Yeah, I agree a lot of it was FUD. Unfortunately ou can't disable RPC or DCOM without major negative impacts, but several of the other services that are enabled by default are not needed by your average user. When it comes to security, minimalism is a good idea.
I don't get why Microsoft insists on leaving so many services enabled by default. So many of them the average home user will not need, and like the reporter from The Reg said, if a sys admin needs those services, it will be trivial for him to enable them.
You raise a good point. MS will use it's Exchange server base as a launch pad to make everyone else play their game. Open source servers can easily be modified to support MS's BS, but I'm sure Exchange won't play nice with other open standards. *Sigh.* Here we go again.
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Last week I realized the error of my ways in running all one platform, therefore I took an old PC and installed DOS 6.2 and Windows 1.0 on it. I think the only way I could have gotten weirder looks from cow-irkers would be to find and install a copy of MS BOB.
The difference is that MS made a nice OS in Windows 2000, then mucked it up with a UI that looks like a 2st grader's coloring book, made it unbearably slow, added DRM crap, it tells you to "USE MS PASSPORT" more than any other version, it has more auto-reminders than any previous version. Did I mention it's sluggish?
The only reason I might choose XP over 2K would be on a laptop, because XP supports WiFi well, but nothing Win2K can't do with 3rd party software.
Nope, not a cop. Cops and I notice eachother though, because we're the only ones looking around and noticing our surroundings. The people that "see" eachother like that are usually either cops or crooks. Either way there's an unspoken understanding that we are mutually aware of our surroundings.
The point of using ink and paper is that it shows some effort. Any lazy bum can sit down and pound out an email. Taking the time to physically write a letter shows some effort and usually makes the recipient pay more attention, which is why the original poster made a point of suggesting an ink-and-paper letter.
I recently read a story about your book and the problems it has been causing with the legal owner of Katie.com, Katie Jones.
I was appalled to read about how your lawyers, or penquin's lawyers acting on your behalf, are trying to steamroll Mrs. Jones into "donating" her property. Instead of bullying her into giving up her rightfully owned domain name, might I suggest politely offering her a nice sum in exchange? Any reasonable person would see that as being the decent thing to do.
It disgusts me that you were the victim of an online predator, and now it also disgusts me that you have become a different type of online predator.
I strongly urge you and your publishing company to either deal with Mrs. Jones in a respectable manner, or leave her alone altogether. I also urge you to put pressure on your publisher to stop this despicable behavior.
I don't need a holiday for this. Whenever I want to be appreciated I just randomly unplug cables from the switches, "troubleshoot" it for an hour, then plug everyone back in and magically solve the problem. Suddenly I'm everyone's hero.:)
6. Before disallowing users to use P2P software, make sure you have found a workaround for your workstation. This is your SysAdmin perk.
I would never do that./me looks at the rule at the top of the iptables chain that excludes his machine from every following rule.
Also, whenever I monitor network traffic with ethereal, I exclude my machine from monitoring. Besides, the traffic created from my DVD image downloads at 6.0Mbits/sec makes a mess on the screen.:)
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Yeah, I agree a lot of it was FUD. Unfortunately ou can't disable RPC or DCOM without major negative impacts, but several of the other services that are enabled by default are not needed by your average user. When it comes to security, minimalism is a good idea.
I don't get why Microsoft insists on leaving so many services enabled by default. So many of them the average home user will not need, and like the reporter from The Reg said, if a sys admin needs those services, it will be trivial for him to enable them.
Is a lawsuite like a lawhotelroom, but nicer?
I like my women like I like my coffee.
Ground up and in the freezer.
You raise a good point. MS will use it's Exchange server base as a launch pad to make everyone else play their game. Open source servers can easily be modified to support MS's BS, but I'm sure Exchange won't play nice with other open standards. *Sigh.* Here we go again.
Umm... not from an illegal source. No really, I promise!
In A.D. 1986 was was beginning...
"Main screen turn on!!!"
"It is you!!!"
"You have no chance to survive make your time."
Last week I realized the error of my ways in running all one platform, therefore I took an old PC and installed DOS 6.2 and Windows 1.0 on it. I think the only way I could have gotten weirder looks from cow-irkers would be to find and install a copy of MS BOB.
The only reason I might choose XP over 2K would be on a laptop, because XP supports WiFi well, but nothing Win2K can't do with 3rd party software.
Oh, wait...
Or you could run Ad-Watch set to block/prompt when registry modification is detected.
Don't -wait- for this to happen, educate him properly anyway and give him a head start.
Nope, not a cop. Cops and I notice eachother though, because we're the only ones looking around and noticing our surroundings. The people that "see" eachother like that are usually either cops or crooks. Either way there's an unspoken understanding that we are mutually aware of our surroundings.
People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms.
The point of using ink and paper is that it shows some effort. Any lazy bum can sit down and pound out an email. Taking the time to physically write a letter shows some effort and usually makes the recipient pay more attention, which is why the original poster made a point of suggesting an ink-and-paper letter.
I recently read a story about your book and the problems it has been causing with the legal owner of Katie.com, Katie Jones.
I was appalled to read about how your lawyers, or penquin's lawyers acting on your behalf, are trying to steamroll Mrs. Jones into "donating" her property. Instead of bullying her into giving up her rightfully owned domain name, might I suggest politely offering her a nice sum in exchange? Any reasonable person would see that as being the decent thing to do.
It disgusts me that you were the victim of an online predator, and now it also disgusts me that you have become a different type of online predator.
I strongly urge you and your publishing company to either deal with Mrs. Jones in a respectable manner, or leave her alone altogether. I also urge you to put pressure on your publisher to stop this despicable behavior.
Sincerely,
(my name here)
Is a lawsuite like a lawhotelroom, but nicer?
Somebody put me out of my misery.
err... wait
I don't need a holiday for this. Whenever I want to be appreciated I just randomly unplug cables from the switches, "troubleshoot" it for an hour, then plug everyone back in and magically solve the problem. Suddenly I'm everyone's hero. :)
I would never do that.
Also, whenever I monitor network traffic with ethereal, I exclude my machine from monitoring. Besides, the traffic created from my DVD image downloads at 6.0Mbits/sec makes a mess on the screen.
Haha. Yes, Sir. I'm sorry, Sir. :)
I'm constantly scanning crowds and examining people, looking for criminal activity or precursors to such activity. Does that make me a bad guy?
Cool, now I can roller blade to the nearest gas pump and haxx0r teh Gibs0n!
a beowulf cluster of these...