I worked for Guardent for a while, and their coders were the elitist of the elite, if you listened to them. Then you read something like this to show what yutzes they were.
...Linux is no alternative to Windows for Joe and Jane Average Computer user. Using my parents as a gauge (because I consider them pretty average computer users), having them using Linux as an OS would make zero sense. They are much more familiar with Windows products.
How many times have we heard this from Microsoft? Why do people still reward this sort of behavior with continued purchases? If its going to kind of suck out of the box, and get better over time, and you can get support, why not use RedHat Linux or Solaris ?
The keys are stored in protected memory, so no applications can access them without going through the Microsoft CAPI calls.
Rollofle, rollofle, rollofle.
Sorry, now that I have that out of my system, consider if anything MS produces truly uses protected memory. Or maybe it does, but then you install some nefarious software, and that runs as system, and it hacks your buzzord-compliant encryption, and your game, as they say, is over.
I have a machine at home running the Linux iSCSI target, and the iSCSI initiator on my laptop. Mount it up just like local storage. Can even swap to it.
Watch for chairs. This is like the Sitefinder hackery, only much worse - its built into the app you're using. Rather than you choosing to use Google or some MS engine, MS has built your browser (and face it, IE _is_ the Intarweb for most people) to automatically use ITS search engine.
As far as the poor IE7 saps know, Microsoft IS Google.
Its a remote overflow, does it work if the sensor doesn't have an IP address? If it merely sees the right pattern of 1s and 0s on the wire, it roots itself? Article sadly lacking detail.
Because Windows machines need to be rebooted all the time for bugfixes, application death, and patches, MS wants you to be able to run several instances of Windows on 1 piece of gear. A decent virtualization layer will allow you to migrate users from 1 instance to another, so you can bounce the instances one at a time. That being said, VMWare currently totally rocks at this, so MS has an uphill battle. One which they'll win, of course, because they have the mindshare and the Windrones will buy it.
Nice troll by the writer - as if the US and the RIAA just INVADED Sweden, and trained their cops, w/o any interaction with the Swedish government. So much for national sovereignty - the Swedes are giving it away.
So 100 motivated geeks spammed their website and made it look as if there's huge customer demand. Duh. That's like those CNN or MoveOn.org polls - only the motivated even go there.
A better metric would be to have an OS choice list on their config page, with a "sorry we don't support Linux option" displayed once people click it.
Called "Faggy Frog". This one trolls both homosexuals AND the French, in case there was not already a 1:1 union between the two sets. Wait, did I just troll them as well?
They give the correct configuration to mitigate the problem. This is kind of a non-story. What's next, a SANS article detailing a "bug" which allows you to set root's password to null, and then anyone can ssh into the machine as root?
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I worked for Guardent for a while, and their coders were the elitist of the elite, if you listened to them. Then you read something like this to show what yutzes they were.
Does it cancel out?
...Linux is no alternative to Windows for Joe and Jane Average Computer user. Using my parents as a gauge (because I consider them pretty average computer users), having them using Linux as an OS would make zero sense. They are much more familiar with Windows products.
Your argument does not prove your proposition.
How many times have we heard this from Microsoft? Why do people still reward this sort of behavior with continued purchases? If its going to kind of suck out of the box, and get better over time, and you can get support, why not use RedHat Linux or Solaris ?
Can I mod you 'pedantic moron' for running to the latest iteration of an evolving standard as proof of anything?
If you're part of a mailing list which erupts into a flamestorm over the etymology of /etc, then you need to find another hobby.
It's "eet see", and its where you store configuration files.
Or, if you're retarded like HPUX, you put things like the ping binary there.
Dude, I think you just out-nerded everyone here.
Yes, when there is no actual Microsoft vulnerability
Say that out loud a few times.
How much worse can it get?
The keys are stored in protected memory, so no applications can access them without going through the Microsoft CAPI calls.
Rollofle, rollofle, rollofle.
Sorry, now that I have that out of my system, consider if anything MS produces truly uses protected memory. Or maybe it does, but then you install some nefarious software, and that runs as system, and it hacks your buzzord-compliant encryption, and your game, as they say, is over.
N00b: Hey we have this data representation problem, we'll use XML!
Greybeard: Son, now you have two problems.
Search for Video cards, with DVI, that cost under $50. Voila! About 1000 cheap GeForce models, most even fanless.
Next?
I have a machine at home running the Linux iSCSI target, and the iSCSI initiator on my laptop. Mount it up just like local storage. Can even swap to it.
Watch for chairs. This is like the Sitefinder hackery, only much worse - its built into the app you're using. Rather than you choosing to use Google or some MS engine, MS has built your browser (and face it, IE _is_ the Intarweb for most people) to automatically use ITS search engine.
As far as the poor IE7 saps know, Microsoft IS Google.
Child, where were you in the heady text-only days of the Internet? I could out-type my 2400 baud modem.
Its a remote overflow, does it work if the sensor doesn't have an IP address? If it merely sees the right pattern of 1s and 0s on the wire, it roots itself? Article sadly lacking detail.
I can fill that in a day on Limewire.
Because Windows machines need to be rebooted all the time for bugfixes, application death, and patches, MS wants you to be able to run several instances of Windows on 1 piece of gear. A decent virtualization layer will allow you to migrate users from 1 instance to another, so you can bounce the instances one at a time. That being said, VMWare currently totally rocks at this, so MS has an uphill battle. One which they'll win, of course, because they have the mindshare and the Windrones will buy it.
Nice troll by the writer - as if the US and the RIAA just INVADED Sweden, and trained their cops, w/o any interaction with the Swedish government. So much for national sovereignty - the Swedes are giving it away.
So 100 motivated geeks spammed their website and made it look as if there's huge customer demand. Duh. That's like those CNN or MoveOn.org polls - only the motivated even go there.
A better metric would be to have an OS choice list on their config page, with a "sorry we don't support Linux option" displayed once people click it.
This is a classic slashvertisement - a longwinded summary cut right from TFA, then a silly open question at the end "Would you like to know more?"
Let this guy DIAF, with Roland, and Eugenia, Dvorak, and the rest of the zeros.
Please don't abuse the term "open", it's the 21st century version of the "e-" prefix.
Called "Faggy Frog". This one trolls both homosexuals AND the French, in case there was not already a 1:1 union between the two sets. Wait, did I just troll them as well?
Remember, all property is theft.
You will mark this as a troll, but what are you admitting in doing so?
They give the correct configuration to mitigate the problem. This is kind of a non-story. What's next, a SANS article detailing a "bug" which allows you to set root's password to null, and then anyone can ssh into the machine as root?