Some(?) Jabber servers and clients also support SSL. You don't have the "signing" capabilities to verify a user's identity, but it would at least discourage monitoring by a third party, as long as you controlled the server.
I've toyed with setting up a Jabber server for my company and switching all our users (spread among MSN, Yahoo, and AIM) to it, so that it would be secure. But so far, no one seems to be concerned about the insecurity.
Trillian has had this feature for as long as I can remember using it.
But, doesn't Trillian make the connection directly between the two clients, rather than sending it through the server?
It doesn't work well when either user has a firewall blocking incoming connections.
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From what I see, the purpose of the NDA is so that you can't tell other people what the offending lines are, because then they could fix them and SCO wouldn't have a case.
If there are offending lines of code, the source is archived in thousands or even millions of places. Every retail RedHat Linux CD package will have it. There's no way to sanitize all of them.
However, you are still right, but maybe not the way you intended. SCO doesn't want the code removed from the kernel at all: they want to use its presence as leverage to extort settlements and license fees.
Is it possible for them to get a determination from a judge without disclosing their "trade secret" to the public? If so, they could milk it indefinitely.
They will. I used to get their name/number on my caller ID all the time.
Then I signed up at http://www.texasnocall.com/. The telemarketing calls have gone to near zero, and I've filed complaints with the PUC for the ones I did receive.
Scared the hell out of an insurance agent, who sent me a written apology and told the PUC he was going to stop making automated telemarketing calls altogether, because he couldn't figure out how to make the machine skip over numbers on the no-call list.
(Note: this is for Texas residents. I recognized the companies mentioned in the parent posting, and thought he would find it helpful)
Do more than 1 in 10 look at the back of the card? Hardly anybody usually looks at mine, but even when they do they still don't ask.
When a cashier takes the time to look, they invariably ask for my ID.
I don't offer my driver's license (unless I remember them as a merchant that always asks), and watch to see what they do. If they hang on to the card until after I sign the receipt, I expect them to ask for the ID and have it ready.
But, most simply swipe the card through the reader and hand it back to me. I should note that I don't count people that know me personally and "self-swipe" terminals among the 90% that don't check ID.
3. Multi communication... end users could in theory have two telephones, and place two calls on the same line.
This was Sprint ION. DSL and up to four voice phone lines over the same wire.
Sprint pulled the plug on it last year, after losing a lot of money. They had some deployment problems, but users able to get it were reportedly happy with it. They shut it down just before it was scheduled to be deployed at my CO.
From what I've been able to gather, a large part of the problem was Sprint's CLEC status in most areas. The ILEC would tell an interested consumer that the line wouldn't support DSL, and cancel the order. Then, they would offer DSL to the customer a few weeks later.
TMDA implemented the challenge-response mechanism long before Mailblocks came on the scene. Would that invalidate Mailblock's patent?
Besides, TMDA works, while Mailblocks doesn't. I grabbed a Mailblocks account while I could get a good username, and found that Mailblocks doesn't send out the challenge: it just discards my test messages as spam after 14 (?) days.
I don't see this being viable for amusement parks. I've been to Six Flags and the place is *packed*, could you imagine trying to find "parking spots" for the rented Segway whilst you go toss your cookies on some behemoth Roller Coaster?
At some parks, that would be true. But, at others, it wouldn't be a problem.
I saw Segways in use for the first time at Disney World, by park staff and by a street vendor. At that time, I thought it would probably be a worthwhile addition to their "rental fleet".
Disney has stroller rentals and stroller parking (and attendants) for all the major "attractions" (what they call rides). Parking a Segway would be no problem.
Disney World is also (usually) less crowded than the Six Flags (and other amusement parks) I've visited.
The phones built into the seat use the same technology as regular cell phones.
No, they don't. The systems are completely different: cellphones are optimized for use on the ground, while the airphone systems are designed to be used from the air. The frequency allocations are also different.
The airphones also have exterior (to the airplane) antennas, and the systems were tested at the time of installation to confirm they do not interfere with the aircraft navigation or communication systems.
you can use your MTAs TLS functionality to do the same and TLS is supported by MTAs on many operating systems and MTAs
I have TLS enabled on my MTA (sendmail) and observe the occasional connection that uses it (aside from my own). But, I didn't know how to require encrypted connections.
I poked around a bit on the 'Net and found this:
It appears that you can use the access map to require encypted connections. Of course, the same map could be used to restrict unencrypted connections to certain servers, as well.
I have conflicting stories on the first use, but without logs we may never know.
The version I heard/read is that someone created an listening object in a MUD "room" that was designated as a "beach".
If someone entered the room and said the word "spam", all occupants of the room would experience a flood of text describing a boat full of Vikings landing on the beach, chanting "spam, spam, etc.".
Is it the definitive story? I dunno. But, it fits with what I remember from that period.
I suspect a large part of that 13mb is the Python runtime that's included in the download.
The python22.dll used by py2exe is only 825 Kbytes. There must be a lot more than the Python runtime.
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but what script is this that sends the IP address?
I installed Cygwin on my father's computer, so that I could use sshd. I put an icon on his desktop that starts a bash shell. The shell prints out:
enter "./help" to initiate a help request.
Yes, it's redundant. But, it saves me from getting email when he just clicks the icon. He has still clicked the icon and carefully entered "./help", and swore up and down that he never did so until I showed him the email with the date and time.
The shell scripts starts sshd. VNC is already running and incoming port 22 is open on the firewall. I login to sshd with an ssh client that is set up to open a secure tunnel to port 5901. Then, I just launch VNC viewer on localhost:1 and I can do whatever I need.
Since I already have a bash shell, I can do a lot of things through the command line (without much bandwidth needed). Since the desktop is shared, I can also walk him through any problem that he is having.
When I'm done, I use the bash shell (via the ssh client) to kill the sshd servers, closing the connection and any access to his system. There are two password layers, but I'd prefer to leave it closed.
Now, if I could just get him to quit opening viruses. He got hit by Klez, while he was dithering around, trying to find his old version of Norton anti-virus so he could get the upgrade rebate.
Huh? You pay for incoming calls? What kind of crazy idea is that? I think you need a new phone contract.
In the US, airtime is charged to the wireless subscriber regardless of whether the call is initiated or received. There are some plans that charge no airtime when the call is made between two wireless phones on the same service provider, but that's a significantly different circumstance.
Most wire-line service providers offer unlimited local calls for a flat monthly fee. So, when a wire-line customer calls a wireless customer, there is no additional charge to the caller. There are some areas that have local metered service for all local calls, but the per-minute charge is very small.
Some European countries appear to charge a premimum to the caller when they call a wireless number. There is no equivalent in the US, aside from the 976-XXXX and 900-XXX-XXXX numbers that are often used by shady enterprises (phone sex, etc.) to extract money from unsophisticated callers. Phone companies are required to offer a free blocking service to prevent anyone from calling a pay service from a subscriber's phone.
Underline is standard markup for text insertion
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Inserted text is underlined, while deleted text has a strike through it. Texas uses the same standard.
It isn't so obvious in this bill, because it's a completely new section. But, if an existing statute is being changed, it can be cited or excerpted and show the insertions and deletions in context.
The more crap these ISP's pull to push their saavier customers away, the more demand there'll be for an uber geek-friendly ISP to come along. Maybe I'm too optimistic, but tell me it wouldn't be cool for a business to start up in order to cater to those of us that really like to play with networking.
"Speakeasy believes in the right of the individual to publish information they feel is important to the world via the Internet. Unlike many ISP's, Speakeasy allows customers to run servers (web, mail, etc.) over their Internet connections, use hubs, and share networks in multiple locations."
So does this mean that no one in Texas uses nitrogen for their paintball guns?
No, the original poster's explanation was unclear. Read the actual statute:
"Firearm" means any device designed, made, or adapted to expel a projectile through a barrel by using the energy generated by an explosion or burning substance or any device readily convertible to that use.
Compressed gas in any form does not meet this definition. However, ignited hairspray does.
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I've toyed with setting up a Jabber server for my company and switching all our users (spread among MSN, Yahoo, and AIM) to it, so that it would be secure. But so far, no one seems to be concerned about the insecurity.
But, doesn't Trillian make the connection directly between the two clients, rather than sending it through the server?
It doesn't work well when either user has a firewall blocking incoming connections.
If there are offending lines of code, the source is archived in thousands or even millions of places. Every retail RedHat Linux CD package will have it. There's no way to sanitize all of them.
However, you are still right, but maybe not the way you intended. SCO doesn't want the code removed from the kernel at all: they want to use its presence as leverage to extort settlements and license fees.
Is it possible for them to get a determination from a judge without disclosing their "trade secret" to the public? If so, they could milk it indefinitely.
They will. I used to get their name/number on my caller ID all the time.
Then I signed up at http://www.texasnocall.com/. The telemarketing calls have gone to near zero, and I've filed complaints with the PUC for the ones I did receive.
Scared the hell out of an insurance agent, who sent me a written apology and told the PUC he was going to stop making automated telemarketing calls altogether, because he couldn't figure out how to make the machine skip over numbers on the no-call list.
(Note: this is for Texas residents. I recognized the companies mentioned in the parent posting, and thought he would find it helpful)
When a cashier takes the time to look, they invariably ask for my ID.
I don't offer my driver's license (unless I remember them as a merchant that always asks), and watch to see what they do. If they hang on to the card until after I sign the receipt, I expect them to ask for the ID and have it ready.
But, most simply swipe the card through the reader and hand it back to me. I should note that I don't count people that know me personally and "self-swipe" terminals among the 90% that don't check ID.
I can already see it: someone will market a bogus proximity card, for the sole purpose of interfering with any proximity credit cards nearby.
Put one in your wallet, and it "shields" the rest of your credit cards.
Maybe I should apply for a patent......
I have "DEMAND PHOTO ID" on the back of all of my cards, next to the signature (so that the card is still signed, and valid).
About 1 in 10 ask for ID. So, I consider the measure useful only to discourage someone from trying to use my card, because they might be challenged.
This was Sprint ION. DSL and up to four voice phone lines over the same wire.
Sprint pulled the plug on it last year, after losing a lot of money. They had some deployment problems, but users able to get it were reportedly happy with it. They shut it down just before it was scheduled to be deployed at my CO.
From what I've been able to gather, a large part of the problem was Sprint's CLEC status in most areas. The ILEC would tell an interested consumer that the line wouldn't support DSL, and cancel the order. Then, they would offer DSL to the customer a few weeks later.
Some mailers don't honor "reply-to". I've run into problems with a gateway to a legacy mail system that stripped it off altogether.
I also found that many people save the From: address in their address book, completely obvlivious to reply-to.
Cloudmark does this. I don't use it directly, but my installation of SpamAssassin checks the Cloudmark/Razor servers for the message signature.
Since my email is hosted on a Linux server, I use procmail (with SpamAssassin) to filter spam into a Spam folder.
Besides, TMDA works, while Mailblocks doesn't. I grabbed a Mailblocks account while I could get a good username, and found that Mailblocks doesn't send out the challenge: it just discards my test messages as spam after 14 (?) days.
At some parks, that would be true. But, at others, it wouldn't be a problem.
I saw Segways in use for the first time at Disney World, by park staff and by a street vendor. At that time, I thought it would probably be a worthwhile addition to their "rental fleet".
Disney has stroller rentals and stroller parking (and attendants) for all the major "attractions" (what they call rides). Parking a Segway would be no problem.
Disney World is also (usually) less crowded than the Six Flags (and other amusement parks) I've visited.
No, they don't. The systems are completely different: cellphones are optimized for use on the ground, while the airphone systems are designed to be used from the air. The frequency allocations are also different.
The airphones also have exterior (to the airplane) antennas, and the systems were tested at the time of installation to confirm they do not interfere with the aircraft navigation or communication systems.
I have TLS enabled on my MTA (sendmail) and observe the occasional connection that uses it (aside from my own). But, I didn't know how to require encrypted connections. I poked around a bit on the 'Net and found this:
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=4823
It appears that you can use the access map to require encypted connections. Of course, the same map could be used to restrict unencrypted connections to certain servers, as well.
The version I heard/read is that someone created an listening object in a MUD "room" that was designated as a "beach".
If someone entered the room and said the word "spam", all occupants of the room would experience a flood of text describing a boat full of Vikings landing on the beach, chanting "spam, spam, etc.".
Is it the definitive story? I dunno. But, it fits with what I remember from that period.
The python22.dll used by py2exe is only 825 Kbytes. There must be a lot more than the Python runtime.
I installed Cygwin on my father's computer, so that I could use sshd. I put an icon on his desktop that starts a bash shell. The shell prints out:
enter "./help" to initiate a help request.
Yes, it's redundant. But, it saves me from getting email when he just clicks the icon. He has still clicked the icon and carefully entered "./help", and swore up and down that he never did so until I showed him the email with the date and time.
The shell scripts starts sshd. VNC is already running and incoming port 22 is open on the firewall. I login to sshd with an ssh client that is set up to open a secure tunnel to port 5901. Then, I just launch VNC viewer on localhost:1 and I can do whatever I need. Since I already have a bash shell, I can do a lot of things through the command line (without much bandwidth needed). Since the desktop is shared, I can also walk him through any problem that he is having.
When I'm done, I use the bash shell (via the ssh client) to kill the sshd servers, closing the connection and any access to his system. There are two password layers, but I'd prefer to leave it closed.
Now, if I could just get him to quit opening viruses. He got hit by Klez, while he was dithering around, trying to find his old version of Norton anti-virus so he could get the upgrade rebate.
In the US, airtime is charged to the wireless subscriber regardless of whether the call is initiated or received. There are some plans that charge no airtime when the call is made between two wireless phones on the same service provider, but that's a significantly different circumstance.
Most wire-line service providers offer unlimited local calls for a flat monthly fee. So, when a wire-line customer calls a wireless customer, there is no additional charge to the caller. There are some areas that have local metered service for all local calls, but the per-minute charge is very small.
Some European countries appear to charge a premimum to the caller when they call a wireless number. There is no equivalent in the US, aside from the 976-XXXX and 900-XXX-XXXX numbers that are often used by shady enterprises (phone sex, etc.) to extract money from unsophisticated callers. Phone companies are required to offer a free blocking service to prevent anyone from calling a pay service from a subscriber's phone.
It isn't so obvious in this bill, because it's a completely new section. But, if an existing statute is being changed, it can be cited or excerpted and show the insertions and deletions in context.
I lost two identical ABIT motherboards to this problem, neither of which were ever overclocked.
It's already here: SpeakEasy.
Their TOS explicitly states:
"Speakeasy believes in the right of the individual to publish information they feel is important to the world via the Internet. Unlike many ISP's, Speakeasy allows customers to run servers (web, mail, etc.) over their Internet connections, use hubs, and share networks in multiple locations."
The courts (in Texas) don't agree with you.
No, the original poster's explanation was unclear. Read the actual statute:
"Firearm" means any device designed, made, or adapted to expel a projectile through a barrel by using the energy generated by an explosion or burning substance or any device readily convertible to that use.
Compressed gas in any form does not meet this definition. However, ignited hairspray does.
They will recognize that the "Caribbean vacation" is a reference to Guantanamo Bay.
That memory is still pretty vivid and I don't remember having any conscious memories at that time. It's as if I woke up for the first time.