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Peanut Farm show
in Tifton Jan. 15
The University of Georgia
Tifton Campus will be the cen
ter for all-things peanuts for
growers and industry person
nel on Thursday, Jan. 15, when
the UGA Tifton Campus Con
ference Center hosts the annual
Georgia Peanut Farm Show.
Held at the conference cen
ter for the third consecutive
year, the show is designed to
inform and educate farmers
and consultants. It also show
cases the latest peanut equip
ment and technology. UGA
economists, pathologists and
entomologists from the Col
lege of Agricultural and Envi
ronmental Sciences will also
be on hand to provide industry
updates.
“This is the largest farm
show for peanuts in any state in
the Southeast,” said Scott
Monfort, UGA Extension
peanut agronomist. “The Geor
gia Peanut Farm Show is al
ways well attended, and
attendance seems to be grow
ing now that it’s in Tifton.”
More than 100 exhibits will
be set up. The college will hold
a peanut production seminar
and a peanut seed seminar. The
event begins at 7:30 a.m. and
ends at 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 15.
“It’s a celebration of the in
dustry,” said Joe West, assis-
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275,000 times with over 900
successful hacks.
The hackers cracked the
username and password com
bination over 900 times and
had access to the server, but
kippo is designed for this and
continues to pretend to be a
real server. The hacker can use
commands just like an actual
server. They can download
files, which kippo stores in a
folder for research later, and
connect to other computers or
servers. Most of the files kippo
collected were scripts used to
connect the computer to a
larger network of hacked com
puters. The good news is that
the username for kippo was
“root” and the password was
“password 1” yet the hackers
only succeeded in .32% of
their attacks on the kippo hon
ey pot.
THE SCARY HACKS
The kippo honeypot was at
tacked the most often, but the
scariest attacks were made on
the conpot honeypot. Conpot
emulates industrial control
services such as those used to
run power plants and other util
ities we all rely on daily. Ac
cess to real world industrial
control services would give the
hacker the ability to shut down
hydroelectric power plants;
cause floods by opening or
closing dams; and control util
ities such as municipal water or
gas.
There is no good news from
tant dean on the UGA Tifton
Campus. “Farmers need the
latest and greatest technology
to continue being successful.
It’s really important to learn
about the latest chemical tech
nology and what government
regulations are in place.”
UGA made improvements
in and around the Tifton Cam
pus Conference Center to
allow for better access to the
peanut show. A large door was
constructed at the conference
center to allow for the largest
equipment to be moved inside
for display. A dirt runway for a
crop-dusting plane was also
created. The runway is located
across from the conference
center and will allow planes to
be displayed at the conference
center.
Georgia produces 49 per
cent of all U.S. peanuts, and is
the largest producer of peanuts
in the country. According to
the UGA Center for Agribusi
ness and Economic Develop
ment, Georgia produced
428,550 acres in 2013, which
led to $507 million in farm
gate value.
For more information on the
January farm show, contact the
Georgia Peanut Commission at
(229) 386-3470 or visit
www.gapeanuts .com.
the attack data on the conpot
honeypot. It was attacked over
30,000 times and the hackers
got in over 27,000 times. They
were successful 90% of the
time and the methods used to
infiltrate conpot were more so
phisticated than the methods
used against kippo.
Wordpot emulates a Word-
Press blog and presents itself to
hackers as a live version of
WordPress on a web server.
The only real reasons to hack
WordPress is to either deface
the website or use it to infect
internet browsers with mali
cious software. Hackers at
tacked the wordpot honeypot a
little over 20,000 times with
less than a 5% success rate.
The hackers that succeeded
tried to add web pages to the
server that linked to websites
known to host malicious soft
ware. Basically, they hijack a
website and the visitors, who
probably trust the website be
cause they visit it often, are
sent to a cloned version instead
of the real website. The cloned
version will install software or
hijack web browsers on the
visitor’s computer. In other
cases, downloads or links on
the website are replaced with
malicious downloads or links
to malicious content.
In total, all the honeypots
used collected data on 363,701
hacking attempts. No efforts
were made to increase traffic to
the honeypots. They were sim
ply set up and configured to
listen for incoming connec
tions in the same way real
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ing the break finishing 2nd at
Fitzgerald and 4th at Valdosta.
Turner County was the only
single A school at both tourna
ments and fielded only 10 of
the 14 weight divisions. Mean
while the Rebels kick off the
year with victories on the
court.
Week 3
The 58th annual Chamber
banquet is slated for Jan. 23.
The ID theft cases in Turner
County are working their way
through the judicial system.
Most will be handled by the
feds. The IRS will be handling
several cases.
Wayne Woodruff is sworn
in as Mayor of Sycamore as is
Councilman Fred Eister, Jim
Galt-Brown and Odie McNair.
The mayor said while he was
campaigning he received many
complaints about the private
roads in the mobile home park
on the south end of Sycamore.
Woodruff proposes a CDBG
such as the City of Ashbum to
pave and improve sewer sys
tem. The Council debated the
issue but unanimously voted to
give the mayor permission to
negotiate, motion Fred
Eister/JC Harris.
A pre-hearing for Sycamore
Police Chief Fee Ann Clark’s
appeal of a POST council de
cision is set for Jan. 29. POST
recommended in September
computers and servers are set
to listen.
HOW THEY GOT IN
The hackers used a combi
nation of methods to find and
attack the honeypots. The most
common method used was port
scanning. Port scanners can
scan many IP addresses rapidly
and log any IP addresses with
open ports. Software on com
puters use ports as their gate
way to the internet and listen
on those ports for communica
tion attempts from other com
puters.
Port scanners scanning the
internet came across the IP ad
dress of the kippo honeypot
and logged it as listening on
port 22. In most cases this hap
pens by chance because hack
ers are not targeting a specific
computer. They just happen
across one that is listening and
attack it to see how far they can
get.
Once a target is located, the
hacker begins their attack
which in the case of these hon
eypots was a brute force attack.
Brute force software will try
many different username and
password combinations until it
finds a combination that
works.
Once the hacker has
cracked the username and
password, they can login
whenever they choose and
begin whatever nefarious work
they have planned.
All the software used to at
tack the honeypots is available
for free on the internet. Instruc
tions on performing the attacks
that Ms. Clark’s certification
be revoked.
On the court TC Rebels and
Fady Rebels dominate the op
position bringing wins from
Crisp, Telfair and Echols coun
ties. With the victories, both
squads improved to 14-2 over
all on the season. In wrestling
the Rebels take 4th place at
state duals in Commerce. The
middle school basketball teams
made it to the SMAC playoffs
again this year.
Week 4
Turner County EMS was
selected to receive a trauma
equipment grant in the amount
of $4775.96 to provide them
with trauma related equipment.
Facking a full board at the
January meeting the Ashburn
City Council postponed mak-
are also readily available on
line and anyone with an inter
net connection and a computer
can carry out the attacks. Most
of the attacks on these honey
pots, almost 98%, originated
from IP addresses in Hong
Kong and Beijing, China.
Volunteer
Opportunity
Fooking for a unique
volunteer opportunity? Do
you have a passion for
Turner County history and
people?
The Historic Crime and
Punishment Museum is
where you need to be! Vol
unteers to lead tours
throughout the jail and share
it’s rich history are needed.
Training will be provided by
the Historical Preservation
Society. Contact the Cham
ber of Commerce for more
information.
No charge
dress exchange
A Prom Dress Exchange
is an effort to ensure any girl
can attend her prom, or
homecoming without the
burden of high fashion
prices.
The Wiregrass Farmer is
collecting dresses and will
store them. If you have such
dresses you do not want or
need, please consider donat
ing them to this program.
Dresses may be swapped
and young ladies who can’t
afford a dress can have one
at no charge for that special
night.
ing some appointments.
An Ashburn man was
charged with murder in the
shooting death of a man in
Houston County man.
School Superintendent Ray
Jordan feels the recent eco
nomic news that Turner
County has moved up in the
state rankings is probably ac
curate. The AYP benchmark is
being changed again so expect
a drop of about 10 to 15 points
in the AYP numbers according
to School Superintendent Ray
Jordan. Staying with the topic
of BOE no mid-year check for
teachers for extra work days.
The school board will be dis
cussing the matter in a later
meeting.
The Sycamore City Council
amended the police department
cruiser rider policy to allow
prisoner transport. Also the
Council voted to have an audit
of the books mid-year since the
City Clerk left in December.
HealthPlus is expanding.
The facility saw an enormous
increase in patient load when
Phoebe closed. Fand clearing
for the new property is slated
for the spring. The location
will be on E. Washington at the
site of the old Matthew’s Fur
niture building and what is
called the Zorn house.
Dan King, owner/operator
of King Ranch Farms in Turner
County was the recipient of
Conservationist of the Year
award for 2013.
Week 5
Dr. Jack Greene, longtime
Ashbum resident, was awarded
Turner County Citizen of the
Year at the annual Chamber of
Commerce Banquet. Jerry
Gravitt family is Farm Family
of the Year. Craig Z Enterprises
owned by Craig Zabriskie was
named Industry of the Year.
Brown’s Seafood voted Small
Business of the Year.
Interim Chamber president
Mike Geoghagan delivers a
wide ranging speech. He
touched on recent develop
ments and some things that are
coming.
After recent accident at the
railroad crossing in Sycamore
the Council ordered no semi
signs to be placed on the road
at each railroad crossing.
Ten students at the high
school competed in the 14th
Annual Andrews College Aca
demic Bowl competition.
Chykymbrion Jackson placed
1st for 10th grade Social Stud
ies, Antozio Dawson, 2nd
place for 10th grade math and
Rachel Ford 2nd place for 11th
grade Social Studies. Each
earning a scholarship.
In sports the Fady Rebels
advance to play in the SMAC
Championship game.
FEBRUARY
Week 1
The annual County audit
shows the County is in good
fiscal shape. County Auditor
Pat Ashley said the County has
maintained a very healthy fund
balance and have done will to
keep it up.
The County Commission is
looking at adopting a new
garbage service policy soon.
The new provisions could in
clude higher deposit, one ac
count per person, step up
collections and include a con
tract of service. The garbage
fund has run a deficit almost
since it began.
The County Commission
expects to approve another
$25K for the airport expansion.
The money will be used to
make the asphalt runway 4
inches thick instead of 2
inches. The total is now
$450,000.
EMS Director Robby Royal
lobbies again for new storage
shed for EMS and fire to store
equipment.
Ms. Founelle Brown turns
100.
Turner County Rebels takes
top spot in the Area 1 wrestling
tournament. All 10 grapplers
go to Sectionals. Also TC
Rebels and Fady Rebels claim
victories on the court and will
take on Charlton County for
the season finale.
Week 2
Two restaurants are ap
proved for a liquor license by
the Ashburn City Council.
The County will consider a
storage shed for EMS.
Bussey Coker was recently
honored by the Hason Shrine
for 50 years of membership
and service.
A Resolution honoring the
life and memory of Randall
Whiddon and inviting the
members of his family and
EMS personnel was recog
nized by the House of Repre
sentatives.
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