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Seems to be an awful lot of insurgence about @home. A buddy of mine set his boss up with a Linux firewall/masquerade box at the foot of his Cable connection on @home with an IDS on it. The IDS automatically put firewall rules (ipchains-style) in place and the port-scans from @home administration became a non-event. Box has been running for 3 months without a hitch.

A computer consulting company I worked for earlier this year was considering putting a similar database-enabled web-application together at the time, and, I thought it was a pretty good idea. They started to get confused, however, at the prospect of spoofed IP's and forged logs and failed to put it in place. So, I think dshield.org is on to something, if they can execute and do it without incriminating some innocent party.

I'd prefer to see such a service emanating from a nonprofit entity similar to w3c.org, though, to eliminate any integrity issues.

Incidentally, I just forward the relevant port scans from my FreeBSD firewall and Linux servers (port 111 and friends) to their ISPs and that usually takes care of things. More work for the ISP, but, I'd bet it's helpful over time....

My 2.


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It's not so bad, unless it starts to get stiff. Then, it's a problem....
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Hardly, at least, I didn't see anything interesting mentioned by Kaplan in the article, but, his statements smack of someone emboweled with something rigid back in the backside.

What was kinda funny was the first link at the bottom of the article to Alt2600's registering of domains using obscene words combined with Corporate Monikers. I'd love to receive a formal letter from GM saying: "Your registration of Fuckgeneralmotors.com domain name constitutes a trademark infringement." I'd frame that. >:)

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I agree that no one should be jailed for portscanning; but, no one should be portscanning, either.

But, people should also lock their doors. Although, I think it's okay to leave the mailbox unlocked to let the postal workers get through their duties. We all know why it's bad form to enanger postal workers. >:)

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It's clear Linux is gaining in the server market. This will become even more significant once trials with Linux on enterprise hardware, like the S390 meet the scrutiny of the hardware manufacturers and their clients.

The PC Server market will only grow due to the TCO. What isn't being factored in by the Gartner Group is the impact of embedded systems and derivative systems by chip makers. Only stands to reason that rolling out embedded systems can't help but be accelerated when licensing concerns aren't a factor.

My 2 clams.

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While there are an equal share of positive and negative responses to the student's actions and the consequences, his/her original point hits home with me. None of the ports hit would have triggered my IDS. They would have generated logs, but, it would have been clear that the curiosity-seeking occurred after the fact. I've seen this type of activity so many times, I don't even pay attention to it anymore.

I probably wouldn't exert the same effort in my curiosity seeking, and, would have probably just looked at the sight and noted: "Yeah, looks like it was hacked." He/she dug a little deeper. A year ago, that probably wouldn't have triggered the interest of law enforcement. But, a year from now, would a web-log at attrition.org with your IP in it offer similar grounds for a warrant?

Maybe not; but, the trend is disturbing. I hope other curious folk out there aren't missing this message. I happen to be pretty curious, too. Just too busy, right at the moment to raise these kinds of flags.

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I've been watching this mainframe thing and even started to work in Mainframe UNIX a bit since it's now required on S390's (used to be an optional addition to VMS) for POSIX compliance.

Running instances of Linux on machine partitions makes absolute sense, but, I'm really disappointed Slackware isn't enjoying all of the hoopla surrounding big vendors' support of Linux. I wonder why they haven't evaluated the clean and simple BSD start-up and the absence of senseless services that have absolutely no place on an "eServer." What place does nntp have there?

Lastly: how the hell am I gonna get a chance to play with Linux on S390? Anyone wanna give me a root virtual machine to play with on their big iron? Now, I'd definitely pay $20/mo for that shell account. >:)

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Or, more importantly, will it be running after the results are posted?

Additionally, as someone else who posted asked, can Carnivore monitor my reviewing of the interview simply by my connecting to ./ to educate myself on your remarks? (I run my own networks through fairly non-interesting ISPs).

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I won't bother posting the NT results on this machine since I'd hate to lose the uptime {No, wait, it's actually because this machine won't load NT}:
yuma:/home/www/htdocs$ /usr/local/apache/bin/ab -n 1000 -c 20 http://localhost/cypoolmain.jpg
Server Software: Apache/1.3.6
Document Path: /cypoolmain.jpg
Document Length: 15767 bytes
Time taken for tests: 44.384 seconds
Complete requests: 1000
Failed requests: 0
Total transferred: 16081098 bytes
HTML transferred: 15798534 bytes
Requests per second: 22.53
Transfer rate: 362.32 kb/s received
Connnection Times (ms)
min avg max
Connect: 2 58 427
Processing: 266 796 1327
Total: 268 854 1754

yuma:/home/www/htdocs$ w
8:53pm up 140 days, 20:38, 1 user, load average: 1.63, 0.83, 0.47
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
vanboers pts/2 sedona 8:50pm 0.00s 1.36s 0.39s w

yuma:/home/www/htdocs$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
cpu family : 4
cpuid level : -1
wp : yes
bogomips : 16.44

Whoops!!! Was that my little 486/33Mhz thinkpad? Dammit! I did the wrong machine. But, seriusly, do the math: 22.53 * 86400 = 1946592. That's close to 2 MM hits/day for a standard 15K static file.

Feel free to ./ it, if you'd like. I gotta power it down next Sunday for a move to Phoenix, anyway.

Cheers.


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I won't bother posting the NT results on this machine since I'd hate to lose the uptime {No, wait, it's actually because this machine won't load NT}:
yuma:/home/www/htdocs$ /usr/local/apache/bin/ab -n 1000 -c 20 http://localhost/cypoolmain.jpg
Server Software: Apache/1.3.6
Document Path: /cypoolmain.jpg
Document Length: 15767 bytes
Time taken for tests: 44.384 seconds
Complete requests: 1000
Failed requests: 0
Total transferred: 16081098 bytes
HTML transferred: 15798534 bytes
Requests per second: 22.53
Transfer rate: 362.32 kb/s received
Connnection Times (ms)
min avg max
Connect: 2 58 427
Processing: 266 796 1327
Total: 268 854 1754

yuma:/home/www/htdocs$ w
8:53pm up 140 days, 20:38, 1 user, load average: 1.63, 0.83, 0.47
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
vanboers pts/2 sedona 8:50pm 0.00s 1.36s 0.39s w

yuma:/home/www/htdocs$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
cpu family : 4
cpuid level : -1
wp : yes
bogomips : 16.44

Whoops!!! Was that my little 486/33Mhz thinkpad? Dammit! I did the wrong machine. But, seriusly, do the math: 22.53 * 86400 = 1946592. That's close to 2 MM hits/day for a standard 15K static file.

Feel free to ./ it, if you'd like. I gotta power it down next Sunday for a move to Phoenix, anyway.

Cheers.


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Mod up. Apt, all thoughts.


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Especially, since there's no denying the greatest allure for corporate IT for the Free OS's is price. Seems this type of propaganda just leads people further in that direction.

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Someone mod that up...

Listened to the broadcast, too and agree that the EFF rep's counterargument to the RIAA lawyer was ineffective. Although, it's a nice ideal that the SDMI goal isn't to force the device player manufacturers to require SDMI, that will happen on the RIAA's initiative. So, independent artists will be back at square one. If we can't get our demos through the talent scouts at our own personal expense, we're not going to be able to produce our own works on devices that will allow their playback.

Creating MIDI on a Commodore with Dr. T's Sequencer was creative and fun. Cakewalk 2.0 on Win3.1 wasn't so bad. Win95 came along and couldn't stop changing the MIDI interface into a joystick, and, it stopped being fun. MP3s on xmms under Linux is awesome! No confused device drivers. SDMI-enablement will undoubtedly halt our ability to play "industry-compliant" music on anything but a Windows box again. It will stop being fun..... unless of course some brave soul wants to reverse-engineer it after Phillips, Sony, and the rest of them have forced the standard onto all devices in order to play music.

I don't see any choice but to boycott. Unless you really like running Windows. In that case, why bother. They'll write your SDMI MP3 player for you. And, you're used to paying for stuff, anyway, right? Why not music, as well? And, the artists will continue to get 7%, at best.


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I got 7, and, then, I couldn't see the scrollbar anymore. At 1280 X 1024 on a 17".

Guess it really is under construction. >:)

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Maybe my mind isn't working today, (again), but, I don't understand how this exploit could be used..... You're firewalled, right? You don't give shell access to your machine, anyway. You don't have anyone else developing content on your web-server. FTP is patched against format string vulnerabilities. You don't enable NLS. You don't run daemons as root, except for the firewalled ones....

Anyone know how this can be exploited from a foreign non-trusted host?

I'd love to see some examples.


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About a week ago, I had received a couple interesting replies from ACs on a post I made on the Microsoft ApacheFP vulnerability. Apparently, my machine is owned. Perhaps...

There's no excuse for ignoring your systems once they're up, and, some basic detection software should be mandated for future distros of any *n*x. Admins should read up on services that want to launch on start-up, as well, and, I'd also love to see a linux box come with a good set of firewall rules in the startup scripts by default.

I've had quite a few servers scanned over the past month for the rpc services, and the machines have acted appropriately. Including responding to the AC who "owns me" and who proceeded to scan 3 of my boxes. He/she may be correct and own my box. Truth is, I haven't heard from him/her since the scans. And, before anyone mentions it: I get CERT alerts; Security Focus is a daily stop.

Might seem off-topic. But, they're getting in through the rpc services. Firewall them. Then we won't hear a bunch of FUD about how insecure Linux is.....


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Interestingly, on reviewing the Wired article, I ran across a suggested link there that discussed a recent FrontPage Extensions security problem I wasn't aware of. Still haven't researched whether it affects the UNIX FP extensions, yet, but, I doubt it. Has to do with including standard DOS reserved commands in the URL to shtml.

What struck me as relevant was the tactic Micro$oft took when alerted by Sozni of Xato Network Security, in asking for a delay in disclosing the flaw until a patch was available. While that position on dealing with the reporting vendor isn't so noteworthy, what is curious is that the patch was available a over a week ago, and, I had never heard of it. It was quietly bundled into a service pack for the Server extensions and not well publicized.

I follow this stuff closely, and, am sure I would have been aware of it, had it been better disclosed by Micro$oft once the patch was available.

In an open product, disclosure is inevitable. Seems people might be considering this model to make better business sense.


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I actually find Office as a productivity tool to be more convenient than StarOffice in several ways, too. My point is that while more convenient, there is still nothing I need to do in Office, that I can't just as easily do in StarOffice. StarOffice 3.0 is the only (bar none) application that has exhausted all virtual memory on Linux for me, and, the kernel kindly killed all processes and rebooted.

So, in over 5 years, I've had one software incident that crashed my system.

In 10 years of using Micro$oft technologies on Mac and Win3.x/9x/NTX, I couldn't count them all. Which is why I'll prefer StarOffice over Office, and, would prefer it didn't get ported to *n*x.

I stick to my original assertion: Office is Irrelevant.


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Having used Excel since version 2.3 on the Mac, and FoxPro since FoxBase (also on the Mac), I've never really had much use for anything in Office short of the Excel spreadsheet functions. Notepad is fine for typing things.

There really is no compelling reason to wait for IE, or Office for Linux. Star Office isn't the greatest, but, it gets the job done.

It would probably be a step backward to have Access run under Linux, since there are already many far superior ways to develop web applications natively. You have a browser, a web server and a database server. All free, and, all work stably. If someone tries to start using Access under Linux to replicate these tasks, we'll just be diverting talent away from where they're pushing Linux forward so quickly, now.

I say let this rumor about Micro$oft porting their apps to Linux die. It keeps coming up, and, once it reaches enough people and becomes a discussion, MickeySoft rears it's ugly PR gavel and stamps it down again. Always they ironically confirm they're porting to Solaris, and/or HP-UX. It's technically trivial to port an HP-UX application to Linux. I know, because I have. So why not Linux?

Again.... who cares. Leave it alone.


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Albin:

Great post. Let's get back to work.

Unfortunately, mine is in SQL7.0 Server crap, tonight.

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• Built-In Firewall
  
• Great Documentation for the Responsible Administrator, (as contrasted by The Micro$oft Knowledgebase
  
• Timely Security Updates from our Vendors and our Enemies to help us patch things quickly
  
• Source Code; ...that's 2 different links, people...
  

• Built-In Firewall
  
• Great Documentation for the Responsible Administrator, (as contrasted by The Micro$oft Knowledgebase
  
• Timely Security Updates from our Vendors and our Enemies to help us patch things quickly
  
• Source Code; ...that's 2 different links, people...
  

For the past 2+ decades I have written lots of songs. I've played with MIDI since 1984 to subvert the problems associated with incorporating flaky musicians' efforts in producing tracks. I've written around 200 songs. They may be terrible.

For the past ++decade, I've attempted soliciting the Music Industry through conventional means spending thousands on tapes, postage, and packaging to submit them to RIAA execs who threw them into the trash. They may have been terrible.

For the past 5 years I've published these same songs at Ded Serius Music because it doesn't cost me anything. I haven't made a dime. I don't care. They may be terrible.

I hope Napster can get through this ordeal. I do have some objections to the variances between their PR philosophy and their software policy. It seems a little inconsistent to demand exclusion to music copyrights while maintaining exclusivity on software copyrights. Napster doesn't run on Linux. I don't do windows. If you're bored enough to go to my site you'll learn why that is, too. It's not due to superior MIDI composition software under Linux. I wish such software existed. Napster for Linux doesn't and they've been quite clear on their direction for it.

But, the moral most significant for me in this whole debacle is elicited by the RIAA. Napster, vile though it may be, is a valid exchange for people to sample music they ultimately may purchase. Either way, more purchases will be made than if you merely deleted this distribution mechanism. And, this distribution mechanism can't be deleted, since there are other workable ways to do this without Napster. It will just be harder to leverage by the RIAA. But, the RIAA has rendered a stealthy effort to quelch this and tipped their hat on what disturbs them most: control of the distribution of artistic content; especially as it pertains to the revenue model.

Perhaps, this signals a turning point when the artist will be able to offer their creations freely to John/Jane Q. Public without the intervention of these discerning and qualified brokers of artistic content. Likely many original creations will flow more freely and possibly gain popularity in absence of content from the established bands/artists and control by the discerning ears and wallets of the delegees of RIAA. Likely much of this content will be really, really terrible. Most of it will be weeded out by the denizens of this new unpublished media.

But, the proceeds will go to the artists.... If their creations are not really, really terrible.

I think this is the best possible outcome: much of what we listen to has been endorsed by the RIAA through it's qualification process. Much of it is terrible. Much more that wasn't has been excluded due to this process.

My 2 cents. And, yes, you can laugh at some of it. I certainly did.

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For the past 2+ decades I have written lots of songs. I've played with MIDI since 1984 to subvert the problems associated with incorporating flaky musicians' efforts in producing tracks. I've written around 200 songs. They may be terrible.

For the past ++decade, I've attempted soliciting the Music Industry through conventional means spending thousands on tapes, postage, and packaging to submit them to RIAA execs who threw them into the trash. They may have been terrible.

For the past 5 years I've published these same songs at Ded Serius Music because it doesn't cost me anything. I haven't made a dime. I don't care. They may be terrible.

I hope Napster can get through this ordeal. I do have some objections to the variances between their PR philosophy and their software policy. It seems a little inconsistent to demand exclusion to music copyrights while maintaining exclusivity on software copyrights. Napster doesn't run on Linux. I don't do windows. If you're bored enough to go to my site you'll learn why that is, too. It's not due to superior MIDI composition software under Linux. I wish such software existed. Napster for Linux doesn't and they've been quite clear on their direction for it.

But, the moral most significant for me in this whole debacle is elicited by the RIAA. Napster, vile though it may be, is a valid exchange for people to sample music they ultimately may purchase. Either way, more purchases will be made than if you merely deleted this distribution mechanism. And, this distribution mechanism can't be deleted, since there are other workable ways to do this without Napster. It will just be harder to leverage by the RIAA. But, the RIAA has rendered a stealthy effort to quelch this and tipped their hat on what disturbs them most: control of the distribution of artistic content; especially as it pertains to the revenue model.

Perhaps, this signals a turning point when the artist will be able to offer their creations freely to John/Jane Q. Public without the intervention of these discerning and qualified brokers of artistic content. Likely many original creations will flow more freely and possibly gain popularity in absence of content from the established bands/artists and control by the discerning ears and wallets of the delegees of RIAA. Likely much of this content will be really, really terrible. Most of it will be weeded out by the denizens of this new unpublished media.

But, the proceeds will go to the artists.... If their creations are not really, really terrible.

I think this is the best possible outcome: much of what we listen to has been endorsed by the RIAA through it's qualification process. Much of it is terrible. Much more that wasn't has been excluded due to this process.

My 2 cents. And, yes, you can laugh at some of it. I certainly did.

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1. in /etc/rc.d/rc.M {if running Slackware} add the following:
   if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall ]; then
   . /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall
   fi
   
   • Have the following file named /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall that includes:
     /sbin/modprobe ip_masq_portfw
     /sbin/modprobe ip_masq_ftp
     /sbin/modprobe ip_masq_raudio
     /sbin/modprobe ip_masq_irc
     echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
     /sbin/ipchains -F
     /sbin/ipchains -A input -s 0.0.0.0/0 -d 0.0.0.0/0 -j DENY -l
     At this point you are secure...
     If you're not running a server, do nothing further
     
   
   
2. Do not run your system as root;
   
3. Do not install binary packages unless their source can be authenticated;
   

Nope, not all the Feds are evil. I've worked with a couple.

Only takes one.....

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I couldn't get to it from any of my servers. Nice job, guys.


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1. Readability: Please use better judgment on color. Red on black is useful to set the mood for a Quake download, but, I question it's use in a "journal;"
2. Availability: Several sever busy and page not found errors, and, I'm quite certain it's your use of server platform and not the wire. The connection refused dialog popped up quite responsively;
3. Accuracy: This story was submitted almost apologetically as an obligation to attend a Micro$oft trade show, but, clearly, you've committed to use IIS as your web-serving platform, or your site wouldn't be running on it. Please represent your submissions more accurately in the future.

This is outrageous. The FBI admits this is nothing more than a glorified sniffer. And, we all know a sniffer grabs plaintext passwords which many systems/services use. Looks like it's time to start watching my login records a little more closely.

The analogy used was "It's the electronic equivalent of listening to everybody's phone calls to see if it's the phone call you should be monitoring." Actually, I'd say it's more analogous to having a bug in every home that uses that network. Considering that e-mail communications originating from one private residence destined for another private residence would qualify for some privacy protection, I would offer that placement of the "Carnivore" on a public wire steps way over the bounds of legitimate surveillance jurisdiction.

I guess what shocks me the most is that they actually demonstrated this technology. They expect buy-in?

Of course, there's always encryption....


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Having used MySQL for over 3 years to manage web statistics and personal databases, I can't speak highly enough about it. Haven't used PostgreSQL probably because MySQL did the job early and still does, so why bother. Given that PostgreSQL has more features that make front-end programming easier, I'd say it's just a matter of where you feal comfortable spending your coding time. If it's on the back-end, MSSQL will do just as well, plus you don't get the issues with running an open source OS for the database (although, MySQL runs just fine on Win32).

Where MySQL truly excels is in the level of technical ability in the user group. It's an accumulation of some of the most qualified technical insights you'll probably ever find. Take a look at the List Archives to search for virtually anything database related.

My $.02
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That's pretty incredible. The page states "...We reboot three-four times each day depending upon how many new domains we are registering..." Huh? For changes in DNS? Hmmmmmmmmmm. So, apparently ndc reload doesn't work. That's fairly telling.

Now, I've never done this, nor, would I ever do this, but, know that it's possible to determine the boot-time necessary for a name-server after just a couple reboots and, since this machine reboots pretty much as a service, it seems fairly trivial that the attacker could have determined at what moment in time the machine was beginning one of it's "scheduled reboots" and entered the machine prior to full launch of all services. We all know how this works. And, if anyone doesn't it's a matter of the sequence of services starting up and if network starts before firewall, then, there are windows of opportunity. Not too big on *n*x-es, but, on NT services can take a really long time to start.

The quote: "...we have taken the steps necessary to ensure that this kind of thing does not happen again..." is a precursor for exactly this same thing happening again. Poor guy's doomed.

What's tragic is the complete ignorance he elicits and that he received this much media-attention, to begin with. Clearly, he feels he knows what he's doing. He appears to realize he's been owned. Too bad he doesn't consider he might still be.


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I've loaded it on a couple systems, but, there's little compelling reason to upgrade if you're at 7.0. Anything <= 4.0, though, go for it.

Couple gotchas that may save people some hair-pulling, is the scsi support. Not, just scsi, but, also ide-scsi appears to be broken in kernel 2.2.15-2.2.17. I tried it on a dual with 3 different Adaptec Ultra-Wide cards (aic7xxx.s) and, none would boot/install correctly. Ended up having to load Slackware 7.0 to get it installed.

I checked Deja and found I wasn't the only one. I would have written it off, but, I upgraded my Athlon over the weekend (with 10 Gbytes drive) and, it was the smoothest upgrade I've ever done. It's very slick. No changes of init scripts, whatsoever. It just worked out of the box (or, off the ISO, whichever way you wanna put it). However, my Goldstart RW wouldn't read the CD, so had to do an NFS install from my Dual Celey, and, turns out this is likely related to the ide-scsi issue. In order to see my CD-RW after the load, I had to revert to kernel 2.2.13, and, all's well.

Bottom line: On a generic ide-based system, it's probably a streamlined way to implement the security fixes of gpm, fdmount, et. al., but, then, if it's just a workstation, these aren't gonna open up any gaping holes, anyway.

That is of course, unless you have some port-forwarding enabled to your workstation through your firewall. But, then, again.... who would do that? >:)


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Another useful app under Linux is IPTraf, which will let you log these communications, including bytes sent and received from the respective destinations/sources.

A great tool for further locking down your firewall.

While I agree the labeling of this article is slightly skewed, I don't think anyone's being paranoid by running these types of activities through the microscope. Better to send a message to software vendors to back off on surreptitious exchanges of information from the consumer than further the proliferation of legislation to do this for us.

My 2

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Now, This Root Prompt article is the best read I've had since I can remember. Yes, it was mentioned above, but, re-iterating the link does no disservice to anyone who truly cares about security.

Take 10 and go read it.

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Neat. So, I had to kill one of my netscape windows. Doesn't prove a thing.

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Chris:

You're pretty passionate about this. Probably extends to things you think about more heavily.

I think I agree with you on several points, including the jailing of felons thing.

It's funny when I think about the past 5 years of time I coulda been writing songs. Perhaps you're intuitive enough to know why I haven't been.

Loud thoughts, but, all valid.
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HRunting:

Seriusly? I'm very curious. I don't use Windows as a rule. Did your really get a warning? I'm familiar with the process. That would be wicked ominous......

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Jonathan:

You said it yourself: "they have done some very illegal things"

If you kill someone do you think your rights will be diminished?

I would hope they would.

We have in our hands the power on the PC to "innovate" ourselves. Yes, it might have been somewhat fostered by the products from Redmond.

But, we can create, and have had the power for a decade.

We can now do it with anything.

And, I'm not dancing in the street. I'm just glad I can offer other choices to people. The decision is marginal in influence, at best, now. But, doors will soon open for providers of more reliable stuff.

That's my only interest. MIDI devices that don't become gameport joystick controllers on the next controlset reload.

Seriusly. I could give a shit about any of this shit if M$ had kept MIDI functioning as well as in Win3.1.

I'm no zealot. I just wanna right music. And, I've never killed anyone.

Peace....

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I just want to be able to try to sell a different solution to a client.

I don't care if they decline on the merits.

I just want the ability to offer a solution that is low on software licensing and maintenance costs, but, slightly higher on up-front installation costs.

Of course, I'll make less money because I won't have to show up constantly for service packs, but.....

Perhaps, I'll spend the extra time "innovating" new and useful {fun?} applications.

This might be good.........

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Well done, NYC. I searched through CNN, the Offspring site, and napster (had never been before) to find out what's really going on here.

Frankly, I'm a little disturbed Napster didn't approach the Offspring initially before bringing in the sharks, but, perhaps their current legal awareness level is higher than normal. Just seems a little odd that a 30 employee firm under massive legal assault wouldn't deal with Offspring before a cease and desist was issued that ultimately went public.

'Course, perhaps there's something else going on in there. Even bad publicity is good. >:)

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Actually, Linux beats anything, anyway, but, that's a given.

I'm running an Athlon 600 (for about 6 mos.) with a WDC 5400 rpm drive (which I sacrificed for NT/98 {never used}), and, an IBM 7200 rpm used as master primary for all Linux.

Slackware 7.0, out of the box, in 7 minutes, including X-Windows, KDE, etc.

Builds a kernel in 2 minutes. >:)

SB AWE 64, which cranks some nice 16-bit sound (don't bother w/ 8-bit). Nice looking Voodoo 3000, and a 10/100 Kingston.

Pumps out setiathome work units in 7 1/2 hours. I believe that's better than a decent SGI. Not quite a compaq tru-64 Alpha, but, at $500 for the CPU/mobo, tough to beat.

NT can't even install on this beast unless I compile the kernel with NTFS rw and nurse that moron through the process through interesting Linux expert fdisk options.

So, if anyone can't load a default Slack 7.0 on an Athlon........ no words.......


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Yes, I agree with AC. Will Volkerding put S-390 support in the Slackware Dist?


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Here you go from zdnet. Not entirely at odds with the free speech argument that seems to be prevailing in the /. responses.

Anyone else notice the prevalence of dissenters in the "free speech" argument that post AC?

At, least SlashDot allows them to. *sigh*

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As in Kerberos....

M$ extensions for Kerberos: embrace, extend, etc. Please note the Halloween Documents.....

Researching the issue, one finds a model wherein Micro$oft wishes to take Kerberos, embed in it proprietary extensions, and, via the Web (BTW, another Open Source invention) offer for download the "secret" specifications they've used to extend the technology. "Help us make this open technology closed......"

To the arguments that this is a trade secret, and, covered by such laws, I would suggest a careful consideration of how a corporation can take open technology, extend it with a proprietary implementation, and, thus own it.

To those who argue that trade secrets disseminated on the Internet can remain trade secrets, I offer: give me an example.

I would expect any secrets you wish to keep to yourself won't be found out here. >:)


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As in Kerberos....

M$ extensions for Kerberos: embrace, extend, etc. Please note the Halloween Documents.....

Researching the issue, one finds a model wherein Micro$oft wishes to take Kerberos, embed in it proprietary extensions, and, via the Web (BTW, another Open Source invention) offer for download the "secret" specifications they've used to extend the technology. "Help us make this open technology closed......"

To the arguments that this is a trade secret, and, covered by such laws, I would suggest a careful consideration of how a corporation can take open technology, extend it with a proprietary implementation, and, thus own it.

To those who argue that trade secrets disseminated on the Internet can remain trade secrets, I offer: give me an example.

I would expect any secrets you wish to keep to yourself won't be found out here. >:)


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So, what you're saying is we wouldn't have received any packages?

>:)

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Having written songs since 1977, and spent countless years and dollars trying to get them demo-ed by the RIA and it's various auspices, I embrace the established, published "artists?" rebellion to this technology.

Clearly, it's not about the music. Any songwriter worth his/her creative angst would kill to be that 1 in 1000 who finally gets published, let alone produced.

I hope every established artist out there in fear for what might come up through the ranks unobstructed by the Record Industry Machine sues their fans. Perhaps then, we'll actually get uncensored creations untainted by the promoters who eventually reap the lion's share of the proceeds.

And, yes, there will emanate a tremendous amount of shitty music. But, won't it be nice to be able to decide for ourselves?

Personally, I love it when people tell me they burn copies of my CDs to give their friends. Perhaps, if I were a millionaire from producing music my thoughts on this would change. Nah; I'd just have more time to write more music, which is way more fun than bickering about $$$.

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Actually, I just made /etc/issue, "Welcome to Windows3.1 on PC-DOS..."

And, in /etc/motd, it says "type Win to start your Windows session"

>:)

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Too bad this was posted by an AC, but, rotflmdo!!!
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Actually, I have a dual 400 on ABIT that has never locked up. The only problems I've ever had with it were related to trying to use it as a router for a while using diald. Killed it big time.

It's at Scottsdale. Incidentally, the reason why is the hostname is that's the replacement for the routing stuff. It's a lil ole P200 forwarding stuff back to where it needs to get.

The uptime would have been better, but for a 4 hour power outtage thanks to the power company. No real reason to plop massive UPS's in here since it's a backup site for the Real McCoy. The little BackUPS 500's are sufficient to keep uptime in the 6 - 9 month range.

My point: The Dual Celery has never locked up under normal circumstances.

Just shedding some light............


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