I wonder what happens about so called "internet noise", that continuous flow of traffic (typically bots trying to hack your devices) that yanks up your total traffic throughput although you're not doing anything particular.
This is the first thing that popped in my mind. What if someone just sent a constant UDP stream to your IP address and it forced you over the cap. Who's responsible then? I realize that its unlikly, but people would just need to start targeting TWC addresses. The average user wouldn't even know that the traffic was hitting their router interface.
Many computer enthusiasts like to build their own high-end PCs which obviously aren't reflected in the numbers. You can't build your own high-end Apple from scratch. However, you can build your own high-end PC running a Windows or Linux OS.
I've been running Exchange for ~5 years without any major incidents. My latest install is Exchange 2003 running in an active/passive cluster for ~250 mailboxes. In the 20 months that it has been running I only have a total of 2-3 minutes of downtime - and that's only from the 5-10 seconds that it takes to failover when I apply updates.
I would say that it has been extremely reliable for me.
If anything, the MPAA's constant announcements that rabid P2P use among high school and college students was a major concern only fueled the fire for more kids to pirate movies.
My company can't switch to IE7 yet because of web applications from 3rd party providers that don't work with IE7. Thanks again to Microsoft for totally fucking up the web.
We give the employees the option to shutdown over the weekend. We don't shutdown during the week because we do virus scans, WSUS updates, and push out software at night.
This issue isn't just limited to AT&T customers. It affects everyone because AT&T is a tier 1 provider, meaning that they provide backbone access for several ISPs. They are looking to sniff *all* traffic, not just traffic of their DSL customers.
Why are they focusing on cable companies? What about DSS services? Seems to me that this move will hurt cables ability to compete with larger nationwide satelite services like DirectTV and Dish.
"I've been in the field with hundreds of automation engineers, and not one of them ever had a serious complaint about not having a serial port on their laptop. It's a simple problem with an obvious solution, and everyone but you has dealt with it and moved on."
Have you ever tried to recover the password on a Cisco switch or router with a USB-RS232 device? As far as I know it's impossible because the Esc key doesn't work and I've tried at least five different brands. Has anyone ever found a USB-RS232 that works for this purpose?
I agree. What business does the FBI have trying to protect us? We were just kidding after 9/11 that our intelligence community failed us. There's no need to track down terrorist at all.
Whoever modded me down to "redundant" is either a pot head, hell-bent on anarchy or too stupid to realize that I was one of the first ten posters on this thread.
I didn't place a lot of importance on my grades throughout school, but it's been proven that a person's grades affects many aspects of life. Other than employment grades affect financial assistance, insurances rates, and even leniency in the legal system. While grades aren't really legally binding in a court of law for anything many judges and juries will take good grades into consideration because statistics show that they tend to be law-abiding citizens. In a round-about way if you're falsifying grades then you're stealing financial assistance, cheating insurance companies, etc.
FTA: "If you look at 11n with 150Mbps and 20 users sharing the access point, they get 7Mbps average throughput," he says. "They don't get that in their homes with DSL and cable modems. It's time for people to reset their thinking."
Obviously this idiot doesn't understand the difference between 7mbps Internet access and access to files, printers, databases and other applications.
"Currently I think [150-180Mbps] is plenty," says Ruman. "Most companies are still using 100Mbps switches and have not made the jump to Gigabit past the data center anyway."
Does somebody want to explain to this DB the difference between wireless APs and wired switches? There's no way in hell that a 802.11n AP will come close to providing the bandwidth of a 48 port 100mbps switch. If I put 40 users on a 11n AP they would receive 3.75mbps AT BEST. I can guarantee a lot more bandwidth using a hard line switch and I won't have to worry about interference.
How is it that this guy is involved in networking when he doesn't even understand the most basic concepts?
I know this is extremely off topic. But seriously, is the RIAA needed anymore by the record companies. I realize that they lobby for the music industry, but what else do they do? If the RIAA closed up shop wouldn't that lower the price of CDs? No RIAA memberships to pay = lower priced products which in turn could lead to better CD sales and less piracy?
No way. The CD is superior to the minidisc in every way with the execpetion of size. There have even been several audio tests where people picked cassette tapes with Dolby S noise reduction over minidiscs.
...think that Slashdot or their parent company owns a shit ton of Apple stock? Seriously. I think there's been an iPhone story every day for the last two weeks. Let it go already.
Are we all not citizens of the same society? I would think that the ACLU would also want the citizens to help the police with investigations of crimes. Or should the ACLU restrict the use of the cameras for only nailing the bad cops? Seems to me that the later would show the organization's true colors.
"I doubt if the ACLU is interested in seeing actual criminals go free. Remember what the ACLU stands for. Are you going to get upset at them because they don't feed poor African children and don't support $X cause?"
I know what the ACLU acronym stands for. Do you know what the orgranization stands for?
Will the ACLU also encourage citizens to record a crime in progress to help the police investigate? Or is the ACLU really only interested in helping criminals walk free?
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Internet access is not "necessary infrastructure". The private sector cannot compete with tax subsidized services.
I wonder what happens about so called "internet noise", that continuous flow of traffic (typically bots trying to hack your devices) that yanks up your total traffic throughput although you're not doing anything particular.
This is the first thing that popped in my mind. What if someone just sent a constant UDP stream to your IP address and it forced you over the cap. Who's responsible then? I realize that its unlikly, but people would just need to start targeting TWC addresses. The average user wouldn't even know that the traffic was hitting their router interface.
Many computer enthusiasts like to build their own high-end PCs which obviously aren't reflected in the numbers. You can't build your own high-end Apple from scratch. However, you can build your own high-end PC running a Windows or Linux OS.
I've been running Exchange for ~5 years without any major incidents. My latest install is Exchange 2003 running in an active/passive cluster for ~250 mailboxes. In the 20 months that it has been running I only have a total of 2-3 minutes of downtime - and that's only from the 5-10 seconds that it takes to failover when I apply updates.
I would say that it has been extremely reliable for me.
-Nick
If anything, the MPAA's constant announcements that rabid P2P use among high school and college students was a major concern only fueled the fire for more kids to pirate movies.
Nick
We give the employees the option to shutdown over the weekend. We don't shutdown during the week because we do virus scans, WSUS updates, and push out software at night.
Nick
This issue isn't just limited to AT&T customers. It affects everyone because AT&T is a tier 1 provider, meaning that they provide backbone access for several ISPs. They are looking to sniff *all* traffic, not just traffic of their DSL customers.
Nick
How many people do you know that have their printer within 2 inches of the tower? In my experience: none.
Nick
Why are they focusing on cable companies? What about DSS services? Seems to me that this move will hurt cables ability to compete with larger nationwide satelite services like DirectTV and Dish.
Nick
Thanks!
You have "every right" to use your company's property for personal use? Really?
You might want to rethink that statement.
Nick
Have you ever tried to recover the password on a Cisco switch or router with a USB-RS232 device? As far as I know it's impossible because the Esc key doesn't work and I've tried at least five different brands. Has anyone ever found a USB-RS232 that works for this purpose?
Nick
I agree. What business does the FBI have trying to protect us? We were just kidding after 9/11 that our intelligence community failed us. There's no need to track down terrorist at all.
Nick
Whoever modded me down to "redundant" is either a pot head, hell-bent on anarchy or too stupid to realize that I was one of the first ten posters on this thread.
Fucking idiots.
Nick
Don't break the law.
I didn't place a lot of importance on my grades throughout school, but it's been proven that a person's grades affects many aspects of life. Other than employment grades affect financial assistance, insurances rates, and even leniency in the legal system. While grades aren't really legally binding in a court of law for anything many judges and juries will take good grades into consideration because statistics show that they tend to be law-abiding citizens. In a round-about way if you're falsifying grades then you're stealing financial assistance, cheating insurance companies, etc.
Nick
Obviously this idiot doesn't understand the difference between 7mbps Internet access and access to files, printers, databases and other applications.
"Currently I think [150-180Mbps] is plenty," says Ruman. "Most companies are still using 100Mbps switches and have not made the jump to Gigabit past the data center anyway."
Does somebody want to explain to this DB the difference between wireless APs and wired switches? There's no way in hell that a 802.11n AP will come close to providing the bandwidth of a 48 port 100mbps switch. If I put 40 users on a 11n AP they would receive 3.75mbps AT BEST. I can guarantee a lot more bandwidth using a hard line switch and I won't have to worry about interference.
How is it that this guy is involved in networking when he doesn't even understand the most basic concepts?
Nick
The nukes were not armed during the flight. Gotta love the fair reporting on Slashdot. The word "live" didn't even appear in the article.
Nick
I know this is extremely off topic. But seriously, is the RIAA needed anymore by the record companies. I realize that they lobby for the music industry, but what else do they do? If the RIAA closed up shop wouldn't that lower the price of CDs? No RIAA memberships to pay = lower priced products which in turn could lead to better CD sales and less piracy?
I'm just thinking out loud here.
Nick
No way. The CD is superior to the minidisc in every way with the execpetion of size. There have even been several audio tests where people picked cassette tapes with Dolby S noise reduction over minidiscs.
Nick
It's actually called baseband, but don't let the facts get in the way.
Nick
...think that Slashdot or their parent company owns a shit ton of Apple stock? Seriously. I think there's been an iPhone story every day for the last two weeks. Let it go already.
Nick
Are we all not citizens of the same society? I would think that the ACLU would also want the citizens to help the police with investigations of crimes. Or should the ACLU restrict the use of the cameras for only nailing the bad cops? Seems to me that the later would show the organization's true colors.
Nick
I know what the ACLU acronym stands for. Do you know what the orgranization stands for?
Nick
Will the ACLU also encourage citizens to record a crime in progress to help the police investigate? Or is the ACLU really only interested in helping criminals walk free?
Nick