Well it appears that Shaw and @home is testing the above in Canada. What I see on my @home configuration and what I get from the local DHCP server are two completely different items. When I static configure my machine with the IP information it does not work because someone else has been configured with my settings via the DHCP server! I think it is time to review ADSL... And they do have an anti-LINUX policy in Canada. Expect it in the U.S. soon.
The cable companies in Canada (most markets) have already stopped providing static IP addresses. And it appears that they have an active anti-LINUX program going on as well. Unfortunatley their DHCP configuration is VERY random (in Canada). At least you should know your FQDN with DHCP. In the case of Shaw in Victoria they don't even tell you that. Imaging trying to ftp to 24.64.45.123.bc.wave.home.com. That is what my FQDN looks like. I also don't believe that it will take much work to convert people to the above DHCP configuration. People may not like it but our protests are, for the most part, ignored. I am switching to ADSL as soon as it is available.
I do not feel that mis-configured @home users are the source of all the SPAM. In fact I find it hard to believe that 49GB of SPAM can come from mis-configured home users who happen to have a home network. I believe that the problem lies in the local cable providers who subscribe to the @home network for their DHCP, Mail and News support. In Canada our major cable companies have all joined with @home for the content. But the proxie servers, etc are located locally for the most part. This is where the problem lies I think and I believe that they are going to have difficulty plugging these holes as most of the cable providers in Canada have an experience problem. They can't even get the DHCP configuration working to specification. I can imagine what is going to happen when they start messing with proxy configurations. I am not sure if the cable providers in the U.S. have the same difficulties. I have noticed that no one is hammering the telcos about SPAM. Our local telephone company is currently rolling out ADSL. Not as quickly as I would like but I think they are proceeding in a manner that will help to avoid major situations such as the @home UDP. They have the experience to know what is happening and how to avoid major problems such as these. I am signing up as soon as possible... Just a few of my thoughts...
Yes Bill Gates stated that he was not going to be CEO forever in a Seattle Public Televsion show (Buffet and Gates). In fact the impression I received from the show was that he was going soon. This was about a year ago. They are rebroadcasting "Buffett & Gates On Success" Friday, Jan. 15, 1999 at 10 pm on PBS stations nationwide. Check out http://www.intris.org/productions/bg/index.htm This show was first broadcast in May 1998.
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I wonder if this announcement by the NSA is related to Clinton's promise to spend money to make the Internet secure?
Well it appears that Shaw and @home is testing the above in Canada. What I see on my @home configuration and what I get from the local DHCP server are two completely different items. When I static configure my machine with the IP information it does not work because someone else has been configured with my settings via the DHCP server! I think it is time to review ADSL... And they do have an anti-LINUX policy in Canada. Expect it in the U.S. soon.
The cable companies in Canada (most markets) have already stopped providing static IP addresses. And it appears that they have an active anti-LINUX program going on as well. Unfortunatley their DHCP configuration is VERY random (in Canada). At least you should know your FQDN with DHCP. In the case of Shaw in Victoria they don't even tell you that. Imaging trying to ftp to 24.64.45.123.bc.wave.home.com. That is what my FQDN looks like. I also don't believe that it will take much work to convert people to the above DHCP configuration. People may not like it but our protests are, for the most part, ignored. I am switching to ADSL as soon as it is available.
I do not feel that mis-configured @home users are the source of all the SPAM. In fact I find it hard to believe that 49GB of SPAM can come from mis-configured home users who happen to have a home network. I believe that the problem lies in the local cable providers who subscribe to the @home network for their DHCP, Mail and News support. In Canada our major cable companies have all joined with @home for the content. But the proxie servers, etc are located locally for the most part. This is where the problem lies I think and I believe that they are going to have difficulty plugging these holes as most of the cable providers in Canada have an experience problem. They can't even get the DHCP configuration working to specification. I can imagine what is going to happen when they start messing with proxy configurations. I am not sure if the cable providers in the U.S. have the same difficulties. I have noticed that no one is hammering the telcos about SPAM. Our local telephone company is currently rolling out ADSL. Not as quickly as I would like but I think they are proceeding in a manner that will help to avoid major situations such as the @home UDP. They have the experience to know what is happening and how to avoid major problems such as these. I am signing up as soon as possible... Just a few of my thoughts...
Yes Bill Gates stated that he was not going to be CEO forever in a Seattle Public Televsion show (Buffet and Gates). In fact the impression I received from the show was that he was going soon. This was about a year ago. They are rebroadcasting "Buffett & Gates On Success" Friday, Jan. 15, 1999 at 10 pm on PBS stations nationwide. Check out http://www.intris.org/productions/bg/index.htm This show was first broadcast in May 1998.