And my point is obviously made by this very discussion....
anyway, I didn't say Intel invented little-endianess, just that in the 'early' days of the PC, most non-PC microprocessor applications were 680x0 processors (Mac, NeXT, Amiga, VMEbus systems, every laser printer, early set-top-boxes, many PDAs,...... on and on). Technical people chose the processors for those machines, but Intel/Microsoft were the king of marketing to the consumer.
Tech folks get into specific discussions about the best solution to a problem. People just want to buy 'the best'.
If I had my way, we would not have Intel processors in machines and Windows would have ended at 3.1 when it was clear it was a poor solution. The market didn't work that way and I still have to live with bits in the wrong order and drives identified by their letter.
OpenVPN is great. We've tried the PPTP thing, but there is a tendancy for users to dink with settings that end up with unwanted traffic on our network (e.g. default route goes through the vpn).
OpenVPN puts all of this in a config file even on windows. Distribute the config and installation package and you're done. Need more security? Distribute the key files as well.
Various forms of hearing aids have used this idea for several years. For people with hearing in one ear, you can 'transmit' the sound from the deaf ear to the working ear.
I've had a F5D6231-4 for a while now. I disabled the parental control feature before I ever surfed the net so I never saw the redirection--I have seen it on a friends router though.
I use this router in access point mode where it is not on the public network (as if the wireless interface is not public). I've never tried to use a consumer grade router directly on the internet at home. These types routers have historic weaknesses that are simply unacceptable (remember Code-Red and the Cisco turtles?).
An example of why this router is no more secure than any other consumer grade router? Try this:
Go to the web page for your belkin router. Download the router configuration to a file. Run strings on the file. Look for your password. Hmm. It's there in clear text!!!!!.
I don't trust any $40 router for this reason. They are simply convienience items that cannot be correctly engineered for the amount of money that is charged for them. I'm usually happy if they work at all. If you wan't a more secure router, use LEAF or OpenAP or some other router-based Linux distribution. Or pony up for a commercial grade router.
I've had cable over phone lines for about a year and a half.
The 'box' has an incoming DSL line, an ethernet port, and 3 RF tv outputs to feed the TVs (plus SVideo and SPDIF for the 'main' tv). There are three UHF remotes that can be used anywhere in the house.
The system is made by Next Level Communications for Qwest. It's ok, but a little sensitive to signal quality (read: any large electrical applicance in the house causes a small mpeg blip on the tv)
The internet service is 256kbs or 1Mbs if you pay more. You don't get a choice of ISP.... it's Qwest or the highway.
I wish I owned the box and could get info on the DSL protocols so that I could make my own PVR. The MPEG streams to the box are of good quality. The RF outputs quality is less than stellar. I guess that's just wishfull hacking;)
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It's 2 × 10–7. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampere)
And my point is obviously made by this very discussion....
anyway, I didn't say Intel invented little-endianess, just that in the 'early' days of the PC, most non-PC microprocessor applications were 680x0 processors (Mac, NeXT, Amiga, VMEbus systems, every laser printer, early set-top-boxes, many PDAs, ...... on and on). Technical people chose the processors for those machines, but Intel/Microsoft were the king of marketing to the consumer.
Tech folks get into specific discussions about the best solution to a problem. People just want to buy 'the best'.
If I had my way, we would not have Intel processors in machines and Windows would have ended at 3.1 when it was clear it was a poor solution. The market didn't work that way and I still have to live with bits in the wrong order and drives identified by their letter.
Post them via twitter. Get Ashton Kutcher involved.
OpenVPN is great. We've tried the PPTP thing, but there is a tendancy for users to dink with settings that end up with unwanted traffic on our network (e.g. default route goes through the vpn).
OpenVPN puts all of this in a config file even on windows. Distribute the config and installation package and you're done. Need more security? Distribute the key files as well.
Various forms of hearing aids have used this idea for several years. For people with hearing in one ear, you can 'transmit' the sound from the deaf ear to the working ear.
--bryan
I've had a F5D6231-4 for a while now. I disabled the parental control feature before I ever surfed the net so I never saw the redirection--I have seen it on a friends router though.
I use this router in access point mode where it is not on the public network (as if the wireless interface is not public). I've never tried to use a consumer grade router directly on the internet at home. These types routers have historic weaknesses that are simply unacceptable (remember Code-Red and the Cisco turtles?).
An example of why this router is no more secure than any other consumer grade router? Try this:
Go to the web page for your belkin router. Download the router configuration to a file. Run strings on the file. Look for your password. Hmm. It's there in clear text!!!!!.
I don't trust any $40 router for this reason. They are simply convienience items that cannot be correctly engineered for the amount of money that is charged for them. I'm usually happy if they work at all. If you wan't a more secure router, use LEAF or OpenAP or some other router-based Linux distribution. Or pony up for a commercial grade router.
I've had cable over phone lines for about a year and a half.
;)
The 'box' has an incoming DSL line, an ethernet port, and 3 RF tv outputs to feed the TVs (plus SVideo and SPDIF for the 'main' tv). There are three UHF remotes that can be used anywhere in the house.
The system is made by Next Level Communications for Qwest. It's ok, but a little sensitive to signal quality (read: any large electrical applicance in the house causes a small mpeg blip on the tv)
The internet service is 256kbs or 1Mbs if you pay more. You don't get a choice of ISP.... it's Qwest or the highway.
I wish I owned the box and could get info on the DSL protocols so that I could make my own PVR. The MPEG streams to the box are of good quality. The RF outputs quality is less than stellar. I guess that's just wishfull hacking