Its nice to have IPSec and OpenSSH built into the base system, but since FreeBSd is based in the United States, how will they distribute strong encryption such as Blowfish? Will we only be able to get it from foreign (or Canadian) sources?
OpenSSH is nice, but if you can only get 40bit, why bother?
This is how I read the recent events surrounding this Amazon 1click patent thing.
1) Amazon Patents 1-Click shopping 2) Internet Community goes berserk over what is perceived as a 'broad and all encompassing' patent. Boycotts are called, Jeff Bezos gets flamed big time. 3) Amazon hides behind their PR and legal staff, and don't really respond to the flames 4) Amazon patents their Associate system 5) More flames from the internet community 6) Amazon hides behind behind their PR and legal staff 7) Tim O'Reilly gets involved, and openly publishes a VERY informative and well thought out letter. 8) Jeff Bezos comes out from behind his PR and legal staff, and starts a dialogue. 9) These two start a lengthy, and informative discussion. Jeff Bezos denounces the current patent system, and supports 'Fast Patents'. The Internet community gets a little more educated regarding the whole situation. Evidence suggests that the patents are not 'all encompassing', but narrow in scope. Evidence also suggests that the patents were made as a 'defensive' measure, not to prevent competition.
Does anyone see a trend? I see two groups who, after initially clashing, start to come together and understand each other. Only good can come out of this. If only other companies can learn from this.
This kind of this only happens on the Internet. Isnt it cool?
Before this merger, the 4 primary BSD distributions each had their own niche. BSDi had corporate accountability, FreeBSD was optimized for Intel/Sparc platforms, NetBSD supported every platform with a MMU, and OpenBSD targeted security (based on NetBSD). With BSDi and FreeBSD merging, their 'niche' market has merged, overshadowing the other 2 distributions.
Is it possible that, 2 years down the road, FreeBSDi (?) will merge with NetBSD and OpenBSD? It makes sense, as FreeBSD has already been ported to SPARC, and there are rumors of a StrongARM port as well.
If this happened, we could have 2 open source OSes vying for dominance in the global arena.
Microsoft, beware. History is about to repeat itself. You'll be fighting a war on 2 fronts, not one.
Regardless of what the Recording industry says, the songs on CD are in a DIGITAL format, and as such, (if memory serves me correctly), we are purchasing the DIGITAL CONTENT, not a physical product. If I purchase software, I am legally allowed to make a working copy, regardless of whether it is in CD format or floppy disk. Why is music any different? If I purchase a CD, I am going to make a working copy of that CD, in a format that is convenient for me (in my case, MP3).
The fact that 'Blame Canada' was nominated in the first place shows that people are becoming more realistic towards language and censorship in the Movies.
I can finally fufile my dream of getting pectoral implants, among other things.....
Alternately, imagine combining this technology with 802.11 wireless. Who needs a wireless mouse or keyboard? Hell, I wouldn't even need my pectoral implants.
I currently have 2 dual Celeron systems, one acting as a firewall, and one acting as my workstation. The firewall is running FreeBSD v3.4, and my workstation is running Windows NT v4, SP5. The only time I have really noticed a difference is with SMP aware applications, or when I am running multiple CPU intensive apps at the same time.
If your doing 3D graphics (SoftImage etc), SQL programming/testing, large C compiles, or were addicted to Quake3, then a Dual processor motherboard makes sense (Dual celerons, slightly overclocked, is my recommendation). Otherwise, invest in a kick ass single processor Athalon system.
Now, if we were talking about a 6way ALR Pentium Pro system, then I would highly recommend it. Why? Pure geek value baby!:)
If I was to get arrested for breaking into a motor vehicle by using a Screwdriver, I would be charged with Attempted Break and Enter, Attempted Theft of over $5000, and for possessing Break and Enter tools. This does NOT mean that physical possession of the screwdriver is a crime, only the intent of possession.
I hope these geeks-gone-bad get nailed. They give the rest of us (and the tools we use) a bad name.
Please be advised that I have recently patented the process known as 'Referrals', whereas if you either pay or receive income for any sort of referral (Getting a new client, contract, job, etc), that you are violating my patent, and you must CEASE AND DESIST from any and all referral activities until a licensing agreement has been secured.
Come on! The above paragraph sounds absolutely ludicrous. How can the patent office sink to such low depths as to approve such common sense patents? This is not a product, nor is it new technology. It is a method of doing business (and a commonly used on at that). Whats next? Are they going to patent the process of marking up the price of the retail product?
Hmmmmmm. Theres an idea. The process of dynamically pricing the product based on the real time wholesale value of the product. Hmmmmmm.
Gotta go. I need to call my.... mother. Ya, thats it. I have to call my mom.
But isnt BetBEUI routable on a Token Ring Network? Rumor has it, as it was originally an IBM invention, it WAS designed to be routable on TR. If this is true, then who knows? You could have a new project spring up that allows routable NetBEUI on a standard Ethernet LAN. openBLOOEY?
cool! Now Linux can join in with the M$ Boxes to flood the network with excessive NetBlooey traffic. Can you say 'Packet Collision'? I knew you could.
On the upside, it will make Linux even easier to setup in small networks, where TCP/IP is not required..... Where you would find this scenario, I do not know.....
Im sorry to hear of your troubles with Netware 3.2 Its odd that I have never had that kind of a nightmare, even with flakey hardware......
Netware 3.2 isnt used by almost everyone. Most companies have migrated for Netware 4.x/5.x by now, with a few companies needing 3.2 for backward compatibility with Bindery based applications.
Shooting down a NOS based on a horrid experience does not make for a good opinion. I have seen Novell 3.x and 4.x servers with an uptime exceeding 1 year (One server was buried under mounds of paperwork. All it was was a workstation with a NIC and Netware 3.12 installed!).
Netware 5.x may be larger than other version of netware, but I am glad it is running my File/Print server. It hasnt gone down or crashed yet (4 months).
This will work out very well for IS managers who have surrepticiously installed Linux/*BSD on the Network. Now they will be able to manage all of them from NDS.
That being said, I openly wonder what level of support NDS for Linux will have for such things as FTPD, or QMail? Will you be able to manage your virtual QMail users from NDS?
One possibility is to create a new object called a 'symbolic link object' which links to the.conf file, allowing the administrator to modify it directly from NDS.
With the mass adoption of Bluetooth, Lucent has to do something to maintain market share. As well, rumor has it that a Bluetooth wireless network will knock out an 802.11 network. Can anyone confirm this rumour?
Do we grant them their request to take away access for fringe groups (PC for hate groups), or do we stand by a persons rights for free speech?
If the sites are removed, they will simply go elsewhere. There will be no victory, only free publicity for groups that should be ignored. The ADL, in its zealous quest to rid the world of bigotry, is only promoting them.
Its sad that people and groups like the ADL neglect and/or overlook the most powerful (and only effective) weapon against hatred: Education.
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Its nice to have IPSec and OpenSSH built into the base system, but since FreeBSd is based in the United States, how will they distribute strong encryption such as Blowfish? Will we only be able to get it from foreign (or Canadian) sources?
OpenSSH is nice, but if you can only get 40bit, why bother?
Jailbrekr.
Mind you, if they can do ANY form of hacking from a cel phone, they should be respected for that. Either that, or their sanity should be questioned.
JB
Imagine if someone tries to hack your server using one of these accounts. You could give him/her a call, and congratulate them on trying...
JB
This is how I read the recent events surrounding this Amazon 1click patent thing.
1) Amazon Patents 1-Click shopping
2) Internet Community goes berserk over what is perceived as a 'broad and all encompassing' patent. Boycotts are called, Jeff Bezos gets flamed big time.
3) Amazon hides behind their PR and legal staff, and don't really respond to the flames
4) Amazon patents their Associate system
5) More flames from the internet community
6) Amazon hides behind behind their PR and legal staff
7) Tim O'Reilly gets involved, and openly publishes a VERY informative and well thought out letter.
8) Jeff Bezos comes out from behind his PR and legal staff, and starts a dialogue.
9) These two start a lengthy, and informative discussion. Jeff Bezos denounces the current patent system, and supports 'Fast Patents'. The Internet community gets a little more educated regarding the whole situation. Evidence suggests that the patents are not 'all encompassing', but narrow in scope. Evidence also suggests that the patents were made as a 'defensive' measure, not to prevent competition.
Does anyone see a trend? I see two groups who, after initially clashing, start to come together and understand each other. Only good can come out of this. If only other companies can learn from this.
This kind of this only happens on the Internet. Isnt it cool?
Jailbrekr.
Alphas, not SPARC. My mistake. Thanks for correcting me. Damn, I am human after all :)
Before this merger, the 4 primary BSD distributions each had their own niche. BSDi had corporate accountability, FreeBSD was optimized for Intel/Sparc platforms, NetBSD supported every platform with a MMU, and OpenBSD targeted security (based on NetBSD). With BSDi and FreeBSD merging, their 'niche' market has merged, overshadowing the other 2 distributions.
Is it possible that, 2 years down the road, FreeBSDi (?) will merge with NetBSD and OpenBSD? It makes sense, as FreeBSD has already been ported to SPARC, and there are rumors of a StrongARM port as well.
If this happened, we could have 2 open source OSes vying for dominance in the global arena.
Microsoft, beware. History is about to repeat itself. You'll be fighting a war on 2 fronts, not one.
Jailbrekr.
Regardless of what the Recording industry says, the songs on CD are in a DIGITAL format, and as such, (if memory serves me correctly), we are purchasing the DIGITAL CONTENT, not a physical product. If I purchase software, I am legally allowed to make a working copy, regardless of whether it is in CD format or floppy disk. Why is music any different? If I purchase a CD, I am going to make a working copy of that CD, in a format that is convenient for me (in my case, MP3).
Lawyers be damned.....
Jailbrekr.
RC5.
William Shatner is busy playing Homer Simpson.
JB
The fact that 'Blame Canada' was nominated in the first place shows that people are becoming more realistic towards language and censorship in the Movies.
Tiny steps people. Take tiny steps.
Jailbrekr
Instead of asking this question, why not turn it around?
Is the user ready for the desktop?
This question will probably hit a few nerves in the IT industry.....
Jailbrekr.
How dare you mention bolo! It brings back fond memories! Evil! Bad!
JB
I can finally fufile my dream of getting pectoral implants, among other things.....
Alternately, imagine combining this technology with 802.11 wireless. Who needs a wireless mouse or keyboard? Hell, I wouldn't even need my pectoral implants.
JB
I currently have 2 dual Celeron systems, one acting as a firewall, and one acting as my workstation. The firewall is running FreeBSD v3.4, and my workstation is running Windows NT v4, SP5. The only time I have really noticed a difference is with SMP aware applications, or when I am running multiple CPU intensive apps at the same time.
:)
If your doing 3D graphics (SoftImage etc), SQL programming/testing, large C compiles, or were addicted to Quake3, then a Dual processor motherboard makes sense (Dual celerons, slightly overclocked, is my recommendation). Otherwise, invest in a kick ass single processor Athalon system.
Now, if we were talking about a 6way ALR Pentium Pro system, then I would highly recommend it. Why? Pure geek value baby!
Jailbrekr
See subject.
Jailbrekr
If I was to get arrested for breaking into a motor vehicle by using a Screwdriver, I would be charged with Attempted Break and Enter, Attempted Theft of over $5000, and for possessing Break and Enter tools. This does NOT mean that physical possession of the screwdriver is a crime, only the intent of possession.
I hope these geeks-gone-bad get nailed. They give the rest of us (and the tools we use) a bad name.
Jailbrekr.
Please be advised that I have recently patented the process known as 'Referrals', whereas if you either pay or receive income for any sort of referral (Getting a new client, contract, job, etc), that you are violating my patent, and you must CEASE AND DESIST from any and all referral activities until a licensing agreement has been secured.
Come on! The above paragraph sounds absolutely ludicrous. How can the patent office sink to such low depths as to approve such common sense patents? This is not a product, nor is it new technology. It is a method of doing business (and a commonly used on at that). Whats next? Are they going to patent the process of marking up the price of the retail product?
Hmmmmmm. Theres an idea. The process of dynamically pricing the product based on the real time wholesale value of the product. Hmmmmmm.
Gotta go. I need to call my.... mother. Ya, thats it. I have to call my mom.
JB
But isnt BetBEUI routable on a Token Ring Network? Rumor has it, as it was originally an IBM invention, it WAS designed to be routable on TR. If this is true, then who knows? You could have a new project spring up that allows routable NetBEUI on a standard Ethernet LAN. openBLOOEY?
JB
cool! Now Linux can join in with the M$ Boxes to flood the network with excessive NetBlooey traffic. Can you say 'Packet Collision'? I knew you could.
On the upside, it will make Linux even easier to setup in small networks, where TCP/IP is not required..... Where you would find this scenario, I do not know.....
Just my 0.06CAD worth...
Im sorry to hear of your troubles with Netware 3.2 Its odd that I have never had that kind of a nightmare, even with flakey hardware......
Netware 3.2 isnt used by almost everyone. Most companies have migrated for Netware 4.x/5.x by now, with a few companies needing 3.2 for backward compatibility with Bindery based applications.
Shooting down a NOS based on a horrid experience does not make for a good opinion. I have seen Novell 3.x and 4.x servers with an uptime exceeding 1 year (One server was buried under mounds of paperwork. All it was was a workstation with a NIC and Netware 3.12 installed!).
Netware 5.x may be larger than other version of netware, but I am glad it is running my File/Print server. It hasnt gone down or crashed yet (4 months).
Jailbrekr
This will work out very well for IS managers who have surrepticiously installed Linux/*BSD on the Network. Now they will be able to manage all of them from NDS.
.conf file, allowing the administrator to modify it directly from NDS.
That being said, I openly wonder what level of support NDS for Linux will have for such things as FTPD, or QMail? Will you be able to manage your virtual QMail users from NDS?
One possibility is to create a new object called a 'symbolic link object' which links to the
Just my Monday pre-work ramblings....
Jailbrekr
With the mass adoption of Bluetooth, Lucent has to do something to maintain market share. As well, rumor has it that a Bluetooth wireless network will knock out an 802.11 network. Can anyone confirm this rumour?
Do we grant them their request to take away access for fringe groups (PC for hate groups), or do we stand by a persons rights for free speech?
If the sites are removed, they will simply go elsewhere. There will be no victory, only free publicity for groups that should be ignored. The ADL, in its zealous quest to rid the world of bigotry, is only promoting them.
Its sad that people and groups like the ADL neglect and/or overlook the most powerful (and only effective) weapon against hatred: Education.
Jailbrekr.
As long as you keep fraggin in >BC>, Im sure a few of your victims will forgive you for leaving ID *smile*
Jailbrekr[TCM]
ssh has a name far too similar to rsh. *shiver*