN security - Wikipedia, the free... →
One issue with corporate wireless networks in general, and WLANs in particular, involves the need for security. Many early access points could not discern whether or not a particular user had authorization to access the network. Although this problem reflects issues that have long troubled many types of wired networks (it has been possible in the past for individuals to plug computers into...
January 2010
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“And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew,...”
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BBC NEWS | Technology | The pirates' view of... →
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It is thought there are now more than 150 pirate radio stations operating across the UK, half of which operate in London and the South East of England.
Burning Chrome (short story collection) -... →
Burning Chrome (ISBN 0-06-053982-8) is a collection of short stories written by William Gibson.[1] Most of the stories take place in Gibson’s Sprawl, an anonymous, shared setting for most of his cyberpunk work. Many of the ideas and themes explored in the short stories were later revisited in Gibson’s popular Sprawl trilogy.[2]
Sprawl trilogy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
The Sprawl trilogy (also known as the Neuromancer, Cyberspace or Matrix trilogy) is William Gibson’s first set of novels, composed of Neuromancer (1984), Count Zero (1986) and Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988).
The novels are all set in the same fictional future, and are subtly interlinked by shared characters and themes (which are not always readily apparent). The Sprawl trilogy shares this...
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Tokyo Nightscape, originally uploaded by /\ltus.
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Nakano 中野, originally uploaded by Howardy-SH.
Phonebooth @ Shinjuku →
Phonebooth @ Shinjuku, originally uploaded by Howardy-SH.
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Vintage Computer Festival 10.0, originally uploaded by foxgrrl.
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Tokyo Nights, originally uploaded by /\ltus.
December 2009
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Document Reveals TJX Hacker’s Assistance to... →
Admitted TJX hacker Albert Gonzalez has identified two Russian accomplices who helped him hack into numerous companies and steal more than 130 million credit and debit card numbers. Gonzalez told prosecutors that the hackers breached at least four card processing companies, as well as a series of foreign banks, a brokerage house and several retail store chains, according to a sentencing memo filed...
TJX Hacker Was Awash in Cash; His Penniless Coder... →
Accused TJX hacker kingpin Albert Gonzalez called his credit card theft ring “Operation Get Rich or Die Tryin.” He spent $75,000 on a birthday party for himself and once complained that he had to manually count $340,000 in pilfered $20 bills because his counting machine broke. But while Gonzalez apparently lived high off ill-gotten gains, a programmer who claims he earned nothing from the scheme...
Hacking Godfather ‘Maksik’ Sentenced to 30 Years... →
A Ukrainian cybercrime lord linked to nearly every major breach of U.S. retail networks in the past four years was sentenced this week to 30 years in prison by a Turkish court. His sentence was on unrelated charges of hacking banks in that country, according to reports. Maksym Yastremski is alleged to be “Maksik,” well-known in the underground as a top online seller of stolen credit...
http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/sdn... →
ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF SPECIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS AND BLOCKED PERSONS:
This publication of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) is designed as a reference tool providing actual notice of actions by OFAC with respect to Specially Designated Nationals and other persons whose property is blocked, to assist the public in complying with the various sanctions...
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Tokyo 492, originally uploaded by chrisjongkind.