Tyler Reguly's Comments

.:Computer Defense:. : I've Become a Cyber Pan Handler

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:20:14 +0000

@Major Hayden: I'm sure that they would love addition direct download mirrors. To give you an idea of traffic, while I was Slashdotted it was 1 - 1.5TB per day, normally downloads are usually about 100GB per day. @Will Hughes: At this point the bill is at $1988.25, however the billing period isn't over, so I just have their sketchy expense tracker to monitor this one, and it's always 48+ hours out of sync. So I don't have a final charge yet. To those who donated: It was greatly appreciated... thank you. To those with advice for dealing with 1and1: It was also appreciated, I'm currently waiting on a response from them (been waiting 24 hours at this point)... I'm hoping to hear back on Monday.

.:Computer Defense:. : Using Firebug to Beat Poor Web Development

Sat, 2 Jan 2010 04:08:35 +0000

Thanks for the comments. There was an incident a little while back... got hit before I upgraded wordpress... I cleaned it as soon as I found it.

.:Computer Defense:. : DamnVulnerableLinux 1.5

Sat, 2 Jan 2010 04:00:34 +0000

I don't... I only host the ISO.

.:Computer Defense:. : On Teaching...

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:30:08 +0000

Unfortunately I can't. The college paid me to develop the program for them, so they own it.

.:Computer Defense:. : What is Ethical?

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:22:04 +0000

They put out a service that takes a binary, packs it with 10 packers, and tests it against 10 AVs... once again, they only thing they have done is prove that signature based AV is ineffective in even the most basic of circumstances. There's no strawman argument here, because their research is on par with the airplane and not with the atomic bomb. There's no need to feel guilt and no unreasonable negative impact.

The Ashimmy Blog : Would you like to win a free ticket to Black Hat DC?

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:28:22 +0000

To steal from Dre's comments... I also am not making it to Shmoocon this year and to steal from Andrew, I'm also Canadian... And I posted before either of them. Everyone knows you always select #1 :)

The Ashimmy Blog : Would you like to win a free ticket to Black Hat DC?

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:37:04 +0000

I think I'm the most deserving because this is a Con that I wouldn't otherwise attend, I'd be more than happy to blog continuously and there are some talks I really want to see. As well, unless IntenseDebate has screwed up I'm the first one to comment :)

.:Computer Defense:. : TwCuP

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:05:02 +0000

Thanks for pointing that out, I happened to stumble across it in apt and just used apt-get. Apparently it's rather outdated. I've grabbed 0.9.0 from the twyt website and will modify the code to use it this evening.

.:Computer Defense:. : Microsoft Tag

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:05:33 +0000

If you want the Microsoft explanation of why, it's here -- http://www.microsoft.com/tag/content/overview/.They do seem to have some points that make sense. Other sites make similar points or list other reasons why these codes excel over QR codes. http://www.bannerblog.com.au/news/2009/01/microso...http://www.burningthebacon.com/2009/01/09/microso...

The Ashimmy Blog : Cyber Monday crowd overwhelms Amazon device, killing it

Mon, 1 Dec 2008 22:15:01 +0000

Alan, This demonstrates some really poor taste.

.:Computer Defense:. : NoScript Force SSL

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:19:02 +0000

Ahh.. the middler... I got to spend quite a bit of time speaking with Jay at SecTor and I'm still eagerly awaiting the release of Middler both from a user and developer standpoint.

.:Computer Defense:. : ASUS EEE PC

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:37:29 +0000

A buddy of mine asked me if I was going to install Ubuntu EEE (http://www.ubuntu-eee.com/index.php5?title=Main_P...I don't have any plans yet... I haven't experienced any issues, and I've actually never used Xandros before (but I have a friend who's a big fan and has been recommending it)... So for now it's staying where it is... I hear the change is fairly simple though.

.:Computer Defense:. : Expect the Blog to be a Little Quiet

Wed, 14 May 2008 06:07:16 +0000

Thanks guys... and congrats to you to Aspman.

.:Computer Defense:. : Expect the Blog to be a Little Quiet

Sat, 10 May 2008 23:00:19 +0000

Thanks Alan... I'm really looking forward to it.

.:Computer Defense:. : All I can say is 'Wow'

Thu, 8 May 2008 20:17:24 +0000

Honestly, I didn't chuckle... I don't have anyone close to me affected by it, but I think it's pretty sick... There's nothing funny about it... It's sad and mean and disgusting.

.:Computer Defense:. : Gmail Google Talk Gone

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:21:48 +0000

It does appear to be back up... thanks for the heads-up (I had to close my Gmail and log back in)

.:Computer Defense:. : Using Tor Users to Solve CAPTCHAs

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:29:09 +0000

@Eric,

Thanks for the details... I never meant to imply that it was a flaw in Tor... I was simply discussing a cool concept.

The captcha to relay mail is actually very interesting... I would love details if you go ahead with any testing of that.

.:Computer Defense:. : What is WinInit.exe?

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 09:30:05 +0000

There's a difference between installing drivers and terminating a critical system process. A big difference. Which is why Microsoft protected certain executables prior to Vista... I want to know why that protection was removed.

.:Computer Defense:. : What is WinInit.exe?

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:11:37 +0000

Actually yes... I think Microsoft should prevent the killing of processes that affect system stability, just as they did in Windows XP. I don't want something, even with admin access to have the ability to blue screen my system...

.:Computer Defense:. : What is WinInit.exe?

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:09:04 +0000

Thanks for the info Bill...
It's very dangerous when a filename crosses between legit, malware, legit...

I'd love to know Microsoft's reasoning for having it run in Vista and allow for a system crash if you attempt to kill it, instead of denying the killing of it.