Our security gateway to the Internet research att com provides only a limited set of services Most of the standard servers have been replaced by a variety of trap programs that look for attacks Using these we have detected a wide variety of pokes ranging from simple doorknob twisting to determined assaults The attacks range from simple attempts to log in as guest to forged NFS packets We believ...

held, dragons awaited them. As further support for the flat-Earth hypothesis , anyone who ever cared to experiment either saw an obstruction in the distance or a never-ending flat expanse no matter which direction they looked. What else could the world be but flat? The 21st century " flat world " craze, like its predecessor, also involves India and China, but it's now the transportation of bits...

The effectiveness of dietary vitamin D3 and UVb exposure on plasma vitamin D metabolites in growing bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps) was studied. A total of 84 (40 males and 44 females) newly hatched bearded dragons were allocated to six levels of oral vitamin D3 supplementation (0 to 400%) or six UVb exposure times (2 to 12 h). At 3 and 6 months of age, blood samples were obtained from each ...

Devrieseasis caused by Devriesea agamarum is a highly prevalent disease in captive desert lizards, resulting in severe dermatitis and in some cases mass mortality. In this study, we assessed the contribution of autovaccination to devrieseasis control by evaluating the capacity of 5 different formalin-inactivated D. agamarum vaccines to induce a humoral immune response in bearded dragons (Pogona...

ou have probably heard the story of St. George and the Dragon. According to legend, the Dragon caused many problems for the ancient city of Lasia, somewhere in the Middle East. Dragons are mighty, firebreathing creatures, but even in those auld times, there were brave men like St. George who slayed the Dragon, saved the city, and became a legend. In modern days we do not believe in those mythic...

This study examines the Salmonella status in reptiles kept in households with children suffering from gastroenteritis due to an exotic Salmonella serovar, to obtain information on possible transmission paths. A number of affected households (n=79) were contacted, and almost half (34/79) comprised at least one reptile in the home. Of the households, 19 were further studied, whereby a total of 36...