[Stunaep]

Could some of you SCP dudes/dudes with l33t programming sk1llz recommend/code me a small proggy that would check for an internet connection, say every five minutes, and then log the outages into a convienient log file.

Example.

Log.txt.

Outage start: 19:30
Outage end: 20:35

Outage start: 21:15
Outage end: 21:20

Please?

[Ashrak]

...... why? because of todays ADSL server crash?

[Stunaep]

because of the random outages of the Starman internet service several times a day. I want to log every outage they make, and stuff it under their noses by the end of the month, and demand my money back

[Ashrak]

they wont give it to you...

[Stunaep]

actually, based on some of the newspapers from a while ago, they should.

And if they don't, I have some material to give to the newspapers for scandal material

[kasperl]

erm, Stunaep, how is the machine this is going to be used on connected to the web?

[Stunaep]

through cable.

[kasperl]

directly?
no router and stuff?

[Tian Guan]

I swear to God, you tell him he needs a firewall and I'll kill you.

[vyper]

[q]I swear to God, you tell him he needs a firewall and I'll kill you."[/q]

U Disagree?

[Tian Guan]

Nobody needs a firewall.

Firewalls are like Security for Dummies. Sure, it's a good idea to have one anyway, but to say a firewall is an essential part of using the internet is sufficiently dumb as to incur my awesome and terrifying wrath.

[vyper]

[q]but to say a firewall is an essential part of using the internet is sufficiently dumb as to incur my awesome and terrifying wrath.[/q]

May I say, thats an incredibly arrogant and rather foolhardy statement. A virus such as MBlaster can be stopped if a firewall is hiding any appropriate ports. Say a virus that calls home infects your system, any good firewall will report the attempt and allow you to block access. All of this leads to increased security. Beyond all this is does a basic job at stopping hackers penetrating your system.

All in all, any average net user should have some form of firewall installed even if its the basics like Zone Alarm freeware.

[Tian Guan]

.......If your machine is patched, as any good user will have made sure, Blaster does ****-all.

[Flaser]

Amen to that.

It saved my hide twice ever since MSBlast.

It's nothing serious...but it was never ment to be.

[Tian Guan]

Guys, if your machine is flawed, a firewall ain't gonna help. Frankly, if you don't patch and update your software, you deserve to be hacked. Hell, you shouldn't even have a computer if you don't know how to look after it.

A firewall is just the lazy mans way of defending himself. It's like going out in the lighting with an umbrella. Sure, it'll keep the rain off, but the second a lightning bolt notices your holding a huge metal rod, BLAMO!!! You're fried.

[vyper]

Thats an incredibly odd comparison, frankly, and I'd rather have even a small firewall than nothing.

I used blaster as an example but the principle could apply to other "non-patch" viruses, where its not a software specific fault.

[Tian Guan]

You have basically 2 types of 'virus'. Ones that exploit code and ones that exploit human stupidity.

Patches fix the first kind and a BSOD fixes the latter.

If you patch your software and get infected with a virus, it's your own damn fault and deserve to suffer.

Besides, it's no good just having a firewall blocking ports if there's still a virus on your machine deleting all your files.

Patches + Virus Scanner > *Firewall.

[Stunaep]

no firewall.

now, back to the topic, please

[vyper]

[q]If you patch your software and get infected with a virus, it's your own damn fault and deserve to suffer.[/q]

Again, a very arrogant statement and not very accurate. You can have all the up-dates in the world installed, it still won't stop someone exploiting your ports being more open and accessible than a room full of hookers.

[vyper]

Ach, alright stu, this just gets on my nerves.