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BitTorrent sucks UTorrent rules
http://utorrent.com
Very small, very fast, very easy to use.
Must have software.
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September 4, 1999
Web posted at: 4:43 p.m. EDT (2043 GMT)
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(CNN) - Microsoft operating systems have a backdoor entrance for the National Security Agency, a cryptography expert said Friday, but the software giant denied the report and other experts differed on it.
The chief scientist at an Internet security company said Microsoft built in a "key" for the nation's most powerful intelligence agency to the cryptographic standard used in Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT4 and Windows2000.
To use cryptographic applications in Windows, users must load its cryptography architecture in a standard called CryptoAPI.
A year ago, researchers discovered there were two keys, or digital signatures, that allowed the loading of CryptoAPI -- Microsoft had one but the identity of the other keyholder was a mystery.
Andrew Fernandes of Ontario-based Cryptonym Corp. and his colleagues now say the NSA holds the second key because they found that a recent service pack for Windows NT failed to cloak the second key, revealing it as "_NSAKEY."
"In the data security profession, those three initials only mean one thing: National Security Agency," Fernandes said.
Microsoft denied that the key belongs to the NSA, saying instead that the "_NSAKEY" label simply means the cryptography architecture meets the NSA's standards for export.
"These reports are completely false," said Microsoft spokesman Dan Leach.
"The key does not allow any other party to start or stop cryptographic services on anyone's computers.
"So no, the government cannot spy on your computer using Microsoft software. We don't intentionally leave backdoors. Microsoft has consistently opposed key escrow because we feel it is no good for the consumer, for Microsoft and no good for the government."
Fernandes said the NSA key would allow the intelligence agency to load services on users' machines without their authorization, an option it more likely would use against a corporation than an individual.
Fernandes posted a "fix" to the key on his Web site Friday, along with a press release announcing his report on the second key. The NSA failed to return comment on the key.
The alleged NSA key came to light just days after Microsoft squelched a breach to its Web-based e-mail service, Hotmail.
Benjamin Farewell - tipical linux user - he don’t know what he is talking about.
First of all I spend yesterday night installing this corel linux on one old PC. There was something about Debian inside. I think they use Debian kernel. However althougt I have been waithing with camera in my hands to make a photo of the jap maf yakudza they did not appear. May be this are special linux trick and the threat appear only ones and then you can not proove it any more because it disappeares from the cd.
You say “it was not linux at all” You really mean That Corel Linux is not linux?! Bulshit. It is 100% linux It names show this. Simple.
Never heard about Corel Office suit. When it was better someone will use it but I dont know nobody using it! Why? Because probably it is a crap.
About modems. You think that I do not know how to configure my modem and you are maybe right but I know people who already are using linux for five years and they are forced to by second computer with Windows. Thanks God it is free and delivered with all new computers. Then they have internet and they are using their linux only in their local network but everybody knows that linux does not support modems but only LAN and only way to get internet via modem is WINDOWS!!! Or you have to find ISP who provide LAN cable to your home.
You say “First of all you don’t just buy an os from a dealer down the street” And my answer is - I am forced to buy it from the street because you can not find it in respectfull shops or otherwise it is very expensive. By the way here in Belgium instaling linux cost money:
“Linux installation service in our shop:
75 eur/installation.Also with dual boot windows/linux.
With transporter:+45 eur” Total 120 euros - about 150 USD
here is the link http://www.linux-service.be/eng/welkom.htm
There is no free lunch my man;)