Also, you can (and most likely already do) AAAA lookups over IPv4. Just because you have an IPv6 tunnel doesn't mean your DNS queries are going to use IPv6 as the transit.
Except that most servers should be running an LTS release of their favorite distro. Sometimes, it can take a while for the fix to be backported. Just because the problem is fixed in the latest kernel doesn't mean it's no longer a threat, as very few people run the latest kernel as soon as its released. Finally, kernel level threats happen from time to time but the bread and butter of compromising Linux are the applications running on it. Surely people remember the old sendmail fiasco, or have heard of someone who hasn't configured their file system permissions properly and get rooted via a badly written PHP app...
Uhm..all of those problems are attributed to crappy controllers. Spend more than $10 on an eSATA controller (or use a bracket to convert an internal SATA port to eSATA) and all of those issues go away.
Forcing SSL makes any hardware endpoint compression/optimization tools pretty much useless (Look at Riverbed products). You also put more of a strain on anything with smaller MTUs (VPN tunnels, PPPoE, dialup [Yes, it still exists]) or with higher latency (client in China, satellite users).
Additionally, you need one IP address per https website you want to host. This isn't an issue with IPv6 (Yay IPv6) or when using a webserver/client that can use Host headers before the SSL transaction (which all older browsers do NOT support). The main problem is that not everyone has a metric 'shitton' of IPv4 addresses and the software isn't wide spread enough to reliably host multiple SSL websites on a single IP with vhosts.
Now, there are some other circumstances that people will state that isn't really valid IMO. Some people will state that SSL certs cost money. I recently purchased a handful of wildcard certs from StartSSL for $20 (IIRC). The only thing that cost money was the identity check and even that was pretty painless. I highly recommend them for small/medium businesses or individuals. Their root certs are in iOS, Android, RHEL as far back as I cared to check (RHEL 4), Windows, Ubuntu, etc. </slashvertisement>
Low end cards already have that ability. I play games on my aging laptop that has a 8600M GT flawlessly at 1920x1200. "1080p" isn't that impressive of a resolution for PC games.
Except until this very last hardware refresh, you were buying a DUAL CORE i7 in the Macbook Pro when one could easily get a QUAD CORE i7 in other manufacturer's laptops. Also, the graphics card that tends to get put in to Macs are typically mid range at best. So..no, the feature set isn't about the same amount of money.
Not really. You see, I was going by the summary of the article which implies that Volez was in a wreck with Bea. It also says that Bea was updating to Facebook the same time that Volez called 911. It's not that far of a stretch to assume there was ONE accident, not two (without reading the full article).
"Sorry, Sony. The hard drive is encrypted with a 35 character password and 3DES/AES.. Darn it! I knew I should have used a shorter password..because you see, I forgot it! So sorry about that."
Why ship dd-wrt when openwrt is updated more and actually works with IPv6? And not to support Linksys, but there are still very few good offerings for home router appliances with IPv6 support. Lastly, the summary isn't exactly correct. We are NOT at IPv4 exhaustion yet. When the RIRs allocate the last of their reserves, THEN we will be at IPv4 exhaustion.
Except all of that can be erased pretty easily. One could rewrite the firmware on the CPU (Yes, people do that..). One could alter the DMI information to get rid of memory manufacturer dates and serial numbers. MAC addresses can't be used as a unique identifying device either. NIC manufacturers produce more than one card with any given MAC address. There simple isn't enough addresses to go around. There was a recent, very informative thread on NANOG about this very thing.
Even if the serial numbers were even remotely useful in tracking the computer's origins, it would track only that : It's origins. Computer hardware changes hands way too often with no form of tracking between private parties. How many people here on Slashdot have rescued a "dead" computer from an employer's trash bin and brought it back to life? How many retail stores do you know of that track every item sold down to its individual serial number? Maybe Best Buy does this, but 90% of your "Mom and Pop" computer stores aren't going to do this.
TL;DR version : Serial numbers on a computer are useless for tracking.
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Also, you can (and most likely already do) AAAA lookups over IPv4. Just because you have an IPv6 tunnel doesn't mean your DNS queries are going to use IPv6 as the transit.
Except that most servers should be running an LTS release of their favorite distro. Sometimes, it can take a while for the fix to be backported. Just because the problem is fixed in the latest kernel doesn't mean it's no longer a threat, as very few people run the latest kernel as soon as its released. Finally, kernel level threats happen from time to time but the bread and butter of compromising Linux are the applications running on it. Surely people remember the old sendmail fiasco, or have heard of someone who hasn't configured their file system permissions properly and get rooted via a badly written PHP app...
The standard works, its the cheapo implementations that do not. Just like with everything...
Then get a better controller and/or better drivers.
Uhm..all of those problems are attributed to crappy controllers. Spend more than $10 on an eSATA controller (or use a bracket to convert an internal SATA port to eSATA) and all of those issues go away.
I was referring more to support in the browser, not the server.
Forcing SSL makes any hardware endpoint compression/optimization tools pretty much useless (Look at Riverbed products). You also put more of a strain on anything with smaller MTUs (VPN tunnels, PPPoE, dialup [Yes, it still exists]) or with higher latency (client in China, satellite users).
Additionally, you need one IP address per https website you want to host. This isn't an issue with IPv6 (Yay IPv6) or when using a webserver/client that can use Host headers before the SSL transaction (which all older browsers do NOT support). The main problem is that not everyone has a metric 'shitton' of IPv4 addresses and the software isn't wide spread enough to reliably host multiple SSL websites on a single IP with vhosts.
Now, there are some other circumstances that people will state that isn't really valid IMO. Some people will state that SSL certs cost money. I recently purchased a handful of wildcard certs from StartSSL for $20 (IIRC). The only thing that cost money was the identity check and even that was pretty painless. I highly recommend them for small/medium businesses or individuals. Their root certs are in iOS, Android, RHEL as far back as I cared to check (RHEL 4), Windows, Ubuntu, etc. </slashvertisement>
Low end cards already have that ability. I play games on my aging laptop that has a 8600M GT flawlessly at 1920x1200. "1080p" isn't that impressive of a resolution for PC games.
I have. That was just an attempt at humor.
No, only one in training.
Except until this very last hardware refresh, you were buying a DUAL CORE i7 in the Macbook Pro when one could easily get a QUAD CORE i7 in other manufacturer's laptops. Also, the graphics card that tends to get put in to Macs are typically mid range at best. So..no, the feature set isn't about the same amount of money.
I, unfortunately, still have to admin AIX 4 and 5 servers. No RIP for SMIT in my life.. :/
Depending on the language, you may be required to do this. I know I need to do this when doing Windows + C++/Qt development.
That's why I recently switched from Pandora to Last.Fm, personally.
Not really. You see, I was going by the summary of the article which implies that Volez was in a wreck with Bea. It also says that Bea was updating to Facebook the same time that Volez called 911. It's not that far of a stretch to assume there was ONE accident, not two (without reading the full article).
I assume the phone call was made AFTER the wreck. If she updated at the same time as the 911 call, wouldn't the update also be AFTER the wreck?
This is, of course, assuming that the person making the call isn't psychic and made the call before the wreck.
I, for one, welcome our new IBM ant overlords...well, as long as they don't make me use/admin Lotus Notes again.
"Sorry, Sony. The hard drive is encrypted with a 35 character password and 3DES/AES.. Darn it! I knew I should have used a shorter password..because you see, I forgot it! So sorry about that."
Why ship dd-wrt when openwrt is updated more and actually works with IPv6? And not to support Linksys, but there are still very few good offerings for home router appliances with IPv6 support. Lastly, the summary isn't exactly correct. We are NOT at IPv4 exhaustion yet. When the RIRs allocate the last of their reserves, THEN we will be at IPv4 exhaustion.
It figures she wouldn't divorce him after all that.
Also, here's another from the guy's Youtube channel..
One can also watch the text-only version by telneting in to 94.255.168.108 (This was gleaned from the blog owner's twitter account).
That was quick slashdotting..any alternate links?
If I would have known about the party, I would have been there too.
Except all of that can be erased pretty easily. One could rewrite the firmware on the CPU (Yes, people do that..). One could alter the DMI information to get rid of memory manufacturer dates and serial numbers. MAC addresses can't be used as a unique identifying device either. NIC manufacturers produce more than one card with any given MAC address. There simple isn't enough addresses to go around. There was a recent, very informative thread on NANOG about this very thing.
Even if the serial numbers were even remotely useful in tracking the computer's origins, it would track only that : It's origins. Computer hardware changes hands way too often with no form of tracking between private parties. How many people here on Slashdot have rescued a "dead" computer from an employer's trash bin and brought it back to life? How many retail stores do you know of that track every item sold down to its individual serial number? Maybe Best Buy does this, but 90% of your "Mom and Pop" computer stores aren't going to do this.
TL;DR version : Serial numbers on a computer are useless for tracking.