Posts by AmenFromMars

Re: Haircuts

My wife cut my hair yesterday, I don't venture outdoors...

Re: Remember serial breakout boxes?

Yep, still got mine in the garage and my protocol analyser in a cupboard at work and a bit error rate tester with a built in breakout box. We've still got loads of RS232 and serial lines for out of band management over ISDN2, can be a real lifesaver when something goes down and you're 100s of miles away.

Re: Yesterday

"except I can't work from home because I'm configuring big bits of Cisco kit in a workshop environment" that's when you need a terminal server. Admittedly you do have to go in to connect everything up but it works a treat for me doing the same.

Re: The Repeater System

Excellent link, but to answer your question, yes the submerged repeaters/amplifiers are powered from the landing stations. In coax cables power went down the centre conductor, in optical fibre cables the repeaters are powered over the copper tube that surrounds the fibres. The power needed is pretty high and can be dangerous, especially if a trawler pulls one up and thinks it is good idea to free their gear (expensive fishing nets) by cutting the cable. They do get cut and, as mentioned in the Wiki, measurements from land can give a good idea of where to send the cable ship, the last repeater responding also gives an indication. The ship grapples the cable and makes repairs on deck.

Re: three decades

I never quite understood why Cisco numbered router interfaces from 0 - except when they didn't. Could get very confusing for field engineers.

Re: Is it any less 'lovely'

"or you're left stranded with a discharged battery" - it's OK, I understand there are now phone boxes with charging facilities. Oh, hang on...

Re: "we can confirm that it is now resolved"

and I lied, I don't have a shed, it was left in the green bin...why do they do that? Don't they realize the potential issue?

Re: Sounds like...

Wouldn't surprise me if Crapita charged their employees to use the, erm, crapper.

"For reasons I am, sure will become clearer." - money

Re: "We all want to see hard proof of espionage. This is absolutely not it"

I'm not paranoid but that bloke following me is.

Re: 0Day Rule is Licensed to Thrill .... Submitting and Surrendering to Simply Heavenly Tasks

Did amanfromMars 1 just have a lucid moment?

"Merry Xmas, El Regers. It has been a great year here and I thank one and all for their shared thoughts."

I've got a desk drawer stuffed with Cisco 16MB PCMCIA flash memory cards. I wish you could post photos on here, you have to see it to believe it.

Re: Back in my day

"Back in my day

all you needed was screwdrivers, insulating tape and penknife and you could fix almost anything."

When I started work I was told you could fix any telephone fault with a number 2 and a pair of 81s. A number 2 was a screwdriver and 81s long nosed pliers.

Re: LInk?

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180104-cpusidechannel

If you've got a contract you can sign up to their Notification Service

Re: And yet

"The bars in the Palace of Westminster are still open." Are they still allowed to smoke in those bars too?

Re: Sounds familiar

"Hi, King Jack,

Can you cite me a computer OS that isn't useable as a remote-control trojan? Isn't that their raison d'être and a vital goal for ... well, Future Shenanigans is no exaggeration, is it? .

Some are just a bit trickier/stickier to access for provision of privileges than others, but none are fail-safe against penetration testers, and that provides ready made establishment platforms for Renegade Rogue and Private Pirate Controls to Command.

It's an Advanced IntelAIgent Facility which Sublime Superior Programming Delivers for SMARTR Use with Zero Abuse."

eh?

Re: Intel

I was thinking more large corporates with thousands of machines. Windows updates will have a tried and tested and largely automated patch process (because it happens so often). Not so much when trying to patch/update a processor/chipsets. Installing NICs isn't really an option. Even identifying vulnerable machines will be quite a challenge.

"You're absolutely right - Google offered traffic flow information prior to buying Waze based on the relative speeds of any handsets running maps that were travelling on that road."

Are you sure? I think you'll find the mobile phone companies sell anonymised location data of all mobile phones which is why their traffic info is so good.

Anyone remember Multimap?

Re: I smell an oscar

Agreed, good work.

Re: Waterproof

Surprisingly fibre can be affected by heavy rain/flooding, but not for the reasons you might think. The joints in man holes can float and cause the fibre to exceed its bend radius or stress other joints.

Re: Rocket boosters for asteroid deflection

"Thinking about it, you could probably change the trajectory enough by sticking a mirror in the right place." or painting half of it white.