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  1. Re:Uptake Hampered by Non-x86 Architecture on Sub-$100 Laptops Have Finally Arrived · · Score: 1

    I've not seen any problems with PDF's and non-Adobe-readers on Linux since years.

    There is a Evince-package for Debian/MIPS.

    So it's probalby just fine.

  2. Re:Not surprising on US No Longer the World's Internet Hub · · Score: 1

    You want to know what I think ? I think it's just normal that they choose the to use the shortest path in there internet routing. It's just common sense. So please countries around the world, setup local internet exchanges, the Netherlands already has atleast 6.

  3. Re:Loaded question on Will W3C Accept DRM For Webfonts? · · Score: 1

    I don't understand why people want word-processors in the first place. They are usually the wrong tool for the job. So they are a poor example of what people need anyway.

  4. Re:IPv4 specific? on The Internet's Biggest Security Hole Revealed · · Score: 1

    BGP is used to handles announcements of IPv4- and IPv6-routes, so no this is not IPv4-specific.

  5. Re:I think not on The Internet's Biggest Security Hole Revealed · · Score: 1

    It's probably easier to just connect to an Internet Exchange, getting a PC-router on 100Mbit port isn't really all that expensive.

  6. Re:Latency jump on The Internet's Biggest Security Hole Revealed · · Score: 1

    That was exactly what I was thinking about when I read the article.

  7. Re:Why this is not an issue: on The Internet's Biggest Security Hole Revealed · · Score: 1

    Actually that's not quiet what happens, AT&T already gets routes for Google, Verisign, Yahoo, etc. from their transit-provider.

    Transit-providers should check very closely what they want to accept from there customers. The problem with all of this is ofcourse, the transit-providers peer with other transit-providers, they really can not check every single route they get from them. It's all about the weakest link, if one announces something a lot of others will get it.

    For example we peer with Hurricane Electric, do you really think I want to or can check every single one of there 7032 routes they give us ?

    So the verification should be automated.

    The problem is how to do it.

    If DNSSec would really be deployed, we could use that. In a way just like SPF-records are used.

  8. Re:SSL on The Internet's Biggest Security Hole Revealed · · Score: 1

    Actually some CA's are actually owned by other CA's if I'm not mistaken.

  9. Re:Fun fun fud on The Internet's Biggest Security Hole Revealed · · Score: 1

    Your transit does not filter out RFC1918 ? That's pretty sad. If I have any choice, which I probably do, I would not choose them.

  10. Re:As a Chinese Internet user... on DNS Poisoning Hits One of China's Biggest ISPs · · Score: 1

    And check your NAT didn't screw up your source-port-randomisation.

  11. Re:Make him an offer: Your balls or your PGP // on Judge Rules Man Cannot Be Forced To Decrypt HD · · Score: 1

    You almost got childish and pedophile in the same sentence, those usually don't go well together.

  12. Re:Flash as a service delivery platform on Why Is Adobe Flash On Linux Still Broken? · · Score: 1

    Even if it doesn't mplayer will. Ironically in Windows I have more proplems with codecs.

  13. Re:Flash on Why Is Adobe Flash On Linux Still Broken? · · Score: 1

    I use libswfdec, it doesn't download/run anything by default. It saves me from a lot of annoying flash ads.

  14. Re:Yep on Why the Olympics Didn't Melt the Internet · · Score: 1

    I don't thienk there is a network that is big enough to have Lime Light or Akamai talk to them that doesn't have their own ASN. Also it's a lot easier if they location supports dynamic routing.

  15. Re:Akamai "don't use public Internet" either on Why the Olympics Didn't Melt the Internet · · Score: 1

    I didn't read the summary and read the article instead, I thought it might be interresting. Well not much. But I also think they aren't correct concerning Akamai. For starters, Akamai doesn't use the public internet. Well unless ofcourse they dont' have an agreement with your ISP.

  16. Re:A good old fashion slashdotting... on Why the Olympics Didn't Melt the Internet · · Score: 1

    I wanted to ask, does it run Linux, but the answer is also usually: yes

  17. Re:well on BSOD Makes Appearance at Olympic Opening Ceremonies · · Score: 1

    The default is actually to give this error, someone didn't change the default.

  18. Re:I'm safe, in my ADSL utopia on BIND Still Susceptible To DNS Cache Poisoning · · Score: 2

    It depends ARP spoofing is just confined to the broadcast-domain (possible a VLAN), while a DNS-server probably is used by a much broader 'audiance'.

  19. Re:I'm safe, in my ADSL utopia on BIND Still Susceptible To DNS Cache Poisoning · · Score: 1

    A server at a hosting-provider might be a nice place for this exploit. But everyone in the know, already knew this was a possible target.

  20. Re:Pro Support Is Only Needed For Showstopper Issu on Paid Support Not Critical For Linux Adoption · · Score: 2, Interesting

    That's why I think some company should offer a per-issue support for Debian/Ubuntu. Not cheap, but good. Not just per phone, but by e-mail too. Maybe a webbased-ticked-system with e-mail updates ?

  21. Re:Yet still: why Ubuntu? on Paid Support Not Critical For Linux Adoption · · Score: 1

    It has one open port: avahi-daemon atleast on the Desktop.

  22. Re:Individual boxen? on Tracking Near-Earth Meteors With a 1.1 Petabyte Database · · Score: 1

    It's in the article: they got the SQL-server on an academic-license and 50 computers for the same shoe-string butget.

  23. Re:snooze on Faux-CNN Spam Blitz Delivers Malicious Flash · · Score: 1

    That's why you give stupid users a linux or unix computer or laptop and no rights and set noexec on /home and /tmp (and make sure they can only write there).

  24. Re:snooze on Faux-CNN Spam Blitz Delivers Malicious Flash · · Score: 1

    There is also a flash-plugin for Linux

  25. Re:IE7 Scam on Faux-CNN Spam Blitz Delivers Malicious Flash · · Score: 1

    There also seems to be a MSN-update available, because I had an e-mail about that too.