I swear, some people really need to read about the concept of censorship. I wasn't aware that Fedora was a government entity, and that they just banned an app from ever being used.
Guess what. You can always install this app yourself, if you really want to use it. I'm sure someone wanting a hacking tool can figure out how to install software...
Yeah, the 'Fed' in Fedora just got a whole new meaning.
might get flamed for this but this is exactly why I love running gentoo. Sources are mostly widely available, if for some reason emerge is throwing a fit about masked packages. Anyways from TFA:
'Argument for SQLninja to be added to Fedora is that it is a 'penetration testing tool.'
I still do not quite understand the grounds here. Honestly, nmap, wireshark, and tcpdump are just a few tools also 'freely' available that do similar things on a different level. Whatever the fedora board is smoking I want some. I just can't believe they want to alienate their userbase like this. Although then again it will probably just end up in rpmfusion or on livna.
Honestly , now to do a _bing_ search I have to log into a facebook account or how is this suppose to work? Also what about privacy issues ? XSS attacks ? How is this anonymously allowing me to search and bettering my privacy at the same time ?
...battle for control over our mobile devices. Fuck it, I don't care anymore. The war certainly won't be won in its current direction. It needs fundamental change at the consumer level.
This is why I recently bought a n900 after reviewing the current situation and comparing many devices with articles, reviews, asking friends or colleagues about their models. Albeit with a (around) 450 € sticker price it was not cheep. But out of the box I do have to worry about changing carriers (if I do), needing to get root (if I want to), app prices, and app licensing.
Oh did I mention it has been out for little over a year and is stable and has a really cool community constantly building open source apps ?
This is how I justified buying my n900 at a price of 469 € . Although the device is somewhat expensive, all apps that I need to work and are free and OS . Further than that you can even install a debian app type system to install and run some programs from debian. Nice model but at a high initial price, although afterwards no hassles with licenses.
I wish the article really went more into depth. IMHO Publishers these days are not all that what they are cracked up to be , bunch of marketing whores. Look at the fiasco with CIV5 from 2k almost unplayable on most non english windows systems and the crash issues with most nvidia cards. http://forums.2kgames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88969
Every major gaming magazine has given it almost 8/10 , while actually (as I long time civ player) I don't think it is all that great except for the perty graphics. Dumbed down for the console. At least this guy over at 1up got it right, I guess 2k didn't send him any gifts. http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?pager.offset=1&cId=3181540&p=1
and if you are on a vpn or other encrypted connection + noscript have a coffee , and another , and lots of patience.
imho this is bullshit . Especially when trying to get real work done remotely . Most major sites or services do this already. PITA imho. The web was not invented for this matter.
The new online functions! If you dont understand german try google translate, here a quick translation
Identification on the Internet and on machines can in the future be done with the new identity card. This is simple and safe as the presentation of your previous card today. Even without being personally present you can use the online identity function (also: eID function) authenticate everywhere (where personalized services - are consequently offered and directly tailored to the individual user). With your new personal ID and your 6-digit PIN you can prove your identity in the electronic world simple, safe and reliable.
That is just the first paragraph , better than the Sunday comics !
Germans must be able to identify themselves with either a passport or an ID card. There is no obligation to have either of those with you at any time.
The new cards do not use classic RFID chips but near field communication, which is much harder to attack from a distance (if at all).
Anyone who wants to sit this out can get a new ID card before November. The old ID cards cost 8 EUR and are valid for 10 years.
I guess you have never lived in Germany and heard of Ausweispflicht ? Which by law requires any citizen to be able to identify his or her self. Even only being there on holiday as a visitor you must still be able to identify yourself , been there done that. The authorities do not take it lightly if you "forgot" your ID either, depending on the situation. Although I will credit you the sitting out part, if they get the new ID now then they can wait it out. Although didn't the Germans already implement biometrical Passports (not to be confused with ID cards)?
Anyways looking at http://www.personalausweisportal.de/ really is weird if you cannot speak German then I suggest translator of some sort . They talk about new "Identity Management" and "Online Identification functions" etc etc . Sounds more controlling/keep track than anything else. I really feel bad for the German's at times. But hey you know there is a saying: "The Germans will never complain or demonstrate to any problem because they is a sign saying it is forbidden"
While nice that this feature is coming to Linux , I really wish that they would have released a tarball, bunzip, or whatever so non Debian/Ubuntu users can also try it out.
Just because you don't know for sure that something has happened, that doesn't mean it hasn't. The problem with RFID "scraping" is that you will never know that it has occurred. My instinct tells me that it has been going on for some time. As for RFID in identity cards, passports, etc. I think that their security is mostly, to put it in the words of Bruce Schneier, just theater.
I thought it was a new O'Reily title and this was a book review. Doesn't that sound like a title of a book? The Animal on the cover would be some old Gypsy looking into a crystal ball.
Never mind.
lol;) but TFA
Solaris is the #1 Enterprise Operating System. We have the leading share of business applications on Solaris today, including both SPARC and x64.
With everything going on at SC-Oracle these days , really sounds like they are wayyyyyy to full of themselves ok I will give them the SPARC , but #1 Enterprise ?? Depends on what.. So many of our customers that we had on Solaris have gotten so scared (over these last few months , because of the Oracle aquisition ( and I am talking paying Enterprise customers, not open) we have had to move them to AIX or linux, depending. Sad day for Solaris in general imho.
I see your point , but the way I understand it google took the library which was not licensed buy former SUN (now Oracle) and basically built their own engine. I view it (from what I have understood) as competition for the mobile regarding Sun/Oracle lockin on jme for mobile platforms.
Yeah, although about the libraries was my only point. Anyways I think the only way for Oracle to have a case holding water is if google used code that had SUN IP for Dalvik. Although from what many have said that they don't. ( I don't know I havent looked at the code but, only the code will tell .
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I swear, some people really need to read about the concept of censorship. I wasn't aware that Fedora was a government entity, and that they just banned an app from ever being used. Guess what. You can always install this app yourself, if you really want to use it. I'm sure someone wanting a hacking tool can figure out how to install software...
Yeah, the 'Fed' in Fedora just got a whole new meaning.
WOW lol ? Ok, lets start holding distro's liable for providing basic things like tcpdump.
might get flamed for this but this is exactly why I love running gentoo. Sources are mostly widely available, if for some reason emerge is throwing a fit about masked packages. Anyways from TFA:
'Argument for SQLninja to be added to Fedora is that it is a 'penetration testing tool.'
I still do not quite understand the grounds here. Honestly, nmap, wireshark, and tcpdump are just a few tools also 'freely' available that do similar things on a different level. Whatever the fedora board is smoking I want some. I just can't believe they want to alienate their userbase like this. Although then again it will probably just end up in rpmfusion or on livna.
If your definition of supercomputer is an old yellow box with the turbo button then yes. Otherwise you are just plain retarded.
Honestly , now to do a _bing_ search I have to log into a facebook account or how is this suppose to work? Also what about privacy issues ? XSS attacks ? How is this anonymously allowing me to search and bettering my privacy at the same time ?
suppose to be _do not have to worry_ damn typo's
damn the guy who didn't patent the toilet flushing mechanism seriously lost out .
...battle for control over our mobile devices. Fuck it, I don't care anymore. The war certainly won't be won in its current direction. It needs fundamental change at the consumer level.
This is why I recently bought a n900 after reviewing the current situation and comparing many devices with articles, reviews, asking friends or colleagues about their models. Albeit with a (around) 450 € sticker price it was not cheep. But out of the box I do have to worry about changing carriers (if I do), needing to get root (if I want to), app prices, and app licensing.
Oh did I mention it has been out for little over a year and is stable and has a really cool community constantly building open source apps ?
http://maemo.org/
This is how I justified buying my n900 at a price of 469 € . Although the device is somewhat expensive, all apps that I need to work and are free and OS . Further than that you can even install a debian app type system to install and run some programs from debian. Nice model but at a high initial price, although afterwards no hassles with licenses.
I wish the article really went more into depth. IMHO Publishers these days are not all that what they are cracked up to be , bunch of marketing whores. Look at the fiasco with CIV5 from 2k almost unplayable on most non english windows systems and the crash issues with most nvidia cards. http://forums.2kgames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88969
Every major gaming magazine has given it almost 8/10 , while actually (as I long time civ player) I don't think it is all that great except for the perty graphics. Dumbed down for the console. At least this guy over at 1up got it right, I guess 2k didn't send him any gifts.
http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?pager.offset=1&cId=3181540&p=1
and if you are on a vpn or other encrypted connection + noscript have a coffee , and another , and lots of patience.
imho this is bullshit . Especially when trying to get real work done remotely . Most major sites or services do this already. PITA imho. The web was not invented for this matter.
or maybe this time around at least they can cover up better
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/07/show-bp-how-to-use-photoshop/
Yeah I guess you are right:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ausweispflicht
Only if they ask for it , interesting , but still..
Shit I meant this one (damn copy buffer) : http://bundesrecht.juris.de/persauswg/__1.html
Yeah I guess you are right:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ausweispflicht
Only if they ask for it , interesting , but still..
True to that check this out:
http://www.personalausweisportal.de/cln_164/DE/Neue-Moeglichkeiten/Online-Ausweisfunktion/online-ausweisfunktion_node.html
The new online functions! If you dont understand german try google translate, here a quick translation
Identification on the Internet and on machines can in the future be done with the new identity card. This is simple and safe as the presentation of your previous card today.
Even without being personally present you can use the online identity function (also: eID function) authenticate everywhere (where personalized services - are consequently offered and directly tailored to the individual user). With your new personal ID and your 6-digit PIN you can prove your identity in the electronic world simple, safe and reliable.
That is just the first paragraph , better than the Sunday comics !
Germans must be able to identify themselves with either a passport or an ID card. There is no obligation to have either of those with you at any time.
The new cards do not use classic RFID chips but near field communication, which is much harder to attack from a distance (if at all).
Anyone who wants to sit this out can get a new ID card before November. The old ID cards cost 8 EUR and are valid for 10 years.
I guess you have never lived in Germany and heard of Ausweispflicht ? Which by law requires any citizen to be able to identify his or her self. Even only being there on holiday as a visitor you must still be able to identify yourself , been there done that. The authorities do not take it lightly if you "forgot" your ID either, depending on the situation. Although I will credit you the sitting out part, if they get the new ID now then they can wait it out. Although didn't the Germans already implement biometrical Passports (not to be confused with ID cards)?
Anyways looking at http://www.personalausweisportal.de/ really is weird if you cannot speak German then I suggest translator of some sort . They talk about new "Identity Management" and "Online Identification functions" etc etc . Sounds more controlling/keep track than anything else. I really feel bad for the German's at times. But hey you know there is a saying: "The Germans will never complain or demonstrate to any problem because they is a sign saying it is forbidden"
"Connecting ..... In the meantime a word from our sponsor.."
Unless your are behind a proxy server:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=602824
thanks , I will try this .
While nice that this feature is coming to Linux , I really wish that they would have released a tarball, bunzip, or whatever so non Debian/Ubuntu users can also try it out.
Just because you don't know for sure that something has happened, that doesn't mean it hasn't. The problem with RFID "scraping" is that you will never know that it has occurred. My instinct tells me that it has been going on for some time. As for RFID in identity cards, passports, etc. I think that their security is mostly, to put it in the words of Bruce Schneier, just theater.
Yes , and this has been demonstrated before.
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/04/1320223
And why do we have backup agents / software ?? F***
I thought it was a new O'Reily title and this was a book review. Doesn't that sound like a title of a book? The Animal on the cover would be some old Gypsy looking into a crystal ball.
Never mind.
lol ;) but TFA
Solaris is the #1 Enterprise Operating System. We have the leading
share of business applications on Solaris today, including both SPARC
and x64.
With everything going on at SC-Oracle these days , really sounds like they are wayyyyyy to full of themselves ok I will give them the SPARC , but #1 Enterprise ?? Depends on what.. So many of our customers that we had on Solaris have gotten so scared (over these last few months , because of the Oracle aquisition ( and I am talking paying Enterprise customers, not open) we have had to move them to AIX or linux, depending. Sad day for Solaris in general imho.
I see your point , but the way I understand it google took the library which was not licensed buy former SUN (now Oracle) and basically built their own engine. I view it (from what I have understood) as competition for the mobile regarding Sun/Oracle lockin on jme for mobile platforms.
Yeah, although about the libraries was my only point. Anyways I think the only way for Oracle to have a case holding water is if google used code that had SUN IP for Dalvik. Although from what many have said that they don't. ( I don't know I havent looked at the code but, only the code will tell .