If there is anything in your/tmp directory named.bugtraq.c and you didn't put it there, it's too late, you're rooted. Time to unplug the network cable...
I didn't see this described as a root exploit. Did I miss something?
...Companies in the past, today and tomorrow are not going abandon productivity suites such as MSOffice because of these vulnerabilities/exploits...
Don't be so sure. A company's management does have the power to make such a decision, and will do so if sufficiently persuaded. And the arguments for it just keep getting better and better.
We are in uncharted territory. This is not the time for glib predictions based on the past.
...To address this problem, Apache 2 has the perchild MPM which allows a virtual host to have it's own process fork, uid/gid, and thread pool. Unfortunately, the perchild MPM is not presently stable...
I asked Rasmus Lerdorf (creator of PHP) about this when he gave a
presentation to our LUG back in July. He indicated that the perchild MPM was nowhere close to stability, and at that time didn't think anyone was even working on it.
A real shame - it's the one thing that really had me interested in Apache 2.0.
I don't see any reference to it at real.com.
Has anyone been able to play these clips under Linux? When I try it with RealPlayer 8 (which btw is not very easily found at real.com), I just get "PNR_SERVER_ALERT".
Why would a reseller pay $499 for a basic Celeron box with no monitor? They can easily build it with brand-name industry standard components for under half that amount (add $80 or so for XP).
... The others definitely do understand the requirements and the design, because we had plenty of discussions....
I don't think they do. Coding is the process of explaining to a computer something that you already understand.
If you have THREE programmers, presumably with some experience and an understanding of their tools, with NO useful code, then you have a communication problem.
Given cake and a knife only, what is the best way to cut a cake between three people so that no person can complain about receiving an unfairly small portion? And what is the minimun number of cuts necessary?
Two cuts. Person A cuts the cake in two. Person B cuts the larger of the two pieces in two. Person C chooses any of the three pieces. Person B chooses one of the two remaining pieces. Person A gets what's left.
In addition to the improved readability of the printed page, I'm pretty sure it has a special appeal to those of us with wives, or near-equivalents.
Because, you see, for some reason reading a book in the same room with our SO counts as "quality time together"; but reading the same book online counts as "he's obsessed with that damn computer."
It would really make my day if there was a way to install KDE with a single command.
Gentoo is great if you want to stay on top of new releases. To install the latest KDE you just type "emerge kde". It takes a while since everything is compiled from source, so you'll want to do this right before bedtime.:-)
From the article: Gene Riccoboni, a attorney specializing in Internet law, classified Jones' e-mail activity as "tacky," but said there was no legal restriction preventing Jones from sending the e-mail.... California's anti-spam law states, "No person or entity conducting business in this state" may send "unsolicited advertising material for the lease, sale, rental, gift offer, or other disposition of any realty, goods, services or extension of credit."
Um, wouldn't governorship of California qualify as "services"? Perhaps the esteemed attorney needs to read the statute again.
Seems to me that/. is missing the boat here. There is such a thing as advertising that readers want to see.
I remember when PC Magazine first came out (in the 80's), it was mostly advertising and that was its primary value. Everyone wanted to know all about the latest hardware and software that you could add on to your PC, and the respective vendors were best qualified to talk about them.
I think the main reason most people despise today's web advertising is that it sucks. It's all about making an impression, and contains little interesting content. These "in your face" ads are also created with the assumption that you really don't want to see them, so they have to force you to look.
This, and Slashdot's new approach, are all horribly misguided. What/. needs to do is play a major role in the production, appearance and categorization of the ads. Make them a resource, not a nuisance. Make them informative, browseable and searchable. Reject products with no real value.
Slashdot should raise the bar for web advertising, not wallow in the mud of its current state.
Hmm. What I thought was a serious comment gets moderated as funny, and branded as flamebait. Oh well. You originally said you were a newbie unwilling to "take the plunge", now it seems otherwise.
Just taking what you said at face value and trying to comment appropriately; no flames intended. Peace.
... When I thought about installing linux on my kids machine the first thing I did was go to every website that they visited to see if Netscape 6.2 would read the pages properly. barbie.com was the only one that didn't require Windows. Problems ranging from shockwave to Active-X, made it too much of a pain, for this newbie to make the plunge....
My sympathies. However that does make you part
of the problem, and not part of the solution.
How about setting up a Linux box as a VNC server
at some of the schools. The Windows VNC client
is free and works great. Combine that with some
educational material on the basics of what's
good about open source software and what's not so
good about Microsoft, and you're off to the races.
...There is no way that you could try to put a terrorist-sized hole in XP without a lot of people noticing...
Presumably these safeguards are primarily designed to prevent mistakes, not intentional sabotage.
There's also the question as to how well the safeguards are actually tested. In almost any corporate/political system, procedures with have no practical consequence are very unlikely to be carried out properly.
So while I'm inclined to consider the claim of sabotage to be bogus, to bet your ass on that would be foolish.
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I didn't see this described as a root exploit. Did I miss something?
Don't be so sure. A company's management does have the power to make such a decision, and will do so if sufficiently persuaded. And the arguments for it just keep getting better and better.
We are in uncharted territory. This is not the time for glib predictions based on the past.
I asked Rasmus Lerdorf (creator of PHP) about this when he gave a presentation to our LUG back in July. He indicated that the perchild MPM was nowhere close to stability, and at that time didn't think anyone was even working on it.
A real shame - it's the one thing that really had me interested in Apache 2.0.
I don't see any reference to it at real.com. Has anyone been able to play these clips under Linux? When I try it with RealPlayer 8 (which btw is not very easily found at real.com), I just get "PNR_SERVER_ALERT".
Why would a reseller pay $499 for a basic Celeron box with no monitor? They can easily build it with brand-name industry standard components for under half that amount (add $80 or so for XP).
... a universally accepted, cross-platform, dirt-cheap, pocket-sized, rewritable storage medium? Beats me.
I don't think they do. Coding is the process of explaining to a computer something that you already understand.
If you have THREE programmers, presumably with some experience and an understanding of their tools, with NO useful code, then you have a communication problem.
Looks like this is one of those rare cases where a shameless plug is on-topic. Hope that's OK. :-)
Jesus, didn't you notice they already declared war on Open Source? Don't help them pretend to be nice guys. They're not.
Microsoft is the disease. Open Source is the cure.
Two cuts. Person A cuts the cake in two. Person B cuts the larger of the two pieces in two. Person C chooses any of the three pieces. Person B chooses one of the two remaining pieces. Person A gets what's left.
... I'd rather they fix bugs. Like maybe http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144882 which has been broken since RC2. I can't even send mail.
The problem is, it can't be proven. That's why things like open standards and open source exist.
Because, you see, for some reason reading a book in the same room with our SO counts as "quality time together"; but reading the same book online counts as "he's obsessed with that damn computer."
Gentoo is great if you want to stay on top of new releases. To install the latest KDE you just type "emerge kde". It takes a while since everything is compiled from source, so you'll want to do this right before bedtime. :-)
I guess this has not appeared yet on /. because nobody would believe it. Or maybe it really is is a joke?
Daily backups.
Um, wouldn't governorship of California qualify as "services"? Perhaps the esteemed attorney needs to read the statute again.
I remember when PC Magazine first came out (in the 80's), it was mostly advertising and that was its primary value. Everyone wanted to know all about the latest hardware and software that you could add on to your PC, and the respective vendors were best qualified to talk about them.
I think the main reason most people despise today's web advertising is that it sucks. It's all about making an impression, and contains little interesting content. These "in your face" ads are also created with the assumption that you really don't want to see them, so they have to force you to look.
This, and Slashdot's new approach, are all horribly misguided. What /. needs to do is play a major role in the production, appearance and categorization of the ads. Make them a resource, not a nuisance. Make them informative, browseable and searchable. Reject products with no real value.
Slashdot should raise the bar for web advertising, not wallow in the mud of its current state.
Just taking what you said at face value and trying to comment appropriately; no flames intended. Peace.
My sympathies. However that does make you part of the problem, and not part of the solution.
Actually it's called the X Window System. Close enough, though.
Indeed, IMO SWT is the most interesting aspect of the Eclipse project!
I've built and tested a couple of these for clients. No problems at all. Seems about 15-20% faster than KT133A systems.
How about setting up a Linux box as a VNC server at some of the schools. The Windows VNC client is free and works great. Combine that with some educational material on the basics of what's good about open source software and what's not so good about Microsoft, and you're off to the races.
Presumably these safeguards are primarily designed to prevent mistakes, not intentional sabotage.
There's also the question as to how well the safeguards are actually tested. In almost any corporate/political system, procedures with have no practical consequence are very unlikely to be carried out properly.
So while I'm inclined to consider the claim of sabotage to be bogus, to bet your ass on that would be foolish.