I give it 4 months until data.gov is accidentally connected to everyones wiretaps or the SSA database. ooops. I can see it now [slashdot]320 million social security numbers were posted on wikieleaks after data.gov....[/slashdot]
The same should be said for Google and Yahoo then. They have the ability to link illegal material such as some types of pornography, some types of music and some types of other copyrighted material. That is why we can't go down that road. Google, Yahoo, all of the search engines I supposed would be considered to, 'help break the law'. Besides once we ban search engines, then only criminals will be able to search.
Re: my post above about TOR, this is a far better solution. Glad to see it (.onion) posted. DNS still runs outside of the network AFAIK unless you take the time to tunnel everything.
TOR IS NOT SECURE! But by all means keep using it. It does nothing for security of data i.e. encryption. It is only encrypted from you to the exit router. From the exit router to the destination it is clear text if it started that way, such as http. Https would remain encrypted. Further your DNS not encrypted and finally, layer 7 info could be used to track someone down. If you don't believe me, install the routing service, fire up wireshark, become an exit router, and start capturing data on http, smtp, etc etc.
I noticed this same thing from Suddenlink, I was being redirected when I input an invalid address in the url bar. I knew what it was after some searching. I ran Wireshark to verify what was going on. I also verified I was not using their DNS servers. I have my own DNS servers locally and with one of my leased servers. I also ran the same test with the server at 4.2.2.5 and they redirected me. When I emailed them I received this response
[quote] Thank you for your inquiry. Suddenlink is committed to providing the best customer service possible.
The Suddenlink search page can only automatically redirect you if you're using Suddenlink's DNS servers at the time of the incident. You state you're not using our DNS servers. Please note that it's impossible to get redirected to the search page on DNS servers other than Suddenlink's, due to the nature of the redirect and the fact that it's done by the DNS server. I notice you're using a Cisco/Linksys router. Please check your manually configured DNS settings on both your router and your computer to be sure you are using the DNS servers that you want to be using.
We hope that we have been able to provide you with the information you requested. If we have not, or if we can be of any additional service to you, please do not hesitate to contact us again.
Did you know that you can speak with a live agent without picking up the phone? It's Easy! Simply Click on the link below and let us assist you with your general or account specific questions. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for your convenience.
http://www.suddenlink.com/chat.do
Thank you for choosing Suddenlink Communications
"Easy as counting to one."
[/quote]
So according to them it is impossible. Even though it is happening. I just blocked their address space and moved on. I know better than to deal with their customer support after they told me I couldn't pull down an address because they no longer used gateways. I asked if they were on pfm modules, which they replied yes.
pfm = pure freaking magic.
Same Xandros install for a year now (tried some other distros and reverted). I use open office and firefox and that's about it on there. I use advanced mode FWIW. People who are screwing it up I imagine would have the same issues if they poked around the Windows registry. I tried a few other distros but prefer 100% over 99.5% functionality. But then again I ordered my 701 the day it came out. Takes less than 20 seconds to restore system to factory which was kind of nice when I was tinkering. But whatever...different strokes for different folks. I wouldn't assume that nix works for most. Most people want a computer to do what they think they want it to do, not to do what they tell it to do. I need a computer to do what I say...... rm -rf/.
People are choosing Windows because they don't know any better. Xandros which came on one of my netbooks was quite intuitive and anyone who can figure out XP can figure out that particular distro. If being limited to 3 apps and no external display is was drives the masses (windows 7) then so be it. I had the opportunity to demo gnome for a customer who has had significant problems with other setups. In few minutes, firefox was up, open office was up and they were using the computer. Only time and anti-competitive practices will tell.
I'm not looking for a handout, I'm looking for better tech. Further, 3g has far better upload in my area than cable/dsl. 150kbps up 3g. 60kpbs cable (max is around 110 in my area if I wanted SuddenSuck to gut me some more). 60kpbs handles my 4 trunks perfectly. I wouldn't see it as unreasonable to dump cdma/gsm and raise the cost of packet network access assuming it cost them more.
Why are we not on VoIP over 3g? Seems like the industry is fighting that. My VoIP connections sound far better than any other connection, land line or cell.
Space shifting I believe is illegal since the dmca, therefore by ripping your cd's you did break the law. Prior to the dmca, what you are doing was legal. [quote] the court also rejected space shifting, stating that consumer protection or convenience was not paramount in copyright law, but rather protecting the rights of the copyright holders.[/quote] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_shifting There are still some court disagreements however.
We'll level the place. We still can't figure out how some of his projects worked and much of his work was seized after his death, according to the History channel. Might as well level it and trash any chance at learning his knowledge while we're at it. Brilliant man.
We all to some extent have information on the net. Your argument is not special or new. By googling your candidates you are screwing yourself more than your potential candidates. You are showing your weakness as an interviewer by handicapping your judgement with preconceived notions based on how you interpret some ASCII and some picture. Congrats. Would suck to lose a potentially great employee because they went to a party you didn't agree with.
State wide bank as far as I know. Always treated myself and company with respect. Glad to hear they have made this decision. Been with them since they started small as Southwest Bank of Texas. If I'm not mistaken, they are the largest independent in Texas.
Tor is far overrated. I'm surprised it has any notoriety. Last time I used it, which was a few months ago for a research project, it was quite easy to set your self up as an exit router and capture clear text information for mail, telnet, ftp, etc. It only protects to the extent of the knowledge of the user (like most systems/programs/features). Frankly if your not encrypted end to end and only using IP addresses I would avoid it completely. The added latency of around 19 seconds for just google.com to load from the word go makes it suck even more, however that is not a Tor issue directly, that is from people loading down the network with p2p traffic.
In summary, use only if encrypted end to end and no DNS is utilized, to protect yourself....and order a latte, because your going to be there a while.
Don't believe me? Look at some of the research the Uni of Colorado and Washington have done. Mine was based on their great work.
So coming off as a bunch of jerks is how we do it in science now. Typically when I back science, I try to do it with facts and not as an ass. All your doing in that case is alienating any valid point you may have. I am not a fan of the grade level learning system in Texas, it does need an overhaul. Standardized tests need to go away. But the way many of you are acting is like a bunch of clowns. Every single state gets their stupid legislation and the majority of the time it doesn't pass. Texas has a fairly balance legislature Dem - Rep, which is great, neither side gets to ramrod stuff through. As for you idiot's saying 'uhoh I'm about to go to Texas for my Ph.D.'. By all means please go to another state. Texas has a great higher learning system. I learned phenomenal amounts of useful information from my University. I am ashamed to call myself a scientist when surrounded by people who act like the guy at discovermagazine.
How soon we forget what happened when the big dog at Helios in Austin trashed the teachers union. What happened? The only people he won over was part of the linux community. He pissed off the other 90% of the population.
Sadly, instead of the people at discovermagazine using their brain to formulate a valid argument, they go and insults half the state of Texas. Good job......morons. You'll only help getting stupid legislation like this passed acting like that.
Flame away.
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Look for schools that teach Information Assurance or Digital Forensics. It's normally a CS track.
Google's desktops are Ubuntu based, their servers are Fedora based, however their nix apps appear to be lacking.
I give it 4 months until data.gov is accidentally connected to everyones wiretaps or the SSA database. ooops. I can see it now [slashdot]320 million social security numbers were posted on wikieleaks after data.gov ....[/slashdot]
The same should be said for Google and Yahoo then. They have the ability to link illegal material such as some types of pornography, some types of music and some types of other copyrighted material. That is why we can't go down that road. Google, Yahoo, all of the search engines I supposed would be considered to, 'help break the law'. Besides once we ban search engines, then only criminals will be able to search.
Re: my post above about TOR, this is a far better solution. Glad to see it (.onion) posted. DNS still runs outside of the network AFAIK unless you take the time to tunnel everything.
TOR IS NOT SECURE! But by all means keep using it. It does nothing for security of data i.e. encryption. It is only encrypted from you to the exit router. From the exit router to the destination it is clear text if it started that way, such as http. Https would remain encrypted. Further your DNS not encrypted and finally, layer 7 info could be used to track someone down. If you don't believe me, install the routing service, fire up wireshark, become an exit router, and start capturing data on http, smtp, etc etc.
I noticed this same thing from Suddenlink, I was being redirected when I input an invalid address in the url bar. I knew what it was after some searching. I ran Wireshark to verify what was going on. I also verified I was not using their DNS servers. I have my own DNS servers locally and with one of my leased servers. I also ran the same test with the server at 4.2.2.5 and they redirected me. When I emailed them I received this response [quote] Thank you for your inquiry. Suddenlink is committed to providing the best customer service possible. The Suddenlink search page can only automatically redirect you if you're using Suddenlink's DNS servers at the time of the incident. You state you're not using our DNS servers. Please note that it's impossible to get redirected to the search page on DNS servers other than Suddenlink's, due to the nature of the redirect and the fact that it's done by the DNS server. I notice you're using a Cisco/Linksys router. Please check your manually configured DNS settings on both your router and your computer to be sure you are using the DNS servers that you want to be using. We hope that we have been able to provide you with the information you requested. If we have not, or if we can be of any additional service to you, please do not hesitate to contact us again. Did you know that you can speak with a live agent without picking up the phone? It's Easy! Simply Click on the link below and let us assist you with your general or account specific questions. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for your convenience. http://www.suddenlink.com/chat.do Thank you for choosing Suddenlink Communications "Easy as counting to one." [/quote] So according to them it is impossible. Even though it is happening. I just blocked their address space and moved on. I know better than to deal with their customer support after they told me I couldn't pull down an address because they no longer used gateways. I asked if they were on pfm modules, which they replied yes. pfm = pure freaking magic.
Same Xandros install for a year now (tried some other distros and reverted). I use open office and firefox and that's about it on there. I use advanced mode FWIW. People who are screwing it up I imagine would have the same issues if they poked around the Windows registry. I tried a few other distros but prefer 100% over 99.5% functionality. But then again I ordered my 701 the day it came out. Takes less than 20 seconds to restore system to factory which was kind of nice when I was tinkering. But whatever...different strokes for different folks. I wouldn't assume that nix works for most. Most people want a computer to do what they think they want it to do, not to do what they tell it to do. I need a computer to do what I say ...... rm -rf /.
People are choosing Windows because they don't know any better. Xandros which came on one of my netbooks was quite intuitive and anyone who can figure out XP can figure out that particular distro. If being limited to 3 apps and no external display is was drives the masses (windows 7) then so be it. I had the opportunity to demo gnome for a customer who has had significant problems with other setups. In few minutes, firefox was up, open office was up and they were using the computer. Only time and anti-competitive practices will tell.
I'm not looking for a handout, I'm looking for better tech. Further, 3g has far better upload in my area than cable/dsl. 150kbps up 3g. 60kpbs cable (max is around 110 in my area if I wanted SuddenSuck to gut me some more). 60kpbs handles my 4 trunks perfectly. I wouldn't see it as unreasonable to dump cdma/gsm and raise the cost of packet network access assuming it cost them more.
Why are we not on VoIP over 3g? Seems like the industry is fighting that. My VoIP connections sound far better than any other connection, land line or cell.
Since your the ISP if your sharing, how do the p2p lawsuits work?
Space shifting I believe is illegal since the dmca, therefore by ripping your cd's you did break the law. Prior to the dmca, what you are doing was legal. [quote] the court also rejected space shifting, stating that consumer protection or convenience was not paramount in copyright law, but rather protecting the rights of the copyright holders.[/quote] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_shifting There are still some court disagreements however.
We'll level the place. We still can't figure out how some of his projects worked and much of his work was seized after his death, according to the History channel. Might as well level it and trash any chance at learning his knowledge while we're at it. Brilliant man.
We all to some extent have information on the net. Your argument is not special or new. By googling your candidates you are screwing yourself more than your potential candidates. You are showing your weakness as an interviewer by handicapping your judgement with preconceived notions based on how you interpret some ASCII and some picture. Congrats. Would suck to lose a potentially great employee because they went to a party you didn't agree with.
So anyone who has hired is googling their employees? What company do you work for so I can suggest people do not apply? I don't google my people.
State wide bank as far as I know. Always treated myself and company with respect. Glad to hear they have made this decision. Been with them since they started small as Southwest Bank of Texas. If I'm not mistaken, they are the largest independent in Texas.
You mean like Merck? I agree, we can't trust them. http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/25/1626200&from=rss
I hope those get funded. In all seriousness, I've thought we have been lagging. Hopefully this is a step in the right direction. But then again.
Sorry, should have said it is terrible as a protocol and program.
Tor is far overrated. I'm surprised it has any notoriety. Last time I used it, which was a few months ago for a research project, it was quite easy to set your self up as an exit router and capture clear text information for mail, telnet, ftp, etc. It only protects to the extent of the knowledge of the user (like most systems/programs/features). Frankly if your not encrypted end to end and only using IP addresses I would avoid it completely. The added latency of around 19 seconds for just google.com to load from the word go makes it suck even more, however that is not a Tor issue directly, that is from people loading down the network with p2p traffic. In summary, use only if encrypted end to end and no DNS is utilized, to protect yourself....and order a latte, because your going to be there a while. Don't believe me? Look at some of the research the Uni of Colorado and Washington have done. Mine was based on their great work.
If I dressed up like Quark, could I get my ears rubbed?
I didn't think Bill Maher had a Slashdot account. Sweet.
I'm amazed how many of you actually think this will pass. Makes me question your education level. :)
So coming off as a bunch of jerks is how we do it in science now. Typically when I back science, I try to do it with facts and not as an ass. All your doing in that case is alienating any valid point you may have. I am not a fan of the grade level learning system in Texas, it does need an overhaul. Standardized tests need to go away. But the way many of you are acting is like a bunch of clowns. Every single state gets their stupid legislation and the majority of the time it doesn't pass. Texas has a fairly balance legislature Dem - Rep, which is great, neither side gets to ramrod stuff through. As for you idiot's saying 'uhoh I'm about to go to Texas for my Ph.D.'. By all means please go to another state. Texas has a great higher learning system. I learned phenomenal amounts of useful information from my University. I am ashamed to call myself a scientist when surrounded by people who act like the guy at discovermagazine. How soon we forget what happened when the big dog at Helios in Austin trashed the teachers union. What happened? The only people he won over was part of the linux community. He pissed off the other 90% of the population. Sadly, instead of the people at discovermagazine using their brain to formulate a valid argument, they go and insults half the state of Texas. Good job......morons. You'll only help getting stupid legislation like this passed acting like that. Flame away.