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  1. If you want it done right, do it yourself. on Best DNS Service With API Access? · · Score: 1

    Why do so many people refuse to run DNS themselves? At the very least, you can find a provider to host the public DNS, but you can host the primary DNS, which we propagate out to the public servers. This way, you can do whatever you like. BIND uses a flat text file for it's configuration. Easy to parse, edit, etc, with a script.

    Do some friggin' homework before you post such a stupid question.

  2. Pr0n? No, really. on Re-purposing a Student Tech Service Group? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    http://ipv6experiment.com/

    From their site:

    We're taking over 100 gigabytes of the most popular "adult entertainment" videos from one of the largest subscription websites on the internet, and giving away access to anyone who can connect to it via IPv6. No advertising, no subscriptions, no registration. If you access the site via IPv4, you get a primer on IPv6, instructions on how to set up IPv6 through your ISP, a list of ISPs that support IPv6 natively, and a discussion forum to share tips and troubleshooting. If you access the site via IPv6 you get instant access to "the goods".

    Perhaps they could use some bandwidth or admin help. From their mailing lists, I've gathered it's a pretty small group who may welcome such a large amount of help.

  3. Re:How about no? on Online Storage With a Twist · · Score: 1

    Who ever modded me a 'Troll' for the above can go piss on an electric fence. Look up what trolling really is. Simply have something negative to say about TFA, doesn't constitute being a troll.

    Ass clown.

  4. How about no? on Online Storage With a Twist · · Score: 0, Troll

    What the hell is up with people wanting to 'securely' store their personal/corporate/political plans to take over the world on someone else's machine? If you don't control the hardware you're storing things on, it's, by definition, not secure.

  5. So we're clear... on Judge Rules Man Cannot Be Forced To Decrypt HD · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm not *really* talking about swimsuit photos, either, really. I'm sure at some point, some of them were wearing swimsuits, but that was well before the photos were taken. ;)

  6. Re:Huh? on Judge Rules Man Cannot Be Forced To Decrypt HD · · Score: 1

    Who said deleting? I just don't have them configured as wall paper and such. Also, since he uses my computer for playing games once in a while, I put them in a marginally out-of-the-way location. As in, not on the desktop, where, if I were traveling, a border agent wouldn't just happen upon them.

  7. Re:Hooray for the judge, for seeing through this. on Judge Rules Man Cannot Be Forced To Decrypt HD · · Score: 1

    You, apparently, don't know what you're talking about. This isn't as simple as 'changing' the password. It's a pass-phrase which is used to do the actual encryption. Linux isn't a master-key for encryption.

    LOL

  8. Re:Warrant? on Judge Rules Man Cannot Be Forced To Decrypt HD · · Score: 2, Insightful

    With a locked trunk, you don't have to give them the key, they can break it open. This same applies to the encrypted data. It's their problem if their tools to break it aren't good enough.

  9. Re:saw the drive when it was open?? on Judge Rules Man Cannot Be Forced To Decrypt HD · · Score: 1

    Clean rooms aren't required to view files. As proof, were you sitting in a clean room when you typed your reply?

    +1 Insightful for the last comment though. Even a pedophile would probably have enough common sense to not have any child-porn readily available on the laptop. I don't even keep SI swimsuit photos that readily-accessible due to the child my wife and I have.

  10. The good, bad, and the ugly. on Judge Rules Man Cannot Be Forced To Decrypt HD · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The good of this is obvious. In the US, we're guaranteed a certain set of rights, which often get trodden on in the name of justice under the noses of judges willing to look the other way (FBI wire-tapping, anyone?) This will allow for a more guaranteed level to the protection of privacy.

    The bad to potentially come of this is when you *know* someone has done wrong, but their rights are protected to keep such things secret. I'm think terrorism, laundering of money, etc, falling into this group.

    Last, there's the ugly. There's the pedophiles, rapists, etc, that are able to hide their wares and get away with it. I'm not implying they don't have the same rights, but you've gotta figure there's other potential ill-deeds going on.

    Given all three, it's still a right I feel strongly about, and a right thousands of men and women are willing to give their life to protect (crazy looney at the helm, or not). What I'm curious about is whether this would have any affect on the legality of breaking into an encrypted file/filesystem when the owner has denied access.

  11. Get a friend? on Where Has All My Spam Gone? · · Score: 1

    Perhaps nobody likes you. Not even spammers. Did you recently contract some sort of virus? ;)

    Spam on my mail server has not waned.

  12. Re:Back away, slowly... on Google Has All My Data – How Do I Back It Up? · · Score: 1

    What I supposed I didn't mention is that I'm in the security industry, so if my customers didn't trust me, I wouldn't be there in the first place.

  13. Re:Back away, slowly... on Google Has All My Data – How Do I Back It Up? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Do you think u'm a fucking retard? Of course I don't put private data on a system like that. I never implied I did, either. In addition, it's MY fucking company. I'll do as I please. People pay me because I make solid, security cautious decisions.

  14. Re:stupid question on Google Has All My Data – How Do I Back It Up? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What part of Sarbanes-Oxley requires they backup data that has nothing to do with their finances? I think you don't know what you're talking about. SOx is very much misinterpreted, and you're only continuing the trend.

  15. Back away, slowly... on Google Has All My Data – How Do I Back It Up? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Use the Google services only where necessary. We've been doing this for a company I've started, but we only put documents and information on Google's services while we need it there. Not only is all our data on our backup server, but we only put data on their servers while it's needed. Visiting customer sites, etc.

    In addition, isn't this the kind of thing that makes laptops so great? Bring it with you! There are tons of sharing apps about for various uses. Use a VPN and sshfs for remote file access. Use iCal/whatever to sync with your google calendar. That sort of thing.

    In short, slowly migrate to a safer solution you're in more control of. You may lose a bit of your convenience, but safe data is worth it, in my opinion.

  16. Re:$2700 is a lot of money, sorry folks. on Test Selling "Last Mile" Fiber to Homeowners Under Way in Canada · · Score: 1

    You can't just 'tap' into fibre. You need to have a pair, to a mux. With copper, you can just throw on a vampire splice and go on your way. Can't do that with glass.

  17. Re:I would be willing to do this on Test Selling "Last Mile" Fiber to Homeowners Under Way in Canada · · Score: 1

    Ditch Witch is a brand-name. If you're burying inter-duct or a single line, the blade to slice is sufficient. If you're burying multiple lines, you dig one trench - with a back-hoe - and bury them together. This is called a multi-service dig. In new home developments, power, CATV, and telephone providers will often dig one larger hole to bury everything at once. :\

  18. Re:I like the idea! on Test Selling "Last Mile" Fiber to Homeowners Under Way in Canada · · Score: 1

    Yeah, how about no to that? Structure of the internet would get *really* messy. Also, these fibre links can be used for more than internet connectivity. Voice, CATV, etc, can be run across the links. In other words - more than one provider could peer to those demarcations.

  19. I like the idea! on Test Selling "Last Mile" Fiber to Homeowners Under Way in Canada · · Score: 1

    This sounds like a pretty neat idea. Make the homeowner somewhat responsible for their own pipe, and let the ISP/service providers run to the peering node. To me, this makes a ton of sense!

  20. diff? on Programmer's File Editor With Change Tracking? · · Score: 1

    Have your users rename the file and run diff, or store these files within SVN.

  21. Re:Bizzare Sense of Entitlement on Disgruntled Engineer Hijacks San Francisco's Computer System · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    While your point if valid, you ability to express it leaves much to be desired. Where is 'here?' You also write your comment as though you sit at the top of some great hierarchy, down upon us lowly IT 'Engineering folks.'

    With that attitude, go fuck yourself. I'm all for someone taking responsibility for their work and actions. Slavery is not the way things are supposed to be. Also, being a citizen of SF, that network PC, and data *is* his, at least in part.

    Fucking Anonymous Coward.

  22. Few/Several? on Amazonian Tribe Has No Word To Express Numbers · · Score: 2

    So, wouldn't that mean they have the equivalent of the words 'few' and 'several?'

      4 I have several.

  23. Tor? on The Pirate Bay's Plans To Encrypt the 'Net · · Score: 1

    Isn't this called Tor? http://www.torproject.org/

  24. K.I.S.S. on Best DNS Naming Scheme For Small/Medium Businesses? · · Score: 1

    We use a pretty simple scheme where I work.

    *.local.example.com - replace * with the users' names. John's computer address is john.local.example.com on the LAN.
    *.vpn.example.com - replace * with the users' names. This is for VPN connections.
    idostuff.example.com = replace 'idostuff' with what that server does. DNS? dns.example.com - fileserver? fileserver.example.com. If you want, you could do smallish themes for groups of similar services. For a couple systems (primary/master pair), I use Mufasa and Sarabi (King/Queen lions from The Lion King).

    Just some ideas...

  25. why do you need X? on Persistent Terminals For a Dedicated Computing Box? · · Score: 1

    Screen or tmux is a great persistent terminal. If you're going to go down the xvnc route, don't expose VNC to the world, even on a different port. Tunnel this over ssh with a command similar to the following:

    ssh -l username -L 5900:hostname:5900 hostname cat -

    This will give you a terminal the nothing on the screen (ctl-c will end the tunnel). From this point on, simply VNC to your local system's port 5900 and it'll get tunneled to the remote hostname's port 5900.

    man ssh for more information.