It may not be a mac partition at all. If you use a use a thrid party boot manager it sees it as a mac partition. They must be similar though. Remember not that long ago when boot managers saw NTFS as HPFS. NTFS is based on HPFS, but before NT got the market share it has now no one wrote a utils to proberly identify it. I keep hoping better hacks are going to come out. The prices on the 14 hour units are falling and I'd like to just be able to add any size HD i want as my second drive.
Yes. I wouldn't go dialing in to Tivo to get the programming changes though. I'm paranoid, but with the $100 tivo rebate from DSS I can't help but think they are in bed together.
The drive are 13.5 (IIRC) Quantum drives optimized for AV. The problems with the drives are the serial #. One your primary HD there is a serial number that is referenced when you dial in to get your programming changes. I'm not sure if it is on the second HD (if you have a 30 hour unit). It's uses a PPC chip in case you are wondering. You can download the Kernel changes from tivo's site and write apps to your hearts content. No one has done it to my knowledge, but I don't see the need to make it an "all in one" MP3, Digital VCR etc etc machine though.
One thing you forgot to point out is the possibility of futute upgrades. It is possible to add a second hard drive to a 14 hour unit and thus getting the 30 hour unit which you paid over twice as much for. I'd like to be able to add that new 75 GB drive from IBM to get a massive upgrade but this isn't possible (AFAIK) right now for several reasons. Tivo appear to use some sort of Mac partion for data as well as an ext2 and swap partition. Ghost understands the ext2 and swap partitions and can adjust the image size acordingly. It doesn't, however, understand the funky mac style partition. It will copy it sector for sector but you can't resize it on a bigger drive and thus no added storage for recording. The easiest way to get un upgrade is either buy it (and pay out the ass) or borrow Tacos HDs and clone them to yours sector for sector. Instant upgrade but you just voided both of your warranties. I am thinking that there is a freeware util out there that will allow be to resize that macish partition. If there isn't how about someone showing off their mad programing skills and writing one.
There was/is a website called pokey.org. It was the kids nickname who registered it. The people who brought us gumby decided that they wanted it and there was (IIRC) a legal battle. If there was in fact a legal battle the Gumby people must have lost becuase www.pokey.org is still up and running.
I apologize, I should have said that better. What I meant was: even if there is a processor in the monitor decrypting the data you could, in theory, still monitor that processor to get the key.
I am aware that it was a fictional work. Let's not go around insulting intelligence.
Everything scientific WAS fiction at some point in time though. The cryptonomicon was one of the only techie books I've ever read that was very acurate. Yes, they called Linux FINUX, but we all knew what it was refering to. I actaully think that it is feasible to do what they talked about in the book. Yes, possibly fiction [thus why I added that I found nothing in my search] now...maybe not later.
Is it worth anyone's while to attempt to adapt, implement or use code which is obsolete and over five years old?
Not to be anal or anything, but by your rationale Linux is old and obsolete because it's over 10 years old. Granted it's been updated numerous times, but so has MS's code. They won't release it, but I think it could be useful if they did even if just for licensing reasons. I could compile and install the code on as many PCs as I wanted. The fact that anyone can study/experiment/fix/improve the Linux Kernel is what makes all of us love it. If M$ were to do that it might steel some of Linux's thunder.
Anyone remember VanEck Phreaking? I think that was how it was spelled. I actually did a search on the web trying to see if this was true or not, I found nothing. But if it is possible to see what is on your screen by reading the signal coming from your processor then I doubt this would help much. You could probably get the key just by watching how the processor behaves.
Sun claims to be the leading provider of Internet technology--"the dot in.comTM."
The Reality: Microsoft Windows platforms drive the Business Internet. For example, 6 of the top 10 shopping sites run Windows and Microsoft SQL ServerTM. (Source: PC Data 12/99)
Great...running M$ SQL are they. If I recall wasn't it MS SQL that allowed hackers to get credit card numbers. Not that I shopped at any of those sites anyway. I can't believe the M$ hype engine recently. Before long we'll see articles with "proof" that M$ in fact powers the internet backbone with NT. Somehomw it'll be faster and more stable. WTF!!!!
There's one in Broadripple (part of Indy). I think it's called netheads or something like that.
Unless you're going through the sticks you can probably find one in the phonebook of most major cities. I woun't go that route though...if you don't know the town it's probably going to be hard to find especially sice you won't have access to Mapquest until you get to the cybercafe.
There's one in Broadripple (part of Indy). I think it's called netheads or something like that.
Unless you're going through the sticks you can probably find one in the phonebook of most major cities. I woun't go that route though...if you don't know the town it's probably going to be hard to find especially sice you won't have access to Mapquest until you get to the cybercafe.
Thanks for the links... What blows my mind now is how many systems would have had to have been compromised to pull this off. I'm supprised that Linux boxes on the @ home network weren't a big target. They have more bandwidth available to launch an attack and there are a lot of them.
When you sign up for a library card you could also be assigned a username and password. If you are under 18 and you log onto a library computer the proxy says "your underage no pr0n for you." If you are over 18 you can access it *IF* you want to. If you don't: Don't go to obvious pr0n sites.
This would have been a very easy way to get people to use Linux. How you say? Easy. I'm sure that your library, like mine, is using ancient hardware. Mine was using Win 3.11 before the start of this year. Know what they did? Kept the hardware they had and put Linux on it. Connect to a proxy and Tada...instant Internet/Intranet access.
I agree with you that they are doing some catch up with Linux in some respects. Linux is more effecient on single processor boxes, but It needs better multiprocessor scalling. The biggest thing that is lacking in Linux (for Id10T users)compared to MS is the GUI. I can get along fine in KDE and Gnome, but the average Id10T user can't. The console is way over their heads. Windoze simply has Linux beat in this area.
Win2k did a lot to address previous versions shortcomings. For example, I've been running win2k on my laptop for about a week with NO LOCKUPS. That nothing to a *NIX box, but it's a helluva improvement over previous versions.
I can see how EU would be upset with MS increasing it's strangle hold, but it is a better product for once. If people who currently run NT want to upgrade they shold be allowed to. The article that was linked to did make one mistake: It stated that 2000 is intended to replace 9X. It's not, that's Windows ME (what a lame ass name). You can upgrade from 9X with 2000 pro, but I don't recomend it. You loose way too much if you want to play games etc. But If you want a rock-solid (in comparison) Windows...Win2k pro is it. This is just my opinion and nothing more...
It's hands down the worst distro I've ever downloaded. I can't believe someone repackaged Mandrake let alone soooooooo poorly. I like what Mandrake 7.0 has done with Redhat. I do not, however, like what Linuxone has done to Mandrake. LinuxOne Lite (didn't bother with the other ver) simply sucks. I never even got it to install. Maybe you have had beter luck. I might give it another chance someday...but not anytime soon.
I agree with you on some of this. Yes, A 4096 RSA key would take a very long time to crack. I doubt that Mitnick used that strong of encryption. If I were to guess I would say it was around 1024. If I remember correctly 512 bit has been cracked using distributed computing in a matter of weeks. With the government super computers I think they _could_ most likely crack a 1024 bit key in five years. I don't see how they couldn't really. Maybe it's the X-files episodes talking, but I believe that there are only three possibilities: 1) They have cracked his key and they don't want us to know. Why you ask? To make us (as well as other countries) feel all warm and fuzzy about using the 128 bit on the net and in Windows 2000. Possibly to make a public outcry against "the evil hackers" who use strong encryption. Since no one bought that only Drug dealers and child pornographers were using it they had to have a new scapegoat. 2) They knew all along that Mitnick was never a real threat to them. They simply didn't dedicate the resources necessary to crack the key. 3) He _did_ use a huge key as large as 4096 bit and they can't break it.
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It may not be a mac partition at all. If you use a use a thrid party boot manager it sees it as a mac partition. They must be similar though. Remember not that long ago when boot managers saw NTFS as HPFS. NTFS is based on HPFS, but before NT got the market share it has now no one wrote a utils to proberly identify it. I keep hoping better hacks are going to come out. The prices on the 14 hour units are falling and I'd like to just be able to add any size HD i want as my second drive.
Not to mention a firwire port in the back. I'd consider getting one if all you had to do was plug in a huge FireWire HD and away you go...
Yes. I wouldn't go dialing in to Tivo to get the programming changes though. I'm paranoid, but with the $100 tivo rebate from DSS I can't help but think they are in bed together.
It's somewhat been done.
The drive are 13.5 (IIRC) Quantum drives optimized for AV. The problems with the drives are the serial #. One your primary HD there is a serial number that is referenced when you dial in to get your programming changes. I'm not sure if it is on the second HD (if you have a 30 hour unit). It's uses a PPC chip in case you are wondering. You can download the Kernel changes from tivo's site and write apps to your hearts content. No one has done it to my knowledge, but I don't see the need to make it an "all in one" MP3, Digital VCR etc etc machine though.
One thing you forgot to point out is the possibility of futute upgrades. It is possible to add a second hard drive to a 14 hour unit and thus getting the 30 hour unit which you paid over twice as much for. I'd like to be able to add that new 75 GB drive from IBM to get a massive upgrade but this isn't possible (AFAIK) right now for several reasons. Tivo appear to use some sort of Mac partion for data as well as an ext2 and swap partition. Ghost understands the ext2 and swap partitions and can adjust the image size acordingly. It doesn't, however, understand the funky mac style partition. It will copy it sector for sector but you can't resize it on a bigger drive and thus no added storage for recording. The easiest way to get un upgrade is either buy it (and pay out the ass) or borrow Tacos HDs and clone them to yours sector for sector. Instant upgrade but you just voided both of your warranties. I am thinking that there is a freeware util out there that will allow be to resize that macish partition. If there isn't how about someone showing off their mad programing skills and writing one.
I think what they mean is pokey.
There was/is a website called pokey.org. It was the kids nickname who registered it. The people who brought us gumby decided that they wanted it and there was (IIRC) a legal battle. If there was in fact a legal battle the Gumby people must have lost becuase www.pokey.org is still up and running.
I apologize, I should have said that better. What I meant was: even if there is a processor in the monitor decrypting the data you could, in theory, still monitor that processor to get the key.
I am aware that it was a fictional work. Let's not go around insulting intelligence.
Everything scientific WAS fiction at some point in time though. The cryptonomicon was one of the only techie books I've ever read that was very acurate. Yes, they called Linux FINUX, but we all knew what it was refering to. I actaully think that it is feasible to do what they talked about in the book. Yes, possibly fiction [thus why I added that I found nothing in my search] now...maybe not later.
Is it worth anyone's while to attempt to adapt, implement or use code which is obsolete and over five years old?
Not to be anal or anything, but by your rationale Linux is old and obsolete because it's over 10 years old. Granted it's been updated numerous times, but so has MS's code. They won't release it, but I think it could be useful if they did even if just for licensing reasons. I could compile and install the code on as many PCs as I wanted. The fact that anyone can study/experiment/fix/improve the Linux Kernel is what makes all of us love it. If M$ were to do that it might steel some of Linux's thunder.
Anyone remember VanEck Phreaking? I think that was how it was spelled. I actually did a search on the web trying to see if this was true or not, I found nothing. But if it is possible to see what is on your screen by reading the signal coming from your processor then I doubt this would help much. You could probably get the key just by watching how the processor behaves.
Sun claims to be the leading provider of Internet technology--"the dot in .comTM."
The Reality:
Microsoft Windows platforms drive the Business Internet. For example, 6 of the top 10 shopping sites run Windows and Microsoft SQL ServerTM. (Source: PC Data 12/99)
Great...running M$ SQL are they. If I recall wasn't it MS SQL that allowed hackers to get credit card numbers. Not that I shopped at any of those sites anyway. I can't believe the M$ hype engine recently. Before long we'll see articles with "proof" that M$ in fact powers the internet backbone with NT. Somehomw it'll be faster and more stable. WTF!!!!
There's one in Broadripple (part of Indy). I think it's called netheads or something like that.
Unless you're going through the sticks you can probably find one in the phonebook of most major cities. I woun't go that route though...if you don't know the town it's probably going to be hard to find especially sice you won't have access to Mapquest until you get to the cybercafe.
There's one in Broadripple (part of Indy). I think it's called netheads or something like that.
Unless you're going through the sticks you can probably find one in the phonebook of most major cities. I woun't go that route though...if you don't know the town it's probably going to be hard to find especially sice you won't have access to Mapquest until you get to the cybercafe.
Thanks for the links...
What blows my mind now is how many systems would have had to have been compromised to pull this off. I'm supprised that Linux boxes on the @ home network weren't a big target. They have more bandwidth available to launch an attack and there are a lot of them.
I can't say I blame you. I wish they would release the source. I'd like to know more about the DoS that it looks for.
Legitimate Domain Brokering
Isn't that an oxymoron?
Am I missing the point here?
When you sign up for a library card you could also be assigned a username and password. If you are under 18 and you log onto a library computer the proxy says "your underage no pr0n for you." If you are over 18 you can access it *IF* you want to. If you don't: Don't go to obvious pr0n sites.
This would have been a very easy way to get people to use Linux. How you say? Easy. I'm sure that your library, like mine, is using ancient hardware. Mine was using Win 3.11 before the start of this year. Know what they did? Kept the hardware they had and put Linux on it. Connect to a proxy and Tada...instant Internet/Intranet access.
I agree with you that they are doing some catch up with Linux in some respects. Linux is more effecient on single processor boxes, but It needs better multiprocessor scalling. The biggest thing that is lacking in Linux (for Id10T users)compared to MS is the GUI. I can get along fine in KDE and Gnome, but the average Id10T user can't. The console is way over their heads. Windoze simply has Linux beat in this area.
Win2k did a lot to address previous versions shortcomings. For example, I've been running win2k on my laptop for about a week with NO LOCKUPS. That nothing to a *NIX box, but it's a helluva improvement over previous versions.
I can see how EU would be upset with MS increasing it's strangle hold, but it is a better product for once. If people who currently run NT want to upgrade they shold be allowed to. The article that was linked to did make one mistake: It stated that 2000 is intended to replace 9X. It's not, that's Windows ME (what a lame ass name). You can upgrade from 9X with 2000 pro, but I don't recomend it. You loose way too much if you want to play games etc. But If you want a rock-solid (in comparison) Windows...Win2k pro is it. This is just my opinion and nothing more...
I bet you are right. Yet another way to lure more lamers onto the net and hog up bandwidth.
Here's some:
It's hands down the worst distro I've ever downloaded. I can't believe someone repackaged Mandrake let alone soooooooo poorly. I like what Mandrake 7.0 has done with Redhat. I do not, however, like what Linuxone has done to Mandrake. LinuxOne Lite (didn't bother with the other ver) simply sucks. I never even got it to install. Maybe you have had beter luck. I might give it another chance someday...but not anytime soon.
I agree with you on some of this. Yes, A 4096 RSA key would take a very long time to crack. I doubt that Mitnick used that strong of encryption. If I were to guess I would say it was around 1024. If I remember correctly 512 bit has been cracked using distributed computing in a matter of weeks. With the government super computers I think they _could_ most likely crack a 1024 bit key in five years. I don't see how they couldn't really. Maybe it's the X-files episodes talking, but I believe that there are only three possibilities: 1) They have cracked his key and they don't want us to know. Why you ask? To make us (as well as other countries) feel all warm and fuzzy about using the 128 bit on the net and in Windows 2000. Possibly to make a public outcry against "the evil hackers" who use strong encryption. Since no one bought that only Drug dealers and child pornographers were using it they had to have a new scapegoat. 2) They knew all along that Mitnick was never a real threat to them. They simply didn't dedicate the resources necessary to crack the key. 3) He _did_ use a huge key as large as 4096 bit and they can't break it.