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Well, you can always ask the folks of OpenSSH (www.openssh.org), perhaps they'll have some ideas.

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There is another Sun in the sky, a Demon Sun we cannot see. Long ago, even before great grandmother's time, the Demon Sun attacked our Sun. Comets fell, and a terrible winter overtook the Earth. Almost all life was destroyed. The Demon Sun has attacked many times before. It will attack again.

Our big problem right now is that the vast majority of our servers are in a cluster and we have one or two machines that get reinstalled every week.

You just answered your own question, stop reinstalling everything every week, for Christ's sake :)


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Core Enhancements:

Unix Threading
On Unix systems with POSIX threads support, Apache can now run in a hybrid multiprocess, multithreaded mode. This should improve scalability.
New Build System
The build system has been rewritten from scratch to be based on autoconf and libtool. This makes Apache's configuration system more similar to that of other packages.
Multiprotocol Support
Apache now has some of the infrastructure in place to support serving multiple protocols. mod_echo has been written as an example.
Better support for non-Unix platforms
Apache 2.0 is faster and more stable on non-Unix platforms such as BeOS, OS/2, and Windows. With the introduction of platform-specific multi-processing modules (MPMs) and the Apache Portable Runtime (APR), these platforms are now implemented in their native API, avoiding the often buggy and poorly performing POSIX-emulation layers.
New Apache API
The API for modules has changed significantly for 2.0. Many of the module-ordering problems from 1.3 should be gone. 2.0 does much of this automatically, and module ordering is now done per-hook to allow more flexibility.
Also, new calls have been added that provide additional module capabilities without patching the core Apache server.
IPv6 Support
On systems where IPv6 is supported by the underlying Apache Portable Runtime library, Apache gets IPv6 listening sockets by default. Additionally, the Listen, NameVirtualHost, and directives support IPv6 numeric address strings (e.g., "Listen [fe80::1]:8080").

Filtering
Apache modules may now be written as filters which act on the stream of content as it is delivered to or from the server. This allows, for example, the output of CGI scripts to be parsed for Server Side Include directive by mod_include.

Module Enhancements:

mod_auth_db
Now supports Berkely DB 3.0
mod_auth_digest
Includes additional support for session caching across processes using shared memory.
mod_charset_lite
New module in Apache 2.0. This experimental module allows for character set translation or recoding.
mod_dav
New module in Apache 2.0. This module implements the HTTP Distributed Authoring and Versioning (DAV) specification for posting and maintaining web content.
mod_file_cache
New module in Apache 2.0. This module includes the functionality of mod_mmap_static in Apache 1.3, plus adds further caching abilities.


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God, James Bond. Please, consider all my posts about space exploration futile - mr. Bond rules. :)

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Monopoly.

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I was not attempting to troll, while this may seem almost unbelievable. Fact is, there is nothing that upsets me more than space exploration. Scientific development usually helps people, esp. in medical/genetics research. What good, besides from a few inventions that were developed in space and are now used by us, do we get from billionaire space exploration? None. What did we get with the Cold War? Nothing. Stuff just repeats itself.

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Bla, bla, bla, bla. Ok. We're going to Mars again. Let's just spend a couple billion dollars to check out on other planets, while millions suffer from major poverty and hunger down here on Earth.

You may mod me down as offtopic or flamebait, but this is the pure truth.


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At least concerning domain names, the Brazilian NIC is very controlling. You can't register domain names without the proper documentation to ensure that you are a .com. The policies for other domains, like .net.br, are even worse: you have to be a "networking company" - like a telecom - in order to get one of those domains. That, together with the fact that they overcharge a lot, is like a "please go register a .com instead of a .com.br " request.



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sit1 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
inet6 addr: 3ffe:1200:3028:817d:dead:dead:dead:dead/127 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: 3ffe:1200:3028:ff01::2fb/127 Scope:Global
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
RX packets:166 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:156 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:22433 (21.9 Kb) TX bytes:18211 (17.7 Kb)

ROT-13 is a very interesting idea. Except that the filters might just rot13 their own rulesets, too.

It's like they say:

shpx prafbefuvc!


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I ahve no idea whatchew talkin' bout!

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Thanks for the nice attempt to troll. BTW, FYI & FWIW:

PING 3286301978 (195.224.253.26) from 200.100.50.25 : 56(84) bytes of data.

26.253.224.195.in-addr.arpa name = inetc26.inetc.net.

So: 195.224.253.26 == inetc26.inetc.net. HAND.


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ENOUGH WITH THIS APRIL FOOLS STORIES, FOR CHRIST'S SAKE! I MEAN IT!

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I know almost nobody will read this, but don't miss the other RFCs released on April 1st, 2001. True gems like the Pi Digit Generation protocol, that states "One REQUIRED PIgen service is defined as a stateless TCP service. A server listens on TCP port 314159.".

And also, don't miss this very interesting RFC called the Etimology of foo, with more than useful information about the foobar!

At least, these are _technical_ April Fools jokes :-)


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Netslaves seems to refuse connections made via junkbusters, so I won' be reading. I don't always use junkbusters, but I insist on the choice.

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Well, today, they have an excuse!

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What do you say to the speculation that this move was influenced by your new employers, the ActiveState corporation?

LW: (laughs) That's pure nonsense. Nonsense, nonsense.

GvR: I can't imagine what you're talking about. (Fnord.)

Chily Precision Industrial is a good online pick.

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Funny thing, Slashdot ran a story just like this one 2 years ago (when Wichert won for the 1st time), and I didn't see anyone complain at that time. Maybe Slashdot doesn't run stories about RedHat's or SuSE's new PL because they do not have PL's, they have CEO's. And maybe it doesn't run "Debian 7.X released" stories every 3 months because Debian is not vaporware.

Just my $0.02.

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Its too late to get rid of it, I just hope that everyone will ignore it so that people aren't punished or rewarded for the way they voted.

What kind of punishment or reward can you get for voting for DPL? What would one gain in this process, since Debian is a non-profit organization whose objective is to make a high-quality, 100% free GNU/Linux distribution?

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Yes, this is an interesting point, because it violates section 5.2.5 of the Debian Constitution. I have no idea why Raul decided to post all the results in the announcement, but I'm sure it was just a mistake.

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Why don't you just uninstall Shockware support from your browser? Or install a proxy server like WebWasher or the Internet JunkBuster? They both run under Win32 and Linux.

Why worry about large corporations? All they want you to do is to buy things and not harm you.

Companies sell your data to whomever is willing to pay. They don't care why the buyer wants the data. Some of these telemarketers use prison inmates to do their dirty work.

It didn't used to say ".. no information is being sent to Microsoft." If you remember the whole GUID fiasco (Global User ID), they used to implant the GUID into Office documents and various other places, and your GUID was transmitted to M$ when you ran windows update (see section C), or the registration wizard. Junkbusters has various other links discussing Microsoft and their (lack of) privacy control. Interesting reading.

Not necessarily.

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Obligatory on-topic message:

Visit Junkbusters and view information on Web Bugs.

The industry uses the euphemism "clear GIFs" to describe web bugs. Search for "clear gifs" in a search engine as well as "web bugs" if you're after more information. I use TopClick because it is a privacy-respecting search engine that doesn't use cookies and I have found it to be very good.

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Congress to investigate Web Bugs. More details here at intenetnews.com.
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Obligatory on-topic message:

Visit Junkbusters and view information on Web Bugs.

The industry uses the euphemism "clear GIFs" to describe web bugs. Search for "clear gifs" in a search engine as well as "web bugs" if you're after more information. I use TopClick because it is a privacy-respecting search engine that doesn't use cookies and I have found it to be very good.

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MSNBC has this article on said topic. It includes a list of who the player's are here. The list includes everbody's favorites: AOL Time Warner, Yahoo!, MSN, Walt Disney Internet Group and DoubleClick. Now I will just have to make some additions to my Junkbusters proxy.

Are you on crack? Achtung Wolfenstein means Attention wolf stone. Is there anything violent about that, mister AC?

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man, that was one of the must fucking funniest videos i've ever seen. thanks.

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Or you can also do this with Squid via its fake_user_agent option.

Mine returns "Mozilla/4.0 [en] (Linux; Vic-20)" :-)

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Rich Americans and other first worlders, whose idea of privation is finding that Starbucks is out of frappaccino mix,...

Dude, you rock.

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It must suck for these people working in these sweatshops to be making the highest real wages in their country.

I think you missed the nations' elite - government, industrials, et al, pal.

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Hey, guys, you know about the Internet Junkbuster, right? It's a proxy server that will filter cookies, ads, referer information, and lots of other stuff. It's incredibly useful if you desire privacy on the net, not to mention saving your eyes from those aforementioned strobe-light ads.

The IJB is available for UNIX, Microsoft Windows, and Linux. Configuration is just a little bit complicated, but no more so than any other standard UNIX daemon.

Alos, there's a truly wonderful program by the name of WebWasher that will do that same thing under Microsoft Windows. It's got a very slick interface, awesome features, and some very friendly guys working on it. If you have any Microsoft Windows clients, I would highly recommend installing WebWasher on them.

Definitely check out Squid as well. It's a caching proxy server that runs under UNIX and Linux. I've used it for years.

"There are still literally dozens of lawsuits from state attorneys generals and class-action litigants against DoubleClick," said Jason Catlett, president of privacy group Junkbusters.

"And they're not all going to give up just because the FTC closed their investigation."

The FTC's letter outlines steps that DoubleClick will take to update the next version of its privacy policy. The makeover will include information on the company's use of clear GIFs, or Web bugs; clarification on the opt-out cookie; and modifications to its Internet Address Finder Web site privacy policy that include more up-front guidelines on how data is sold.

Who determines just what is good here? I swear, some marketers would not mind if we all tranced into being their trendy marketing slaves, or something, where you HAVE to purchase something as a matter of law?. Or Advertising becoming the next food group

"Make sure to get your daily dose of advertising today!" or "SPAM brand advertising is Better for YOU"

If we all become a slave of the marketeers (I Love Spam!), then everyone becomes a slave.

like the old song: "If you're happy and you know it, clink your chains...."

feh

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In fact, those of us who sent letters on her behalf have been put on their mailing lists in addition to her.

These are parasites.

Our solution is to get those reader service cards from all the magazines we can find, circle about 10% of the entries, and put a reasonable department description and address to make sure it gets to the parasite's mailroom. We try to make sure the recipient gets something offensive or objectionable (i.e. sending Liberal propaganda to Conservative parasites). Hopefully, the parasite will have much trouble getting of the lists as we do.

Just think how wonderful it would be if all the resources of unsolicited bulk mail companies were tied up trying to get themselves off mailing lists!

P.s. Does anyone know if there are any porn industry trade mags? We'd love to send some of those reader service cards to some of the "Christian" organizations that won't retract the fangs from my mother. Please send me any you know of.

Mailing bricks and such is not only a pain for the USPS and of questionable impact on your junk mail inflow, it just sounds like a lot of work. If your goal is to get less junk mail, there are steps you can take that are easier, more effective, and have fewer innocent victims.

Many junk mailers belong to the Direct Marketing Association. The DMA maintains an opt-out list--you can tell them you don't want junk mail, and member organizations will stop sending it to you. I haven't tried the mail service (mail doesn't bother me) but I've registered with the DMA that I don't want telemarketing calls, and it worked great.

Even companies that haven't joined the DMA generally don't get much value from sending mail to people who hate it. If you write them a letter asking to be removed from their mailing list, that may do the trick.

If they persist, you can legally bar any non-governmental organization from sending you mail. There's a little trick to this: The law you have to use was designed to stop unsolicited pornographic mail, so if you want to stop getting mail from Microsoft you may have to claim with a straight face that Windows 2000 turns you on. But, you know, maybe it does. And in any case the post office is prohibited from deciding you're lying. (Also, that's a bad example--Microsoft isn't persistent enough to necessitate legal action.)

For more useful tips, see the JunkBusters page on how you can gain control of your mailbox.

Of course, none of these tactics will cause a major philosophical shift in the U.S.'s view of junk mail. If that's your goal, well, good luck, maybe your bricks will really make them think. But if you just want to get less junk mail, do it the easy way.

Mailing bricks and such is not only a pain for the USPS and of questionable impact on your junk mail inflow, it just sounds like a lot of work. If your goal is to get less junk mail, there are steps you can take that are easier, more effective, and have fewer innocent victims.

Many junk mailers belong to the Direct Marketing Association. The DMA maintains an opt-out list--you can tell them you don't want junk mail, and member organizations will stop sending it to you. I haven't tried the mail service (mail doesn't bother me) but I've registered with the DMA that I don't want telemarketing calls, and it worked great.

Even companies that haven't joined the DMA generally don't get much value from sending mail to people who hate it. If you write them a letter asking to be removed from their mailing list, that may do the trick.

If they persist, you can legally bar any non-governmental organization from sending you mail. There's a little trick to this: The law you have to use was designed to stop unsolicited pornographic mail, so if you want to stop getting mail from Microsoft you may have to claim with a straight face that Windows 2000 turns you on. But, you know, maybe it does. And in any case the post office is prohibited from deciding you're lying. (Also, that's a bad example--Microsoft isn't persistent enough to necessitate legal action.)

For more useful tips, see the JunkBusters page on how you can gain control of your mailbox.

Of course, none of these tactics will cause a major philosophical shift in the U.S.'s view of junk mail. If that's your goal, well, good luck, maybe your bricks will really make them think. But if you just want to get less junk mail, do it the easy way.

It's a great website. See for yourself - they have an online form JunkBusters Declare which lets you specify which kind of mail you do NOT want to receive and send out the declaration to all the major marketing companies. In addition they talk about the legal procedure to opt-out of junk mail at the post office.

It's a great website. See for yourself - they have an online form JunkBusters Declare which lets you specify which kind of mail you do NOT want to receive and send out the declaration to all the major marketing companies. In addition they talk about the legal procedure to opt-out of junk mail at the post office.

The Post Office has an official policy that there is no such thing as junk mail - that all advertising mail is valued by both parties. Check here, and search for "junk".

All these tactics sound cool, but are ineffective. If you want the mail to stop, get off their lists. Junkbusters is a good place to start, and a quick Google search will find others. A truly noble thing would be to lobby your congress person for European-style laws that allow opting out on a national level.

This is probably the best choice for unwanted junk mail. All that mail is an environmental nightmare, killing trees, poisong rivers through the paper-making process, and filling landfills with 70 billion pieces of junk a year. Let 'em know what you want (I still get ThinkGeek mailings), and let 'em know what you can do without.

The Canadian Rules are quite similar to those posted for the US
(at JunkBusters.com)

The Canadian rules can be found in this article at
the CRTC
I didn't dig too deep, but I expect, given this document, that there may be even tougher laws coming soon!

The applicable parts of the TCPA are outlined here.

IANAL but it seems like a2 would make it illegal.
Junkbusters has good information about telemarketers and protecting yourself.

The applicable parts of the TCPA are outlined here.

IANAL but it seems like a2 would make it illegal.
Junkbusters has good information about telemarketers and protecting yourself.

Recording, disclosure of do-not-call requests:
If a person or entity making a telephone solicitation (or on whose behalf a solicitation is made) receives a request from a residential telephone subscriber not to receive calls from that person or entity, the person or entity must record the request and place the subscriber's name and telephone number on the do-not-call list at the time the request is made.

http://www.junkbusters.com/ht/en/fcc.html

This seems to say that even if they have some processing to do, they are liable the instant you notify them. Try quoting this section to them and see how they respond.

Junkbusters has a comprehensive list of mass snail-mailers. You enter your information, it composes the letters, and you print them out and mail them (addresses included, so no envelopes necessary). I did this and was amazed at the reduction in the amount of mail that I received.

telemarketer : Let me tell you about our new deal which allows you to pay multiple credit card bills on one monthly bill, while we take a 50% cut.
You : Wow, that sounds like a GREAT deal. I can't believe it. Honey, come here and listen to this.
telemarketer : Yes, all we have to do now is get all your credit card information, including card number and expiration date.
You : This is a great deal, tell me how to sign up. I can't wait to reap the rewards!

Keep it up, and just like politicians, just avert all questions leading for information with remarks of how great a deal it is. Eventually either the telemarketer gets frustated and hangs up, or you get bored. Sometimes the telemarketers even laugh and voluntarily let you go.

Or you can just follow the information at the JunkBuster's telemarketing-reduction page .

There's more information at Junkbusters.com which is very good for this kind of information. Incidentally, the fine is federally mandated (ie you and the marketer don't need to "negotiate", it's $500 per offense.) There are, I believe, lawyers who specialise in collecting the funds for a large cut, so if you're prepared to do the auditing, you can just report incidents of abuse and see the money roll in with no further intervention on your part.

Me, I just put the phone down on them. It's usually pretty easy to detect they're calling as the first few seconds of the call are usually complete silence, followed by background noise of other telemarketers in the same complex (prison?) at work.

The most important thing for people to realise is that these people are scum. Despite the obsession with some of the belief that if something is legal, then it is right, most people follow the basic rule that anything that directly reduces another person's quality of life for a minor gain on the part of the actor is an act of selfishness. Disturbing someone, intruding into their private time, with no regard to what they're doing or what effect it would have on them, is basically completely wrong. That's why we hate the calls.

It is legitimate to put the phone down without saying anything. It's also legitimate to (without resorting to abuse) tell the scumbag exactly what you think of them and tie up their time so they cannot abuse someone else and so they're made fully aware of the effect they're having.

If I were President, I'd cut their goolies off, but that's just me.
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