Readit Newssnoopy_telex commented on Rackspace confirms outage was caused by ransomware attack rackspace.com/newsroom/ra... · Posted by u/Terretta
What an embarrassment. Does this mean their backups didn't work? or did they do backups at all?
snoopy_telex commented on Why do new cars look like wet putty? blackbirdspyplane.com/p/w... · Posted by u/ramimac
I love it. The author has earned confidence in their subjective aesthetic judgements, and the tone relays that confidence without being condescending or dismissive. It's miles better than the "hyperrational dispassionate contrarian" stance that is standard here imo.
They earned confidence? What did they do to earn the right to say "I don't like this color"?
Personally, I find the whole thing condescending and dismissive, taking swipes at "Gen-X-ers and Millennials"
snoopy_telex commented on Ask HN: PCIe cards with their own NIC/Storage/OS? · Posted by u/snoopy_telex
Have a look at the CCR2004-1G-2XS-PCIe from MikroTik. It’s a router on a PCIe card, with its own OS.
What’s your usecase? Might be able to get better recommendations if you can tell us what you’re trying to do.
I'd like to offload a required security software to a stand-alone device that exposes the software endpoints directly to the host via PCIe. The goal would be to ensure that if an attacker gets into the host, they are unable to modify the security software or limit its functionality.
Ideally the card would have a TPM module and supports some sort of signed boot/firmware validation.
I know I'm being a bit coy, but hopefully that helps you understand the requirements a bit better?
snoopy_telex commented on Activision’s faulty anti-cheat software blog.mikeswanson.com/post... · Posted by u/mdswanson
In this case, it really looks like Activision's Anti-Cheat is broken and banning people unfairly (if we can trust OP, which I have no reason not to).
A related problem though is that game developers have a really hard time trusting anyone who says they've been banned unfairly. Almost everyone who gets banned for valid reasons will claim they did nothing wrong, etc. This is especially true for delayed bans, as the person doesn't even realize that their account got flagged to be banned weeks before the actual ban took place.
Given that problem, when a developer gets reports of users being banned unfairly, it's very easy to ignore them as salty cheaters. Ideally there is a way for them to know exactly what tripped the anti-cheat, but sometimes it's hard as the client has to covertly tell the server to ban itself.
The console bans should be investigated cause that’s a strong signal that the software is just wrong.
snoopy_telex commented on Activision’s faulty anti-cheat software blog.mikeswanson.com/post... · Posted by u/mdswanson
if it's a recent purchase and you've done nothing wrong: hit them where it hurts and issue a chargeback
at least that way they're not profiting from their scummy behaviour
This sadly is a bad idea, as it’ll get your entire store account banned (Steam, battle.net, etc). Chargebacks work great until the whole account matters.
snoopy_telex commented on Mozilla moves to distrust the TrustCor CA groups.google.com/a/mozil... · Posted by u/jamespwilliams
> Everyone agrees that no evidence of mal-issued certificates exists.
This is one thing CT logs are useful for. As soon as logging certificates to a public log becomes commonplace, then misissued certificates can't be used in private without a high chance of the world being told about what's going on.
Don’t you have to trust the CA to actually log all the certs they issue? What’s to stop a rogue CA from logging all but a few key certs?
snoopy_telex commented on The last three years of my work will be permanently abandoned ericlippert.com/2022/11/3... · Posted by u/chubot
Such a weird decision given the results they indicate. Was there any rational thought behind the layoffs beyond giving the metaverse more dollars?