Subj : [ANSI] Sparks: Points to Ponder, Points to Pursue To : All From : warmfuzzy Date : Fri Sep 22 2017 06:21:02 ÜÜÜÜ ßß ÜÜÜÜ ß ßßÜ ßÜÜÜßßÜ Ü ÜßßÜ Üß ßÜ ÜÜÛßÜ  ÜßÛÛÛÛÛÛ ßÛÛÛÛ ÜÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ÜßßÛßÛÛß ÛÛÛÛ ßÛÛß ÛÛ Ü ß ß ß ÜÜÜÛÛÜ ß ÛÛÜÜÛÛÜ ÛÛÜß ÜÛßßß Ü Ü ßÜßÜ ÛÛÜÜ ßßÛÛÜßßß ÜÛ  ÛÛÜÜ ßßÜß ÛÛßÜ ßÜ Ü ÛÜ ßÛÜßÛÛÛÛ ÛÜßÜÛÛÛÜÜÛ ÛÛ ÜÛÛßÜßÜ ÛÛ ÛÛ ßÜßÜ ß ÛÛ ß ÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ß ÛÛ ßÜßÜ ÛÛ ÛÛÜÛ ßÜÜß ßÜÜßÛÛÜ ÛÛÛÛ Û ÜÛßÜ ÛÛ ± ß ÜÜÜ ßßÜßÜßßÜ ßÜ ßÜÜ ßÜßÜÛ ²þÜßÜßÜß ßÛ Ûß ÛÛ Û Computer Sec urity & Hacking:ßÛ Û Spies: Business, Bosses, Cops, Criminals, Private Eyes, and Spooks: ²Û Û all of these people utilize hacking to further their agenda. Whether  ÛÛ Û it be the acquiring of trade secrets, digging into  the background of ° ÛÛ Û employees, investigating crimes,  outing the unfaithful, or simply² ÛÛ Û stealing inform ation for fun and profit, computer security is hotter Û ÛÛ Û than ever. It was once thought that it is possible to have aÛ  ÛÛ Û completely secure computer system, but with IBM's for merly calledÛ ÛÛ Û AS/400 computer system is was quickl y determined that with totalÛ ÛÛ Û security comes total  lack of flexability and choice in what to run Û ÛÛ Û an d how. Secure systems have so much TEMPEST secure (not EMFÛ Û Û Û producing systems) bulk that they are hardly portable and just can't Û  ÛÛ Û compare to the less secure but more feature-filled Wi ndows ServerÛ ÛÛ Û series systems. Worms, Viruses, Troj ans, Spyware, and various types Û ÛÛ Û of malware are con stant threats against popular operating systemsÛ ÛÛ Û w ith zero-day exploits coming right at the heels of discoveredÛ Û Û Û vulnerabilities is has become obvious that we are in an information Û  ÛÛ Û war. No longer does the opposition only attack with m ilitary force, Û ÛÛ Û but also with intellectual force, s tealing secrets that would other- Û ÛÛ Û wise have taken d ecades to develop in house. Secure deletion, Linux, Û ÛÛ Û  Physical security, sniffers, keyloggers, VPNs, proxies, firewalls,  Û ÛÛ Û remailers, Echelon, Carnivore, Magic Lantern, an d STUXnet areÛ ÛÛ Û explored, focusing on White Hat Hac king (being the good guy h4x0r). Û ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ Û Û ÛÛ ÛÜßÜÛ ÛßÛßÜßÜßÜ Üspark of idea s: points to ponder, points to pursue Ü ßÜßÜÛ Üß --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A35 (Linux/64) * Origin: PHATstar RetroBOX! (700:100/0) .