: reckoning

Αυτό εστάλη στο ΕΛΛΑΚ παραμονές πρωτοχρονία 2007. Ουδέποτε πήρα κάποια απάντηση:

Πριν από κάποιες ώρες, ψάχνοντας για το όνομα κάποιου, ανακάλυψα τυχαία την ύπαρξη του αρχείου
http://www.ellak.gr/pub/opendir-2006-10-24-02-31.sql στο website σας το οποίο φαίνεται να περιέχει το dump μιας Postgres βάσης δεδομένων που περιέχει τα προσωπικά στοιχεία (τηλέφωνα, email) 1234
ατόμων–μεταξύ αυτών και εμού.

Επιπλέον, περιλαμβάνονται και τα hashed passwords όλων των καλών ανθρώπων που είχαν την αφέλεια να χρησιμοποιήσουν το ellak.gr.

Μερικές ώρες αργότερα, το αρχείο αυτό εξαφανίστηκε από το http://www.ellak.gr/pub/, δείκτης του ότι αντιληφθήκατε το σφάλμα σας και προσπαθήσατε να το καλύψετε–και όχι να το διορθώσετε.

Θεωρώ αναπόφευκτη αναγκαιότητα και αυτονόητη υποχρέωση σας να ενημερώσετε εμένα και κάθε άλλον ενδιαφερόμενο ότι τα όποια προσωπικά μου στοιχεία είχα την αφέλεια (όπως αποδεικνύεται πλέον) να σας κοινοποιήσω πιθανώς να έχουν κοινοποιηθεί σε μη εξουσιοδοτημένους
τρίτους και να έχουν πέσει σε “λάθος” χέρια. Τέτοιου είδους “νέα” είναι κρίμα να αποσιωπούνται από ένα site του οποίο η πρώτη σελίδα παρέχει νέα.

Επίσης, είναι τραγικό λάθος η απλή αφαίρεση του εν λόγω αρχείου. Αν και δεν μπορώ να γνωρίζω εάν κάνατε την σχετική αίτηση στο Google και σε άλλες μηχανές αναζήτησης, όμως γνωρίζω πως θα ήταν καλύτερο να αντικαταστήσετε το εν λόγω αρχείο με ένα κενό αρχείο ώστε να ενημερωθεί γρηγορότερα και το cache του Google. Επίσης γνωρίζω πως το hashed password μου βρίσκετε στο έλεος του κάθε ενός που μπορεί να χρησιμοποιήσει το cache της Google (http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:1i7zzUEnXTkJ:www.ellak.gr/pub/opendir-2006-10-24-02-31.sqlt=clnk&cd=2).

Ακόμα τραγικότερο είναι ότι το αρχείο αυτό βρισκόταν εκεί από τις 15 Δεκεμβρίου. Πιθανολογώ ότι υπάρχουν κάπου στο pub (hint: το pub βγαίνει από το public, ήτοι δημοσιευμένα αρχεία, όχι ήρθα από την pub και τα αρχεία μου τα βάζω στο pub) και άλλα αρχεία που περιέχουν ευαίσθητα δεδομένα.

Παρακαλώ να με κρατήσετε ενήμερο για τα του εν λόγω θέματος.

Μετά από εύλογο χρονικό διάστημα θα δημοσιεύσω τις λεπτομέρειες της εν λόγω κατάστασης στο blog μου–πιστεύω ότι θα είναι χρήσιμο για τις επόμενες γενιές εκπαιδευμένων web administrators…

Τις ευχές μου για χαρούμενα και ασφαλή Χριστούγεννα.

Με φιλικούς χαιρετισμούς,

Θεοχάρης Αθανασάκης.

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To compile without root privileges on a POSIX-compliant system:

ARCH=`uname -sm | tr " [:upper:]" "\-[:lower:]"`
./configure --prefix=$HOME/local --exec-prefix=$HOME/local/$ARCH && make && make install


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At work, the infamous microkitchens that have all the free goodies are re-filled by stewards, who are mainly Latinos, or at least Spanish-speaking.

It appears that I just made two of those Latino stewards very happy. I got a San Pellegrino water bottle from the fridge, but strangely enough it had a metal bottle crown cap that I couldn’t open because I could not find a bottle-opener. I didn’t realize there was a bottle-opener attached to the fridge, and upon asking them, one of the Latino stewards showed me. But I couldn’t use it and they had to demonstrate to me how to use it. As I was leaving, they were merrily discussing their interaction with me in Spanish.

They called me “ingeniero” and talked about “demostrar”, and “abrir la botella”. Botella is a very pretty word in Spanish.

I imagine that they will now go to their families and tell them stories about showing to smart Google ingenieros how to open botellas, and how ingenieros are incompetent when it comes to simple things like operating abrebotellas. Then, their kids will be proud of their mothers, and the husbands will tell the story to their friends over backgammon and strong turkish coffee, and one day, this story will become a legend.

Do you want to become a legend? Work at Google.

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Google is looking for full-time and Account Strategists in Athens! Pass the word along about jobs in Athens, by Google.

Openings for people fluent in Greek may be available at our European Headquarters in Dublin, Ireland.

Currently working for Google (in Mountain View, California), I can attest that it is everything a geek could dream.

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Every time I am ill, I feel I might be ill for an abnormal, prolonged, period of time, I think that I might have been infected by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. And I am terrified. I vividly recall almost fainting, upon reading statistics, and other morbid numbers.

I was reading about Tuberculosis. A month ago I had a tuberculosis test, and the impression was 6mm long. Technically, it should be 0mm.

There are several reasons one’s impression can be more than 0mm. Because one had too many Tuberculosis tests within the last 2 years. Or because the BCG immunization in one’s native country is very intense, and there are still antibodies in one’s system (thus, the test is marginally positive).

Or because one has HIV.

And I am terrified.

Or, for example, when my stomach is upset for a long time, I think that my immune system is down, and that I might have HIV. And I am terrified.

Or, for example, when my nose is runny for more than a few days, and I think that I might have HIV. And I am terrified.

Never have I ever been scared by an Arab-looking person.

Never have I ever been scared by the Orange Department of Homeland Security alert.

And I am very careful about HIV.

And I am also very careful–I always report suspicious looking objects, like wire coil wrapped around two blocks of cheese.

What is terrorism?

I know for sure that my fear of HIV is apparently irrational.

HIV terrorizes few people, and even fewer people talk about it. It actually kills 500k every year (just in the United States).

Terrorism terrorizes millions of people, and everybody talks about it. How many people has terrorism killed the part year?

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Inch by inch,
like a ninja at night,
slowly, as you walk,
about a thousand miles
your mind recalls.

At each city,
the City you love,
you learn, void of
everything you keep track,
you look back.

On a quest for your life,
to feel “here”,
somewhere less austere,
somewhere to adhere.

When you endure the Nirvana night,
as you become a proper knight of the streets,
that very second,
you’ll reckon that all those who fleeted,
on their own, they quested for justice,
and melodically you will vociferate,
that you have always been alone,
and that you’ll never be known.

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