I know I haven't been writing for quite some time. I know, and I'm genuinely sorry for that. I can't help it. Workload doubled or even tripled over the past week, assignments came in torrents; I had to complete at least 5 2000-worded essays in a matter of a week, how's that, wisecrack?

Anyways, I still have a little bit of a soft side left in me, that's why I squeezed some of my time (hey, i can't be working straight w/o taking breaks right?) to write at least some garbage on ORG. Garbage, yeah, loads of them I have ready to be dished out under my sleeves, because I am in fact a garbage-full person. This is not to be mistaken with "shit-full person", just to make things clear and right. :-)

Anyways, I don't want to start off this blog the way Brett Larson would whenever he starts his Mac-Tip-Of-The-Day on Call For Help. He typically rambles (i'm just quoting him, he admitted it himself over yesterday night's show) for the first couple of minutes before getting into the "cheese". Kids, don't talk too much when you're eating the bread of your cheeseburger, head straight on to the cheese, that's what cheeseburgers are for, right? You buy it because it's cheese burger not because of the bread or onions or pickles or whatever that got sandwiched in there. So, enough of all that, straight to the cheese. Hhhmmmm....Delicious! Sorry, I'm actually darn hungry right now cuz it's already dinner time and I'm writing this while I'm supposed to be at the dinner table.

So here's the story, I got this from today's scour over the Net, and this is something very extraordinary and novel. Something I've never actually thought possible, but it's happening, the way that i foresee it, and it's kinda cool, who knows, one day you and I and every other Internet users would be using it just like a personal firewall. Cool huh? Don't believe me? Read this news clip from The Register.

Free software gives hackers taste of own medicine
by Team Register, The Register Apr 1 2003 7:51AM

IT security specialist Backfire Security today announced the availability of a software download as a discrete desk-top client application which wreaks revenge on those hackers and culprits attacking your network or infecting users with worms and/or viruses.

The freeware package - PAYBACK v1.0 - is available from www.backfiresecurity.co.uk in both PC and Mac formats.

PAYBACK v1.0 is a new kind of anti-hacker application called an IRS (Intruder Retaliation System) and is based upon "guerrilla" programming protocols and algorithms originally developed for the Chinese Space Program.

The software has the ability to instantly and dynamically 'trace' the IP source address - no matter how well masked - of the network attack/infection and respond by launching either a Domain Name or Mail Server flood attack in the direction of the attacker.

This overwhelming retaliation is then accelerated by up to 6000% per cent, according to independent tests, as the software initiates a peered "guerrilla" offensive by capturing any available waste Internet data during its transit (dropped packets, redundant addresses, undelivered mails etc) and aggregating them in the attack.

"Anyone who has ever been hacked or infected by viruses would doubtless like nothing better than to pay their attackers back with a lesson they'll never forget," said A. (Archie) Mendoza, CEO and founder of Backfire Security Inc. "Our aim is to exterminate all hackers and virus felons from the Internet by the end of 2004, and we have the unique technology to do it."

Nick Morse, managing director of Mindshare Group, Backfire's principal distributor for the UK market, said: "This is exactly what business needs to protect itself against online security threats. With an IRS lying in wait - literally anyone can get a hacker by the scruff of the neck and take them to the cleaners."

Backfire Security was founded by a group of reformed ex-hackers - among them Archie Mendoza, Tal Selley and Damien Li. The highly motivated team of "Poacher-turned-Gamekeepers" has been responsible for a range of award-winning security solutions, among them the GROWL IDS, DESTROY IPS and PEACE Security Gateway.

Headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA (USA), Backfire Security Inc. has engineering and testing development offices in Chengdu (China) and Chepstow (UK).

Isn't that cool? I bet it's gonna make a big hit soon in the security market! In fact, at this time of writing, it is such a big hit, the company's site was literally disabled because of traffic overflow. Can't wait to try out the proggy. I'll continue to try the site though or some other site that might offer the free download.

I think that's all for today and I hope I'll be back real "soon" with some other exciting news and cool stuffs.

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