@Rook
Oracle. PFFFFHAHAHAHAHAHAH. Oh man. My job uses Oracle for their system. I work for a multi-billion dollar company, including all lines of busienss. They are using a version of Oracle that requires IE8 and IE9 to run, and we have to keep some outdated version of Java to make it run.
And even then, there are just random problems.errors that people have, even using 'best practices' for the programs.
It's hilarous.
@Thenomain said:
Except those reports every two months saying how your router's firewall can be actively bypassed because of Apparently Cool Feature X, nevermind the inherent network insecurities from The Internet Of Things.
Firewalls cannot be 'bypassed' if your router (any modern) uses stateful packet inspection. Nothing can just 'come in' unless you invite it in. The reports that state that your firewall can be actively bypassed are fear mongering, or written by someone who has no idea how they work.
Correction:
You may cg/submit after Tuesday, June 17th, 2015, 10 PM EST. If you submit before, the job will be closed with a reminder!
Tuesday is correct. The 17th is not. Makes that Tuesday the 16th.
@Rook said:
The reports that state that your firewall can be actively bypassed are fear mongering, or written by someone who has no idea how they work.
That's me. Half not-remembering information, and half not-remembering information. There have been non-trivial proofs of concepts of bypassing (ignoring? tricking? use the term of your choice) router firewalls, so I leave the rest up to people who want to do research into the proper terminology.
I was wondering, what is the actual technical limitation in handling Becomings? That is, what needs to be coded before it's possible?
@Arkandel said:
I was wondering, what is the actual technical limitation in handling Becomings? That is, what needs to be coded before it's possible?
It can be done right now*, it just needs things done by hand. The only one that's difficult on this front is Demon, which is kind of ironic because this is a complete sheet-wipe making it the easiest on the other staffers. Demon requires things done that any Wizard can do, but only I really know how.
(* I may have setting 'template' locked down even to staff. I'll have to check.)
@Rook said:
@Thenomain said:
Except those reports every two months saying how your router's firewall can be actively bypassed because of Apparently Cool Feature X, nevermind the inherent network insecurities from The Internet Of Things.
Firewalls cannot be 'bypassed' if your router (any modern) uses stateful packet inspection. Nothing can just 'come in' unless you invite it in. The reports that state that your firewall can be actively bypassed are fear mongering, or written by someone who has no idea how they work.
That's dangerously not the case. Routers themselves are subject to software vulnerabilities, user-configuration issues, and (large-scale) ISP misconfiguration. There have been infections of cable modems. There's malware brought in by guests you let use your WiFi or wired LAN.
There's HTTP: The universal firewall bypass protocol. Your router trusts the connections you initiate, even if you shouldn't. Go to the level of DPI, that's defeated by SSL.
Regarding AV software, looking up Tavis Ormandy's Sophail paper. TL;DR: he decided to pick on Sophos because it was installed on computers he was given to use. He found that Sophos itself was 1) Using CRC32 for file sig matching, which is just bonkers bad, and 2) vulnerable to memory-corruption vulnerabilities that would allow a file to infect Sophos itself (running as System) just by being scanned.
@Tennyson said:
Is it potentially a reserved port on Windows?
Sigh. I just checked my antivirus and yep. McAfee was saying NO YOU CAN'T DO THAT!
So I've been pounding on the knowledge base. They suggest that you add telnet/simplemu to the exceptions under the mail spam prevention.. only that didn't work. So if anyone has suggestions, I'm open to answers!
Right, so here's the fix. Go to the virus scan console. Select access protection. Select anti-virus standard protection. Select prevent irc communication. Add Simplemu.exe (or whatever program) to the exceptions list. Apply. Voila! Connecting.
@Tennyson said:
@Tennyson said:
Is it potentially a reserved port on Windows?
Sigh. I just checked my antivirus and yep. McAfee was saying NO YOU CAN'T DO THAT!
So I've been pounding on the knowledge base. They suggest that you add telnet/simplemu to the exceptions under the mail spam prevention.. only that didn't work. So if anyone has suggestions, I'm open to answers!
Right, so here's the fix. Go to the virus scan console. Select access protection. Select anti-virus standard protection. Select prevent irc communication. Add Simplemu.exe (or whatever program) to the exceptions list. Apply. Voila! Connecting.
Alternately, stop using McAfee, because goddamn.
Less than 23 hours till the werewolf and vampire slots open.
Remember, it's not a reservation. You need to cg/submit so have everything ready to go before then.
@TNP said:
Less than 23 hours till the werewolf and vampire slots open.
Remember, it's not a reservation. You need to cg/submit so have everything ready to go before then.
Done. Waiting.
@Rook said:
@Thenomain said:
Except those reports every two months saying how your router's firewall can be actively bypassed because of Apparently Cool Feature X, nevermind the inherent network insecurities from The Internet Of Things.
Firewalls cannot be 'bypassed' if your router (any modern) uses stateful packet inspection. Nothing can just 'come in' unless you invite it in. The reports that state that your firewall can be actively bypassed are fear mongering, or written by someone who has no idea how they work.
Because, of course, the software that does the SPI is never flawed and never has exploits available.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, @Rook.
@HelloRaptor said:
Alternately, stop using McAfee, because goddamn.
John McAfee needs Central American compound and harem money from somebody.
Blargle! I'd try to slip in under the Vamp bar, but I just got my ghoul approved, and I actually like her concept, so guess I'll just stick with that. Good luck to everybody trying to snag a spot!
@HelloRaptor said:
@Tennyson said:
@Tennyson said:
Is it potentially a reserved port on Windows?
Sigh. I just checked my antivirus and yep. McAfee was saying NO YOU CAN'T DO THAT!
So I've been pounding on the knowledge base. They suggest that you add telnet/simplemu to the exceptions under the mail spam prevention.. only that didn't work. So if anyone has suggestions, I'm open to answers!
Right, so here's the fix. Go to the virus scan console. Select access protection. Select anti-virus standard protection. Select prevent irc communication. Add Simplemu.exe (or whatever program) to the exceptions list. Apply. Voila! Connecting.
Alternately, stop using McAfee, because goddamn.
Alternately, stop using Windows, because goddamn. 
@Arkandel I will when I get my Steambox. Then I will have zero fucking reasons to be on Windows.
I do most of my work in Linux anyway.
I had the 17th in mind. Damn. I gotta get on my app
@Arkandel said:
@HelloRaptor said:
@Tennyson said:
@Tennyson said:
Is it potentially a reserved port on Windows?
Sigh. I just checked my antivirus and yep. McAfee was saying NO YOU CAN'T DO THAT!
So I've been pounding on the knowledge base. They suggest that you add telnet/simplemu to the exceptions under the mail spam prevention.. only that didn't work. So if anyone has suggestions, I'm open to answers!
Right, so here's the fix. Go to the virus scan console. Select access protection. Select anti-virus standard protection. Select prevent irc communication. Add Simplemu.exe (or whatever program) to the exceptions list. Apply. Voila! Connecting.
Alternately, stop using McAfee, because goddamn.
Alternately, stop using Windows, because goddamn.
Somehow I feel like switching antivirus is less onerous a task than switching operating systems. 
@HelloRaptor said:
Somehow I feel like switching antivirus is less onerous a task than switching operating systems.
Then you haven't really dealt with McAfee.
(I have no idea if you have or haven't, but it was funny.)
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos
@Rook
Oracle. PFFFFHAHAHAHAHAHAH. Oh man. My job uses Oracle for their system. I work for a multi-billion dollar company, including all lines of busienss. They are using a version of Oracle that requires IE8 and IE9 to run, and we have to keep some outdated version of Java to make it run.
And even then, there are just random problems.errors that people have, even using 'best practices' for the programs.
It's hilarous.
