Actually, it's not that I disagree with any South Korean, but that I only receive spam from South Korea.
But, more imporantly, Korean ISPs never reply to abuse complaints. Not slander, but fact. Other country's ISPs do reply--even non-English speaking countries. Of course South Korea isn't a rogue nation, but the South Korean ISPs have a consistent culture of irresponsibility.
People forget that there's some responsibility using the Internet--this includes not soaking the rest of the world in spam and (for ISPs) not ignoring abuse complaints. I've blocked South Korea completely by routing all Korea IP blocks to a blackhole (non-existant IP address). If you'd like to do the same for this (and perhaps other countries and select ISPs), see
http://www.blackholes.us/
Click on (South) Korea.
Once this and other rogue nations and ISPs behave in a responsible manner, perhaps they can rejoin the club. Now back to our regular programming:-) . . .
Please read this message at
http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/gnome/get/#downl oad:
a security vulnerability in the GNOME Print Manager could allow unauthorized reading of files. To resolve this issue, after installation of GNOME 2.0, execute the following command (as root user):
chmod u-s/usr/lib/gnome-print-manager-remote
The most important reason for having split releases (that is, a "stable") series is a stable API. That means module developers don't have to recode everytime a minor point release of Apache comes out.
The example I know about is PHP. Everytime a Apache 2.0.x came out, PHP was broken (wouldn't compile) and I'd have to wait for a new PHP version that would handle the new or modified API. With this release I didn't even have to recompile and the existing PHP worked with Apache 2.0.x. Yeah!!!!!
I have a mini-howto on Apache 2.x and PHP 4 at
http://dan.drydog.com/apache2php.html
As for the new 2.0.x stable series--that's great news. What it means is "no more recompiling modules between minor releases."
I think what Theo did was great and I can't wait until it gets out into the mainstream.
However, I find it funny (hypercritical) that the weblog is hosted by a ISP that tolerates spam, Hurricane Electric. Specifically:
Hurricane Electric's customers include major spammers, such as Bulk ISP Corp.
Hurricane Electric's customers often show up in my spam trap, usually harvesting email addresses.
Hurricane Electric's mail servers have open relays, which allows spammers to spam using their servers. Yes, I know it makes it easier for HE's customers to read email anywhere, but it allows spammers to flood others with spam also.
I'm sure others can add more, but I have other things to do . . .
For books, there are a "professional" reviewers out there. They get paid by receiving a free copy of the product. Most of them give glowing reviews. Be suspicious if you see a reviewer who has reviewed hundreds or thousands of unrelated products.
I suppose the same may apply now to non-books, but
I have no personal knowledge of that.
Most of my EU spam comes from Spain. I also get a lot from Wanadoo.fr, Austria, and Germany.
Finland is interesting because privacy laws protect spammers there from having their name and contact information published on a whois server.
Fortunately, the ISPs for most EU countries are often responsive and shut spammers down (unlike Asian countries, like Korea or China).
I logged into my bank account at uboc.com this morning, which uses https and it worked fine. I had Mozilla 1.2, Windows 2000, and cookies enabled (from originating system).
I haven't tried Linux yet with https, but I will do that.
Privacy laws are good, but they somtimes increase, not reduce spam. Privacy laws can be excessive and are being used today by Finland spammers. Finland prohibits release of whois information, so it's impossible to identify spammers from Finland.
AOLServer is an out-of-date toy.
It's not being actively maintained,
at least to a level to keep up with
Apache or IIS.
AOLServer is great for small sites and relatively easy to setup, but it doesn't scale well.
Yes, it would seem easy to move to another OS with
more robust thread support (for example, Solaris,
definitely not Linux--at least yet).
However, jumping to another UNIX is difficult because of C++. Unlike scripting languages, or even C, C++ is hard to port between platforms. Implementations vary widely.
Of course AOL is the Internet. So is everything else. The Internet is not centralized, it's a distributed collection of (small i) internet-protocol compatible networks. We (so to speak) are all the Internet.
Hotmail is not the problem. They are just a very popular email domain that spammers use to fake.
The real hotmail agressively fights spammers.
I know, because I look at the unfiltered spam I receive (for submission to SpamCop and my private blacklist). Rarely do I get spam from hotmail IP addresses.
Slashdot Mirror
But, more imporantly, Korean ISPs never reply to abuse complaints. Not slander, but fact. Other country's ISPs do reply--even non-English speaking countries. Of course South Korea isn't a rogue nation, but the South Korean ISPs have a consistent culture of irresponsibility.
Most of the msn, yahoo, and aol addresses you see are spoofed.
Once this and other rogue nations and ISPs behave in a responsible manner, perhaps they can rejoin the club. Now back to our regular programming :-) . . .
See http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-999584.html".
Stick with the classic (Apache 1.x) prefork MPM model and you'll be a lot safer. YMMV.
I have a writeup on using PHP with Apache 2 at http://dan.drydog.com/apache2php.html
Please read this message at http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/gnome/get/#downl oad: /usr/lib/gnome-print-manager-remote
a security vulnerability in the GNOME Print Manager could allow unauthorized reading of files. To resolve this issue, after installation of GNOME 2.0, execute the following command (as root user):
chmod u-s
- UNISYS and the GIF/LZW compression patent
- NCR (National Cash Register) and untold number of patents
- Caldera/SCO and DR-DOS (not a patent, but still a lawsuit)
- Caldera/SCO again on all things UNIX
Others, I'm sure can add to this list.The example I know about is PHP. Everytime a Apache 2.0.x came out, PHP was broken (wouldn't compile) and I'd have to wait for a new PHP version that would handle the new or modified API. With this release I didn't even have to recompile and the existing PHP worked with Apache 2.0.x. Yeah!!!!!
I have a mini-howto on Apache 2.x and PHP 4 at http://dan.drydog.com/apache2php.html As for the new 2.0.x stable series--that's great news. What it means is "no more recompiling modules between minor releases."
PHP now has a batch mode intended for preprocessing. That is, periodically generating static HTML from PHP pages.
BTW, PHP news is available in RDF format as a Slashbox. Go to your Slashdot "preferences" to add.
As for Language wars, no language is better, it's just a better tool for a particular job.
Are any safeguards in place, such as installing servers with closed relays and a truely-enforced AUP?
However, I find it funny (hypercritical) that the weblog is hosted by a ISP that tolerates spam, Hurricane Electric. Specifically:
- Hurricane Electric's customers include major spammers, such as Bulk ISP Corp.
- Hurricane Electric's customers often show up in my spam trap, usually harvesting email addresses.
- Hurricane Electric's mail servers have open relays, which allows spammers to spam using their servers. Yes, I know it makes it easier for HE's customers to read email anywhere, but it allows spammers to flood others with spam also.
I'm sure others can add more, but I have other things to do . . .I suppose the same may apply now to non-books, but I have no personal knowledge of that.
Most of my EU spam comes from Spain. I also get a lot from Wanadoo.fr, Austria, and Germany. Finland is interesting because privacy laws protect spammers there from having their name and contact information published on a whois server. Fortunately, the ISPs for most EU countries are often responsive and shut spammers down (unlike Asian countries, like Korea or China).
Since Netscape 7 is on also Solaris, my guess is an equivalent of Mozilla 1.2.1 (Netscapeized) will come along officially from Sun also.
I speak for myself only.
I haven't tried Linux yet with https, but I will do that.
Privacy laws are good, but they somtimes increase, not reduce spam. Privacy laws can be excessive and are being used today by Finland spammers. Finland prohibits release of whois information, so it's impossible to identify spammers from Finland.
At the bottom, it says 2GB of DRAM, Solaris 8.
The Specification page says 2GB ECC SDRAM, Solaris 8.
The PDF Datasheet says "2GB ECC SDRAM, 4 slots PC 133 SODIMMs (unbuffered, ECC)" and "Solaris 8"
My guess is it's a last minute update.
AOLServer is an out-of-date toy. It's not being actively maintained, at least to a level to keep up with Apache or IIS. AOLServer is great for small sites and relatively easy to setup, but it doesn't scale well.
However, jumping to another UNIX is difficult because of C++. Unlike scripting languages, or even C, C++ is hard to port between platforms. Implementations vary widely.
Unless you need backward compatibility with Kerberos v4 (most people should use v5 nowadays), disable it.
Lose kadmin4 and disable starting krb524d in /etc/init.d/
Of course AOL is the Internet. So is everything else. The Internet is not centralized, it's a distributed collection of (small i) internet-protocol compatible networks. We (so to speak) are all the Internet.
http://research.sun.com/projects/crypto/Frequenly
It includes technical information and answers questions some people had about licensing.
The real hotmail agressively fights spammers. I know, because I look at the unfiltered spam I receive (for submission to SpamCop and my private blacklist). Rarely do I get spam from hotmail IP addresses.