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For those whom are not aware of this technology, I gladly provide the following linkage:

-- Article @ Network World Fusion

-- Article @ Comms Design

-- Published Standards & Drafts

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Terrorism is really a path to world socalism and a world government - in the same vein as the UN. Every time an "terrorist threat" appears, there is always a call for money. Money from the government. Also, each new claim comes with associated calls for limits to our freedoms.

It's easy for (some of you) Americans to shout "socialism!" everytime there is something you don't like, isn't there?

i hunt and fish, and love the outdoors as much as anyone. but, i think capitalism and freedom are far more important. do you really want the corrupt third world dictators telling the US how to run its economy?

I don't know about you, but I'm pretty damned sure I DON'T want the US telling the world what to do. I mean, how can the US sit and pontificate when their Congress" is corrupt? Or how about profiteering from a war which the US started preemtively and unilaterally on "humanitarian" grounds? Or actively supports terrorists" and backs dictatorial regimes when they are in the apparent best interest of the US? Or the best interests of certain member's of government?

Do I really want the corrupt nuclear supperpower to be telling the world how to run their affairs? No. And you should be worried too. The US is becoming the Land of the Progressively Less Free.

(I apologize for this being off-topic. When someone spouts off like this person did, I feel a need to respond. As for the current war in Iraq and the soldiers on the ground there: I support you and hope you come back safely. I do not support the government who sent you, or the reasons they give for doing so.)

I am no expert on either HP or Dell, but seem to see what appears to be a fundamental difference in the nature of those two companies' business.

Dell's fundamental business seems to be selling hardware. If they have any significant Services-oriented branch of the company, I am unaware of it.
HP, on the other hand, seems to have a significantly larger service branch as well as making & selling hardware. Their service branch must be diverse, because they actually run the help desk at Microsoft, among other things!
Based the seeming differences in the two companies, it would seem to make business sense that HP would stand to make money on the service side supporting Linux, where Dell, concentrating on Hardware, doesn't gain a whole lot from going to the trouble to "support" Linux. People who want Linux on a Dell can still install & use Linux on that Dell without Dell having to be involved, and Dell doesn't stand to lose much revenue by not being the supplier of that free OS.

Not too much of a stretch. Microsoft has been a major contributor to the BSA since its inception. It harasses companies based on rumors of software non-compliance co-opting US Marshalls to act as a the gestapo. It is also growing power and influence worldwide.

Read this interview with Gates himself for more insight on Microsoft and the BSA.

To sum it all up, the BSA *is* Microsoft.

A new technology will soon enable scents to be woven into fabrics.

Scents inextricably bound to fabric? Where have I seen this before?

As of last year, Verisign has been running ATLAS, instead of BIND, for DNS. See the story here.

I would think that the penultimate scripted virus should be one that, like the genetic variety,

Why would that be the next-to-last virus ever created?

A script is basically variable names and values.. well what if you could randomly generate variable names, of

Actually at some point, the script will really need to come down to system calls. Just assigning variables all day long won't accomplish much.

search-and-replace to generate copy Y with the new names.

Both this trick, and countermeasures like you mentioned, have been happening for years. Or does the phrase "polymorphic virus" not ring a bell?

According to this site, the speed of "IEEE 801.16.1 is intended to support individual channel data rates of from 2M to 155M bit/sec."

This is not the first time that rumors and false advertising has been used to try to erode market share from a superior competitor.

Those of you who have been reading slashdot for a while may recall that back in 1999 a guy named David Schriner homebrewed a HERF gun that was capable of shutting down a PC at 20 feet. That's not much of a range, but it only cost him $400 to do it. If someone threw a little more time and money at the problem, they might be able to do something more impressive.

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• Valley of the Geeks
• Amazon Listmania
• Last Week's Article
• Another Geek Gifts Site

• Wired Story
• Industrial Light & Magic
• Lord of the Rings
• Salon Article

Here's the article: http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2002/1125bethisrael.h tml

Why on earth would a researcher be plugged into the same network as time-sensitive patient information? Yes it's expensive, but critical functions should be seperated from non-critical functions. And the critical network needs to be fairly rigidly controlled (i.e., no researchers should "accidentally" plug into it.) Note further information in http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2002/1125bethisrael.h tml

• An article on InternetNews on OASIS ... with some info on what MS is already doing with XML. Light info, but it's a start.
  
• Usual Propaganda on MSDN on the new version of Visio .. including some details on how XML is used with it.
  
• An article on New World Fusion on how XML is used with the latest MSOffice beta .. as part of the whole .net thing. One interesting point is that Word, Excel and Access are going to support XML .. no word on Outlook and/or Powerpoint

#2) Why don't they all merge? They all are obviously trying to take on Microsoft. They all are remarkably similiar. Basically a slicked up kde system and a $99 price tag. I would think it would be in their best interest if Lindows, Lycoris and whatever that other one (Xandros ..

Interesting, that. Lindows actually licensed its code from Xandros anyway, and both trace their heritage to Corel.

Back in the day, ogg had a meaning as a verb in Netrek - "Let's go ogg a base". If you look at the NWfusion article, scroll down and read all of the "I won't buy it because it doesn't support Ogg" comments. Take that feedback and smoke it! They were Ogged!

It reminds me of the Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf campaign to People's Most Beautiful Person poll.

Attention corporate shill:

Your IDS sucks. Here is the proof:

On the sensor side, Nokia's hardware-based security appliance runs RealSecure 6.5 from Internet Security Systems (ISS). The volume of traffic on the Opus One network caused the IP530's RealSecure process to terminate roughly once a day until Nokia supplied a patch.

The Enum initiative. I refer you to this IETF page and also this article on Enum in NetworkWorldFusion.

Anna B

Yes, I agree. And to be honest, I have not followed Jabber enough to base an opinion on whether it's in good phase to "IETFed".

SMTP and FTP examples of good work, but I think that when these were under consideration, IETFed still worked much more smoothly than it does today. There has been lots of discussion on stagnation, as for examle this and number of others state. But if Jabber is in good phase, a little slow down might not be that bad. And anyway, the would is better of WITH IETF than without it :)

Seems to me this is the opposite of what Roadrunner is going to do.

Bandwidth Hogs Pay Up!

I assumed that Time Warner, also being in the music biz, was going to start limiting bandwidth usage as part of a back door scheme to kill P2P.

I imagine they'll limit bandwidth except to a few choice sites with freebie download MBs where they'll hawk their digital music etc.

This would effectively kill file sharing, support their copyrights, and open their markets for online digital media sales in one fell swoop.

All the while Joe Public is putting his energy towards not letting the RIAA hack into their machines to see what they have.

Classic screen play- I'd watch Verizon for the same behavior.

Think of it this way. If these houses share a wall, and one access point can "see" an access point on the other side of the wall, then you could theoretically have two access points talking to each other, and then a third talking to the second, and so on. Within each of the houses, computers could access the network enabled by that point through whatever means (cable or wireless within the house) were deemed appropriate.

Read this writer's own experience with multiple walls over 100 meters for some insight.

You could also try using existing power lines to build a network. I don't know which of these tools are approved for use in the UK, but I imagine there are at least some solutions that can make use of existing cabling.

keep in mind this is a microsoft booth babe.

(it was either him or the goatse pic, just be glad I chose what I did!)

Also, Network World ran a "gearhead" review of the Sharp Zaurus in which they rated it with a 10 out of 10, and said it was one of the "coolest toys, er, tools" they'd ever "played with, er, evauluated." The review is available online here.

• Serial Console (including reset and boot BIOS access)
  • RealWeasel (or similar if there is one) for console in each machine. Needed on machines whose BIOS or OS does not support a serial console.
  • Without RealWeasel, you could use a serial-to-keyboard adapter for remote ASCII console input. Console output becomes a separate problem. (I see a Keyat unit also allows several adapters on a single RS-485 interface, so a single RS-485 link could service several servers)
  • For Linux use, see the Remote Serial Console HOWTO..but no method to reset.
  • Terminal server, to convert all those serial ports to TCP/IP; IP support was specified. (Linux Serial Console HOWTO above has terminal server info also)
  • Mouse support: Another serial port, with servers configured for serial mice. On management workstation, install a serial mouse specifically for remote use.
  • Make a program for your management station which lets you select a remote console. The program pops up an appropriate terminal window (unless it already is running) and connects the serial mouse to remote's serial mouse input port.
• Reset/power control.
  • RealWeasel offers reset control.
  • Reset could be wired to relays, which would require relays controlled through TCP/IP (could b done through terminal server serial or parallel ports).
  • Web cam and robot arm. Details left as an exercise for the reader.
• Graphical console remote access
  • X11 Windows System: The usual X11 network access.
  • MS-Windows: Choose favorite remote console solution.
  • VNC: Question asker specified not to use it.
  • Remote Control Review: Review of several remote control packages.
• As IP is being used, all this can be run through Ethernet or serial PPP links. Or USB, with serial ports for console/mouse and USB-Ethernet for X11 through USB network (Is there an Ethernet-to-USB_Host device, so a USB-through-Ethernet device driver could talk to a remote USB network?)
• Encryption to protect console data: Have to encrypt the terminal server's link. X11 could run through an SSH tunnel.

I'm not sure this is what you're thinking of, but Carl Oppedahl (of patents.com fame) has set something like this up in Ruby Ranch, Colorado, but for DSL, not wireless. See this link or this one for details.

Hasn't the Patriot Act started to erode those rights?

I know for sure it allows "invasion of privacy" for wiretaps without a warrant -- and I've heard something about physical searches with "blank warrants" or something like that... Just a matter of time, I suppose.

Under the newly enacted Patriot Act of 2001, ISPs and network administrators may give law enforcement agents access to their networks without a warrant in order to track hacker activities.

As far as SIMPLE goes, well, Jabber actually exists. That's a plus, isn't it?

SIMPLE exists in a firm enough form that it's shipping in the MSN Messenger that comes with Windows XP (and can be downloaded for other MS platforms), and has received the explicit backing of both Microsoft and AOL.

So, let's review -- a SIMPLE client is already installed on every XP system in the world, and AIM will soon provide interoperability using SIMPLE.

Those are plusses, aren't they?

IMUnified (which is what I think you're trying to refer to) is long dead. However, AOL and Microsoft have both thrown their support behind SIMPLE. The SIMPLE development effort is alive and well. Expect to see this protocol published as RFCs before the end of the year...

And, in fact, there's an IM standard under development in the IETF, called SIMPLE, that both AOL and Microsoft support. In fact, Microsoft already has SIMPLE support in the latest version of MSN Messenger

As you suggest, the addressing uses multiple domains (like "chefmonkey@aol.com") to route between systems.

Is that kinda what you're looking for?

AOL has abandoned support for the initiative you site (about two years ago, in fact). They are now throwing their support (along with Microsoft) behind an IETF emerging standard called SIPMLE. See this article for confirmation of AOL's support of SIMPLE.

Microsoft Messenger already has support for an interoperable standard built right in. It's called SIMPLE, and it's being developed by the IETF. Best of all, it's being supported by both AOL and Microsoft. Once the IETF gets done with SIMPLE, you'll start seeing AIM, MSN Messenger, and probably a whole slew of other systems talking to each other seamlessly.

lawsuits won't work.

Since Big Brother is Watching our IMs now, I really don't think it matters anymore which IM system I use. I can't find a link to the article in the NY Times, but I remember that Carnivore/Echelon was recently extended to cover IMs too. Who needs privacy anyway...

As The Register point out, it's a rather old version of the JVM, and Sun are arguing that it isn't actually Java at all.

I Don't think MPEG-4 will be too widely used due to the fact of a PER-Minute, Per-User FEE,
on top of a 25-cent licensing fee for each personal-use MPEG-4 encoder or decoder.

I question the wisdom of engaging CA to predict sports injuries when it has a tough time predicting the outcome from doctoring the company books.

You could always try running coax for 100 mbps or even gigabit Token Ring... The horror, the horror!

Don't forget that this happened via Flowgo, spammers extroadinaire, who have no scruples about using the September 11th disaster for their own ends.

Personally, I hope both IntelliTech (misnomer) and Flowgo are prosecuted for this.

So what now? Stories half to be "well-aged" before they are posted?

Maybe this site should be called: "Slashdot: news for procrastinators. Stuff that's ancient.

Seriously. What's the point of us hunting down stories to post if they're gonna do this? Go ahead and mod me down, but you know I'm right.

I agree. Taco is a fucktard. He gets his news from /.

I gave this information to the lady in business development weeks ago.

This first appeared in FEB. You stupid fucking asshole, Taco. You fucking Moron. You dumb fucktard prick. youa re so asleep at the wheel. FUcktard.

http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2002/0225infra.html

3Com releases embedded firewall NICs

No recovery for the telecom sector

Check Point introduces SmartDefense

NextPage taking P2P content sharing offline

Network Associates withdraws McAfee.com bid

Analysis: Why Microsoft's Hailstorm failed

All of today's news

By Phil Hochmuth
Network World, 02/25/02

SAN JOSE - 3Com last week announced network cards with embedded firewall technology and made available its previously announced secure NIC products and policy server for locking down PCs and servers.

Announced almost a year ago, the hardware-based firewalls for 3Com's 10/100Base-T NIC could help IT security staff prevent unauthorized access to network servers or PCs from inside and outside a network.

3Com also added a PC card version of its embedded firewall, which could be used to secure telecommuters' broadband connections. Also announced was a 100Base-FX version of the embedded firewall NIC for securing servers. The new products were announced at the RSA Security Conference.

Advertisement:

The secure NIC products come at a time when network professionals are feeling unsatisfied with network security, according to a recent survey. In a study of 583 companies conducted by security firm PentaSafe and released at the RSA conference, 23% of respondents said their organizations' security awareness was "dangerously inadequate, while 44% said their firms' security was "inadequate." The survey also reported that 60% of respondents gave their companies a D - on a scale from A to F, with A being highest - regarding network security practices.

The embedded firewall is based on technology from Secure Computing, and can be added to existing 3Com 10/100M bit/sec 3CR990 series NICs through a firmware upgrade, or purchased with new network cards.

The embedded firewall on the NICs works independently of the operating system running on the host machine and can filter traffic based on IP address or virus and Trojan signatures.

The company says this feature makes the product more secure than software-based personal firewalls - from Norton, McAfee or Black ICE - because those firewalls work on top of a PC or server operating system and can be disabled via freely available hacking tools.

3Com's PCMCIA card with embedded firewall for telecommuters will let administrators push policies to workers who may alternate between an office LAN and a home broadband connection. The card could be used to let the NIC communicate only over a VPN gateway while on a WAN connection, or disallow enterprise VPN access when an end user surfs the Web from home. This could prevent a home user's machine with simultaneous connections to the Internet and a VPN from becoming a hacker's portal into a corporation through a VPN connection.

A central Embedded NIC Policy Server can be used to update the NICs with new firewall rules and firmware updates over secure IP Security connections on a LAN or over a WAN.

The fiber-based embedded firewall NIC is available for $360, and the PC card will be available later this quarter for $250.

The 3Com 10/100 Secure Desktop Interface Cards are available for $120 and $130. The Embedded Firewall NIC Policy Server is available for $1,000, and firewall upgrade kits for securing multiple NICs are available for $500 for 10 cards, $2,250 for 50 cards and $8,000 for 200 cards

The last time I checked, Google had more than 10,000 servers. I realize these aren't tightly coupled, parallel processors, but it's still a massive machine. Is it 10,000 computers or one? I say for the purposes of comparision that it would beat the Japanese computer. If not now, in a few months when Google's installation grows even larger. This piece struck me as a thinnly-veiled ploy to get more cash for some government computer lab.

So, what are they supposed to use, a really big passwd file? OpenLDAP? Novell NDS? A big Oracle database? Why should we even care what the technology is, as long as it works?

Maybe because it doesn't work.

ever thought of that?

Unfortunately, all the Microsoft-hating government pawns around here seem to have missed the real point of the article.

This isn't just "Microsoft-Hating"
These are valid concerns...

"Time Warner ... limits bandwidth of residental customers."

I would not recommend Time Warner to anyone as a method of getting on the Internet. However, I think it is a misrepresentation of Time Warner's actions and the NetworkWorld Time Warner: Bandwidth hogs, pay up! article to state that Time Warner is limiting bandwidth.

First, there is a clear distinction between a change in billing policy and network traffic shaping!

Second, the distinction becomes more clear when comparing Time Warner's plan to have an announced change in billing and XTRA's unwritten policy of traffic shaping.

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For whatever reason mjl and Timothy seem to think it is acceptable to gray lines. Then again, either of them can feel free to try to provide quotes from their referenced NetworkWorld article to try to support the claim.

I don't mind comparing one company's bad choices and actions against another company's actions. But to complettely make things up to fit an agenda is just wrong. What NetworkWorld states is that Time Warner plans to charge extra for bandwidth and does not support the statement!
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Anyways, for a fair comparison between different company's actions, look at the NetworldWorld article which compares Time Warner bandwidth charging with DSL multi-tier bandwidth account options.

Erm, it's the name of a Shinto goddess (of the Underworld)... on the other hand, Ellison wants to create a national ID database, perhaps on an even grander scale than what IBM did in the 1940s. Now with new technology, rather than an ugly tatoo, the New America (under our selected President Bush) can do the Nazis one better with subdermal electronic ID chips.

Just look at Nokia's CryptoCluster 2500. It got excellent reviews, but they canned it. Some say that it's because it competes with Check Point NG high availability solution.

Many of our customers (I work for a VAR) got really pissed when they heard this. What am I supposed to do? I then have no other option but recommend that they go look for other vendors that will be around to support them?

Your "homepage" could have e-mail, file&print access across different servers, and applications. Depending on HOW you're accessing the system it'll change how it delivers apps.

For example, if you're on a high-speed LAN it'll figure out what servers are closest to you and deliver apps to your desktop if they're not already installed. If you move to a different office, it'll change to the closest server that has the apps on it.

If you're at a web cafe or on a dial-up connection, it can deliver the SAME apps via a Citrix session automatically without the user having to pay attention to the underlying mechanisms, keeping track of licensing concerns automatically.

This is not just a simple remote "viewing" solution like VNC and it's not a remote "processing, local viewing" solution like X - it's a way to tie together all of the resources (servers, apps, data) you already have in a solution that the users can easily take with them anywhere without having to change to fit the system. Pretty cool.

Go here for more info on synergy.

Unfortunately, they haven't yet put up any screenshots, but the ones I've seen look really cool... here's a 3rd-party article that gives you a better idea of how this works than I can.

(Yes, they embraced Linux a while back, and yes, ZENworks Synergy is supposed to even extend to handhelds. :)

No, I don't work for Novell - I just think they *still* make some damn fine products (even if their marketing does really suck.)

You don't know of enough tech sites to claim that "almost every tech site" banded together on something. No one does.

Secondly, I find the figure of $1 per spam to be kind of ludicrous. It takes me about 5 seconds to recognize a piece of mail is spam and delete it.

So let's assume that like most geeks, you're way on the end of the bell curve when it comes to processing information. Suppose the average spam delay is 30 seconds per person. They just said the guy worked at "a major telecommunications company"; let's assume that they're in the same league as SGI, another company mentioned in the article which has revenues of $300,000 per year per employee.

That works out to about $150 per hour in revenue, or $2.50 per minute. So that 30-second spam distraction costs $1.25 on average.

And assuming their mail beeped and distracted them from something else, the cost could be a lot higher; distractions substantially reduce productivity. And if they click on a link or actually read the spam? yet more time gone. $1 is probably too low.