Well, no. Self signed certs protect you from somebody simply sniffing the wire. Hijacking the traffic to redirect it to another host requires more effort...
Untrue, you can still authenticate when using a self signed cert with username and password. The benefit of using a self signed cert is that someone sniffing the wire won't be able to read the data or steal your authentication credentials.
The paying to get a SSL certificate only affects people running a mail server, not people using a mail server. If you're running a mail server, you should really get a recognised SSL certificate if you want to offer SSL protected services, otherwise you're only getting half the benefit of SSL connections - you get encryption but not authentication..
That isn't true. Gmail connects to my SMTP server using authentication and I use a self signed cert. This is still working right now.
Just use spam assassin, clamav and MailScanner. It works just as well as gmail to filter out spam. I use gmail on my cell phone but everything is forwarded to my own mail server. It seem like I still don't need to pay for any certificate. I just relay a copy of the mail I receive to gmail instead of having gmail popping mail from my server.
I use STARTTLS so Google servers can use my SMTP server with authentication to relay mail I send from gmail. The idea is that I can post from gmail using my real email address and not my gmail address. Trying to relay mail with my real address directly from gmail servers would cause problems with SPF (Sender Policy Framework). It that case, gmail puts your real address in the Reply-To field and puts your gmail address in the From field so it is obvious for people receiving my emails that I posted from gmail.
I do not have gmail servers popping mail from any of my servers so I haven't tested it.
After testing a few minutes ago, I can tell you although that gmail still works with my self-signed certificate when it connects to my SMTP server to relay mail. So, having gmail relay mail through your SMTP server still works with a self-signed cert. In order to enable this functionality, you have to provide gmail with a user name and password to connect to your SMTP server.
I did not find it as bad as you describe it. I found a parallel between the guy who defuses the bombs and managing a crisis in a data center. Maybe that's why it seemed slow to you which in my opinion is how it should be.
When you face a crisis in a data center, the last thing you need is people running around like headless chickens.
I also remember an episode of "The Unit" where they get called in because a bomb in some building might be nuclear. When they find out it isn't, they leave and as they walk out of the building, the local police guy blows himself up trying to defuse it.
So overall, I liked this movie. The message is: "Do not be a Bozo";-)
Google search and the like also search within files, not sure about Ubuntu search. Anyway, for that use case: grep -ir search_string folder does the trick for me.
Just watch where you click. Touchpads with mouse clicks enabled anyone? Touch screens?
Am I the only one finding it is easier to click somewhere you don't intend to of make other input mistakes when using one of these compared to a conventional 3 button mouse with a scroll wheel?
Am I just too old school? Seems to me like doing flawless input with these is an ability challenge in itself.
dollar *coins* which are much better for privacy if you stop to think about it since unlke dollar bills, dollar coins don't even have serial numbers.
I was just thinking about that, it just made me realize that the "traceability" might play a role in the decision making about which denominations to turn into coins.
Nowadays, with the speed of CPUs, any financial application should use immutable arbitrary-precision integers (or floats). I worked for many banks and it was funny how either they found out by themselves before I got there or when I I had to tell them about it. Either way, they had to modify existing applications.
There is no limit to the number one can express that way, put apart memory constraints. Just restraint input to some number equals to the estimated number of atoms in the universe and you should be fine memory wise;-)
The diesel electric rig I used to work on had indeed 10 of them and it was a plain on land rig. That rig wasn't the biggest either. Bigger = able to go deeper.
Also, as another poster as noted, if you read TFA, that kind of power might not be needed at all. The "cloaking" device would be installed at the bottom of the ocean and it is not clear how much power it would require if any...
Nothing a few caterpillar generators can't do. Platforms have more than that available, they could just stop drilling and divert the power to counter-measures. :
Furthermore, once the hole(s) in production, just use the natural gas coming out to power the "cloaking" device instead of burning it. That's the big flame you see on production platforms. They just waste it because it is to risky and not efficient (money wise) to store.
Hell, on production platforms where not much natural gas comes out, just use crude oil. Some super tanker boats run on crude oil so energy sources do not seem like a show stopper anyway.
I'm having problems, however, figuring out where he is going to get the energy to make the counter waves.
Energy, oil companies? Not a problem. Do you know how much energy it takes to pull a several miles drill string out of the ground when comes the time to change the drill bit? Hint: the hook that grabs the string is 15 to 25 tons on triple rigs (they stack 3 pipes on the derrick when pulling out, to make things go faster).
Now, do you know how much energy it takes to drive and the size of the pumps that push drilll fluid inside the drill string ?
In order of magnitude, cost efficiently speaking, I think it would be feasible.
Let's put an end to this please. Void all current and ban any further patent suits. Then, everybody can go home and have a party with Warren (Warren Cuccurullo) to celebrate the end of patent wars!
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Well, no. Self signed certs protect you from somebody simply sniffing the wire. Hijacking the traffic to redirect it to another host requires more effort...
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3322605&cid=42321807
Untrue, you can still authenticate when using a self signed cert with username and password. The benefit of using a self signed cert is that someone sniffing the wire won't be able to read the data or steal your authentication credentials.
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3322605&cid=42321777
The paying to get a SSL certificate only affects people running a mail server, not people using a mail server.
If you're running a mail server, you should really get a recognised SSL certificate if you want to offer SSL protected services, otherwise you're only getting half the benefit of SSL connections - you get encryption but not authentication..
That isn't true. Gmail connects to my SMTP server using authentication and I use a self signed cert. This is still working right now.
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3322605&cid=42321647
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3322605&cid=42321739
Just use spam assassin, clamav and MailScanner. It works just as well as gmail to filter out spam. I use gmail on my cell phone but everything is forwarded to my own mail server. It seem like I still don't need to pay for any certificate. I just relay a copy of the mail I receive to gmail instead of having gmail popping mail from my server.
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3322605&cid=42321647
http://blogtech.oc9.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=8&Itemid=13
I use STARTTLS so Google servers can use my SMTP server with authentication to relay mail I send from gmail. The idea is that I can post from gmail using my real email address and not my gmail address. Trying to relay mail with my real address directly from gmail servers would cause problems with SPF (Sender Policy Framework). It that case, gmail puts your real address in the Reply-To field and puts your gmail address in the From field so it is obvious for people receiving my emails that I posted from gmail.
I do not have gmail servers popping mail from any of my servers so I haven't tested it.
After testing a few minutes ago, I can tell you although that gmail still works with my self-signed certificate when it connects to my SMTP server to relay mail. So, having gmail relay mail through your SMTP server still works with a self-signed cert. In order to enable this functionality, you have to provide gmail with a user name and password to connect to your SMTP server.
Dec 17 21:33:38 mailserver sm-mta[13455]: STARTTLS=server, relay=mail-qc0-f171.google.com [209.85.216.171], version=TLSv1/SSLv3, verify=FAIL, cipher=RC4-SHA, bits=128/128
Dec 17 21:33:38 mailserver sm-mta[13455]: AUTH=server, relay=mail-qc0-f171.google.com [209.85.216.171], authid=XXX@XXXX, mech=PLAIN, bits=0
Dec 17 21:33:39 mailserver sm-mta[13455]: qBI2XaZT013455: from=XXXX@XXXX, size=2286, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=CAHEH8eWJ121WWK9o87V8SSttDhRHTHZa2NgiygugupZ0ROd3gQ@mail.gmail.com, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=mail-qc0-f171.google.com [209.85.216.171]
I did not find it as bad as you describe it. I found a parallel between the guy who defuses the bombs and managing a crisis in a data center. Maybe that's why it seemed slow to you which in my opinion is how it should be.
When you face a crisis in a data center, the last thing you need is people running around like headless chickens.
I also remember an episode of "The Unit" where they get called in because a bomb in some building might be nuclear. When they find out it isn't, they leave and as they walk out of the building, the local police guy blows himself up trying to defuse it.
So overall, I liked this movie. The message is: "Do not be a Bozo" ;-)
Google search and the like also search within files, not sure about Ubuntu search. Anyway, for that use case:
grep -ir search_string folder
does the trick for me.
You will see Scully, you will see...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_and_the_Black_(The_X-Files)
You do not need a firewall, just listen to local IP addresses, not the public Internet one ;-)
Suicide is legal is most of the States and in most western countries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_legislation#Laws_in_individual_jurisdictions
Just watch where you click. Touchpads with mouse clicks enabled anyone? Touch screens?
Am I the only one finding it is easier to click somewhere you don't intend to of make other input mistakes when using one of these compared to a conventional 3 button mouse with a scroll wheel?
Am I just too old school? Seems to me like doing flawless input with these is an ability challenge in itself.
dollar *coins* which are much better for privacy if you stop to think about it since unlke dollar bills, dollar coins don't even have serial numbers.
I was just thinking about that, it just made me realize that the "traceability" might play a role in the decision making about which denominations to turn into coins.
Are you talking about face beard or...
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3050993&cid=41003473
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3281211&cid=42125971
Obligatory "you must be new here".
I would like to add: That's what bc does.
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3229329&cid=41872165
Nowadays, with the speed of CPUs, any financial application should use immutable arbitrary-precision integers (or floats). I worked for many banks and it was funny how either they found out by themselves before I got there or when I I had to tell them about it. Either way, they had to modify existing applications.
There is no limit to the number one can express that way, put apart memory constraints. Just restraint input to some number equals to the estimated number of atoms in the universe and you should be fine memory wise ;-)
In java :
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/math/BigInteger.html
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/math/BigDecimal.html
Now, I hope anybody coding financial or accounting apps will get the picture...
That's all for now.
The diesel electric rig I used to work on had indeed 10 of them and it was a plain on land rig. That rig wasn't the biggest either. Bigger = able to go deeper.
Also, as another poster as noted, if you read TFA, that kind of power might not be needed at all. The "cloaking" device would be installed at the bottom of the ocean and it is not clear how much power it would require if any...
Good point, I never said that kind of energy was required. I just wrote that it was available to oil platforms ;-)
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3268803&cid=42071753
Nothing a few caterpillar generators can't do. Platforms have more than that available, they could just stop drilling and divert the power to counter-measures. :
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3268803&cid=42071527
http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=how+many+MW+on+a+diesel+elecric+drill+rig&source=web&cd=8&ved=0CHcQFjAH&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cat.com%2Fcda%2Ffiles%2F3072695%2F7%2FGP11PR6.docx&ei=YievULnYJOrg0gGSkoHACw&usg=AFQjCNEn8gYamAjnWDX7SF9lpTpqpFljpw
Furthermore, once the hole(s) in production, just use the natural gas coming out to power the "cloaking" device instead of burning it. That's the big flame you see on production platforms. They just waste it because it is to risky and not efficient (money wise) to store.
Hell, on production platforms where not much natural gas comes out, just use crude oil. Some super tanker boats run on crude oil so energy sources do not seem like a show stopper anyway.
I'm having problems, however, figuring out where he is going to get the energy to make the counter waves.
Energy, oil companies? Not a problem. Do you know how much energy it takes to pull a several miles drill string out of the ground when comes the time to change the drill bit? Hint: the hook that grabs the string is 15 to 25 tons on triple rigs (they stack 3 pipes on the derrick when pulling out, to make things go faster).
Now, do you know how much energy it takes to drive and the size of the pumps that push drilll fluid inside the drill string ?
In order of magnitude, cost efficiently speaking, I think it would be feasible.
Somebody got the reference right for sure, for sure... From somewhere in the Valley...
Let's put an end to this please. Void all current and ban any further patent suits. Then, everybody can go home and have a party with Warren (Warren Cuccurullo) to celebrate the end of patent wars!
Who cares about unsexy? (for a window manager of course)