Oh please... For file-transfers, ping is much less important than it is for, say, online gaming. Ping merely depicts the time a single packet takes to get to a certain host. I have had ping times of over a second to a host and still a consistent 5 megabytes per second download speed from that same host, so in that regard they really are pointless to look at.
On the other hand, a high ping time could indicate congestion due to overloaded tubes or routers. But the main thing in that sentence is "could," since it is by no means an accurate measurement of it.
It doesn't quite matter if they respond or not, depending on how strict your criteria for choosing a certain host to connect to are. This is because generally speaking, if a home router doesn't respond to pings, your traceroute is only one hop off. Therefore, it should not interfere too much with your results.
But it could be easier to just use Vuze (Azureus) and the plugin developed by Yale. It's called P4P and works in a slightly different way in that it requires your ISP to take action. In a way, your ISP acts as the tracker, so for them it is very easy to determine which peer has which piece on their own network so in principle you won't have to get the piece from someone with a different ISP or even in a different country, which could greatly increase the download speed.
Please note that this requires an ISP which participates in this trial.
Does anyone know why SDSL is so hugely expensive? Because they guarantee that speed. With your normal average ADSL2+ subscription you will have an overbooking ratio of somewhere around 25:1, meaning that if your theoretical maximum is 20 mbit, 24 people share those 20 mbit with you... (for a total of 25:P) Of course, it is unprobable that all those people want to utilize their full speed at the same time, which is why such a construction works, but it is one of the reasons why ADSL(2+) works so badly.
The other reason why ADSL performs so badly is because of line quality. I have read lots of comments of people with phonelines so bad they can barely carry voice signals, let alone some digital signal. Also with ADSL2+ the degradation of the signal rises almost linear with the distance to the DSLAM. This combined with rotting copper and bad connections makes for an interesting 'broadband' experience...
I'm sorry? Which Netherlands are you living in? Because where I am living, it takes quite some effort to get downgraded if the service is unacceptable.
Also, as a rule of thumb, you can/will only be downgraded when your ADSL2+ speeds are lower or equal to the speeds offered by your ISP's normal ADSL subscription.
But I've been thinking about this... I mean, I don't really know how much the UK government pays its contractors, but if my own country is any indication it'll be quite much.
Now, if the government itself loses data, there will be a great fuss and some guys get fired and that's it. But if a third party loses data, there will be a great fuss, and the government can sue the third party for losing their data, and get back some of their money! It all makes sense, now!
How about you get one of these instead? Well, more something like the modern version.
You can also get those in a slightly adjusted size so you can actually take it with you on your boat or whatever. As for boating I can tell you from experience that they're great.
I don't know wether or not you speak German or not, but those are actually quite normal words. The first means prosecutor, the second is fact-finding and the last means telecommunications surveillance measure (well, according to Google Translate at least, but as far as my knowledge goes those are right or at least not far off).
Also it does not show that encryption really is compromised. It only shows there are strong signs it is.
If youcombine this with some articles found via Google, there certainly are doubts about Skype's security, which for me is enough that I wouldn't really trust it.
That's true. I have tried to Google, but that is not really yielding satisfying results. I have come across several sites mentioning backdoors in the protocol or the program exploitable by government or someone else.
Those are just rumours. However, via the Skype wiki I found a website detailing the leaking of a German report to the German 'Piraten Partei'. I have read it and it seems to be a quote of sorts for "Skype-Capture-Software" and several options, including SSL decoding and the installation of it all. It also mentions two proxy-servers to hide their own IP adresses, but there is no price given.
So all in all, this -- as far as I could find -- is the most concrete evidence supporting that Skype is in fact not secure.
How does the fact that this company loses the gov'ts data not imply that the gov't loses data? Please tell me if this logic is flawed...
And does it actually matter who loses the data? I mean, I don't live there, I can't be arsed, it's not my private information but the whole point of my post was that the UK gov't loses data. Who exactly magically makes the disks or flashdrives disappear is besides the point.
Still: this is the umpteenth time the UK gov't has lost data. How often does this happen anyway? Do other gov'ts just manage to keep it secret that they lose this much sensitive data?
I am quite amazed...
What struck me is that this guy apparently is making more or less 2D structures. With LEGO! I call that heresy.
How cool would it be if the lighter parts of the image were protruding just slightly, to enhance the illusion of depth? I can't for the life of me believe this would be that hard, if the guy already came this far with his program.
I don't get how some people fail to see that a BIG plane cannot go from normal flight to a nose-dive as fast as would be required to injure over 70 people.
Turbulence makes planes fall down like that. Not nose-dives.
My source on this is a 747 pilot btw, I'd guess he'd know a thing or two...
Complete rewrite! FTW!
Get real man.
Although some quick research does reveal that even though it still is somewhat of a personal taste matter, Python does seem to have certain advantages. Of course, you could always try Java...
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Oh please... For file-transfers, ping is much less important than it is for, say, online gaming. Ping merely depicts the time a single packet takes to get to a certain host. I have had ping times of over a second to a host and still a consistent 5 megabytes per second download speed from that same host, so in that regard they really are pointless to look at.
On the other hand, a high ping time could indicate congestion due to overloaded tubes or routers. But the main thing in that sentence is "could," since it is by no means an accurate measurement of it.
It doesn't quite matter if they respond or not, depending on how strict your criteria for choosing a certain host to connect to are. This is because generally speaking, if a home router doesn't respond to pings, your traceroute is only one hop off. Therefore, it should not interfere too much with your results.
But it could be easier to just use Vuze (Azureus) and the plugin developed by Yale. It's called P4P and works in a slightly different way in that it requires your ISP to take action. In a way, your ISP acts as the tracker, so for them it is very easy to determine which peer has which piece on their own network so in principle you won't have to get the piece from someone with a different ISP or even in a different country, which could greatly increase the download speed.
Please note that this requires an ISP which participates in this trial.
"Cognitive Science, an introduction to the study of mind" by Friedenberg and Silverman
It's the magic word here.
Does anyone know why SDSL is so hugely expensive? Because they guarantee that speed. With your normal average ADSL2+ subscription you will have an overbooking ratio of somewhere around 25:1, meaning that if your theoretical maximum is 20 mbit, 24 people share those 20 mbit with you... (for a total of 25 :P) Of course, it is unprobable that all those people want to utilize their full speed at the same time, which is why such a construction works, but it is one of the reasons why ADSL(2+) works so badly.
The other reason why ADSL performs so badly is because of line quality. I have read lots of comments of people with phonelines so bad they can barely carry voice signals, let alone some digital signal. Also with ADSL2+ the degradation of the signal rises almost linear with the distance to the DSLAM. This combined with rotting copper and bad connections makes for an interesting 'broadband' experience...
I'm sorry? Which Netherlands are you living in? Because where I am living, it takes quite some effort to get downgraded if the service is unacceptable.
Also, as a rule of thumb, you can/will only be downgraded when your ADSL2+ speeds are lower or equal to the speeds offered by your ISP's normal ADSL subscription.
Now, if the government itself loses data, there will be a great fuss and some guys get fired and that's it. But if a third party loses data, there will be a great fuss, and the government can sue the third party for losing their data, and get back some of their money! It all makes sense, now!
How about you get one of these instead? Well, more something like the modern version. You can also get those in a slightly adjusted size so you can actually take it with you on your boat or whatever. As for boating I can tell you from experience that they're great.
Also it does not show that encryption really is compromised. It only shows there are strong signs it is.
If you combine this with some articles found via Google, there certainly are doubts about Skype's security, which for me is enough that I wouldn't really trust it.
That's true. I have tried to Google, but that is not really yielding satisfying results. I have come across several sites mentioning backdoors in the protocol or the program exploitable by government or someone else. Those are just rumours. However, via the Skype wiki I found a website detailing the leaking of a German report to the German 'Piraten Partei'. I have read it and it seems to be a quote of sorts for "Skype-Capture-Software" and several options, including SSL decoding and the installation of it all. It also mentions two proxy-servers to hide their own IP adresses, but there is no price given. So all in all, this -- as far as I could find -- is the most concrete evidence supporting that Skype is in fact not secure.
Last sentence of my link, next time try to read more than just the title.
Skype? Since when is Skype secure man?! Have you read Slashdot?
Are you just an idiot?
How does the fact that this company loses the gov'ts data not imply that the gov't loses data? Please tell me if this logic is flawed...
And does it actually matter who loses the data? I mean, I don't live there, I can't be arsed, it's not my private information but the whole point of my post was that the UK gov't loses data. Who exactly magically makes the disks or flashdrives disappear is besides the point.
Still: this is the umpteenth time the UK gov't has lost data. How often does this happen anyway? Do other gov'ts just manage to keep it secret that they lose this much sensitive data? I am quite amazed...
How cool would it be if the lighter parts of the image were protruding just slightly, to enhance the illusion of depth? I can't for the life of me believe this would be that hard, if the guy already came this far with his program.
I don't get how some people fail to see that a BIG plane cannot go from normal flight to a nose-dive as fast as would be required to injure over 70 people. Turbulence makes planes fall down like that. Not nose-dives. My source on this is a 747 pilot btw, I'd guess he'd know a thing or two...
Complete rewrite! FTW! Get real man. Although some quick research does reveal that even though it still is somewhat of a personal taste matter, Python does seem to have certain advantages. Of course, you could always try Java...