There is no silver bullet. And people understanding certificates wrongly is only the tip of the ice berg. Even if they do start to get the idea, it isn't a given that they actually understand the implications. Just because the certificate is CA signed doesn't mean that your data is protected. At least if you click a link that connects you to Bank0fAmerica.com. Yes, the connection is encrypted and the certificate is really for the server Bank0fAmerica.com. But I somehow doubt that this is where you want to send your Bank of America credentials...
Security is a process, not a product. Security isn't a little black box you can buy, put in the corner, connect to your network and it automagically protects you against anything and everything an attacker may throw at you. I know that this is what management wants and keeps buying from snake oil peddlers, but it just does not work that way.
That does not mean that it's futile, that we should throw our hands up, yell "it's hopeless" and give the attackers free reign. It isn't hopeless and it isn't impossible. But it is an arms race. It isn't something you can buy today and forget about it, it is something you have to develop, implement, measure, evaluate and refine. Constantly.
That management does not like to hear this is a different matter...
Old German proverb: The knave thinks (others are) the way he is. Now take a wild guess why your manager thought you were bullshitting him when you told him it will take the time it will take.
If your boss is at least a halfway decent mathematician, you might be able to explain it this way: When you have already n programmers in your crew, adding another one adds only about 1/n workforce to the pool. The rest is wasted on coordination and training.
And until the not so recent past, that was a pretty sensible attitude. New was better, and free was actually free. Yes, TANSTAAFL does apply, but I do remember people who would host parties for the only reason that they enjoyed being party hosts and invite friends over. Without any actual ulterior motifs.
And new did actually mean better. Think back the last 100 years and you'll see that every generation of something that came out was in some way better than its predecessor. Faster. More reliable. Safer. More convenient.
Only recently this has changed dramatically. Newer technology isn't really better than its predecessor. Actually, again and again we had to learn that newer generations of something took things away from us. Cars get harder and harder to repair yourself with every generation having more and more technical bullshit baked into its vital parts (I'm not talking about passenger entertainment, I'm talking about operation). Phones are actually losing features instead of gaining some (with the headphone jack only being the tip of the ice berg).
And you don't want me to compare Windows 10 to ANY of its predecessors, including ME...
Parasites have a long standing history, reaching back millennia and still going strong.
Of course, in nature every organism tries to combat them, fight back and do its best to eliminate them rather than embracing them and lauding them for living on their expense...
I wouldn't be so keen to see these jobs coming back. If unskilled jobs come back, it only means that the income situation is completely FUBAR in the US, because it means that wages in the US can compete with wages in a Chinese sweatshop.
And you don't believe that working conditions in the US would be any better than in a Chinese sweatshop if you can compete with it on salaries.
Dialogue dubbing doesn't have to suck. Quite the opposite, some shows gained due to the translation.
You might know of a (probably) little known series called "The Persuaders!". It's a not too spectacular action comedy series with Tony Curtis and Roger Moore, and as you may imagine from them starring in it, it's quite old. It didn't even make it through the original 24 episodes in the US.
In the German dub, it became an incredible hit, simply because when the dubbing happened, they already knew it was a bomb. And they practically didn't give a shit. They routinely broke the fourth wall ("I have to talk faster or my words won't sync to my lips and the network gets angry letters again") and generally lightened the tone a lot.
This can actually salvage bad or boring dialogue, it all depends on how well the dubbing is executed.
Why should I trust your cert? More importantly, why should I believe that the cert your server presents to me is your cert? How do I know it is your server presenting the cert and not some man in the middle? I cannot verify a self signed certificate. I have no way to determine whether the certificate you present to me is genuine.
It's the Colombo effect: Of course we know that Captain America is going to win in the end, the question is how it's done. If we see him cornered in the trailer and then we see how he gets out of the trap, that takes away the suspense.
At the very least, that last part should be omitted.
I have no idea what a reasonable person would do. I'm the kind of guy who is unfazed by you telling him about your sexual exploits (mostly due to me not really caring). It upsets me greatly, though, if people are irrational.
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Hmm... Could I have the bitch? That's one STD I evaded...
Note to self: Hire orphans. Lack of relatives lowers the chance of lawsuits.
There is no silver bullet. And people understanding certificates wrongly is only the tip of the ice berg. Even if they do start to get the idea, it isn't a given that they actually understand the implications. Just because the certificate is CA signed doesn't mean that your data is protected. At least if you click a link that connects you to Bank0fAmerica.com. Yes, the connection is encrypted and the certificate is really for the server Bank0fAmerica.com. But I somehow doubt that this is where you want to send your Bank of America credentials...
Security is a process, not a product. Security isn't a little black box you can buy, put in the corner, connect to your network and it automagically protects you against anything and everything an attacker may throw at you. I know that this is what management wants and keeps buying from snake oil peddlers, but it just does not work that way.
That does not mean that it's futile, that we should throw our hands up, yell "it's hopeless" and give the attackers free reign. It isn't hopeless and it isn't impossible. But it is an arms race. It isn't something you can buy today and forget about it, it is something you have to develop, implement, measure, evaluate and refine. Constantly.
That management does not like to hear this is a different matter...
Old German proverb: The knave thinks (others are) the way he is. Now take a wild guess why your manager thought you were bullshitting him when you told him it will take the time it will take.
If your boss is at least a halfway decent mathematician, you might be able to explain it this way: When you have already n programmers in your crew, adding another one adds only about 1/n workforce to the pool. The rest is wasted on coordination and training.
Baby taking 9 months? Try more women.
And until the not so recent past, that was a pretty sensible attitude. New was better, and free was actually free. Yes, TANSTAAFL does apply, but I do remember people who would host parties for the only reason that they enjoyed being party hosts and invite friends over. Without any actual ulterior motifs.
And new did actually mean better. Think back the last 100 years and you'll see that every generation of something that came out was in some way better than its predecessor. Faster. More reliable. Safer. More convenient.
Only recently this has changed dramatically. Newer technology isn't really better than its predecessor. Actually, again and again we had to learn that newer generations of something took things away from us. Cars get harder and harder to repair yourself with every generation having more and more technical bullshit baked into its vital parts (I'm not talking about passenger entertainment, I'm talking about operation). Phones are actually losing features instead of gaining some (with the headphone jack only being the tip of the ice berg).
And you don't want me to compare Windows 10 to ANY of its predecessors, including ME...
I have money. The problem here is more that I intend to keep it rather than throwing it at the parasites.
Parasites have a long standing history, reaching back millennia and still going strong.
Of course, in nature every organism tries to combat them, fight back and do its best to eliminate them rather than embracing them and lauding them for living on their expense...
Why? We already have a TV buffoon playing a president, do you need one from Hollywood to complement it?
I wouldn't be so keen to see these jobs coming back. If unskilled jobs come back, it only means that the income situation is completely FUBAR in the US, because it means that wages in the US can compete with wages in a Chinese sweatshop.
And you don't believe that working conditions in the US would be any better than in a Chinese sweatshop if you can compete with it on salaries.
For about a week until Gesichterbuch and livre de visages get launched.
Do you really want that? Why do you want to increase productivity in Europe, are you some kind of commie?
Currently they're still slapping wrists. It started in that ballpark with Microsoft, too.
Dialogue dubbing doesn't have to suck. Quite the opposite, some shows gained due to the translation.
You might know of a (probably) little known series called "The Persuaders!". It's a not too spectacular action comedy series with Tony Curtis and Roger Moore, and as you may imagine from them starring in it, it's quite old. It didn't even make it through the original 24 episodes in the US.
In the German dub, it became an incredible hit, simply because when the dubbing happened, they already knew it was a bomb. And they practically didn't give a shit. They routinely broke the fourth wall ("I have to talk faster or my words won't sync to my lips and the network gets angry letters again") and generally lightened the tone a lot.
This can actually salvage bad or boring dialogue, it all depends on how well the dubbing is executed.
If it wins best sound I'm SO out of here!
Why should I trust your cert? More importantly, why should I believe that the cert your server presents to me is your cert? How do I know it is your server presenting the cert and not some man in the middle? I cannot verify a self signed certificate. I have no way to determine whether the certificate you present to me is genuine.
Don't worry. Quite a few companies will be in the near future...
You can replace all those bloated wall street assholes with a small script.
Really?
Hmm... think I should watch the movie finally. Only to see just how horribly exploitative it is, of course.
I'd rather get a living wage. Curiously, this isn't something you can sue over. But getting your feelings hurt, that's sue-worthy.
But there is a shortage of STEMs with 20+ years experience willing to work for 40k a year. It's absolutely impossible to find any.
For wanting to get rid of politicians?
The only reason some of them are still alive is just that they ain't worth the jail time.
It's the Colombo effect: Of course we know that Captain America is going to win in the end, the question is how it's done. If we see him cornered in the trailer and then we see how he gets out of the trap, that takes away the suspense.
At the very least, that last part should be omitted.
The problem here is, I'm not reasonable.
I have no idea what a reasonable person would do. I'm the kind of guy who is unfazed by you telling him about your sexual exploits (mostly due to me not really caring). It upsets me greatly, though, if people are irrational.