RE: Support for end-to-end encryption grows; regulations for hacking software at a stand stil

Robert Peter Oakes — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 05:13:39 GMT

It is a litle unfare to throw the blame at windows, there are just as many vunerabilities in Linux if not more (No one really knows them all im sure). I still remember the days when it was Unix (Older version of Linux for the newcommers [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-8cf679dd-b6f5-427c-8967-8952aae1a2d4/contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16] ) that got all the viruses etc, they were not as sophisticated as they are these days but they existed none the less

It is because Windows is so popular and has such a massive install that the hackers target it over OSX, Linux or Android (Which are all practically the same under the covers), if your going to knowingly do a bad thing like let lose a vius on the unsuspecting world then why do it on the small fry, viruses and trogens etc are designed to maximize distribution and impact so guess what, they get written for the biggest OS, and that is still windows

I assure you, the minute that Linux, OSX or some other OS gets bigger, then the hackers attentions will change to that

Network spoofing, email systems etc are all still pretty much following the same protocols as they did 30 years ago (SMTP, FTP, TCP, UDP, IP etc) and there all spoofable

HTTPS, TLS, SSL etc are all designed to encrypt the channel (The communications connection between two points) to prevent or minumize the "Wire Tap" kind of hacking sometimes called "Man in the Middle". it does not protect the machine at either end or the message once it has landed on some hard drive or other memory

for that you need additional encryption on the stored files like Advanced Encryption Standard

but if your computer has a virus (Any OS) then the minute you open the file or sooner if you have automatic decryption on the file system once your logged in then you data is exposed

If you want to protect your computer or data, avoid auto login, use strong passwords (Mine are inexcess of 15 characters each and i have many different ones and there not simple words or birthdays or simple character substitutions either), dont have encrypted files that are automatically opened when you click on them without prompting for an additional password

As a matter of interest, even SSL, TLS and HTTPS really does not fully protect you (The Client System) or the server if it is not using a mutual authentication where both ends have to assert credentials, but for most of us, this is enough

So connecting windows to the internet is not an issue if you follow common sense. A linux system is just as vunerable if you have a poor, no or the default password. Use the capabilities of your home router to only open the ports you need, strong passwords, no open shares to guest etc. all these rules apply no matter the OS.

Rant over [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-8cf679dd-b6f5-427c-8967-8952aae1a2d4/contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16]

RE: Support for end-to-end encryption grows; regulations for hacking software at a stand stil

DAB — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 18:48:37 GMT

It is very unfortunate that acceptable encryption was not part of the initial net requirements.

I hate to think about the millions of hours that have been lost to hacking, scamming, spam and all of the other useless network issues we face everyday.

I am at a total loss, everyone in the industry knows how we can solve this problem, but nobody wants to take the blame or limit access to make it happen.

DAB