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Comment · 7 years ago
Consider it a 'cost of doing business'. Everyone gets DDoSed, I'm pretty sure that's one of CloudFronts primary service-based solutions
Comment · 7 years ago
You'll also have to prove the IOT device DDoSing from my IP isn't a rogue device. I swear it's not mine.
Comment · 7 years ago
Can't wait to tell Gran she's legally liable for a DDoS because her unsecured IOT washing machine best buy sold her caused the internet to cave in ;)
Comment · 7 years ago
- Advertising for potential DDoS service buyers

- Bragging rights

- Experimentation

Edit: Also potentially political or personal. Eg Posting something that offends 8chan||nation states etc.

There's quite often blackmail involved (Pay us $x BTC and we go away).

Cloudfront or similar should offer DDoS protection for free as a gesture of goodwill, it's good bragging rights for CF so everyone wins.

Comment · 7 years ago
I found that really informal comments cut less deep 'hey man this needs double checking, read up on $x and then reconsider this block' (gender aside) is far better received than 'This is missing fundamental concepts around $x read up on them then rewrite this block'
Comment · 7 years ago
'Commit to master, that way merging is somebody elses problem'
Comment · 7 years ago
I see you're new to Australian media reporting standards, or lack thereof =)
Comment · 7 years ago
I still don't understand why services don't attempt to bundle more. All my media is pirated, which conveniently ends up in a single app.

I'd probably consider a $10-15/AUD streaming service if it included all the music, movies and party-music-video playlists I need /in one app/. It'd be a pretty tactical move to bundle that all into a decent internet plan, too.

But judging by the TV shows my sickchill server and automatically nabs and pushes to my plex server my tastes would require 4-5 separate services and be in the range of $40-60/month, so I guess I'll keep doing what I currently do.

Comment · 7 years ago
Yes, but is the content the same content that Janet keeps raving about (and plot-spoiling) by the water cooler?
Comment · 7 years ago
I'll also point out that defending against buffer overflows which are considered vulnerabilities is a far saner boundary than a blacklist of files which grows infinitely.
Comment · 7 years ago
Or we could, you know, just stop using Microsoft Office and Adobe products which are a huge, if not the biggest culprit of that kind of crazy behaviour.
Comment · 7 years ago
Comment · 7 years ago
I really like mac keybindings.

However, I really dislike how if I click what is traditionally the maximize button, it doesn't maximize both horizontally and vertically. I also really dislike how if I use the fullscreen mode and then use alt tab to switch windows it takes like 400ms to transition with some animation, and I can't disable it. I also really dislike how alt tab behaves, I want it to switch all windows not window classes. I also really dislike that I can't alt-click+drag to resize or move windows like I can in linux.

But most of all, I really dislike that there's no easy way to modify these behaviors without installing third party applications which at best can be described as dirty hacks.

They're the major reasons I use GNU/Linux over MacOS. Or would choose Windows over MacOS if Linux wasn't available.

Comment · 7 years ago
As soon as people stop treating the physical layer as a security control, the better.

Encrypt your damn comms.

Comment · 7 years ago
And if you do manage, it's granting the ability to intercept/modify traffic, right?

If so, this won't lead to RCE on a host mobile unless other exploits are used. There's probably some interesting stuff that can be done against shitty IOT-type devices, but they should be assumed vulnerable anyway...

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