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I don't pretend to be an expert at this, but I have found a few things that are useful. I hope that sharing them here will help others, so they will not have to face some rather hard choices. Since I felt this to be a topic of enough importance and, as I said, I am not an expert in the cryptography field, I asked other experts on Experts Exchange to allow me to include some of their thoughts on the matter. Thanks to
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The title stated everything.
What a great piece of article! Seriously I really did enjoyed it! Well described.
Simple things you can do to protect against ransomware attacks:
http://expert-advice.org/2017/07/ways-to-protect-yourself-from-ransomware-attack/
https://www.lepide.com/blog/what-can-you-do-if-youve-become-the-victim-of-a-ransomware-attack/
Stay safe and don’t forget the best protection is always a backup.
What a great piece of article! Seriously I really did enjoyed it! Well described.
Simple things you can do to protect against ransomware attacks:
http://expert-advice.org/2017/07/ways-to-protect-yourself-from-ransomware-attack/
https://www.lepide.com/blog/what-can-you-do-if-youve-become-the-victim-of-a-ransomware-attack/
Stay safe and don’t forget the best protection is always a backup.
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Justin's comment should be an article. My kid is almost 2 and I'm thinking about how I can prepare him in the work force already so he has better advantages than I ever did!
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@Kyle
Are you kidding?
The most important aspect of childhood is to play.
The future generation will have nothing in common with ours and you need to know how to play in order to be successful.
My kid is almost 2 and I'm thinking about how I can prepare him in the work force already so he has better advantages than I ever did!
Are you kidding?
The most important aspect of childhood is to play.
The future generation will have nothing in common with ours and you need to know how to play in order to be successful.
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We want LESS regulation and we DO NOT want the government to control the internet!
Stand AGAINST Net Neutrality! Don't listen to the scare tactics!
Twitter and Facebook and Google and many other repressive corps are FOR Net Neutrality - that says it all doesn't it?
Say something the SJW's don't like and you are banned on Twitter and Facebook! Google simply skews your search results.
Freedom not Totalitarianism!
Stand AGAINST Net Neutrality! Don't listen to the scare tactics!
Twitter and Facebook and Google and many other repressive corps are FOR Net Neutrality - that says it all doesn't it?
Say something the SJW's don't like and you are banned on Twitter and Facebook! Google simply skews your search results.
Freedom not Totalitarianism!
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But...was it ransomware...
https://www.engadget.com/2017/06/29/petya-not-ransomware-attacks/
https://www.engadget.com/2017/06/29/petya-not-ransomware-attacks/
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How it *should* be is that both you and your ISP have the option to make that decision in the first place. An ISP is in business to make money, and if there is a market for a sustained throughput product, you can bet your life they will offer it, and then customers will be free to decide if they want such a thing.
Surely you don't have a problem allowing people to purchase internet packages of different bandwidths. Yet you are arguing for a one-size-fits all package where you VOIP traffic or streaming video site has dropped packets and choppy sound because somebody using the same ISP is spamming mailboxes and spam traffic is treated exactly the same.
You can't have it both ways. You can't make an argument against allowing people to buy a package from an ISP for bandwidth for one protocol without saying you're against allowing ISPs to offer more than one speed for all protocols. It is hypocritical to say people shouldn't be allowed to buy faster internet speeds for a specific protocol ... unless you also say that providers should only offer one speed for everything, regardless of what their needs are.
Surely you don't have a problem allowing people to purchase internet packages of different bandwidths. Yet you are arguing for a one-size-fits all package where you VOIP traffic or streaming video site has dropped packets and choppy sound because somebody using the same ISP is spamming mailboxes and spam traffic is treated exactly the same.
You can't have it both ways. You can't make an argument against allowing people to buy a package from an ISP for bandwidth for one protocol without saying you're against allowing ISPs to offer more than one speed for all protocols. It is hypocritical to say people shouldn't be allowed to buy faster internet speeds for a specific protocol ... unless you also say that providers should only offer one speed for everything, regardless of what their needs are.
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Thanks for the response, David! It's nice hearing the counterpoint. Something that's been very tricky about this issue is how there is certainly some potential for good improvements that could come of more technical freedom for the infrastructure. I could see allowing some sort of prioritization for "emergency" traffic, much like we do for fire trucks and ambulances on roadways, for example... But if left up to an ISP, what would be termed "emergency" traffic? The highest bidder?
If the ISP starts saying that some traffic types are more important than others (i.e. VOIP more important than mass emails) then won't some people start thinking that their email is more important than when I'm trying to play World of Warcraft (a claim I'll disagree with ;-)
I think the key dividing line may be in how much someone trusts the big carriers to use their powers for good. And personally, I really don't. Perhaps it's because the one truly terrible customer service experience I've ever encountered, the one time I got seriously angry, was with my cable company...
Another point: In your example, you mention VOIP service being impacted by spam. But ultimately, why would I not get my throughput? Is the argument for eliminating net neutrality in order to bring about speed improvements really just a way to try to avoid overall bandwidth improvements?
If the ISP starts saying that some traffic types are more important than others (i.e. VOIP more important than mass emails) then won't some people start thinking that their email is more important than when I'm trying to play World of Warcraft (a claim I'll disagree with ;-)
I think the key dividing line may be in how much someone trusts the big carriers to use their powers for good. And personally, I really don't. Perhaps it's because the one truly terrible customer service experience I've ever encountered, the one time I got seriously angry, was with my cable company...
Another point: In your example, you mention VOIP service being impacted by spam. But ultimately, why would I not get my throughput? Is the argument for eliminating net neutrality in order to bring about speed improvements really just a way to try to avoid overall bandwidth improvements?
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This article provides a convenient collection of links to Microsoft provided Security Patches for operating systems that have reached their End of Life support cycle. Included operating systems covered by this article are Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and 2008 - Both 32 and 64 Bit installs.
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Great suggestions. Good content and discussions on Post can help people. We can all be protagonists and help in the exchange, sharing, discussion, and construction of content and ideas. The content comes from the knowledge of the group that is organized in networks. Learning can occur all the time in any environment.
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