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  1. Browsers have started to implement DNS-over-HTTPS and it's only a matter of time before Google enforces it in the future.

  2. Re:Feitian keys look similar to the Google one... on Google Launches Its Own Physical Security Key (cyberscoop.com) · · Score: 1

    Feitian NFC has worked perfectly for me with my Android phone.

  3. Re:Or buy this key with USB Bluetooth and NFC for on Google Launches Its Own Physical Security Key (cyberscoop.com) · · Score: 1

    +1 for Feitian. One key for my phone and computer (as well as additional keys in safe places).

  4. They recommend you backup the private key, so it cannot be considered secure like a proper u2f key.

  5. Does it have a proper hardware key store? I would feel less safe using a key stored in memory which can be read out via software and cloned.

  6. Yes, because... on Should GitHub Allow Username Reuse? (donatstudios.com) · · Score: 1

    User accounts are not something unique to GitHub, and I would expect any service that lets you pick usernames to allow reuse, otherwise eventually you are left with random letters and numbers as users move on.

    12 best practices for user account, authorization and password management
    https://cloudplatform.googlebl...

  7. I swapped the old head unit for an android one and use Here Maps. The downside is the receiver does not receive ota traffic updates using TMC or TPEG like more expensive units.

  8. Re:Their software cost an arm and both legs yet... on OSGeo Foundation Up In Arms Over ESRI LAS Lock-In Plans · · Score: 1

    For such a large software company, their bug tracking is a joke. I reported an issue where the select by location tool was not selecting accurately, and in the end they admitted it was a known bug with high severity but no planned fix date. Now this makes me anxious because I am worried that there could be other bugs affecting the accuracy of my work, but the bug tracker does not let you see all the open bugs for a given product, nor can you subscribe to updates on existing bugs!

  9. Goodbye Mr Tredinnick on Use Astrology To Save Britain's Health System, Says MP · · Score: 1

    As a resident in Mr Tredinnick's ward I am looking forward to voting him out at the next election. He also voted against the legalisation of gay marriage.

  10. Re: Video latency on AirPlay Alternative Mirrors and Streams To TVs and PCs · · Score: 1

    It is also available on newer Blackberry phones running BB10 (i.e. Q5, Q10 and Z30).

  11. Re:Too late on The Old Reader Will Stay Open To the Public Thanks To US Corporation · · Score: 1

    I looked at Digg Reader and The Old Reader. In the end, I went with AOL Reader as it seemed to be more feature complete and usable. I think they have done a really good job with their feed reader.

  12. Reserverd TLD's on Generic TLDs Threaten Name Collisions and Information Leakage · · Score: 1

    It might be worthwhile to define some "reserved" TLDs for private use, as we have 10/8/, 192.168/16, 172.16/18 for IP addresses, so we can ensure that anybody using a reserved TLD does not have to worry about it being allocated in the future.

  13. Re:Can't cheat an honest man on Video Poker Firmware Bug Yields Big Money, Federal Charges · · Score: 1

    Since every machine was running the same software, that means every single machine was defective so the casino should be entitled to every single cent of winnings on these machines where double-up was turned on.

  14. Re:Medical Software on Some Windows XP Users Can't Afford To Upgrade · · Score: 1

    In an ideal world there would be a government-controlled specification that all medical software would have to adhere to, and there should be a requirement for interoperability so that data from one system can be exported to a common format and imported into another. Of course there will be changes to the specification over time which means you will always have to pay a vendor for updates (unless there was free open-source software available).

  15. Re:Thanks, Antigua! on Responding to US Gambling Law, Antigua Set To Launch "Pirate" Site · · Score: 1

    Wrong. "American" refers to anyone from the Americas, not someone from the United States of America.

  16. Re:Subdomains on "Secure" Shorter .uk Internet Domain Proposed · · Score: 1

    One of the rules is that you are not permitted to sell third-level domains (3LD) underneath a second-level domain (2LD) in the proposed plan.

  17. Re:You think this is a Game? on GoDaddy Goes Down, Anonymous Claims Responsibility · · Score: 1

    If DNS providers would provide a standardised API (or even allow standard dynamic updates with TSIG) it would make it a lot easier to use multiple providers. The two main problems I have come across are that the providers often do not let you add any NS records other than their own servers (so when a resolver caches the NS records and that provider goes down, it won't try using the other provider until the TTL expires), and updating records is painful because it involves logging into each of your providers websites to make the changes.

  18. Re:where can i download a trial version of SAP? on Vulnerable SAP Deployments Make Prime Attack Targets · · Score: 1

    The book "SAP - A Map of The Minefield" by Stephen Birchall is a good read.

  19. 17938 infringements or just 1? on Judge Grudgingly Awards $3.6 Million In DRM Circumvention Case · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't see how they work out that it is 17938 infringements when they only set up one server, so they have only infringed once.

  20. Asset labels on Server Names For a New Generation · · Score: 1

    No longer an admin, but I have always given servers names based on their asset label, e.g. SV-0700543. The benefit of this is that the servers must be recorded in the asset register before they can be set up. When it comes to virtual machines I simply used a counter, e.g. VM-000001. The important ones (fsmo roles, database servers, app servers, etc) get friendly names with dns cname records.

  21. Amarok on VLC 1.1 Forced To Drop Shoutcast Due To AOL Anti-OSS Provision · · Score: 4, Informative

    Amarok dropped Shoutcast support in version 2.2 (October 2009) because of this.

  22. Re:Unsurprising on Microsoft Tips the Scale In Favor of HTML 5 · · Score: 1

    Quite. It would make sense to simply use directshow or mediafoundation for decoding video so that any format for which the user has a codec installed would be supported. QtWebKit does this for example, so any web browser using Qt can take advantage of all the system codecs (as well as other pluggable backends, for example vlc).

  23. Re:Hardware firewall or use bfd on Coping With 1 Million SSH Authentication Failures? · · Score: 1

    So you think that a VPN should be used in conjunction with telnet and no passwords inside the network? Absurd! VPNs merely augment the current system. It would be no less secure with a VPN than without.

  24. paperkey and libdmtx on Privacy With a 4096 Bit RSA Key — Offline, On Paper · · Score: 3, Informative

    See http://www.mail-archive.com/gnupg-users@gnupg.org/msg10827.html.

    The original paperkey software takes out the redundant key material for a smaller amount of data. You can restore the original key by combining the output with the public key.

    To encode:

    gpg --export-secret-key (thekey) | paperkey --output-type raw | dmtxwrite -e8 -f pdf > my_pdf_file.pdf

    You can pass pdf, eps, svg, etc, to the -f option. Use 'dmtxwrite -l' to get a list of all supported image formats.

    To decode:

    dmtxread -N1 my_pdf_file.pdf | paperkey --pubring ~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg > my_new_secret_key.gpg

  25. Re:Still better than AVI on Technical Objections To the Ogg Container Format · · Score: 1

    Untrue. Matroska is now officially supported by the DivX Plus HD profile which is used by a variety of devices.