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Yahoo! Develops Anti-Spam Architecture
prostoalex writes "Yahoo!, the owner of one of the largest e-mail systems in the world, is said to be developing a cryptographic product that will be offered freely to mail servers. 'Domain Keys,' according to the Reuters article, would require the message sender to authenticate in order for message to come across a trusted e-mail network. The idea has been around for ages, however, it required someone from the big league like Yahoo! to step in." While Yahoo! isn't the first name that comes to mind when I think of trusted email, it's still a step in the right direction.
I'm somewhat of an expert in cryptography (I completed Diffy Q with a B and I have read Applied Cryptography 3 or 4 times), and I've done some analysis of the Yahoo plan. Let me say this - it will not work. They make several very "rookie" mistakes, and the entire plan reminds me of MS's ill-fated PTPP protocol.
Someone needs to hire an expert, perhaps Bruce Schneier or myself, to look into this.
I wish there was a way for me, as a Christian, as a human being, to sit down with some of you and have a pleasant, civil discussion without bitterness or sarcasm. I don't force people to believe what I believe. I don't mock others with different beliefs. I hope I can find the words to explain myself, as my life goes on. I hope I can help people to see.
I think your first mistake is believing anything you read in Applied Cryptography. Its a well-known fact that Bruce Schneier is regarded as a leftist kook in the cryptographic community. Trust me, I got my PhD from UC Berkeley in cryptographic studies so I know what I'm talking about. Although we must give him credit for writing PGP, Mr Schneier has since then used his name to promote all sorts of snake-oil get-rich-quick schemes, and is a blathering font of anti-government propoganda. I'm sorry, Mr Schneier but had we not listened to your objections about such things as the Clipper chip installed in phones we may have learned about the 9/11 plot before it happened.
C - A language that combines the speed of assembly with the ease of use of assembly.
This is JuggleGeek's resume. I will rip it to shreds because he is viscous and very much an unskilled arrogant jerk that constantly makes paranoid statements, espouses half truths and makes arrogant comments on Slashdot. JuggleGeek: An NT 4.0 Lover. A bit behind the times, don't you think? His work is so cheap and unprofessional they use Win98. He claims to be a programmer. His "workstation" OS of choice: Win98. Nice.
HAND CODED HTML! WHO WOULD HAVE THUNK IT COULD STILL HAPPEN?
You mean "Thought it would happen," not thunk. Thunking is something a "programmer" should know about. Most people hand core or use code to generate HTML. Big fucking deal
WELL, IT'S MOSTLY HAND CODED. BUT TO BE FAIR, I HAVE USED
HOMESITE 2.5, AND IT IS PRETTY NICE.
So it is not hand coded. Make up your mind. Moron
MOSTLY, I LIKE HAVING A QUICK ONE-KEY METHOD OF SEEING HOW
THE PAGE LOOKS AT ANY GIVEN POINT.
HACKER : STEPHEN WHITIS
You cannot hack HTML. That is an amateurish, juvenile thing to say. You can author HTML, no more. Its as easy as using a typewriter
Stephen "JuggleGeek" Whitis's Resume Page (p1 of 3)
- Moron error. Possessive form of Whitis is Whitis'.
I am currently seeking employment.
Forgone conclusion. That is why resumes are written. Moron.
I am interested in Delphi programming, with an emphasis on internet related applications, user interfaces, and databases. Web design is not a specialty area, but I have basic skills and an interest in developing them further.
Interest in a subject is not a reason to hire you. No one cares what you like. It is about what you can do for other people. Moron. So, you want your next employer to teach you not to suck in web design?
I currently live in Dallas, and have no interest in moving.
I currently have a company "INSERT COMPANY NAME HERE" and have no interest in hiring you.
I am not looking for "traditional" work. Part time work would be considered, as well as telecomuting [SIC] work. The usual 9 to 5 job doesn't interest me, as I have an ongoing project which already takes up a certain amount of my time.
Translation: I'm a loser that cant keep a real job. I don't have the attention span or the responsibility to finish anything. I like to telecommute to further hide my ability to do nothing. I fail to mention the project because its probably killing small animals or fucking sheep.
If you have a project you need done, and the project interests me, I can be hired cheap.
You can be hired cheap because you suck
If you are looking for a full-time, long term, 9-5 kind of guy, then I'm not the one you're looking for. I'm a self taught programmer with 20 years of professional experience. I'm confident that I can be successful with any programming project I take on, but I will only accept offers where the project interests me and the working conditions meet with my non-standard lifestyle.
This isnt a resume. This is a stupid conversation you are having with no one. Self taught means you point out the fact most real programmers will rip you apart. 20 years? Doubtful. Most of your expoerience is more IT than programming. You have never contributed to an opensource project to prove you can submit code, you have no code portfolio. Non-standard lifestyle. FUCK YOU.
I get a lot of emails from headhunters wanting me to consider jobs out of state. I am not leaving Texas. (And I'm very unlikely to leave Dallas.) If your out of state company wants to hire me, then I'll need to telecommute.