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  1. Re:embrace and extend on Skype 1.0 For Windows Released, Updated Linux Beta · · Score: 1

    Rohan Mahy (co-chair IETF SIP and SIPPING Working Groups) said:

    "As with anybody who has technical problems with IETF protocols, I invite them to write a description of what problem they are trying to solve which they feel is not addressed by existing protocols and provide some motivation. Zennstrom has not provided any rigorous analysis or even detailed explanation of these alleged technical problems.

    "The traditional telecom folks want to reproduce an environment which is familiar to them. SIP does things differently, but many folks generally stop there and don't try very hard to understand how to accomplish their goals 'the-SIP-way'.

    "I believe that Zennstrom has a different motivation. He is providing a packaged service and I believe that he is afraid of the idea of open services and open protocols, because these things directly threaten his business model."

    But yeah, a SIP/IAX gateway to Skype would be very nice.

  2. X-ten is pretty good... on Skype 1.0 For Windows Released, Updated Linux Beta · · Score: 1

    It supports uLaw, aLaw, GSM, iLBC and speex.

    Too bad it's only for Windows and MacOS X. Still, there's gnophone and kphone for Linux.

  3. Re:Missing the point on Microsoft to Deploy SPF for Hotmail Users · · Score: 1

    No, they're about to start checking spf records for mail sent to hotmail. As far as I see, there's no real reason for them not to publish spf records for hotmail.com right now.

  4. Re:ISPs who block port 25 outbound on Microsoft to Deploy SPF for Hotmail Users · · Score: 1

    Get your mailserver set up to support authenticated SMTP on port 587. It's been an RFC since 1998

  5. Re:SPF breaks forwarding? on Microsoft to Deploy SPF for Hotmail Users · · Score: 1

    Read the SPF FAQ.

  6. Re:Missing the point on Microsoft to Deploy SPF for Hotmail Users · · Score: 1
    What really weird (not to mention annoying), is that Microsoft doesn't publish spf records for hotmail:
    19:53 styx@vortex:styx> dig -t txt +short gmail.com
    "v=spf1 a:mproxy.gmail.com a:rproxy.gmail.com -all"
    19:53 styx@vortex:styx> dig -t txt +short hotmail.com
    19:53 styx@vortex:styx>
    Kudos to amazon.com for pulishing an spf record, though.
  7. Re:Already happening.... on No 2.7 Linux Kernel Branch Due Soon · · Score: 1

    If you don't want to be on the bleeding edge, don't upgrade right after a kernel is released! Wait a week and watch the bugreports.

  8. Re:urpmi vs yum on URPMI For Fedora Core 2 · · Score: 1

    On modern hardware, perhaps. One of my servers (dhcp / nameserver) is a K6-200 w. 192 mb ram. Updating with yum is slow and painful compared to apt-get. Yum also uses a shedload of RAM. Dependency resolution on tha t box can take several minutes.

  9. Re:gmail machine contest on Gmail in the News · · Score: 1

    4 tries, then I hit 1337. Haven't gotten my code yet, though.

  10. Re:*insert anime sweat drop* on Comcast Thinks About Stopping Zombies · · Score: 1
    Going by my mailserver stats, they are correct. Here are the 10 heaviest spammer domains in descending order:
    1. comcast.net
    2. rr.com
    3. attbi.com
    4. pacbell.net
    5. swbell.net
    6. bbtec.net
    7. ameritech.net
    8. charter.com
    9. videotron.ca
    10. optonline.net
    comcast zombies sends out more than twice as much as roudrunner.
  11. Re:Port 25 on Comcast Thinks About Stopping Zombies · · Score: 1

    Well, since spammers need to connect to port 25 on the servers they want to spam, blocking outbound port 25 would be close to 100% effective (albeit with major side effects as others have pointed out).

  12. For a more varied selection on The Amazing Properties of Aerogel · · Score: 3, Informative

    Try these guys (no, I don't have anything to do with them).

  13. Re:Dam Busting Bombs on Stone Skipping the Scientific Way · · Score: 3, Insightful
  14. Re:Drove through this morning. on Boston's Big Dig Finally Open · · Score: 4, Interesting

    They had cost overruns of $6bn, due to installing communication lines? That sounds absolutely insane.

    What's wrong with just installing ducting for the cables, and then pull them through when needed, like they do elsewhere?

  15. Re:How is this "News" for nerds? on NASA Installs Linux Supercomputer · · Score: 4, Informative

    It isn't a beowulf cluster.

    It uses a single system image for all processors, as opposed to a beowulf, which has separate system images for all cluster nodes.

  16. Re:MAC forced-in by ISP on Dispelling the IPv4 Address Shortage Myth · · Score: 1

    Nope, sorry, Cisco doesn't require anything like that. The ethernet interface configuration on my router looks like this:

    interface Ethernet0
    ip address 80.165.xx.xx 255.255.255.240
    no ip redirects
    no ip proxy-arp
    ipv6 address 2002:50A5:xxxx:2::1/64
    priority-group 1

    No MAC anywhere. And yes, it's a reachable address.

    Your ISP will probably just hand you your own network prefix, to do with as you like.

  17. Pay more, get more. on Dispelling the IPv4 Address Shortage Myth · · Score: 1

    That's how I got my /28. I mailed my ISP and told them I needed more IPs. "Fine", they said, "pay for a business connection, tell us how many IPs you need, and pay us $100 once".

    It has been more expensive than a single IP, but the IPs were available, when I needed them.

    For the record, I'm in Europe, and on a 256/256 DSL, so it's not like I'm paying for a T1 or anything.

  18. Re:Schools to no longer avoid! on Schools to Avoid: University of Florida · · Score: 1

    Don't underestimate the bandwidth usage of Blaster and its siblings (Naichi/Weichi and so on).

    Some of the smaller border routers at my university were buckling under the strain, until filtering of port 135-139 was made mandatory.

  19. In order to conserve space... on FCC Ponders Removing Morse Code Reqs for Amateur Radio Licenses · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... the FCC is considering a move from using . and - as morse code notation, to using . and /

    ///...///

  20. You said a bad word... on 'Storage' to Replace Traditional Filesystems? · · Score: 1

    Aaaaaaaargh! How can you mention netinfo? IMHO the most drain-bramaged thing to come out of NeXT. Even Apple has seen the light and is moving to LDAP (LDAP has its weak points too, but not as bad as netinfo).

  21. Re:Love the title bar... on Failure Is Always an Option · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't that read "Failure is a given - Lotus Notes"?

    (I must have done something very bad in a previous life - I have to keep several Lotus products (on top of Domino/Notes) running.

  22. Re:SCO on OSDL Releases Q&A on SCO Legal Actions · · Score: 1

    Couldn't you just run hercules? It is an System/370, ESA/390, and z/Architecture emulator.

  23. Re:SCO? on OSDL Releases Q&A on SCO Legal Actions · · Score: 1

    Actually, there used to be a company in Denmark that made bicycles, named Smith & Co - abbreviated SCO.

  24. Re:Scandal! on When 54 Mbps isn't 54 Mbps: 802.11g's Real Speed · · Score: 1

    You'll need something faster than 32bit 33MHz PCI to do so. A single gigabit NIC can saturate a normal 32bit 33MHz PCI bus. Fortunately, 64 bit 66/133 MHz isn't that expensive anymore ...

  25. Re:Hunting on Worst Linux Annoyances? · · Score: 1
    Easy, just say up2date [packagename]:
    [root@odin root]# up2date nmap-frontend
    Installing...
    1:nmap [100%]
    2:nmap-frontend [100%]
    The following packages were added to your selection to satisfy dependencies:

    nmap
    if this package is in the repository, up2date will install it, and it's dependencies. Using Current, you can set up your own up2date server. (damn junk filter).