Anyone considering that this could be used, in the future, to search for such 'hidden electronic and digital devices' as machines without DRM hardware?
The phone companies, or at least the two that I've worked for in the past few years, are very aware of VoIP and are, indeed, using it to transport traffic - unbeknownst to their customers.
What they don't want to do is encourage competition, in the form of cable and other providers, for phone service. If the phone company offer VoIP to your home, it must be a good alternative...right? So they don't.
The college, however, is expected to vote representatively of the population that they represent, which I believe they usually do.
Also, I hope that we'll eventually get away from the college altogether and I see (accurate, accountable and reliable) electronic voting as a method to step in that direction.
You're a very trusting person, evidently, that everything works correctly, always and forever.
Have you ever dialed a phone number (as an example), not immediatly received a ring and looked at the display (assumption) for verification that you've dialed the number correctly?
How about if you had no display on your phone, as the voting machines evidently have no method of feedback/confirmation?
Use both systems, the electronic for speed and convenience and the paper for auditing and accountability.
Once the user/voter has made their choice(s) on the computer, they need to sign a paper printout (perhaps with audio for the blind, multilingual choices, etc) that verifies and validates what they've voted for. Perhaps with an ink fingerprint as an option for those who can't sign easily or for speed.
If there is ever a challenge, the paper gets hauled out (or perhaps is hauled out as a matter of course) and the results verified.
The system itself should be developed in the open and standardized nationwide for all levels of government.
In listening to the BBC here in England, I've heard discussion where the government will be putting a lot more money into the road system because more and more (and more, etc) people are driving instead of taking public transportation.
I think they're missing the whole problem, which is that people often feel that they have to drive their own car because they can't rely on the public transportation.
If the public transportation were usable, reliable, reasonably clean and reasonably priced, people would use it instead of sitting in traffic for hours, paying large amounts for parking in the city, paying five pounds a day toll, etc.
If the configs are stored on a centralized ftp/tftp server (common practice for large networks) that has been (just imagine) comprimised, then no, you don't need to be enabled on a router to get the password.
This is why the passwords are stored encrypted anyway, though why Cisco keeps the type 7 as the default I have absolutely no idea.
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I think I'll patent the idea of spam, and then sue all the damn spammers -
I get the feeling that, even if I opt out of a given list, they still sell my information to others.
It would be nice if it were possible to legally prohibit selling of an email address.
Didn't see this posted, but may have missed it -
Anyone considering that this could be used, in the future, to search for such 'hidden electronic and digital devices' as machines without DRM hardware?
Ah, so you work for that company that makes the Florida voting machines...
The phone companies, or at least the two that I've worked for in the past few years, are very aware of VoIP and are, indeed, using it to transport traffic - unbeknownst to their customers.
What they don't want to do is encourage competition, in the form of cable and other providers, for phone service. If the phone company offer VoIP to your home, it must be a good alternative...right? So they don't.
You're assuming that enough customers would make an effort that it would bother the defendants enough that they should go against the RIAA -
You're missing the point here -
What makes you think that any of the defendants care enough about you being able to get to this site that they'll bother going against RIAAs wishes?
Technically, and unfortunately, you're correct -
The college, however, is expected to vote representatively of the population that they represent, which I believe they usually do.
Also, I hope that we'll eventually get away from the college altogether and I see (accurate, accountable and reliable) electronic voting as a method to step in that direction.
You're a very trusting person, evidently, that everything works correctly, always and forever.
Have you ever dialed a phone number (as an example), not immediatly received a ring and looked at the display (assumption) for verification that you've dialed the number correctly?
How about if you had no display on your phone, as the voting machines evidently have no method of feedback/confirmation?
It's not difficult -
Use both systems, the electronic for speed and convenience and the paper for auditing and accountability.
Once the user/voter has made their choice(s) on the computer, they need to sign a paper printout (perhaps with audio for the blind, multilingual choices, etc) that verifies and validates what they've voted for. Perhaps with an ink fingerprint as an option for those who can't sign easily or for speed.
If there is ever a challenge, the paper gets hauled out (or perhaps is hauled out as a matter of course) and the results verified.
The system itself should be developed in the open and standardized nationwide for all levels of government.
In listening to the BBC here in England, I've heard discussion where the government will be putting a lot more money into the road system because more and more (and more, etc) people are driving instead of taking public transportation.
I think they're missing the whole problem, which is that people often feel that they have to drive their own car because they can't rely on the public transportation.
If the public transportation were usable, reliable, reasonably clean and reasonably priced, people would use it instead of sitting in traffic for hours, paying large amounts for parking in the city, paying five pounds a day toll, etc.
Lars
Does the router version of Tripwire do anything more than log changes (and alert thereof) to the router's config?
Doesn't look so from the website, which says to me that Tripwire for routers is not the same level of security tool that Tripwire for servers is.
If the configs are stored on a centralized ftp/tftp server (common practice for large networks) that has been (just imagine) comprimised, then no, you don't need to be enabled on a router to get the password.
This is why the passwords are stored encrypted anyway, though why Cisco keeps the type 7 as the default I have absolutely no idea.
Actually, Juniper has supported SSH since at least release 4.2 (currently at 5.5) and Cisco has provided SSH since IOS version 12.0.5.S.