The DMZ

12:46 AM

chgachga chgachag chuchu

looks like I may have hit a rep train headed for 10k

oh hey,

@d3c4ff - did you see the trouble you caused over in meta on photo?

apparently mattdm and michael got in an edit war over if your last sub-question should be it's own question on the self-cleaning sensor

ut oh, I just realized I may be in mortal danger

though I'm sure it will rectify itself soon enough

Terry, you're in danger too

security.stackexchange.com/…

I'm pretty sure the universe has to wipe us from existence from being ahead of the bear in monthly rep

D3C4FF

1:15 AM

@AJHenderson Yeah i did, funny stuff.

I'm personally of the opinion to have as much in one place as possible to stop having to go from question to question. Unless the answer to one of my sub-questions is exceptionally detailed

TildalWave

@AJHenderson better start studying this page then ;) BTW each member reaching 10k has to buy a round for the whole DMZ!!

D3C4FF

@TildalWave Hellz yeah!

TildalWave

@AJHenderson link please (I think I know what you're talking about but I'm not sure... Oz people have been known to cause a stir more often than one can follow LOL)

@AJHenderson current month is so far younger than current week is :))

Terry Chia

2:16 AM

@AJHenderson Pointy ears ftw.

TildalWave

2:35 AM

2k FTW!! Editing was a pain in the butt before even if it came with small-ish rep advantage!

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!

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yeah babay!

D3C4FF

3:01 AM

@TildalWave Go shawtay!

D3C4FF

4:25 AM

Look everyone!

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Q: High-frequency noise deterrents

I've found that walking past certain boutique stores in my city that some places have installed very loud high-frequency noise generators. These cause a fair amount of discomfort for passers by that are able to hear them. My understanding is that younger people are able to hear these frequencies ...

physical

A physical security question!!

TildalWave

5:21 AM

@D3C4FF there, I even got to use street punks for the first time in my answers LOL:

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A: High-frequency noise deterrents

These devices you describe are also known as teen-repellents and take advantage of a well know fact that our hearing frequency range deteriorates with age, while it's not yet fully developed in pre-teen age. The most effective age range such devices could target is somewhere in the range of 12 to...

TildalWave

5:41 AM

@D3C4FF Honestly, I was waiting 10 minutes or so thinking you're gonna post an answer for it too :)

D3C4FF

@TildalWave Haha, there's always a first time!

@TildalWave I'm vaguely familiar with them, but only noticed them recently.

They all look fairly new, and i figure someone new is deploying them in town

Good answer :)

Assuming nothing surpasses it, i'll mark it as sold!

TildalWave

@D3C4FF god they've reached Oz have they? Get involved, have them banned ASAP

D3C4FF

@TildalWave Yeah, I was looking to find any kind of legislation banning them

TildalWave

@D3C4FF don't yet... don't tick it green yet it might deter other answers and I'd be interested to hear from others too if they have something... I need dirt on these bloody buzzers

D3C4FF

@TildalWave Nah, i usually wait at least 2 days

MMavipc

6:00 AM

@D3C4FF @TildalWave ding

D3C4FF

G'day @MMavipc :)

Hows it?

MMavipc

@D3C4FF fine, you?

D3C4FF

@MMavipc Pretty good. minus the 'teen-repellent' buzzers :P

You?

MMavipc

@D3C4FF fine, you? 'teen-repellent' buzzers?

D3C4FF

@MMavipc see chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/9239372#9239372

MMavipc

6:05 AM

@D3C4FF must be some crazy aussie thing

D3C4FF

@MMavipc apparently its some crazy UK invention... -_-

Anyway, the noise is driving me nuts.

Looking up assault laws now :P

austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/ca195882/s31.html @TildalWave @MMavipc

(b) with intent to inflict or being reckless as to the infliction of
bodily injury, pain,** discomfort, **damage, insult or deprivation of
liberty-

application of force includes-

(a) application of heat, light, electric current or any other form of
energy; and

Maybe i just print that out and staple it to their door?

MMavipc

lol

@D3C4FF do anything with reversing lately?

D3C4FF

@MMavipc Haven't had time, i've been stuck on a web-app pen-test for the past week and a bit

Almost done with testing, but now its reporting time -_-

Hence the procrastinating on Sec.Se :P

TildalWave

@MMavipc Hey! Sorry I was out walking the dog... nothing proverbial BTW LOL... Sup?

MMavipc

@TildalWave nothing much, you?

TildalWave

6:18 AM

@MMavipc good thanks :) have you worked on any CTFs these days? I have still that RE chat you had with @D3C4FF to digest one day, maybe during weekend... you know, time is in short supply ;)

MMavipc

@TildalWave not lately, one's coming up though, check the ctf room chat

TildalWave

@MMavipc ah the jeopardy one? nice never did one of those

ouch by eindbazen ... these guys are tough :)

SPAM alert, any mods around? security.stackexchange.com/a/35201/20074

Mayank Sharma

6:35 AM

Hey guys. I had a question in my mind but I feel it wont be appropriate to ask this on the main site. WiFi networks have been around since the beginning of 90s and the first wireless security standard WEP came to existence in 1999. so I wonder what were we doing for the time period before WEP. I was a kid back then ;)

I wanted to know if security was an afterthought in case of WiFi?

Rory McCune

@MayankSharma whilst I'm not directly indicating that he's old, the guy you want for that question is @RoryAlsop as he worked on wireless stuff back then...

Mayank Sharma

ohk

Rory McCune

@D3C4FF yeah I've heard of that stuff used to keep neds and chavs out of high-end stores IIRC ....

TildalWave

@RoryMcCune Morning! So you didn't indicate and you still made the turn? That will be a fine, mr.! :))

Rory McCune

@TildalWave that sounds like some weird Antipodean rule to me :op anyway I thought making fun of T'other Rory's age was always a free pass :)

TildalWave

6:49 AM

@RoryMcCune indeed! just mocking about... ;) hey did you manage to upload some clips from b-sides? or if someone else did?

Rory McCune

@TildalWave there were some pictures that one of the crew put up, I've not seen any more although I believe there will be videos at some point...

So I get to subject everyone to me speaking quickly in a thick scottish accent again :)

TildalWave

@RoryMcCune hehe looking forward then

(I hear it's all the rage now)

D3C4FF

@TildalWave Spamming the crap out of everything security.stackexchange.com/users/25484/ica

@RoryMcCune Yeah its got me bothered enough to look into legal solutions, if only to cause them about the same amount of headache

TildalWave

@D3C4FF thanks I think I managed to edit all of them to remove the offending part, I'll keep a lookout until some mode comes and kicks his butt

Rory McCune

@D3C4FF yeah I'd be dubious about the legality of it.. you'd think that some kind of discrimination law would apply...

D3C4FF

7:01 AM

@RoryMcCune Its Assault in my opinion...

TildalWave

@D3C4FF I think some community protection script kicked in and unregistered that account

D3C4FF

@RoryMcCune Since it causes me discomfort (and potentially damages my hearing) while applying energy to me (in the form of sound) i think it legally applies

@TildalWave security.stackexchange.com/users/25484/ica Still looks like its there?

TildalWave

ica

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man-in-the-middle penetration-test protocols threat-mitigation web-application compliance cryptography

@D3C4FF unregistered ... looks like that's what the system does, the rest will have to be cleaned up by mods

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Q: Spam in Q&A - Any advised handling protocol?

We've been hit by another one of those pesky spam messages posted as an answer today. I won't post a link as it wouldn't make much sense, considering it ought to be deleted any minute now, but I was wondering what is the advised way of handling such occurrences for us non-moderators? What I did ...

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Posted a q on meta to see what's the official word on how we should handle this

Additionally, does the community have any way of automatically removing/detecting spammy messages after (like in today's case) 5 posts quickly appear with the same link and get massively downvoted? — D3C4FF 42 secs ago

@D3C4FF yup this too... I'm not gonna edit it in, I think it's a given that anyone that'll read it and can answer will read all of it

D3C4FF

@TildalWave Sounds good to me

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