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  1. Cisco Ads in France, all about Security on Cisco's LEAP Authentication Cracked · · Score: 1

    And in France, Cisco is now passing TV Ads about total security in their networks, and self-healing systems. Not a good claim to do these days...

  2. eBay on Mozilla 1.7 to Become New Long-Lived Branch · · Score: 1

    I find that after using ebay for about 20-30 pages, I cannot connect to the site anymore (page unavailable) until I restart the mozilla/firefox process.

  3. 9 Steps Windows-to-Linux roadmap (IBM) on THG On Migrating To Linux · · Score: 5, Informative

    IBM also published in yesterday's Red Book newsletter, a 9 steps program to learn how to migrate from Windows to Linux.
    Windows-to-Linux Roadmap

  4. Re:Appeals? on Microsoft and EU Talks End · · Score: 1

    So Microsoft sent Balmer to try to strike a deal... result, EU has more stringent conditions. If only this would mean that each time Microsoft tries to drag this on in time the EU would double the fine ...

  5. Corporate phones... on Using Employee-Owned Technology in the Workplace? · · Score: 1

    In a previous job, the employee wanted us to move to a corporate mobile-phone scheme. I knew then that eventually I would be leaving them, and refused the offer.
    This meant that I had no ethical issues when looking for a new job, because I wasn't using my employee's resource.

  6. Same issues, filtering and self-employed on Using Employee-Owned Technology in the Workplace? · · Score: 1

    I had this issue once with a client, but I did explain that I would do the same for them, if they had an emergency on their systems.
    The trick is to keep it at a minimum number of calls. I rarely give my cellphone number to clients, but give them my office number, then someone can filter them, judge if they need to pass them on to me.
    The situation can also be completly different if you are a self-employed IT engineer/consultant.

  7. Auto-Spin Disabler Jumper on Hitachi Announces 400GB Hard Drive · · Score: 3, Informative

    One of the most interesting feature of the disk, is the Auto-Spin disabler jumper. When using proper IDE RAID controllers (namely 3ware), the Auto-Spin disabler can be used to slowly spin up a large array of disks without blowing up your PSU.

  8. OSI Model on DARPA Aims to Redo the Internet Protocol · · Score: 1

    Let's move to the OSI model. We all know the seven layers of the model, so why not use it ? ;-)

  9. Solution: Use Windows NT 4.0 on USB Swiss Army Knife · · Score: 1

    Well Windows NT 4.0 doesn't support USB, so you can sleep well, knowing your system is safe ;-)

  10. Re: Fixed? I need auto-save each 10 minutes on KDE 3.2.1 Released · · Score: 1

    Can KMix also auto-save the volume settings every 10 minutes ? and we want the saved file to be in a xml compatible file, in case I want to open it in OpenOfficeMix ;-)

  11. O'Reilly Safari on Implementing CIFS · · Score: 4, Informative

    And best of all it's available on O'Reilly's Safari service.

  12. Re:It's actually... on Space Station Slowly Falling Apart? · · Score: 1

    Well... if only they had used Self-Sealing Stembolds from Quark's supply, we would have be talking about this a few months ago... ;-)

  13. Simple... use TTCP (Test TCP) on Good Demo System For A High-Bandwidth Link? · · Score: 1

    Test TCP (TTCP) is a command-line sockets-based benchmarking tool for measuring TCP and UDP performance between two systems. It was originally developed for the BSD operating system starting in 1984. The original TTCP and sources are in the public domain, and copies are available from many anonymous FTP sites.

    Test TCP (TTCP) Benchmarking Tool for Measuring TCP and UDP Performance.

  14. Nokia 6310 series... old, but still gaining market on Plain Cell Phones Fading Away? · · Score: 1

    I completly concur with our assertions. Now what I find interesting is that the 'older' Nokia 6310 series seems completly bypassed by newer/colorfull/camera oriented devices. But more and more business men I meet seems to get these older but very stable and long lasting devices.

  15. Too vi or to Nano on Debian Fastest-Growing Distro, Says Netcraft · · Score: 1

    I had a collegue start on a Linux system, and he had a few operations to perform, so I tell him to use nano, as it's easier. The fourth step of the operation was to add a crontab job... back to reality, crontab -e puts you in vi ;-)

  16. Re:Not really.. on Debian Fastest-Growing Distro, Says Netcraft · · Score: 1

    Or... More Red Hat Administrators put default Apache server rpms configurations online, while 200'000 gentoo admins emerged apache with a config that has ServerTokens Prod

  17. Linux Counter on Debian Fastest-Growing Distro, Says Netcraft · · Score: 1

    Linux Counter would be a good start, but information is on a voluntary basis, and the data could use some pruning for old/obsolete records.
    http://counter.li.org/

  18. vi & Gentoo on Debian Fastest-Growing Distro, Says Netcraft · · Score: 1

    I'm 'vi' all the way. On any Unix/Linux system there is always a vi... until I tried Gentoo ? by the default it comes with nano...

  19. Re:How reliable are these results? on Debian Fastest-Growing Distro, Says Netcraft · · Score: 1

    Gentoo going from 20,273 to 24,229 (+3956)
    RedHat going from 1,231,986 to 1,451,505 (+219,519)
    So Red Hat is losing to Gentoo in % ?

    Mandrake going from 51,299 to 52,543 (+1244)
    I'm more worried from those results that Mandrake hasn't increased it's user base that much at all...

  20. 75% servers without Distro name... on Debian Fastest-Growing Distro, Says Netcraft · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Debian has been the fastest growing Linux distribution when measured by counting active sites which contain the name of a Linux distribution in the Apache Server header... A distribution name is present in a little over a quarter of Linux based Apache sites."

    To me it says that 75% of the Apache administrators on Linux boxes have tought about security.
    Sure, it's an Apache server, but do you really need to show which distribution you are using ?

  21. Re:Replace it with MadWifi 802.11a/b/g from Athero on Linux Centrino Driver Update · · Score: 1

    This is indeed an MiniPCI card, but I don't have an IBM ThinkPad. I use a HP Compaq nx7000 with RHEL3.

  22. Replace it with MadWifi 802.11a/b/g from Atheros on Linux Centrino Driver Update · · Score: 4, Informative

    I've simply removed from my laptop the Intel Pro Wireless 2100 WiFi Mini-PCI card and replaced it with a Atheros 802.11a/b/g chipset. The Multiband Atheros Driver for Wifi (aka MadWifi) is well supported under Linux. It even has a great FAQ.
    The card I bought is an IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN MiniPCI Adapter (IBM Part Number: 31P9701), and works flawlessly under REHL3.

  23. Logitech wireless keyboards... oops who's input? on A Glance At 24 Keyboards & Mice · · Score: 2, Informative

    I've experienced in my previous company users and secretaries using older Logitech wireless keyboards, seeing other people's text being inserted in their word processing... The persons where even on different floors with about 10 meters distances.

  24. Wireless... Not me, I'm paranoid !!! on A Glance At 24 Keyboards & Mice · · Score: 2, Interesting

    While I have no complains about Wireless mices (bluetooth, 443Mhz, whatever frequency), I can't get my head around the number of people that purchase Wireless keyboards. Some have better encryption than others, but why in the hell would you want your passwords or credit card number fly though the air using a 40$ keyboard/receiver ? Do people seriously think that those credentials cannot be captured ?

  25. Cherry Keyboards (Gold Series) on A Glance At 24 Keyboards & Mice · · Score: 2, Informative

    I've been using a Cherry keyboard for 5 years. Sturdy keys, high-quality plastic, excellent springs. While I did pay more thant 70$ for that keyboard 5 years ago, the new ones are much much cheaper. I got a new one on order.