I recently faced the choice between going with a GeForce3 Ti 200 and a Radeon 7500.
I picked the 7500 because:
1. I've never have gotten nVidia's drivers to work on my system.
2. I believe it's good to support hardware vendors that support open source.
I believe that voting with my wallet is the only way to effect change with hardware manufacturers. So my last two purchases have been an Epson USB scanner and now the Radeon since both companies support open source developers.
nVidia needs to open up the drivers so that it can be properly be supported under linux. The only way to reach the "fantasy world" is by making the choice to support the companies that work with the community.
"Crayon" being a common word in english (though not german) I would think the trademark would be invalid.::shrug::
1) Gravenreuth often acts without having the "violated" party actually hiring him, which is fine by german law.
I think this is a really dumb idea, and as bad as Layers acting as ambulance chasers shopping for law suits. This about as bad as class action lawsuits here where you can be included in one without really having to be aware that you are.
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Bringing stupid comments to slashdot for over a year.
Exec-PC was once the largest BBS around with a hundred+ nodes and GIGS of storage when such 50-80MB drives were common. It's still in operation last I checked accessible via telnet at bbs.execpc.com.
Of course I could be biased since it's in my area. GO 414s!! (well 262 now).
Here's a quick hint. The U.S. government tried to do this in the 30's with alcohol. It ended up being one of the single greatest failures of the government and has created criminal and social problems that live on today.
There is one big difference today, and that the government is much more willing to use "police state" tactics. Look at the "War on Drugs" to see this in action... we have a "War on Terrorism" now.
The way things are now you will not be called a "hacker" you will be called an "information terrorist" or an "information anarchist" and people will assume you are GUILTY because I government does not procecute Innocent people.
Things are gonna likely get bloodier than they are today before anybody notes, and people start caring.
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Re:Separation of firewall and application duties
on
Home Server Rooms?
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· Score: 1
The other thing is the money factor... sorry, but I just can't have two machines in that position when one will suffice.
There is absolutely no reason that having one machine with two NICs can't be as secure as two separate machines. One NIC goes to the DSL modem and has NO services listening there (except SSH if you need it)... the other NIC goes inside, and runs whatever you want.
Two things here....
1. I've picked up a pallet of 10 low profile 486 systems with NICs, HDs, onboard video, etc for all of $15. I've also picked similar systems up off the curb (along with monitors) for free. I don't see how cost is an issue when setting up another system is effectivly free.
2. I was taught that it is *VERY* important to separate Firwall duties from application hosting. This saves your butt if you are not God and actually are human and...
a. make mistakes in configurations and accidentilly misconfigure a server
b. the application has a bug in it that causes it to bind all interfaces.
c. the package manager changes your configuration to the default and you don't notice it.
Sorry two systems are *ALWAYS* more secure than one if they are both configured correctly and preferrably running different OSs.
I would maintain you are runing a higher risk than the person that replied to you. Though generally the average script kiddie would rather hack a much easier window box.
I've seen this myself searching for information on linksys routers about a year ago. I found somebody with a page that listed the password for their linksys router along with other systems and information. I e-mailed the guy who seemed very supprised that the information was available there and thanked me for letting him know. The information was gone when I checked again.
It's a silly mistake, I don't have a clue as to how google came accross the link. Like with anything new it's going to take some time before this becomes "common sense" and people do not put this information on public servers.
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P.S. It's possible to generate a url that when clicked by somebody behind a linksys router to enable remote administration if you know the password. I've turned it in to linksys but gotten nothing but silence from them.
One thing that they still need to require Microsoft to licence Royalty Free any patented technology in the protocols. If they don't do this then it's pretty much useless to SAMBA an other open source groups.
The Royalty Free license is the most important thing that could come out... I guess I'll have to pressure my state AJ to get this added.
Yeah, well we ages ago we built an Windows 95 OSR 2.1 image on an 430hx based motherboard, and put it on five systems with a slightly newer 430FX based botherboard from the same vendor. As soon as 95 booted it fried the IDE controller in the chipset. Called MS about the issue and was basically told to we don't support imaging and any damage is your tough luck, and why are you imaging them anyways and told it was probably a violation of the licence.
We ended up getting the hardware MFG to replace the MB and created an image from scratch for dozen systems we bought with the different MG.
If Osama bin Laden's millions can finace this sort of operation, imagine what kind of operation Bill Gates could finance with his Billions??
That's IT!! Most the government must have been replaced with robots that report to BG! That is why they are dropping the case!
I bet he even staged this whole attack to give hime the ability to finish his take-over of the U.S. Government! He bought the twin towers and all the property around it and hired thousands of acters to act out his dasterdly plan in front of the whole nation!
Well I think I just decided to go with a Pentium III system rather than an Athlon. I leave my systems on un-attended and am used to Old Pendium Systems over-heating and dying with bad fans, but running the risk of starting a fire is something else.
Sorry AMD I loved your K6 processors, they would run with just a heat sink, but I don't want to burn down my house with an Athlon!
Well reading the debate it looks like the wiretap can be requested for any "criminal act" and can be any investigative body.
See the following discussions:
Mr. LEVIN. I have not had a chance to read this language until
tonight. I guess that is part of the problem. It also is clear this is
going to be adopted. I want to ask one question for the record.
This amendment goes beyond changes in the wiretap law as it relates
to terrorism; is that correct? The language is "any ongoing criminal
investigation."
Mr. HATCH. That is correct.
Mr. LEVIN. So it is broader than terrorism. I am not debating merits
plus or minus. I am trying to understand what is in it since it came to
me for the first time tonight. I want to be very clear, at least the
way I read this, that this is not something that is just limited to
counterterrorism, about which I think all of us would have a passion.
Mr. HATCH. Will the Senator yield?
Mr. LEVIN. Yes.
Mr. HATCH. The wiretapping provision is a broad investigational
authority. It is not limited just to terrorism, but, currently,
terrorism is not included in that authority. It is one of the defects
in our system. All we are trying to do is get it included so we can
find these people, and we can do it. Even so, before being granted
wiretapping authority, you have to make a case, before a Federal judge,
that you have probable cause to believe that the subject of the wire-
tapping order has committed a serious criminal offense.
Mr. LEVIN. If my friend will yield further, I understand we want to
make sure terrorism is included in our statutes.
Mr. HATCH. Right.
Mr. LEVIN. This amends, though, our statutes. I am not arguing the
pros and cons. It amends not just terrorism, but it amends the wiretap
law and all criminal activity, including terrorism; is that correct?
Mr. HATCH. It adds terrorism to Title III. In addition, it upgrades
wiretap laws to include computer terrorism, cyberterrorism, even right
down to illegal hacking.
Mr. LEVIN. But it does not relate.
Mr. HATCH. Because those offenses are not currently covered in Title
III, and we need to correct that defect or we cannot resolve these
problems with regard to terrorism.
Mr. LEVIN. I tend to agree with our friends that we need to
strengthen the law on that point. I want to be clear on one point: We
are not adding terrorism to make sure we are covered. We are applying
these new standards to all criminal activity, not just terrorism.
Mr. HATCH. That is correct, but keep in mind, our current laws are
antiquated laws based upon telephones, where now we are in the area of
cyberterrorism, and we must upgrade the laws to take care of that.
Mr. LEVIN. I make one request of my good friend from Vermont, the
chairman, because he has raised some important questions about making
sure we take the time to know what we are doing. We are not going to
have that time tonight. That is obvious. I express the hope, given the
kind of points that have been made here, that it would be possible,
before this comes back in the form of a conference report, for there to
be some review of some of these provisions by the Judiciary Committee.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.
Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, we will try our best. We are, of course,
under the same limitation as everybody else trying to get a lot of work
done. I had planned in the next week or so to do a number of judicial
hearings. I suppose we can spend the time doing this. It probably would
make some sense.
We do not define terrorism, but we say we are adding that. I guess
some kid who is scaring you with his computer could be a terrorist and
you could go through the kid's house, his parents' business or anything
else under this language; it is that broad.
Again, the Senate can vote for whatever it wants. I certainly hope we
would put in, and I will support the money for the liability insurance.
The problem, I suspect, is with several hundred million dollars. But if
that is what we want, we should do it. Let us make sure we know. I will
try to get the time for people to work on this during the next couple
of weeks to try to answer the questions.
The Senator from Michigan asks a legitimate one. We will set aside
virtually everything else in the Judiciary Committee to get an answer.
Had I or our staff been asked about this, we probably could have had
those answers, but I saw it about 30 minutes ago, about the same time
the Senator from Michigan did.
I tell my friend from New Hampshire who asked a question earlier, I
have no objection to voting any time the Senator from New Hampshire
desires to vote.
From the discussion it's clear that the amendments could be used for just about anything. I guess I could use is as a private citizen to wiretap pretty much anybody by certifying to the federal court that I'm investigating "criminal acts".
I'm not supprised that a mis-wired cable may have fried the box... does not mean it's a bad box though. I"ve had ports go bad on Netgear hubs also for no apparent reasons.
I've been using my BEFSR11 for almost a year and it's been very reliable for me. The only issue I found was with the older firmware that you could lock it up by using nmap to scan it from the inside or outside. Have not tried the 1.39 firmware to see it it still happens.
As far as issues goes here are the ones I've experienced:
SSH connections getting dropped, appears to be fixed in the 1.37 and later firmware.
IPsec passthru was somewhat broken till the 1.39 firmware.
Still issues running half-life and quake iii servers.
The things that I like:
Much less fuss & muss setting up and running than a linux box.
DNS2GO linux client running on my file server works with it wonderfully.
Basic logging of traffic via SNMP using UCD-SNMP package.
Ability to ban IPs, Ports, and MAC addresses.
Ability to set custom port triggers (in 1.39 firmware)
I'm a Linksys user and have had good luck with it. The down side is that you can't do nearly as much as you can with a PC running as a firewall, but it's dead simple and does the job. Only issues I know of with the unit is running game servers may be problematic.
As another poster has pointed out www.practicallynetworked.com is a great source of information for these boxes.
Or you could use the Voyetra/Turtle Beatch Audiotron http://www.voyetra-turtle-beach.com/site/products/ audiotron/
I've been thinking of getting this unit... i belive that all it requires is SAMBA to be running under your favorite *nix variant to share the files & playlists.
Though I think that this may not be the best solution, better yet would be to force Microsoft into free licencing of all technologies to any and all commers. Also force the terms of all deals with OEM's to be public so force fair market, and to require that the EULA be on the outside of all boxes of software products in say 10 point type.
That last requirement might drive them into bankrupcy because of needing an extra pound of printed paper be included with each product.:^)
I use RSA authentication for remote access, and have since day one. So the only real worry is somebody getting a copy of my private key and cracking the password that it's encrypted with.
No security measure is 100%, if you make a system accessable at all there are security issues. To have a really secure system you would have to embed it in a huge block of reinforced concrete and drop it in the Marianis(sp?) trench. Of course the system would be totally unusable, there are always trade-offs between usability and securty, one just tries not to balance them for the particular application.
I just had a thought, rather than breaking up Microsoft or charging them some slap on the wrist fine. The DOJ should require MS to provide free licence to all devopers any patented technology that Microsoft develops as part of their OS or applications.
This whould allow Microsoft to "innovate" as much as they want but allow competition by allowing others to freely clone their products & technologies.
Of course MS would complain "Waaah they are taking away our property and giving it to others!". They would be right in a way, but it's not like they they took away Bill's wonderful home or something.
Re:Blaming Microsoft for Removal of Java
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Dan Gillmor on WinXP
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· Score: 2, Insightful
I may be wrong, (Trust me it wouldn't be the first time) but isn't the removal of Java from XP stem from a court settlement between Sun and Microsoft. I don't think the settlement explicetly made Microsoft remove it from the operating system, but instead didn't allow Microsoft to develop a Java compiler or products anymore. Why should they be expected in include the VM if they don't have any control over it.
I believe the terms were that the java products could not contain any Microsoft specific extenstions. Making them comply with SUN's java specifications, and being Microsoft they went back shiping an older version of their JVM that only supports JDK 1.0.4 if I remember correctly. Of course my own recollections my be totally fubar also!
If it's a company you believe in, there's nothing wrong with buying the product that keeps them afloat.
I feel this is a good reason to by any companie's product. I try to buy (direct from RH) at least one copy of each major version. So as far as my Linux buying behaviour this is what it breaks down to..
Slackware 3 - With sam's book
RH 4.1 - Purchased RH
RH 4.2 - CDR from work
RH 5.0 - Purchased RH
RH 5.1 - CDR from friend
RH 6.0 - Purchased RH
RH 6.2 - Cheapbytes
Debian 2.2 - $10 donation
RH 7.0 - CDR from work
RH 7.1 - Purchased RH
During all that time I've purchase one copy of Windows 98 full retail for a system I built, and also a copy for OpenBSD 2.4 that ran on my laptop for a bit.
So I ended up paying about the same for RH linux as I did for Windows ($180 yeesh!).
One thing I strongly believe in is voting with my $$$ in things I have choice about. I don't have choice about what digital format I get movies on, but other things such as where I aquire something I will support local retailers as much as possible.
I may shop for books online but when I actually buy them I get them from a local retailer because most the ones in the area have been put out of buisness by BN, Borders, Walden's, etc. I will also buy as many things as I can from the local hardware store & food store because I can afford to even if it costs me a couple percent more than the big chains.
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I picked the 7500 because:
1. I've never have gotten nVidia's drivers to work on my system.
2. I believe it's good to support hardware vendors that support open source.
I believe that voting with my wallet is the only way to effect change with hardware manufacturers. So my last two purchases have been an Epson USB scanner and now the Radeon since both companies support open source developers.
nVidia needs to open up the drivers so that it can be properly be supported under linux. The only way to reach the "fantasy world" is by making the choice to support the companies that work with the community.
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I think this is a really dumb idea, and as bad as Layers acting as ambulance chasers shopping for law suits. This about as bad as class action lawsuits here where you can be included in one without really having to be aware that you are.
- subsolar
Bringing stupid comments to slashdot for over a year.
Of course I could be biased since it's in my area. GO 414s!! (well 262 now).
- subsolar
There is one big difference today, and that the government is much more willing to use "police state" tactics. Look at the "War on Drugs" to see this in action
The way things are now you will not be called a "hacker" you will be called an "information terrorist" or an "information anarchist" and people will assume you are GUILTY because I government does not procecute Innocent people.
Things are gonna likely get bloodier than they are today before anybody notes, and people start caring.
- subsolar
1. I've picked up a pallet of 10 low profile 486 systems with NICs, HDs, onboard video, etc for all of $15. I've also picked similar systems up off the curb (along with monitors) for free. I don't see how cost is an issue when setting up another system is effectivly free.
2. I was taught that it is *VERY* important to separate Firwall duties from application hosting. This saves your butt if you are not God and actually are human and...
a. make mistakes in configurations and accidentilly misconfigure a server
b. the application has a bug in it that causes it to bind all interfaces.
c. the package manager changes your configuration to the default and you don't notice it.
Sorry two systems are *ALWAYS* more secure than one if they are both configured correctly and preferrably running different OSs.
I would maintain you are runing a higher risk than the person that replied to you. Though generally the average script kiddie would rather hack a much easier window box.
subsolar
It's a silly mistake, I don't have a clue as to how google came accross the link. Like with anything new it's going to take some time before this becomes "common sense" and people do not put this information on public servers.
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P.S. It's possible to generate a url that when clicked by somebody behind a linksys router to enable remote administration if you know the password. I've turned it in to linksys but gotten nothing but silence from them.
The Royalty Free license is the most important thing that could come out ... I guess I'll have to pressure my state AJ to get this added.
- subsolar
We ended up getting the hardware MFG to replace the MB and created an image from scratch for dozen systems we bought with the different MG.
- subsolar
On the other hand maybe it's better it's not on the front page seeing all the flames that would be faxed by the majority of hot-headed loosers.
I guess you can't win with slashdot!
subsolar
That's IT!! Most the government must have been replaced with robots that report to BG! That is why they are dropping the case!
I bet he even staged this whole attack to give hime the ability to finish his take-over of the U.S. Government! He bought the twin towers and all the property around it and hired thousands of acters to act out his dasterdly plan in front of the whole nation!
Hmmm is his funny or not, or just OT?
Sorry AMD I loved your K6 processors, they would run with just a heat sink, but I don't want to burn down my house with an Athlon!
See the following discussions:
Mr. LEVIN. I have not had a chance to read this language until
tonight. I guess that is part of the problem. It also is clear this is
going to be adopted. I want to ask one question for the record.
This amendment goes beyond changes in the wiretap law as it relates
to terrorism; is that correct? The language is "any ongoing criminal
investigation."
Mr. HATCH. That is correct.
Mr. LEVIN. So it is broader than terrorism. I am not debating merits
plus or minus. I am trying to understand what is in it since it came to
me for the first time tonight. I want to be very clear, at least the
way I read this, that this is not something that is just limited to
counterterrorism, about which I think all of us would have a passion.
Mr. HATCH. Will the Senator yield?
Mr. LEVIN. Yes.
Mr. HATCH. The wiretapping provision is a broad investigational
authority. It is not limited just to terrorism, but, currently,
terrorism is not included in that authority. It is one of the defects
in our system. All we are trying to do is get it included so we can
find these people, and we can do it. Even so, before being granted
wiretapping authority, you have to make a case, before a Federal judge,
that you have probable cause to believe that the subject of the wire-
tapping order has committed a serious criminal offense.
Mr. LEVIN. If my friend will yield further, I understand we want to
make sure terrorism is included in our statutes.
Mr. HATCH. Right.
Mr. LEVIN. This amends, though, our statutes. I am not arguing the
pros and cons. It amends not just terrorism, but it amends the wiretap
law and all criminal activity, including terrorism; is that correct?
Mr. HATCH. It adds terrorism to Title III. In addition, it upgrades
wiretap laws to include computer terrorism, cyberterrorism, even right
down to illegal hacking.
Mr. LEVIN. But it does not relate.
Mr. HATCH. Because those offenses are not currently covered in Title
III, and we need to correct that defect or we cannot resolve these
problems with regard to terrorism.
Mr. LEVIN. I tend to agree with our friends that we need to
strengthen the law on that point. I want to be clear on one point: We
are not adding terrorism to make sure we are covered. We are applying
these new standards to all criminal activity, not just terrorism.
Mr. HATCH. That is correct, but keep in mind, our current laws are
antiquated laws based upon telephones, where now we are in the area of
cyberterrorism, and we must upgrade the laws to take care of that.
Mr. LEVIN. I make one request of my good friend from Vermont, the
chairman, because he has raised some important questions about making
sure we take the time to know what we are doing. We are not going to
have that time tonight. That is obvious. I express the hope, given the
kind of points that have been made here, that it would be possible,
before this comes back in the form of a conference report, for there to
be some review of some of these provisions by the Judiciary Committee.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.
Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, we will try our best. We are, of course,
under the same limitation as everybody else trying to get a lot of work
done. I had planned in the next week or so to do a number of judicial
hearings. I suppose we can spend the time doing this. It probably would
make some sense.
We do not define terrorism, but we say we are adding that. I guess
some kid who is scaring you with his computer could be a terrorist and
you could go through the kid's house, his parents' business or anything
else under this language; it is that broad.
Again, the Senate can vote for whatever it wants. I certainly hope we
would put in, and I will support the money for the liability insurance.
The problem, I suspect, is with several hundred million dollars. But if
that is what we want, we should do it. Let us make sure we know. I will
try to get the time for people to work on this during the next couple
of weeks to try to answer the questions.
The Senator from Michigan asks a legitimate one. We will set aside
virtually everything else in the Judiciary Committee to get an answer.
Had I or our staff been asked about this, we probably could have had
those answers, but I saw it about 30 minutes ago, about the same time
the Senator from Michigan did.
I tell my friend from New Hampshire who asked a question earlier, I
have no objection to voting any time the Senator from New Hampshire
desires to vote.
From the discussion it's clear that the amendments could be used for just about anything. I guess I could use is as a private citizen to wiretap pretty much anybody by certifying to the federal court that I'm investigating "criminal acts".
COOL I get to snoop on senator Hatch!!!
I've been using my BEFSR11 for almost a year and it's been very reliable for me. The only issue I found was with the older firmware that you could lock it up by using nmap to scan it from the inside or outside. Have not tried the 1.39 firmware to see it it still happens.
As far as issues goes here are the ones I've experienced:
The things that I like:
As another poster has pointed out www.practicallynetworked.com
is a great source of information for these boxes.
Subsolar
X Windows --> Citrix Winframe --> Windows Terminal Server
But I'm just being picky.
I've been thinking of getting this unit
Though I think that this may not be the best solution, better yet would be to force Microsoft into free licencing of all technologies to any and all commers. Also force the terms of all deals with OEM's to be public so force fair market, and to require that the EULA be on the outside of all boxes of software products in say 10 point type.
That last requirement might drive them into bankrupcy because of needing an extra pound of printed paper be included with each product.
- subsolar
No security measure is 100%, if you make a system accessable at all there are security issues. To have a really secure system you would have to embed it in a huge block of reinforced concrete and drop it in the Marianis(sp?) trench. Of course the system would be totally unusable, there are always trade-offs between usability and securty, one just tries not to balance them for the particular application.
- subsolar
Anybody kind enough to provide a transcript for us looser linux users??
This whould allow Microsoft to "innovate" as much as they want but allow competition by allowing others to freely clone their products & technologies.
Of course MS would complain "Waaah they are taking away our property and giving it to others!". They would be right in a way, but it's not like they they took away Bill's wonderful home or something.
- subsolar
- Slackware 3 - With sam's book
- RH 4.1 - Purchased RH
- RH 4.2 - CDR from work
- RH 5.0 - Purchased RH
- RH 5.1 - CDR from friend
- RH 6.0 - Purchased RH
- RH 6.2 - Cheapbytes
- Debian 2.2 - $10 donation
- RH 7.0 - CDR from work
- RH 7.1 - Purchased RH
During all that time I've purchase one copy of Windows 98 full retail for a system I built, and also a copy for OpenBSD 2.4 that ran on my laptop for a bit.So I ended up paying about the same for RH linux as I did for Windows ($180 yeesh!).
One thing I strongly believe in is voting with my $$$ in things I have choice about. I don't have choice about what digital format I get movies on, but other things such as where I aquire something I will support local retailers as much as possible.
I may shop for books online but when I actually buy them I get them from a local retailer because most the ones in the area have been put out of buisness by BN, Borders, Walden's, etc. I will also buy as many things as I can from the local hardware store & food store because I can afford to even if it costs me a couple percent more than the big chains.
- subsolar