luni, 9 iunie 2008
miercuri, 4 iunie 2008
De rasu' plansu'
Iar am ajuns de rasu' lumii... Adica iar ni se reaminteste lucrul asta ca noi nu ne-am dezis niciodata. Ei bine, niste studii publicate azi de McAfee Inc. arata, intre altele, ca circa 6% din domeniile web care au terminatia .ro sunt riscante.
McAfee found the most dangerous domains to navigate to are ".hk" (Hong Kong), ".cn" (China) and ".info" (information).
Of all ".hk" sites McAfee tested, it flagged 19.2 percent as dangerous or potentially dangerous to visitors; it flagged 11.8 percent of ".cn" sites and 11.7 percent of ".info" sites that way.
A little more than 5 percent of the sites under the ".com" domain — the world's most popular — were identified as dangerous.
More spammers, malicious code writers and other cybercriminals can establish an online presence when domain name registry businesses cut requirements for registering a site in order to boost their profit and profile. The report doesn't identify domain name registration companies McAfee believes are responsible for those lapses.
Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of companies are in the business of registering domain names; some are large and well known, while others are small and less reputable, offering their services on the cheap and with flimsy or no background checks to lure in more customers.
The fact that Internet scam artists gravitate to domain name services with lower fees and fewer requirements isn't new.
What McAfee's "Mapping the Mal Web" report, now in its second year, tries to do is identify the domains that are populated with the highest concentration of risky sites.
The servers for ".hk" and ".cn" Web sites don't have to be in China; Web site operators can register sites from anywhere to target different geographies.
Other risky domains include ".ro" (Romania), with 6.8 percent, and ".ru" (Russia), with 6 percent of sites flagged as dangerous.
Shane Keats, research analyst for McAfee and lead author of the report, said the increase in dangerous sites registered under the ".hk" and ".cn" domains over last year's report was caused in part by better data collection on McAfee's part on those domains and by apparent security lapses in some registrar companies' processes for registering addresses.
"My advice about surfing behavior is that if you're really desperate for cheap Prozac and the pharmacy ends in '.cn,' don't do it. Just don't do it," Keats said. "Find another place to get your Prozac."
Many Internet frauds involve fake sites for pharmaceuticals.
The McAfee report is based on results from 9.9 million Web sites that were tested in 265 domains for serving malicious code, excessive pop-up ads or forms to fill out that actually are tools for harvesting e-mail addresses for sending spam.
Keats said domain name registrars that are strict about authenticating that Web site owners are operating a legitimate business see far fewer malicious Web sites using their services.
Where McAfee found some of the least-risky domain names:
• ".gov" (government use), with 0.05 percent flagged;
• ".jp" (Japan), with 0.1 percent flagged and
• ".au" (Australia), with 0.3 percent flagged.
McAfee found the most dangerous domains to navigate to are ".hk" (Hong Kong), ".cn" (China) and ".info" (information).
Of all ".hk" sites McAfee tested, it flagged 19.2 percent as dangerous or potentially dangerous to visitors; it flagged 11.8 percent of ".cn" sites and 11.7 percent of ".info" sites that way.
A little more than 5 percent of the sites under the ".com" domain — the world's most popular — were identified as dangerous.
More spammers, malicious code writers and other cybercriminals can establish an online presence when domain name registry businesses cut requirements for registering a site in order to boost their profit and profile. The report doesn't identify domain name registration companies McAfee believes are responsible for those lapses.
Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of companies are in the business of registering domain names; some are large and well known, while others are small and less reputable, offering their services on the cheap and with flimsy or no background checks to lure in more customers.
The fact that Internet scam artists gravitate to domain name services with lower fees and fewer requirements isn't new.
What McAfee's "Mapping the Mal Web" report, now in its second year, tries to do is identify the domains that are populated with the highest concentration of risky sites.
The servers for ".hk" and ".cn" Web sites don't have to be in China; Web site operators can register sites from anywhere to target different geographies.
Other risky domains include ".ro" (Romania), with 6.8 percent, and ".ru" (Russia), with 6 percent of sites flagged as dangerous.
Shane Keats, research analyst for McAfee and lead author of the report, said the increase in dangerous sites registered under the ".hk" and ".cn" domains over last year's report was caused in part by better data collection on McAfee's part on those domains and by apparent security lapses in some registrar companies' processes for registering addresses.
"My advice about surfing behavior is that if you're really desperate for cheap Prozac and the pharmacy ends in '.cn,' don't do it. Just don't do it," Keats said. "Find another place to get your Prozac."
Many Internet frauds involve fake sites for pharmaceuticals.
The McAfee report is based on results from 9.9 million Web sites that were tested in 265 domains for serving malicious code, excessive pop-up ads or forms to fill out that actually are tools for harvesting e-mail addresses for sending spam.
Keats said domain name registrars that are strict about authenticating that Web site owners are operating a legitimate business see far fewer malicious Web sites using their services.
Where McAfee found some of the least-risky domain names:
• ".gov" (government use), with 0.05 percent flagged;
• ".jp" (Japan), with 0.1 percent flagged and
• ".au" (Australia), with 0.3 percent flagged.
luni, 2 iunie 2008
N-am de dat, am de luat
Eu recunosc: Mi-e lene sa ma desprind de calculator ca sa fac, vezi Doamne, sport! Uneori sunt mai ambitioasa - si aici intervine de fiecare data factorul extern, prietena mea Ana. Desi n-are nevoie sa traga de haltere sau sa faca ture de bazin, Ana zice ca se respecta daca merge la sala de cel putin 2 ori pe saptamana. Eu insa sunt o putoare! Si ca sa ma simt si eu bine, am pus mai jos urmatorul filmulet (imi place sa cred ca astfel de canapele ca sa te tina locului se vor inventa la un moment dat):
joi, 29 mai 2008
After death
Te-ai gandit ce faci dupa ce mori?
Uite aici niste variante:
1. Lasa-te impaiat! La sfarsitul secolului 18 - inceputul secolului 19, un jurist, filosof si reformator englez si-a lasat cu limba de moarte, in testament, dorinta de a fi impaiat, pus la pastrare intr-o odaie a casei sale si scos din cand in cand, la intalniri de familie mai importante, pentru a urmari si dupa moarte ticluirile rudelor. Intr-o zi, capul lui Jeremy Bentham s-a desprins de corp si a cazut. S-a gasit insa imediat o solutie: capul nazdravan a fost tintuit sub scaunul posesorului trecut la cele vesnice, iar pe gatul sau a fost montata o scafarlie autentica din ceara. Exponatul se gaseste astazi la University College London.
2. Lanseaza-te in spatiu! Acum ai posibilitatea ca, dupa moarte, sa calatoresti nestingherit in lumea minunata a stelelor. Serviciul ti-l ofera Space Services Inc (http://www.memorialspaceflights.com/). Desi pretul e cam piperat, iar familia ta s-ar putea gandi ca nu merita atatia bani (495 de dolari calatoria pe orbita Terrei si 1300 de dolari pentru un salt mai lung prin care iti propulseaza ramasitele in inima galaxiei), tu tine-te de capul lor! Testamentul face legea! Nu ezita!
3. Imprieteneste-te cu un bijutier si lasa-l sa faca din CO2-ul tau o bijuterie! Acum ai ocazia, nu mai ai nimic de pierdut. Nu mai lucrezi, nu mai consumi, nu mai existi! Gasesti pe site-ul asta (http://www.lifegem.com/) toate informatiile necesare. Gandeste-te cum ar fi ca fiica ta sa poarte un inel cu parte din sufletul tau!
4. Fii ecologist! Daca vrei sa ramai nealterat (intr-o prima faza, desigur), cere sa fii depus intr-un sicriu din carton sau din orice material biodegradabil. Astfel va descompuneti impreuna - tu in ritmul tau, cartonul in ritmul lui. Uite aici niste informatii in plus: http://www.forestofmemories.org/eco_burial.htm
5. Intra pe net! N-ai nevoie sa clipesti din ochi sau sa-ti bata inima ca sa poti haladui in voie online. Ai nevoie de un modem si de asistenta de specialitate. Dar stai linistit, unii s-au gandit deja la asta: http://www.online-funeral.com/prod_detail.htm
6. Doneaza-ti pacatele! Nu este o gluma, sa stii. In secolul 19 se practica treaba asta in Anglia. Iar procedura era, multumim lui Dumnezeu, simpl. Mureai si in timp ce sufletul incerca sa se ridice la cele cuvioase, un individ maruntel iti aseza pe corp un varf de sare si, peste el, o felie de paine. Dupa o scurta incantatie, greu de deslusit, "mancatorul de pacate" consuma tacticos felia de paine, incheindu-si ospatul cu o halba de bere sau o carafa de lapte. Nasty, nu? Apoi mortul putea fi dus la groapa. Toate pacatele lui fusesera inghitite de vrajitor. Ia uite aici o povestioara care te-ar putea convinge: http://www.logoi.com/notes/sin-eaters.html
7. Daca ti-a sunat ceasul, dar tu n-ai de gand sa pleci, afla ca poti fi ingropat intr-un sicriu mai special, dotat cu alarma. Inventia dateaza din secolul 19 (http://www.bpmlegal.com/wcoffin.html), dar in 2005 rusul Vitali Maliukov a construit un sicriu dotat cu un sistem electronic de alarma, cu membrane speciale, astfel incat, daca cineva care a fost crezut mort isi recapata cunostinta dupa ce a fost inmormantat, la primele miscari de disperate, declanseaza alarma. In 2002, in Italia, Oficiul pentru brevete si marci a primit o aplicatie prin care se solicita brevet pentru inventarea unui dispozitiv de alarma pentru sicrie, care semnaleaza eventuala moarte aparenta a unei persoane (sistemul este urmatorul: se leaga un senzor, prin intermediul unui cordon, de corpul defunctului si in cazul in care acesta se misca, rudele indurerate sunt avertizate imediat de un semnal sonor)
Photo credentials to http://www.deviantart.com/, Anita (http://er0k.deviantart.com/art/death-is-33291750), www.wikimedia.org, jyliangustlin.blogspot.com/2007/10/on-art.html, Universitatea Texas din Dallas (http://www.utdallas.edu/), www.integratedenergytherapy.net/faith_supple.asp, Aegis (www.sxc.hu)
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