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Linux Crypto Packages Demolished
SiliconEntity writes "Cryptographer and security expert Peter Gutmann has demolished several Linux security software packages in a recent posting to the cryptography mailing list. He says, 'It's possible to create insecure 'security' products just as readily with open-source as with closed-source software. CIPE and vtun must be the OSS community's answer to Microsoft's PPTP implementation. What's even worse is that some of the flaws were pointed out nearly two years ago, but despite the hype about open-source products being quicker with security fixes, some of the protocols still haven't been fixed.'"
Erm, no. Linux is considered more secure than Windows because it DOESN'T LEAVE THE RPC PORT OPEN BY DEFAULT, and a billion other things.
Look, we're not talking about Syllable or OpenBeOS or something here. Linux has 20 to 30 million users worldwide, and yet it never has anything like the massive problems Blaster and SoBig etc.
Do you read Slashdot!?! Since when are we anti-monopoly or anti-Microsoft for that matter? Troll.
*giggle*
This is suffers from the Existential Fallacy. What makes you think that humans even exist? Sheesh! Kids these days with their purple unicorns...
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Your logic is flawed. The creations of flawed entities are not necesarily flawed.
Yeah, but....
This is totally an exaggeration. Of course the card doesn't fit in the PC-card slot. The Airport Extreme doesn't even look like a PC-card at all.
The PowerBook G4's are indeed cramped, and do not lend themselves to be tinkered with...but that doesn't conclude "tragedy of design".
The Airport card install isn't that difficult. Remove the battery, take out 7 screws to remove cover, plug in card, plug in antenna....put cover back on, and insert battery....done.
If you had read the customer-installable parts procedure, it explains it very simply:
http://www.info.apple.com/usen/cip/pdf/pbg4/pbg4dv i1ghz-apc-cip.pdf