av Mikael Winterkvist | aug 18, 2016 | Notiser
US ready to ‘hand over’ the internet’s naming system
The US has confirmed it is finally ready to cede power of the internets naming system, ending the almost 20-year process to hand over a crucial part of the internet’s governance.The Domain Naming System, DNS, is one of the internets most important components.It pairs the easy-to-remember web addresses – like bbc.com – with their relevant servers. Without DNS, youd only be able to access websites by typing in its IP address, a series of numbers such as “194.66.82.10”.More by circumstance than intention, the US has always had ultimate say over how the DNS is controlled – but not for much longer.It will give up its power fully to Icann – the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers – a non-profit organisation.
Källa: US ready to ‘hand over’ the internet’s naming system – BBC News
av Mikael Winterkvist | aug 18, 2016 | Lästips
US ready to ‘hand over’ the internet’s naming system
The US has confirmed it is finally ready to cede power of the internets naming system, ending the almost 20-year process to hand over a crucial part of the internet’s governance.The Domain Naming System, DNS, is one of the internets most important components.It pairs the easy-to-remember web addresses – like bbc.com – with their relevant servers. Without DNS, youd only be able to access websites by typing in its IP address, a series of numbers such as “194.66.82.10”.More by circumstance than intention, the US has always had ultimate say over how the DNS is controlled – but not for much longer.It will give up its power fully to Icann – the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers – a non-profit organisation.
Källa: US ready to ‘hand over’ the internet’s naming system – BBC News
av Mikael Winterkvist | aug 18, 2016 | Notiser
An update on our efforts to combat violent extremism
Earlier this year, we announced we had suspended more than 125,000 accounts since mid-2015 for violating our longtime prohibition on violent threats and the promotion of terrorism and shared the steps we are taking as a company to combat this content. Since that announcement, the world has witnessed a further wave of deadly, abhorrent terror attacks across the globe. We strongly condemn these acts and remain committed to eliminating the promotion of violence or terrorism on our platform.
While our work is not done, today we are announcing that we have suspended an additional 235,000 accounts for violating our policies related to promotion of terrorism in the six months since our February 2016 post. This brings our overall number of suspensions to 360,000 since the middle of 2015. As noted by numerous third parties, our efforts continue to drive meaningful results, including a significant shift in this type of activity off of Twitter.
Källa: An update on our efforts to combat violent extremism | Twitter Blogs
av Mikael Winterkvist | aug 18, 2016 | Tips & Råd
This is Home
En passion, om saker på hjul, cyklar. Speciellt mountainbike och de våghalsar som kastar ut för backer som vi andra aldrig ens skulle tänka tanken på att göra.
Featuring: Thomas Genon
Directed by: Harrison Mendel
Cinematography By: Harrison Mendel and Hadrien Picard
Edited By: Harrison Mendel
Sound Design: Racket Sound
Title Design: Studio Dialog
Still Photography: Robb Thompson
Special Thanks: Marc Genon, Antoine Bizet, Jules Langeard, Eliott Lapotre, Lapotre Family
“A Beautiful Life”
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I Really Wanna Be Your Man
Performed by The Sheepdogs
Courtesy of Warner Music Canada
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
“And Add”
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av Mikael Winterkvist | aug 18, 2016 | Säkerhet
Det kan finnas en läcka inom NSA
De verktyg och program som nu bjuds ut till försäljning via en bitcoin-auktion kan vara resultatet av en läcka inom NSA, säger en före detta NSA-anställd i en intervju med Motherboard.
Sedan The Shadow Brokers publicerat information på nätet med smakprov på de program som stulits så har det spekulerats hur gruppen kommer över informationen. Edward Snowden har kommenterat det som hänt och gissar att det kan vara ryska hackare. Motherboard har talat med en före detta nställda inom NSA.
My colleagues and I are fairly certain that this was no hack, or group for that matter, the former NSA employee told Motherboard. This Shadow Brokers character is one guy, an insider employee.
The source, who asked to remain anonymous, said that itd be much easier for an insider to obtain the data that The Shadow Brokers put online rather than someone else, even Russia, remotely stealing it. He argued that naming convention of the file directories, as well as some of the scripts in the dump are only accessible internally, and that there is no reason for those files to be on a server someone could hack. He claimed that these sorts of files are on a physically separated network that doesnt touch the internet; an air-gap. (Motherboard was not able to independently verify this claim, and its worth bearing in mind that an air-gap is not an insurmountable obstacle in the world of hacking).
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