This Week In Tech: Episode 6 Outline
May 30, 2005
With Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Robert Heron, David
Prager, Roger Chang, Yoshi
Contacting the
TWIT SHOW
www.ThisWeekinTech.com
Skype handle: thisweekintech
(206) 339-TWIT through K7 (Seattle)
Questions@thisweekintech.com
TWIT Blogs
Intro.
ITEM #1 GOOGLE
Will Google filter their info for China like Yahoo?
Google Portal
Google maps + Craig’s list = badass
Google Suggest
Google Ride finder
Microsoft employees going to Google
Working at Google Labs
GoogleOS?
ITEM #2 David
Prager on 3G
3G system on CDMA back bone
EDVO to do Webserver
ITEM #3 YAHOO
Music
Statutory File traders treated worse than child molesters in
prison
Yahoo! Music vs. iTunes
Video iPod?
Wireless headphone, WMA iPod
Hilary Rosen
David Prager - Ratings up on Attack of the Show
ITEM #4 ROGER
CHANG on E3
E3
Xbox 360 infomercial
Nintendo announced the Nintendo “Revolution”
Console hype
Xbox 360 (3 3.2GHz + 500MHz ATI) vs. PS3 (Cell Processor
3GHz)
Xbox release this fall
PSP Sales
TWIT Console Picks
(Xbox 360 or PS3):
Yoshi Xbox
Roger Xbox (MicroSoft Media extender)
Patrick PS3
Leo Xbox
DVD Wars
Blu Ray in PS3
What will studios put their media content on?
ITEM #5 QUESTION
Brendan, MD Will PS3 have iTunes (will it be a media Coverence device), will this be a
threat to Rental services such as Netflix and BlockBuster?
What storage will PS3
use?
Microsoft’s Strangle hold on online Distribution
ITEM #6 QUESTION Carrey N.C.
Early online release of Revenge of the Sith and resulting success undercut the
MPAA position on online movies?
Discussion of fans and quality of DVDs
ITEM #7 QUESTION Dorthy [TWIT icon designer] 10-20 year
vision of technology impacting everyday life (positive and negative)?
Negative:
Patrick - Terminator
Roger - Mad Max
Rich will get Richer and Poor will get Poorer
Positive:
Robert - Huge TV’s at great prices (Max Headroom?)
Nano tech very bad or very good
Leo – Biotech will be bigger than
ITEM #8 TWIT PLUGS
Patrick Norton
Extremetech.com
Extremeipod.com
[cut the TWIT cast to 8-track and vinyl]
Leo Laporte
Leo World Tour in Athens,
Ohio [South East
Ohio Macromedia
User’s Group]
Roger Chang
Still on GameSpot
ITEM #9 KEVIV ROSE’s
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT
conquer
IPTV
Kevin’s start on the Screen Savers
Connection with Alex Albrecht
What happened the day they laid off Alex, Yosh and
Robert?
Why was the Screen Savers name changed to Attack
of the Show?
What do Leo & Kevin think about Attack of the
Show, Kevin Pereira and the G4 crew?
http://thebroken.org
http://systm.org
Leo and Kevin Rose covered in Bear grease
ITEM #10 THE MAN
TRYING TO KEEP US DOWN!
Man never understood tech
Remember Napster
ITEM #11 IT’S A
BOY! MINI YOSH
The future is here.
Its just not evenly distributed yet.—William Gibson
Contacting the
TWIT SHOW
Skype handle: thisweekintech
(206) 339-TWIT through K7 (Seattle)
Questions@thisweekintech.com
Leo@Thisweekintech.com
Kevin@Thisweekintech.com
Robert@Thisweekintech.com
Is the KitKat Club a Canadian strip club? Enquiring TWITS want to know.
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This Week In Tech: Episode 5 Outline.
May 28, 2005
Get this podcast at http://www.leoville.tv/bt/
Featuring: Leo Laporte, Kevin Rose, Patrick Norton, Robert Heron, Yoshi Herrerra
Intro.
Drinking Caffeine
How many TWIT Torrents are being downloaded?
Contribute to the TWIT. Donation will go toward the new equipment for the next show
Roger Chang & David Prager with E3 Update on Episode 6.
Patrick Norton on Security Updates
Firefox – big updates
Itunes – has buffer overflow
Mozilla 1.4 – mozilla.org/security
Firefox has more exploits than I.E.? What do the TWITS use?
Xbox 360
20 Gig hard drive, 3 Powerpc processors + 500MHZ ATI processor
Xbox 360 coverage on Mtv
The TWIT comment on the future gaming systems
Contacting the TWIT SHOW
Skype handle: thisweekintech
(206) 339-TWIT through K7 (Seattle)
ITEM # 1 – QUESTION: Aaron, Maine Hardware Hacking Resources:
Kevin’s overclocked toothbrush
Aaron asks for TWITS recommendation on Resources
Yoshi gives advice
Google “how to soder”
And other resources will be posted on his blog
ITEM #2 - BATTLESTAR GALACTICA – BITorrent vs. Traditional Broadcasting
Early release of BSG online actually
increases fan base!
SourceForce Project – Broadcast
Machine (Beta)
Bittorrent to create a “Television
Station” with your computer
Participatoryculture.org
Motion Picture of
Association of America
(MPAA) Taking action against
Bitorrents
Robert Heron on projector technology and digital delivery systems (1080P)
Star Wars Revenge of the Sith
ITEM #3 – QUESTION Johnathan, NY –Who will the win in the DVD format wars? Will the Standard unify into one?
Remember to turn off your TV
before you ask questions, you
TWITS
Sony vs. Toshiba (HDDVD vs. Blu
Ray)
Multi format drives
ITEM #4 – Leo does best impression of BILL GATES Comments on IPOD
MP3 player battle (Sony vs. Nokia
vs. Apple)
Video IPOD??!!
Leo played volley ball with Steve
Job’s
Apple and Sony flirting
ITEM #5 – QUESTIONS [TWIT Soldier] Philip, AUS – What do I encode with?
Getting the right bit rates, right
resolution and quality
Nero Divx, XVid and others
Some one needs to hack the PSP
Quicktime Pro (recommended)
ITEM #6 – QUESTION [TWIT Soldier] Ashley, UK – What components do you recommend for building a PC for gaming and high res. Graphics editing?
Kevin’s picks
Yoshi’s picks
AMD Mobile
Robert Heron’s builds
Patrick gives advice on purchasing
video card for graphics editing
Magic Bullet plug-in and faster
rendering
Awaiting the Direct X upgrade
ITEM #7 – QUESTION [TWIT Soldier] Tristen, ILL – What kind of processor will the computers of the future use?
Intel’s optical chip proto-type
Leo on the Play Station 3’s Cell
Processor, Distributed Processing
and next generation processing
ITEM #8 — QUESTION [TWIT Soldier] Mike, Fl – What is everyone looking forward to at the E3?
Roger will give a report on E3 next
week
ITEM #9 — Release of the Systm – 23rd May Release date
ITEM #10 – QUESTION [TWIT Soldier] Is the PSP worth buying?
Portable gaming device that is
highly hackableRead feeds
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The best way to predict the future… invented yourself. – Leo Laporte
Contacting the TWIT SHOW
Skype handle: thisweekintech
Phone: (206) 339-TWIT through K7 (Seattle)
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Review of ROTSS Episode 2
May 27, 2005
I saw episode 2 of the ROTSS which is now called TWIT or This Week in Tech. I think it is a great show. It is like the Screen Savers to the 2nd power because you've got Leo Laporte, KRose, Patrick Norton, and Robert Heron (even Dovorak show up, kind of).
I listened to the podcast right after seeing Systm. Systm is great but it doesn't give me the feel of being the Screen Savers. TWIT definitely delivered. They talked about Hitch Hiker's Guide the the Galaxy, they talked about the trailer for Serinity. They went tech and discussed Long Horn and OS X and some old formats that didn't work. They talked about Digg.com and boxedthoughts.com. They even took a couple of audio emails. I am impressed. I will be surprised if no one picks these guys up to do another Screen Savers like show. Unfortunately, the best candidate would be G4TV.
You know I don't have anything bad to say about any of the tech show (Broken, Systm or TWIT). I guess it would be like a starving man complaining about a cracker. There is such a void on TV when it comes to actual tech. Yet its the Information Age and our reliance on computers and the Internet continue to grow exponentially at scary proportions. It will always amaze me that G4 did not take advantage of the existing market that was held by TechTv. It has pushed us all completely on line to get the content we crave. The original crew have really formed a bond with their viewers that is begining to approach Trekie level… o.k. maybe not that crazy.
p.s. thebroken kicks TWITS ASSSS!! They just need to get Leo Laporte on there. Get Leo in some fly Pimp Gear, put a hoe on each arm and them let him school us on Mac hacking. That would be the SHIZNIT!
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Review of the Systm (the bittoreent)
May 27, 2005
I'm a huge fan of the old Screen Savers show. I had recorded
all the last (and in my oppinion) the best Screen Savers shows that
featured the HILARIOUS Alex Albrech and Tech Talented Kevin Rose.
The show was out of control. I laughed out loud on every single
show. I thought they'd finally established a groove and you could
feel it in the voice and reaction of the fans that were screamed in the
audience and callers.
And then my wife erased all the files from my DVR which I planned on downloading and keeping forever… Why… Why, honey.
I eventually got over it. But then out of the
blue G4, fired half the original crew and hired geek gamers
and gear whores from like three other shows. WTF. That
asian chick is kinda tasty [some kinda of freaky asian fetish I have]
but those other pukes
make me want to turn off the TV. Kevin Pereira has become
the face of all things unholy. For me he represents the end of
the Screen Savers. I know its not his fault, but someone must
suffer for this atrocity.
What followed was scandalous. They changed the whole format of the show and nuked Screen Savers.
Attack of the Show was born. It was like seeing Anakin Skywalker
get sedused by the darkside. I felt betrayed.
But now there is a New Hope. The first Systm show is pure, unforgiving, hardcore tech. Kevin Rose and Dan Huard host the show in a smooth, effective rythm that leaves you hungry for more.
In there first show they talk about WarSpying, something they
covered briefly on the Screen Savers. These geeks actually tell
you how to create a hand held WarSpying device that you plug into
your car to drive around and pick up unencrypted Video feeds from CCTVs
in peoples homes and commercial establishments. I will admit I
thought is was Geeked OUT! But whenever people start breaking out
the soder sucker and microchips my eyes start glazing over.
Electronics is TOTAL magic to me. But the message is clear.. get
CCTV, home and commercial security cameras with built in
encryption.
It was a good show. Kevin once again shows his amazing skills
in producing quality, quality content leaning toward my one of my
favorite subjects, security. If you are a fan of the old Screen
Savers and you're a TRUE geek you will love Systm.
p.s. theBroken kicks Systms ASS, but I ain't one to gossip.. so you ain't heard that from me.
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Security+ Authentication Methods Explained: Kerberos, CHAP, Certificates
May 26, 2005
Authentication and Crypto are two of the hardest subject for me. So I've tried to break each one down in terms I can understand. I've only gotten up the Certificates. I'll finish the others soon.
1.2 Recognize and be able to differentiate and explain the following methods of authentication · Kerberos
· CHAP (Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol)
· Certificates
· Username / Password
· Tokens
· Multi-factor
· Mutual
· Biometrics
The following definitions are necessary to understand the different methods of
Authentication:
Authentication: Verification of person who created or sent the data and the integrity of the data.
Data Integrity: Assurance (confidence) that the data created or sent by an authenticated person has not been corrupted and/or tampered with, data is in original form.
Principal: Authenticated person.
Peer: client or user trying to get authenticated
Verifier : server or application approving the principal. CHAP term is “authenticator.” These terms are used interchangeably.
Hackers tools make it very easy to “sniff” out passwords and logins over a network or computers and allow unauthorized programs or users to impersonate authorized users. That is why authentication is so important to computer security.
Kerberos
Kerberos was created in the ’80 by MIT’s Athena Project. Kerberos is a distributed application that works over a network. A Kerberos client acts on behalf of the principal to authenticate with a verifier without exposing the users data to hacker tools.
The Kerberos client sends encrypted messages to the verifier. These messages are time stamped and sent using Kerberos protocol. Kerberos protocol is based on the Needham and Schroeder authentication protocol. The current implementation of Kerberos uses Data Encryption Standard (DES).
CHAP (Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol)
The CHAP authenticator (a.k.a verifier) randomly sends “challenge” message to the peer (a.k.a client, or user). The responses with a value that calculated by running the “challenge” message through a one way hash function (using MD5). The authenticator checks the message against its own calculations.
CHAP replaces Password Authentication Protocol (PAP) which sends logins and passwords CLEAR TEXT over the network. Upon initial connection between peer and authentication CHAP is used and maybe used over and over again as the authenticators sends random challenge messages.
The disadvantage is that the challenge message is sent in plain text allowing a hacker to possible capture the data and do a Man in the Middle attack.
Certificates
Certificates are used a lot on web pages with a need for strong security. Certificates are based on two or more people or groups using a trusted third party to confirm that each of the two parties are who they claim to be. Certificates provide public-key infrastructure (PKI) solutions. Certificates are provided by Certificate Authorities such as thawte and VeriSign. These, and other Certificate Authorities, act as a third party issuing Private keys to organization, groups and/or persons and confirm the identities of by verifying the issued private key with a public key. Usually Certificate Authorities us a secure method of communication called Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to send and receive messages. SSL was developed by Netscape. SSL uses a private key to encrypt data over the SSL connections. Secure Http is an alternative to SSL. Public keys are not need for S-Http or SSL. When a secure session is occurring when the URL turns from HTTP to HTTPS.
Issues digital IDs to enable authenticated, 128-bit SSL encryption that secure e-commerce and online payments across the Internet.
References
- Neuman b. & Theodore T. Kerberos: An Authentication Service for Computer Networks. USC/ISI Technical Report number ISI/RS-94-399. http://www.isi.edu/gost/publications/kerberos-neuman-tso.html
- Simpson W. PPP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP), RFC 1994 (RFC1994). Internet RFC Archives. August 1996 http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1994.html
- Karve, Anita. SSL and S-HTTP: Secure Communication over the Internet. 1 Jan 1997. Networkmagazine.com
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/SSL.html
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Importance of applying security to your system
May 26, 2005
This is an update on my first post about the removing the trojan called smithfraud. I help my friend get rid of the trojan and had the system purring, but shortly after he got back on the Internet with no protection and got hacked again. This time worse then before. Not only did he get smithfraud AGAIN but he got some crap I never even heard of. I may have to wipe his entire hard drive.
I constantly tell him how important it is to secure your system even if your on dial-up. Just having Sp2 for XP is not enough. I recommend at least a firewall.
If you have a broadband connection check out my walk through on securing broadband Internet connections.
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Common Criteria, the Rainbow Series and Windows 2K
May 26, 2005
Windows 2000 was awarded the Common Criteria Certificate. This
is the first Microsoft Operating System to receive such a prestigious
certification putting it on the same level as SecureOS Solaris Unix,
both built on an operating system that has been around for over thirty
years. This document will explain what the Common Criteria Certificate is, how a vendor achieves it and why a vendor would want it.
Common Criteria is based on the idea of a sound way of evaluating the security of an operating system. Common Criteria has evolved over the years. Security evaluation criteria goes back to the ‘70’s. The
first standard for this criteria was published in the United States
Trusted Computer Systems Evaluation Criteria (TCSEC), the “Orange Book.” It was published in 1985 by the National Security Agency. Europe
came up with similar standards in an effort to create an international
standard called Information Technology Security Evaluation and
Certification (ITSEC) in 1991. This led to the CC Editorial Board (CCEB) which was formed establishing globally recognized standards for security evaluation (dinopolis). Each country has its own organization that enforces and advertises these international standards. In the United States,
both the NSA and the National Institute of Standards and Technology
meet the security and testing needs of Information Technology producers
and consumers. They do this through a joint program called the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP). The responsibilities of these organization are outlined in the Computer Security Act of 1987 (epic).
In order for a vendor to be awarded the Common Criteria Certification it must pass all required tests for a security certification accepted in 15 countries. There
are three parts to the CC: 1) Introduction and general model, is the
introduction to the CC. It defines general concepts and principles of
IT security evaluation and presents a general model of evaluation. 2)
Security functional requirements, establishes a set of security
functional components as a standard way of requirements for Targets of
Evaluation (TOEs). 3) Security assurance
requirements, establishes a set of assurance components as a standard
way of expressing the assurance requirements for TOEs (CRYPTIC).
Common Criteria is essential particularly in these times of heightened Information security awareness. The CC Certification is verification that the operating system has met a specific level of security. Consumers
are more likely to purchase an operating system that is internationally
accredited than one with just a good reputation.
This certification took Microsoft three years and millions of dollars to attain. Very few companies have the time, money and resources to reach this level security. According to Microsoft they obtained the Common Criteria “because its evaluation and certification process helps consumers make informed security decisions (Microsoft).”
Works Cited
Dinopolis. Common Criteria History. 11 May 2001. http://www.dinopolis.org/documentation/misc/theses/hhaub/node78.html
NIAP. Common Criteria Evaluation Verification Scheme.
Electronic Privacy Center. Computer Security Act of 1987. http://www.epic.org/crypto/csa/
Microsoft. Windows 2000 achieves the Common Criteria Certificate. 29 Oct 2002.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/server/evaluation/news/bulletins/cccert.asp#top
Radium. The Rainbow Series Library. 28 June 2000.
http://www.radium.ncsc.mil/tpep/library/rainbow/
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I finally found Cat Schwartz or Kat Shwartz
May 25, 2005
The reason I haven’t been able to find Cat Schwartz is because I’ve been spelling her name with a “K” Kat Schwartz. My graMARr and speling Good, it is not.
Silly me. Shes at Catschwartz.com [dead and gone]a pretty cool blog hi tech mommy. I feel so empty now that I’ve found you Catherine.
I know I should be happy but the guess I let the obsession of finding you fill me for so long that it began to comfort me. Wait… perhaps I can meet you in REAL life. Just kidding Cat, I’m not really psycho. Or am I?
Contact Cat:
TheTechChick@gmail.com[dead?]
Cat Schwartz Obsession:
http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/Catherine_Schwartz_Fan_Club/
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Popularity: 3% [?] ISP versus the SSAAMay 25, 2005 As While it is a little frustrating that I'm Once I get a handle on the ISP I have a feeling that it will lead me to great things. Popularity: 1% [?] Internet Revolution for old TechTV crewMay 23, 2005 Something is happening. G4TV has made the mistake of releasing Mr. Kevin Rose from his contract on ”Attack of the Show.” Kevin is about to go buck wild and cause some sort of Internet revolution by releasing ground breaking HIGH QUALITY technical shows similar to what used to be on TechTV (before it was seduced by the Dark Side). He is going to be hooking up with some Internet Celebs like: Dan Huard
O.k. all they need now is Alex Albretch (former SAIC employee), Kat Swartz (hottie who seems to have fallen off the face of the Earth) and Lockergnome (don't remember his name but its that guy that used to host Call For Help–man, I hated that show, but Lockergnome has a pretty kick ass site in my useless opinion). My only question is how the hell will they get paid. Donations are cool but I'm not sure if donations alone will pay the light bills. They shouldn't have a problem though. Their names alone will get them $100K traffic and thousands of dollars in ads. That is a winning combination. This is a comprehensive list of all the most popular TechTV folks and where they are now. from Redlobo dot com. Here is Kevin's call to arms: After several weeks of lawyer negotations with G4, they have agreed to release me from my contract. Friday May 27th 2005 marks my last day on the G4 network. I’m leaving G4 so that I can focus on what I love most, in-depth tech content. Starting with today’s premiere release of our new tech HOW-TO show ’Systm,’ we will begin to build a network of technology television programming from the ground up. While Systm and thebroken will be our two flagship shows, in time, we hope to add more shows to the schedule with former TechTV cast members you all know and love. All episodes will be released free of charge, in a variety of formats (Theora, Xvid, WMV, H.264, PSP), wrapped in RSS (for vidcasting), and liscensed under the Creative Commons. Popularity: 2% [?]
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