Leet Haxzor Skillz

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First, read the article its pretty good. If you're lazy (shame on you), basicly its about defensive computing and how some computers are too important to be linked to the interwebz.

Well the election is over so I don't have to rant about politics for the time being, I can focus on more interesting topics. Today its going to be computers and computer security. So Obama and McCain's campaign computers were haxzored, idiots. Its tards like that, that irritate the piss out of me, people who don't take computer security seriously or just plain don't want to understand the risks involved. They think, hey what a convienience we'll just link all this data up and slap on a cheap VPN system and call it 'safe'. Then, when inevetably their system is compramised they act all surprised, "I don't know how this could possibly happen, I mean we had a password with a capitol letter and everything." First, just assume anything you have networked to the webz is hackable, or better yet just assume its wide open and everything on it is viewable to the public. Now take a look at whats on that 'pooter and ask yourself if you want the public looking at it, if the answer is no then don't network it via interwebz, especially if you or your company is high profile. Even the most sophisticated security models can be comprimised, as it all comes down to the weakest link...the lUsers, who leave their passwords as 'default' or 'password' because they don't give a shit if the company is hacked.

As far as home computer security is concerned, your computer is fairly safe as long as you are not an idiot. Don't click on the flashy banner add to win an iPod, don't surf pr0n sites. If you follow safe browsing habbits, you wouldn't even need to have a resource-hungry antivirus. However, pr0n might be too tempting so I would suggest having a seperate computer outside the in the DMZ side of your router w/ file shareing turned off.....not that I do that sort of thing of course

Back to Obama and McCain though. What a bunch of tards, I bet they honestly thought they were 'safe' too. Who knows what data is out there now, maybe some foreign national has some dirt on Obama that could be used for blackmailing our country? Or when companies get compramised who knows how many SSN #'s or credit card #'s get released. Please, I plead w/ you big companies who haz my info's, "Keep your shit on your intranet, and don't put it even close to a web server or VPN box. Not even in the same room." Ok thats a bit extreme, but still.....