I take it you never worked with an enterprise class router like the SonicWall NSA 3500 which supports the CA type keys for web access protection?
Problem is some network admins don't take the time to set up the firewalls correctly to prevent this sorta thing from happening. I always create rules in the remote firewall to only accept 443 port connections from our static IP address and use strong passwords. The firewalls out in the field been running without problems.
And I do check the logs frequency for any kind of intrusion problems.
I also run PfSense firewall at home and it's working great for me. It even supports the SSH connection via keys.
Sounds too familiar.... Kinda like the damn analog tv to digital switchover which been planned, discussed and advertised for YEARS!! Then it got delayed....AGAIN!! Cuz those 6 million viewers think analog tv works just fine and don't want to switch to digital and they don't comprehend that fact digital is better using a $50 converter box.
Sheesh. Ah well.. good luck with IPv6. I know it'll be the holy grail for the Internet but right now they don't see the immediate benefit and won't upgrade unless they are forced to.
My bank already requires a second authorization password before Newegg will process my order. I know it might be a hassle for some but I feel better knowing my bank supports this.
A hardware firewall will not stop outbound traffic if you don't have some kind of a IDS installed.
A really decent hardware firewall can do anti-virus, IDS and content filtering before it even reaches the PCs on your internal network. Problem is not everybody can properly configure the firewall or even understand exactly how it works. Which is why alot of security companies are making a killing on "security appliance" which for a yearly fee they will manage the device for you. They will push the updates to your hardware firewall and basically baby sit it for you. Only thing they will not help you with is ISP problems.
It took us about two months to tweak Joomla! 1.5 to suit our needs as an internal website for employees. Once we got it working the way we like it we're actually happy with it. I found a decent editor replacement for it as the built-in isn't that great. JCK Editor module works well with it. Just wish it worked correctly with Internet Explorer as the frontend, have to use Firefox. Weird part it works fine in the backend. Hopefully the next version of the module will fix this.
Problem with merges is that people assume they will have access to everything. Not entirely true. It depends on the merger agreement. They could stipulate that Microsoft can't access their "trade secrets" for a period of time, say for a year or so. This prevents a company milking them dry and toss em out like an empty beer can.
Yahoo! could have had the upper hand in the merger but CEO didn't play his cards right so he screwed up....twice. So now the new CEO is cleaning up the previous CEO's mess with little hope of recovery at this point in time due to economic downturn.
"This product is protected by certain intellectual property rights of Microsoft Corporation. Use or distribution of such technology outside of this product is prohibited without a license from Microsoft or an authorized Microsoft subsidiary."
Even tho it's using embedded linux Microsoft still have their sticky fingers in it somehow.
I personally use open source and loving it. Although it's not for everybody or every business.
Hardest thing to deal with is ancient software that maybe only run on Windows 2000 and nothing else. Companies are usually unwilling to invest on another platform when it simply works. Granted they may not get the coolest of features but if the software is stable and does the job well what incentive will they have to switch to entirely new platform?
If the applications are web-based then it's easy to switch but anything like old windows with ancient APIs, good luck with it.
If you really like CLI and have decent knowledge in networking then give Vyatta a try. No GUI at all.
I've tried it and it's not too hard. Just have to pay close attention to the syntax or you'll screw it up.
GUI in routers do provide a quick glace as to what is going on. High end Cisco routers do NOT have a nice web-gui as it is entirely CLI based except for some home versions of the PIX.
I personally use DD-WRT v24 SP1 in all of my wireless access points (they're really routers but I turned those functions off) and never skipped a heartbeat. I got a Linksys that been running 6 months solid without a single reboot as DD-WRT is meant to be set and forget type thing.
I do wish peeps luck in this contest as we all could use the money.
I think they are required to read him his rights. The catch was he wasn't arrested initially so he wouldn't had known if he cooperated in any way he lose his 5th Amendment rights.
It's a catch-22 in his situation. If he refused to answer the boarder patrol's questions when they suspected he was carrying encrypted porn they would have put him in a holding cell for awhile. I think they can't hold him for more than 48hrs without filing charges against him.
If he was smart he would have just taken the holding cell posture, keep his mouth shut and sue them later for wrongdoing long as he wasn't doing anything wrong in the first place.
True-Crypt do have the ability to create a hidden partition long as you don't keep the true-crypt program on the PC, except maybe on your thumb drive.
Here is a snippit from True-Crypt website:
"It may happen that you are forced by somebody to reveal the password to an encrypted volume. There are many situations where you cannot refuse to reveal the password (for example, due to extortion). Using a so-called hidden volume allows you to solve such situations without revealing the password to your volume."
Bad idea. Generally you want to stick to one vendor that you can trust to support your products either be Cisco or some other company.
This way you'll have identical hardware for redundancy. If a bug is found in the firmware you just have to bug the vendor for a fix or threaten them that you're going to stop buying their products and go with a different vendor.
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I take it you never worked with an enterprise class router like the SonicWall NSA 3500 which supports the CA type keys for web access protection?
Problem is some network admins don't take the time to set up the firewalls correctly to prevent this sorta thing from happening. I always create rules in the remote firewall to only accept 443 port connections from our static IP address and use strong passwords. The firewalls out in the field been running without problems.
And I do check the logs frequency for any kind of intrusion problems.
I also run PfSense firewall at home and it's working great for me. It even supports the SSH connection via keys.
Weak digital signals are temporary. Once the transition is complete on June 22 they'll go full power.
Sounds too familiar.... Kinda like the damn analog tv to digital switchover which been planned, discussed and advertised for YEARS!! Then it got delayed....AGAIN!! Cuz those 6 million viewers think analog tv works just fine and don't want to switch to digital and they don't comprehend that fact digital is better using a $50 converter box.
Sheesh. Ah well.. good luck with IPv6. I know it'll be the holy grail for the Internet but right now they don't see the immediate benefit and won't upgrade unless they are forced to.
My bank already requires a second authorization password before Newegg will process my order. I know it might be a hassle for some but I feel better knowing my bank supports this.
And are they on the Microsoft's payroll?
And Mac too!!
Audacity is your friend. It can encode anything from any source into OGG, uncompressed WAV and FLAC for free.
Best editor and capture software for both Windows and Linux!!
I've used it alot to rip soundtracks from YouTube.
Well, considering Mythbusters wouldn't have to drive very far from San Francisco to Manteca considering I'm only a few miles from it!
Manteca isn't much to look at. Mostly farm lands and some pubs.
We can encrypt bit-torrent files so they wouldn't be able to tell the difference between P2P to normal traffic. Sheesh.
This is Free Market Folks....
Seriously, if you don't like the DRM crap Apple put into their products then don't buy the damn thing!
If more people follow this logic then maybe Apple will get the message.
For me I have a choice of what MP3 player with the features I want unless somebody pointing a gun at my head.
"The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request."
Maybe Microsoft revoked their license on the webserver? Possible?
LOL.
Ah well, it seems somebody over there saw this article and decided to pull it to save grace.
A hardware firewall will not stop outbound traffic if you don't have some kind of a IDS installed.
A really decent hardware firewall can do anti-virus, IDS and content filtering before it even reaches the PCs on your internal network. Problem is not everybody can properly configure the firewall or even understand exactly how it works. Which is why alot of security companies are making a killing on "security appliance" which for a yearly fee they will manage the device for you. They will push the updates to your hardware firewall and basically baby sit it for you. Only thing they will not help you with is ISP problems.
It took us about two months to tweak Joomla! 1.5 to suit our needs as an internal website for employees. Once we got it working the way we like it we're actually happy with it. I found a decent editor replacement for it as the built-in isn't that great. JCK Editor module works well with it. Just wish it worked correctly with Internet Explorer as the frontend, have to use Firefox. Weird part it works fine in the backend. Hopefully the next version of the module will fix this.
Other than that it's working well for us.
Version Joomla! 1.5 has gotten alot better. 1.6 is coming out soon with better control on the content.
Problem with merges is that people assume they will have access to everything. Not entirely true. It depends on the merger agreement. They could stipulate that Microsoft can't access their "trade secrets" for a period of time, say for a year or so. This prevents a company milking them dry and toss em out like an empty beer can.
Yahoo! could have had the upper hand in the merger but CEO didn't play his cards right so he screwed up....twice. So now the new CEO is cleaning up the previous CEO's mess with little hope of recovery at this point in time due to economic downturn.
If you scroll down to the bottom on http://www.roku.com/community/gpl_nfp.php you will see this:
"This product is protected by certain intellectual property rights of Microsoft Corporation. Use or distribution of such technology outside of this product is prohibited without a license from Microsoft or an authorized Microsoft subsidiary."
Even tho it's using embedded linux Microsoft still have their sticky fingers in it somehow.
I personally use open source and loving it. Although it's not for everybody or every business.
Hardest thing to deal with is ancient software that maybe only run on Windows 2000 and nothing else. Companies are usually unwilling to invest on another platform when it simply works. Granted they may not get the coolest of features but if the software is stable and does the job well what incentive will they have to switch to entirely new platform?
If the applications are web-based then it's easy to switch but anything like old windows with ancient APIs, good luck with it.
"Taking your ball and going home is usually not the best option."
Especially if you have a wife at home who will kick your ball in high court!
Nahh... fire the people who worked on Vista. That'll save Microsoft some money. Oh wait would that mean 90% would get laid off?
If you really like CLI and have decent knowledge in networking then give Vyatta a try. No GUI at all.
I've tried it and it's not too hard. Just have to pay close attention to the syntax or you'll screw it up.
GUI in routers do provide a quick glace as to what is going on. High end Cisco routers do NOT have a nice web-gui as it is entirely CLI based except for some home versions of the PIX.
I personally use DD-WRT v24 SP1 in all of my wireless access points (they're really routers but I turned those functions off) and never skipped a heartbeat. I got a Linksys that been running 6 months solid without a single reboot as DD-WRT is meant to be set and forget type thing.
I do wish peeps luck in this contest as we all could use the money.
Special hardware for mirroring?
Could it be called "Ghost"?
I think they are required to read him his rights. The catch was he wasn't arrested initially so he wouldn't had known if he cooperated in any way he lose his 5th Amendment rights.
It's a catch-22 in his situation. If he refused to answer the boarder patrol's questions when they suspected he was carrying encrypted porn they would have put him in a holding cell for awhile. I think they can't hold him for more than 48hrs without filing charges against him.
If he was smart he would have just taken the holding cell posture, keep his mouth shut and sue them later for wrongdoing long as he wasn't doing anything wrong in the first place.
True-Crypt do have the ability to create a hidden partition long as you don't keep the true-crypt program on the PC, except maybe on your thumb drive.
Here is a snippit from True-Crypt website:
"It may happen that you are forced by somebody to reveal the password to an encrypted volume. There are many situations where you cannot refuse to reveal the password (for example, due to extortion). Using a so-called hidden volume allows you to solve such situations without revealing the password to your volume."
I predict that slashdot.com (org) will be around forever....
Bad idea. Generally you want to stick to one vendor that you can trust to support your products either be Cisco or some other company.
This way you'll have identical hardware for redundancy. If a bug is found in the firmware you just have to bug the vendor for a fix or threaten them that you're going to stop buying their products and go with a different vendor.
Classic!
Would have been nice to see the vendor's faces when they saw things were crashing itself down to it's knees and claim their product is "bulletproof".
Can't put the blame on them as they couldn't have anticipated it would have caused a total network collapse by their own software.