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Framedragger: almost as if the thing would need to wait and then send a challenge to that same nick, but this is kinda promisetronic i guess.
Framedragger: mircea_popescu: what does that accomplish? !!v to show that key i'm registering is indeed owned by me?
Framedragger: (-NickServ- You have 30 seconds to identify to your nickname before it is changed.)
Framedragger: "tl;dr: OVH had an issue where your second network card was connected to other servers in the datacenter. This allowed you to run a DHCP server and offer a gateway. This also allows you to MITM several machines outbound traffic, I had 35 machines responding back with DHCP Leases and about 4 routing outbound traffic to me as their router."
Framedragger: re 'years from now', guess so, can't see why not. fun exploit times! (but seriously, opened ticket at $provider to query about a xeon cpu)
Framedragger: funny: if one were to follow intel's route of patching firmware, as regards say x220s, lenovo gives update in the form of windows executables
☟︎ Framedragger: ('provisioning' (see link) is (i think) a separate thing.)
Framedragger: *actually*, one needs to ask their hosting providers if AMT is enabled (BIOS setting), wouldn't hurt
Framedragger: "we have very different notions of 'vouch' in our minds, friendo"
Framedragger: "I can vouch for iluvbitcoins. I haven't dealt with him but I have a spoken to him a few times a while back." what
Framedragger: i suppose the alternative is not necessarily "buy up bitcoin" (somehow stuck in mind), but invest in business (and possibly (non-nato, or w/e) real estate). (not against my current plans, just, can't do all at once (yet))
Framedragger: i use wikipedia for quick lookup of $topic sometimes; i also use it as "collection of references to other places" thing. is this fundamentally toxic? maybe.
Framedragger: so the disagreement stems from that (naive) premise. other parts of reasoning i cannot disagree with, of course.
Framedragger: i admit that i still have this notion of "global internet" in my mind, as a +ev thing.
Framedragger: we block idiot "write access", so to speak. not blacklisting IPs in logotrons (yet!)
Framedragger finds any "blocking" to be retarded on a fundamental level
Framedragger: mircea_popescu: they have massive firewall, blocking at will. could be not a problem, depending on business case of customers of course. and i guess the counter would be "everyone does"
Framedragger: unfortunately northern syria (rojava) uses internet via turkish radio towers (checked / had chat with them once). that'd be an interesting location (kurdish autonomous region; i mean, while it lasts....)
Framedragger: pete_dushenski: curious how much they'd quote for 256 GB ECC ram :) (phuctor)
Framedragger: but yes, saving over multiple decades, different thing *entirely*, of course of course.
Framedragger: mircea_popescu: right, insane inflation. counterpoint "it's all about timing and location" anecdote (purely for entertainment): dad worked in chocolate factory in u.s. back in ~1991, for 2-3mo.; went home with ~ $1k, bought car and flat. ppp!
Framedragger: (also, by 'usd' meant a portfolio of different fiats)
Framedragger: (just to be clear, this is another is/ought, i was doing the "is" (imho) part ^, not "ought", of course)
Framedragger: mircea_popescu: alright, more than that: i place higher odds of usd surviving in 2050 if put against btc surviving in 2050. why: a very primitive "age of existence" heuristic. and, i don't trust EC crypto, like, you know, no-one here does. so not willing to put retirement savings into btc. it adds up, utilities, retirement.
Framedragger checks, can't yet pay for utilities with non-fiat
Framedragger: mircea_popescu: there is that. point is, world is ~sheep (when approximated/rounded), they have fiatbux/lifedebtbux, they don't care about these things, intel's profits come at scale, hence investing into "decent tech" is not business-viable. is all i'm sayin'.
Framedragger: yes but this is a bit circular, one of those "prove P: if tmsr, then P; ergo, P"
Framedragger: anyway, i don't see much outrage in regards to intel ME outside of tmsr et al.
Framedragger: they just use linux and do not give a fuck about getting fucked in ass if money keeps flowing in. money from business and customers who *are not* high-principled powerusers
Framedragger: asciilifeform: that's the more dramatic take on it; the other one is "most of linux powerusers are dirt poor, and there aren't many of them [and the companies which *run* on linux do not count as part of the former group.]"
Framedragger: amd dropped coreboot support in (iirc) 2013 *because* it deemed it not profitable. impact to business probably ~0.
Framedragger: (at least in intel ME, from slides i infer that if it doesn't detect the "ME firmware part in BIOS flash", it doesn't even turn on?)
Framedragger: mircea_popescu: machine doesn't boot if you do, it's for enterprise security you understand
Framedragger: asciilifeform: no, but the src of the separate kernel at the very least. "gotta start somewhere", again. but yeah i know, sisyphus much
Framedragger: access to main memory, access to *network* (complete bypass of cpu), yeahyeah... amazing
Framedragger: amd "kinda said" they may release full src for coreboot et al., but obvs no dice yet
Framedragger: asciilifeform: yeah apparently. but gotta start somewhere. and yeh i understand that shit's different *again* since then
Framedragger: (sorry for low-level noise, just for posterity.)
Framedragger: summary of short chat with cherryservers (hey can't hurt): they used to offer colo but do no more (hmh); they "may" consider attaching "arduino-sized" (my description) hardware device, will report back tomorrow after consulting with technicians when they are in.
Framedragger: curious, what is phuctor's cpu? xeon e5-4620? v2/v3/v4?
Framedragger posts ad, "need slavegirls, for mopping -- my backlog"
Framedragger: could it be legitimate concern of space in their cramped cages that they are worrying about? (i know, naive interpretation)
Framedragger: maybe a matter of renting rack unit vs rack vs cage
Framedragger: mircea_popescu: what do you mean, do you mean resistance against colocating?
Framedragger: cherryservers do seem nice but their nato affiliation is over 9000 hah
Framedragger: some providers may agree to attach usb devices. iirc (possibly) leaseweb. (based in .nl, i know, but they also fought some 'give us yer customers' cases iirc)
Framedragger: (iirc pinspb hosts, or is related to 2x4 dns boxes. would need to dig up)
Framedragger: asciilifeform: yeah, but they don't offer colo, at least upon initial glance. can send query, of course. but may as well deal with their upstream DCs
Framedragger: yepyep. i must say that i had not dealt with them directly, ever. but it came up in my 'ok so what actual non-nato providers/DCs could i use?'
Framedragger recalls using some 'virtual gold' 'incorporated in panama' company currency to trade goods. sustainable? no. can make it werk for specific trades? can do!
Framedragger: ^ can purchase ip blocks via 'em, too, for good price; etc.
Framedragger: btw, if anyone is considering doing the isp thing, one of the potential providers which offers colo is
https://pinspb.ru/ (doesn't look serious i know, but after some research it turns out to have close ties to 2x4.ru, and that's not a bad sign.)
Framedragger: mircea_popescu: i'll mention one thing tho: you cited "$10k+ / year" figures and all that, but just ftr i don't believe the actual *profit margin* (vs. revenue) would be decent. that said, this should of course be researched.
Framedragger: olook the backdoor is an actual backdoor! good call on opteron asciilifeform :)
Framedragger: whatever my gripes with teh mp-way, /me been personal fan of mpex design and opsec since day 1 ;)
Framedragger: ^ good reminder why any trust on 'origin ip' is moot eh!
Framedragger: mircea_popescu: yeah i guess it's just a specific case of a general meh-thing
Framedragger: it quotes some statement official or w/e, but is there
Framedragger: mats: sure, sure. but it's *particularly* in-your-face when you're pitching and saying "we can track X down so you can er lawfully take care of em"
Framedragger: saw 'em in seoul, too. "meh", let them be, no?
Framedragger: not sure if falun gong really had done much at that point. but cisco wiretapping was used to track 'em down and kill 'em
Framedragger: i still say 'fuck you cisco' for pitching (and later selling) customised surveillance infrastructure to china by saying that its shit can "combat ‘Falun Gong’ evil religion and other hostiles" (sic)