"You mean we're going to have to add an 's' to the end of 'http', do you really expect 100 people to change their bookmarks! They've been using those bookmarks all year!"
Insight from other admins very welcome.
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If you were running Apache, in the httpd.conf file:
grab the existing Virtualhost entry, copy it and amend for https
delete everything in the original VirtualHost entry and replace with the directive RedirectMatch (.*) https://someserver.com/$1 (replacing with your URL, obviously:)
No bookmarks need updating.
If you're not running Apache (and I guess you aren't), then do whatever your server's equivalent of that is (or install Apache - it does run on Windows:)
Failing that, replace existing pages with Javascript redirects to the new ones.
"Sir, I do not give you permission to record this call"... "Yes you did. Right at the beginning of this call a voice said, 'This call may be recorded. It didn't say by whom'"
So my only defense is the fact that it changes every once and a while.
So your users use weak passwords, so you make them change them for other weak passwords? I'm sorry, but I don't understand how that improves security - it just sounds like one of those things that you hear is true but have never seen a proof for it.
If you have proof that this makes things more secure, I'd love to read it, because I don't think you're achieving anything more than irritating your users.
just my.02, and I'm not trying to flame here - I really am curious!
Any hidden filter meant to compare traffic on your account against profile of "normal" usage strikes me as both an invasion of privacy and a sure fire way to multiply calls to the help desks when a false alarm tosses out a legitimate user.
You ever seen an Apache log file Taco? All the information's already there - all you have to do is parse it.
We're continually looking at ways to improve security without making the UI less intuitive (admin system for 300,000+ domain shared hosting accounts). We're considering adding security preferences to allow users to lock down when accounts are available and where they can be accessed from.
What exactly is the problem with having a user state that they will only access their account between 9am-5pm on Monday-Friday, and that they will always log in from a machine within the USA - or in California - or in Los Angeles, etc.
As long as the process is transparent, and optional for users, do you really need that tin foil hat?
Actually it was about 5yrs ago. And that was the prices then.
It appeared ironic, because when I moved to the US, almost everything here was a lot cheaper than the UK, and that was the only thing that cost twice as much here as it did there.
Anyway, time to switch long distance carrier I think:)
I used this site a while back when researching, and ended up using 101 6868 prefix. No monthly fee, and only 7.9c minute to the UK.
Ironically, my family can call me from the UK for less than 4c a minute. I have absolutely no idea why.
All the "10 10" numbers are pretty cheap, but all have slightly different slants. If you're calling one country in particular, shop around until you find one that's best for you.
You missed my point. See this reply for a deeper explanation.
It's a bitch sometimes that you can't edit a post...
Happy New Year:)
cLive;-)
ps - No offense intended Guy, but it is possible to be a "bleeding heart" and a capitalist. Please read my other reply linked above and I think you'll understand where I'm coming from. My original post didn't quite make my point clear. "not because of you but despite you" - ahhh come on, you're trolling now, and I'm not hungry enough to bite:)
I think my problem was that the question sounded like, "So how is this going to hurt the US?", rather than, "So how does this affect the Sri Lankan economy?".
The transcript from the show (linked above by artson) shows that if I'd tuned in a couple of minutes earlier, I wouldn't have been so offended. I turned over exactly at the sentence, "Sri Lanka is a major exporter of apparel to the United States...".
Out of context, and as a first sentence, this seemed wholely inappropriate. Having read the whole transcript, I don't think it was so insensitive, but I still think that particular question sounds selfish and inappropriate. Here's the full quote, out of context:)
"GERSH: Sri Lanka is a major exporter of apparel to the United States to companies like The Limited and Victoria`s Secret. To you knowledge, has that kind of business been disrupted? Will those exports have any problems as a result of the tsunami?"
I have no problem with them discussing the Sri Lankan economy, just having it sound like, "So, does this affect us?", just didn't feel right at this time.
I live in Los Angeles and don't have cable. As soon as I heard about the tsunami, I switched the TV on.
Soaps, Chat Shows, blah blah blah. I didn't see anything on the local channels until the evening news!
And then, when I did, the news focussed almost exclusively on how it affected US (sic). For me, the worst comment was actually on PBS (of all places). Admittedly, it was "World Business Report" (or something like that). I caught a glimpse of a top ranking Sri-Lankan being interviewed, and the interviewer asked something along the lines of, "Sri Lanka makes a lot of clothing for the US market - for example, a lot of Victoria's Secrets' items are manufactured there. Do you think this disaster will affect your country's export ability?"
I mean, fuck. That to me is in such bad taste I'm surprised the guy didn't just punch him and walk out.
It would be like saying to Mayor Giuliani on September 12th, 2001, "So, the twin towers ran a lot of the world's banking services. How do you think this destruction is going to affect The UK's merchant banks?".
I mean, wtf???"
To restore my sanity, I went to http://news.bbc.co.uk for an in depth view.
God I miss real news TV sometimes. Anyone know how I can get the BBC's Newsnight in high quality through my DSL in LA?
Not everything is analogous to cars. Car analogies rarely work
That's like saying not every car is a Mercedes. Unless of course, you describe a Mercedes as being a vehicle with 4 wheels and seats, in which case all cars are Mercedes and your arguement falls flat, you see.
So, assuming 65-70% of New England population use the internet, New England has roughly 9 million internet users.
And Indian access is growing at a very resonable rate. I see no reason why it won't hit 50,000,000 by 2006.
Add to that the country's obsession with cricket, and it's understandable - imagine the fan bases of football, basketball, baseball and the WWE all following the same team and it will give you an idea of the scale of the following of the the Indian Cricket Team.
I spoke to the Zend guys about this at OSCON six months ago. They said they had a suexec version of PHP in "private Beta". I sent them several emails afterwards asking whether we could test it / help out etc, and haven't received a single reply, so I have no idea whether that's still coming.
...shutting itself down automatically because of an "anomaly" of unknown origin...
The tautology bugs me. I mean, is there any way it would have shut itself down *without* there being an anomaly?
Why not just say, "It shut itself down automatically for unknown reasons".
cLive;-)
We used to do this at college...
on
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...but with pillows rather than lances. It made sense because:
you could easily play inside (useful in the UK:)
you rarely got hurt
The aim was simply to knock the other person off of their unicycle. So, you'd start with a run at each other, and then it was a free for all until somedbody fell off.
Ahh, fun times.oO(me wonders whether to blow the dust off and see if I can still ride the thing).
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And I thought there were more than six of them? Hmmmm.
:)
I thought the point of working out was to bulk them out?
Or am I missing something
cLive; -)
What? As opposed to an uncertain certain date? :)
cLive ;-)
Well...
Say Joe Public gets a zip file that's called "porn.txt", they double click on it and then windows tries to open it in Wordpad.
Of course it doesn't stop files being transferred - it just stops inexperienced people from opening them.
cLive; -)
"You mean we're going to have to add an 's' to the end of 'http', do you really expect 100 people to change their bookmarks! They've been using those bookmarks all year!"
Insight from other admins very welcome.
--
If you were running Apache, in the httpd.conf file:
No bookmarks need updating.
If you're not running Apache (and I guess you aren't), then do whatever your server's equivalent of that is (or install Apache - it does run on Windows :)
Failing that, replace existing pages with Javascript redirects to the new ones.
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cLive ;-)
This guy did exactly that to PayPal.
"Sir, I do not give you permission to record this call" ... "Yes you did. Right at the beginning of this call a voice said, 'This call may be recorded. It didn't say by whom'"
cLive ;-)
A "powered by FreeBSD" logo which is actually free for everybody to use would make things much easier.
We already have apowered by FreeBSD logo, but I'm not sure if it's free or not.
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cLive ;-)
... then check out Ben Heckendorn's Book that was due to be published this week (the guy behind the portable PS2, Ben Heckendorn).
Surprised no-one on /. has reviewed it yet :) Time to hassle Ben for a review copy...
cLive ;-)
disclaimer - I work for company that hosts his web site (so I must be a masochist by inviting slashdot visitors ;-)
So my only defense is the fact that it changes every once and a while.
So your users use weak passwords, so you make them change them for other weak passwords? I'm sorry, but I don't understand how that improves security - it just sounds like one of those things that you hear is true but have never seen a proof for it.
If you have proof that this makes things more secure, I'd love to read it, because I don't think you're achieving anything more than irritating your users.
just my .02, and I'm not trying to flame here - I really am curious!
cLive ;-)
Any hidden filter meant to compare traffic on your account against profile of "normal" usage strikes me as both an invasion of privacy and a sure fire way to multiply calls to the help desks when a false alarm tosses out a legitimate user.
You ever seen an Apache log file Taco? All the information's already there - all you have to do is parse it.
We're continually looking at ways to improve security without making the UI less intuitive (admin system for 300,000+ domain shared hosting accounts). We're considering adding security preferences to allow users to lock down when accounts are available and where they can be accessed from.
What exactly is the problem with having a user state that they will only access their account between 9am-5pm on Monday-Friday, and that they will always log in from a machine within the USA - or in California - or in Los Angeles, etc.
As long as the process is transparent, and optional for users, do you really need that tin foil hat?
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cLive ;-)
When I was younger, I couldn't wait to get married, because when you're married, you can have sex every night.
;-)
:)
cLive
(+1 insightful if you're single, +1 funny if you're married - take your pick
Actually it was about 5yrs ago. And that was the prices then.
:)
;-)
It appeared ironic, because when I moved to the US, almost everything here was a lot cheaper than the UK, and that was the only thing that cost twice as much here as it did there.
Anyway, time to switch long distance carrier I think
cLive
I always thought that line was, "If you like Gnome more than KDE you should really try therapy".
cLive ;-)
(it's a joke dammit. "Some of best friends are Gnome users and they're lovely people." :).
I used this site a while back when researching, and ended up using 101 6868 prefix. No monthly fee, and only 7.9c minute to the UK.
Ironically, my family can call me from the UK for less than 4c a minute. I have absolutely no idea why.
All the "10 10" numbers are pretty cheap, but all have slightly different slants. If you're calling one country in particular, shop around until you find one that's best for you.
cLive ;-)
You missed my point. See this reply for a deeper explanation.
It's a bitch sometimes that you can't edit a post...
Happy New Year :)
cLive ;-)
ps - No offense intended Guy, but it is possible to be a "bleeding heart" and a capitalist. Please read my other reply linked above and I think you'll understand where I'm coming from. My original post didn't quite make my point clear. "not because of you but despite you" - ahhh come on, you're trolling now, and I'm not hungry enough to bite :)
I think my problem was that the question sounded like, "So how is this going to hurt the US?", rather than, "So how does this affect the Sri Lankan economy?".
:)
;-)
The transcript from the show (linked above by artson) shows that if I'd tuned in a couple of minutes earlier, I wouldn't have been so offended. I turned over exactly at the sentence, "Sri Lanka is a major exporter of apparel to the United States...".
Out of context, and as a first sentence, this seemed wholely inappropriate. Having read the whole transcript, I don't think it was so insensitive, but I still think that particular question sounds selfish and inappropriate. Here's the full quote, out of context
"GERSH: Sri Lanka is a major exporter of apparel to the United States to companies like The Limited and Victoria`s Secret. To you knowledge, has that kind of business been disrupted? Will those exports have any problems as a result of the tsunami?"
I have no problem with them discussing the Sri Lankan economy, just having it sound like, "So, does this affect us?", just didn't feel right at this time.
cLive
I know - but some of us are working then :)
;-)
And no, I don't have a PVR and I'm too lazy to set the VCR. Hence Newsnight:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsnight
cLive
I live in Los Angeles and don't have cable. As soon as I heard about the tsunami, I switched the TV on.
;-)
Soaps, Chat Shows, blah blah blah. I didn't see anything on the local channels until the evening news!
And then, when I did, the news focussed almost exclusively on how it affected US (sic). For me, the worst comment was actually on PBS (of all places). Admittedly, it was "World Business Report" (or something like that). I caught a glimpse of a top ranking Sri-Lankan being interviewed, and the interviewer asked something along the lines of, "Sri Lanka makes a lot of clothing for the US market - for example, a lot of Victoria's Secrets' items are manufactured there. Do you think this disaster will affect your country's export ability?"
I mean, fuck. That to me is in such bad taste I'm surprised the guy didn't just punch him and walk out.
It would be like saying to Mayor Giuliani on September 12th, 2001, "So, the twin towers ran a lot of the world's banking services. How do you think this destruction is going to affect The UK's merchant banks?".
I mean, wtf???"
To restore my sanity, I went to http://news.bbc.co.uk for an in depth view.
God I miss real news TV sometimes. Anyone know how I can get the BBC's Newsnight in high quality through my DSL in LA?
cLive
Thank you, I'll be here all week (except Friday, coz that's a holiday :)
;-)
cLive
Not everything is analogous to cars. Car analogies rarely work
That's like saying not every car is a Mercedes. Unless of course, you describe a Mercedes as being a vehicle with 4 wheels and seats, in which case all cars are Mercedes and your arguement falls flat, you see.
cLive ;-)
Would it surprise you to find that New England has about half the number of internet users as India?
Population of New England: 14,205,480 (2003)
Indian internet users: 18,500,000 (2004)
So, assuming 65-70% of New England population use the internet, New England has roughly 9 million internet users.
And Indian access is growing at a very resonable rate. I see no reason why it won't hit 50,000,000 by 2006.
Add to that the country's obsession with cricket, and it's understandable - imagine the fan bases of football, basketball, baseball and the WWE all following the same team and it will give you an idea of the scale of the following of the the Indian Cricket Team.
cLive ;-)
I spoke to the Zend guys about this at OSCON six months ago. They said they had a suexec version of PHP in "private Beta". I sent them several emails afterwards asking whether we could test it / help out etc, and haven't received a single reply, so I have no idea whether that's still coming.
Anyone have any more info on this?
cLive ;-)
This seems to be the quote:
The tautology bugs me. I mean, is there any way it would have shut itself down *without* there being an anomaly?
Why not just say, "It shut itself down automatically for unknown reasons".
cLive ;-)
...but with pillows rather than lances. It made sense because:
The aim was simply to knock the other person off of their unicycle. So, you'd start with a run at each other, and then it was a free for all until somedbody fell off.
Ahh, fun times .oO(me wonders whether to blow the dust off and see if I can still ride the thing).
cLive ;-)
Bad troll! :)
Next time use some inititiative and just Google it
cLive ;-)
Physics is to mathematics as sex is to masturbation." Richard Feynman
See, it all depends on context. Let's apply this to a woman who has difficulty with vaginal orgasms, but can come multiple times when masturbating.
From her perspective, your sig interprets along the lines of:
"Physics is OK, but without Mathematics on a regular basis, I'd go nuts. Hmmmmm, mathematics..."
Was that the intended meaning? ;-)
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cLive ;-)
And yes, I did a math(s) degree :)