Posted by Mr. Crumb on August 18, 2008 – 11:33 pm
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Why One-time Passwords Suck For MITM Attacks
Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday August 18, @05:11PM
from the my-password-is-pass1234 dept.
whitehartstag writes
“Black Hat 08 disclosed several SSL VPN and DNS vulnerabilities that caused several people to sit up and take notice. Some of these new exploits performed a brilliant Man-In-The-Middle attack on SSL VPN tunnels. This article walks you through how using certificates, instead of OTP tokens for second-factor authentication can increase the security of your SSL VPN against these new types of attacks.”
Tags: vulnerabilities, defcon, blackhat, attack
Posted by Mr. Crumb on August 18, 2008 – 2:11 pm
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Oakland (CA) – Escalating music royalties could put Internet darling, Pandora, out of business. In a recent interview with the Washington Post, Tim Westergren, the founder of the online radio station, says royalties could approach 70% of revenues and that the company is approaching its “last stand”. Last year, the Copyright Royalty Board ruled that song royalties would increase from 8/100 of a cent per song per listener to 19/100 of a cent per song per listener in 2010.
Pandora is a free website that lets users create their own radio stations based on their favorite artists. It attracts an estimated 40,000 new customers a day and is a favorite amongst iPhone and other users. Personally, I’ve been listening to Pandora for a few years and consider it to be one of the best attractions on the web today. There’s no messing around with crap music, just type in the artist you like and only their songs will be played.
SoundExchange collects royalties from on behalf of record labels and artists and US Congressmen are trying to mediate lower rates. Currently online radio stations are levied much higher royalties per song than traditional radio stations.
Pandora makes money with embedded ads from famous companies like Carls Junior and Don Julio. These ads bring in $25 million a year – not bad for web startup – but Westergren says future royalty payments would eat up $17 million of that take. Such a huge percentage could soon doom the company, a company that is approaching a “pull-the-plug” decision according to Westergren. From http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/38937/118/
Tags: pandora, music
Posted by Mr. Crumb on August 17, 2008 – 10:28 pm
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Posted by Mr. Crumb on August 17, 2008 – 8:59 pm
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Facebook | Iti Adam
i support the 2nd amendment
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Posted by Mr. Crumb on August 16, 2008 – 11:49 pm
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In all his glory, mazel tov!
Tags: nikrichie, disguise
Posted by Mr. Crumb on August 16, 2008 – 11:04 pm
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THE DIRTY ARMY: Phoenix Suns dance team.
Can anybody in the DIRTY ARMY get me pictures of the Suns Dancers partying in Scottsdale. I keep getting emails that they go nuts, but no pictures.- NIK RICHIE (http://www.thedirty.com/?p=40508)
Tags: dirtyarmy, mission
