No, a much, much better solution is to provide a key that unlocks a believable - but fake - partition that contains no incriminating evidence.
I don't think that gambit will last very long when the "unlocked partition" is only 100G of a 500G drive. As dumb as some LE are I'm sure they can do basic math.
The GP didn't say he was afraid of change, just that it needs to be informed change. When people are informed and educated then change is more readily accepted and embraced.
I didn't see anything in the post that justified the intensity of your response.
No need to develop new technologies. Just steer clear of domain registries, registrars and hosting companies in U.S. jurisdictions or any jurisdictions the U.S. coerces into going along with them.
I guess they could still block the IP address. Maybe they could license China's "Great Firewall" but people already found ways around it.
In the end, the only thing this law will accomplish is to drive internet business out of the country.
Or you could go to one of a gazillion hosting companies out there, pick a domain name and for $5/month you can have your very own site with a mail server.
Grand Theft TSA...You drive around various international airports on a golf cart and shoot/run over tourists and steal their luggage. Bonus points of they have any liquids greater than 8oz.
I think you missed the point. It's voice vs video not how that voice or video is delivered. It doesn't matter if it's POTS, Skype, VOIP or a herd of mutant cats. The point is even though video calling is available people still seem to prefer voice.
I think it's more basic than that, business units in big corps need to realize that they have to stop squeezing IT budgets. I've personally had to to fight for security and stability fixes/patches because if they can't see it then they won't pay for it. Of course there's always plenty of money for a new feature or a new pretty graphic.
They have security professionals but any actions they recommend that actually cost money are ignored or deferred until they have an actual problem.
It could be argued, and will be I'm sure, that since the CIA servers are on US soil then the crime he committed was on US soil even though he was physically outside the US.
We can't let criminals get away with stealing or destroying data simply because they are sitting in another country while they do it.
If I put a bomb on an airplane but it only explodes once it is in another country am I not responsible? And wouldn't the country where the bomb exploded have the right to charge me for breaking their laws?
A crime is a crime. Whether it's committed in person or at the keyboard of a computer 5,000 miles away.
Seasons are opposite across the equator, sir. When it's Winter on one side of Canada, it's Winter on the other. The only difference is that Southern Canada might be i-cant-feel-my-face cold while Northern Canada is holy-shit-i-think-my-balls-just-froze-off cold.
While what is called winter occurs at the same time of year across Canada, Halifax and Vancouver, for example, experience a very different version of it.
Infrastructure investments like this are long term. The private sector has trouble thinking past the next quarterly report. The OP might not have meant that the private sector isn't as forward seeing as the government but I'll say it.
Time and time again the private sector has shown that they will only do the bare minimum required to wring every dollar out of the general public with the least amount of effort and if it requires lying through their teeth then so be it.
Need an example? How about the global economic crisis we're currently digging ourselves out of. By the way, the scum sucking leaches in the private sector that caused this meltdown seem to be the first ones that recovered. Funny that? Personally I think these parasites should be buried under so much regulation and bureaucracy that they'd never see the light of day.
So yeah, the private sector can't be trusted to do the right thing unless it's at the end of a very big government stick.
I would have thought the same thing but I just checked the F15 LiveCD in VMWare using the default partition layout and although you can change the filesystem for the/home mount point it complains about the/boot and / mount points. It states/boot must be on ext4 and that / must be the same as the LiveCD (which does happen to be ext4).
So I would assume unless they make some changes to the installer for F16 or the LiveCD is offered in an ext4 and btrfs flavours then anyone wanting to override the default choice of btrfs will have to use an alternate install method.
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If they are willing to break the law to nail you, you might as well bend over and take it.
FTFY
No, a much, much better solution is to provide a key that unlocks a believable - but fake - partition that contains no incriminating evidence.
I don't think that gambit will last very long when the "unlocked partition" is only 100G of a 500G drive. As dumb as some LE are I'm sure they can do basic math.
They likely do and could download all the updates they want but without admin access they can't install them.
I think the problem now for enterprises is that with the new numbering scheme it's harder to differentiate between major and minor releases.
The GP didn't say he was afraid of change, just that it needs to be informed change. When people are informed and educated then change is more readily accepted and embraced.
I didn't see anything in the post that justified the intensity of your response.
Encryption out the wazoo everywhere. System administered by Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela and the EFF...
So your solution is a system operated out of South Africa?
That's an unfair comparison. They are not saying they are close to defeating terrorism but that they are close to defeating a terrorist group.
Just like you can defeat a drug cartel without stopping drug trafficking, you can defeat a terrorist group without stopping terrorism.
Does this mean that cell phones are now safe enough to use on commercial aircraft?
Ignore him. Just another ism-ist creating random ist-isms.
No need to develop new technologies. Just steer clear of domain registries, registrars and hosting companies in U.S. jurisdictions or any jurisdictions the U.S. coerces into going along with them.
I guess they could still block the IP address. Maybe they could license China's "Great Firewall" but people already found ways around it.
In the end, the only thing this law will accomplish is to drive internet business out of the country.
It's only funny until the mice try to take over the world.
Or you could go to one of a gazillion hosting companies out there, pick a domain name and for $5/month you can have your very own site with a mail server.
Back in my day we only had CompuServe.
GET OFF LAWN!!!!
It was just a joke that, for you, lost something in translation. Next time I'll put tags around it so there won't be any confusion.
And I suspect I'm a bit older than you assume.
Grand Theft TSA...You drive around various international airports on a golf cart and shoot/run over tourists and steal their luggage. Bonus points of they have any liquids greater than 8oz.
For every hot college girl there are 10 not so hot college cows. The odds are not in your favour.
I think you missed the point. It's voice vs video not how that voice or video is delivered. It doesn't matter if it's POTS, Skype, VOIP or a herd of mutant cats. The point is even though video calling is available people still seem to prefer voice.
Hi Bob, The Chiropractic Spambot,
Go peddle your snake oil on the street corner.
I think it's more basic than that, business units in big corps need to realize that they have to stop squeezing IT budgets. I've personally had to to fight for security and stability fixes/patches because if they can't see it then they won't pay for it. Of course there's always plenty of money for a new feature or a new pretty graphic.
They have security professionals but any actions they recommend that actually cost money are ignored or deferred until they have an actual problem.
It could be argued, and will be I'm sure, that since the CIA servers are on US soil then the crime he committed was on US soil even though he was physically outside the US.
We can't let criminals get away with stealing or destroying data simply because they are sitting in another country while they do it.
If I put a bomb on an airplane but it only explodes once it is in another country am I not responsible? And wouldn't the country where the bomb exploded have the right to charge me for breaking their laws?
A crime is a crime. Whether it's committed in person or at the keyboard of a computer 5,000 miles away.
Maybe it wasn't nitpicking but it was still a little insensitive.
Seasons are opposite across the equator, sir. When it's Winter on one side of Canada, it's Winter on the other. The only difference is that Southern Canada might be i-cant-feel-my-face cold while Northern Canada is holy-shit-i-think-my-balls-just-froze-off cold.
While what is called winter occurs at the same time of year across Canada, Halifax and Vancouver, for example, experience a very different version of it.
I believe that was the point the OP was making.
I'd trust that "lust for profit MBA CEO" much farther than a typical "Friends in Gov CEO".
I'd trust either of them if they agreed to live next door to the nuclear plant.
Infrastructure investments like this are long term. The private sector has trouble thinking past the next quarterly report. The OP might not have meant that the private sector isn't as forward seeing as the government but I'll say it.
Time and time again the private sector has shown that they will only do the bare minimum required to wring every dollar out of the general public with the least amount of effort and if it requires lying through their teeth then so be it.
Need an example? How about the global economic crisis we're currently digging ourselves out of. By the way, the scum sucking leaches in the private sector that caused this meltdown seem to be the first ones that recovered. Funny that? Personally I think these parasites should be buried under so much regulation and bureaucracy that they'd never see the light of day.
So yeah, the private sector can't be trusted to do the right thing unless it's at the end of a very big government stick.
I would have thought the same thing but I just checked the F15 LiveCD in VMWare using the default partition layout and although you can change the filesystem for the /home mount point it complains about the /boot and / mount points. It states /boot must be on ext4 and that / must be the same as the LiveCD (which does happen to be ext4).
So I would assume unless they make some changes to the installer for F16 or the LiveCD is offered in an ext4 and btrfs flavours then anyone wanting to override the default choice of btrfs will have to use an alternate install method.