You filter and sanitize the traffic at a point in the network where you have the resources to do so.
For small operations, where it would cost too much to lay out your own huge network, you go with companies like Prolexic, mentioned in the article.
Let's be clear about one thing though.. this depends on your business. Online sports gambling businesses, especially smaller ones, can be hurt severely if they are forced offline for even a few key days of play. If customers can't bet on a game, they WILL go to a competitor, that money is lost. It's not like online shopping where they can just come back a day later and buy the same thing.
Due to the extremely high cost of downtime at key times, these extortionists could afford to throw serious resources at their targets. The likelyhood of someone sustaining a multi-gigabit attack for several days with 20,000 hosts or more against some little business website is unlikely.
Attacks can't go on forever, the longer they run, the easier it is to track down the perpetrators. Unless your downtime is that valuable, you are not likely to be a long term target.
So.. without knowing what business your are in, all I can say is put it all in perspective for your boss. The cost of downtime, the impact, how much money they are willing to spend to prevent downtime, etc. For a few grand a month, you could likely have some first class protection for your web traffic.
No, once the password is obtained it can be used to do whatever the script wants, without further user interaction. Running another "authenticate" panel isnt' necessary.. terminal input can be scripted, and sudo works just fine from there.
The default user account is a regular user account with sudo configured. Operations requiring root priveleges will obtain them via a sudo mechanism, requiring you to enter your password first.
To say "Root is disabled" isn't really accurate, though... root login is disabled. The root user still exists, and you can obtain a root shell by "sudo sh" (after giving your password, of course).
Again, that's not a GPL issue at all, but a straightforward copyright issue.
How about some column in a magazine? If someone lifts my column I wrote for some obscure magazine, it's still copyright infringement, and I can still go for damages. If it was a small infraction, and really not worth the time.. I'm likely not going to sue.
Similarly, if someone lifts my code and doesn't abide by the license... it's completely up to ME to decide how to deal with that, and not anyone else.
Where does this concept of "what's being done for these people" come from? People are responsible for their own actions. Just because you write GPL code and give it away doesn't mean anyone OWES you *ANYTHING* at all. All you can expect is that people follow the license, and that the law protects you if they don't.
IF someone has their code lifted, and solicits help from the community, I bet they would get it, from the EFF and the community at large. If they don't ASK, then the community and others can't really do anything; it's not their code. If I choose to ignore someone ripping off my code, that's MY business, and not yours.
If Blender code was lifted to some huge cad program, there would be lawsuits.. but they would be up to the rightsholders to initiate.
In an office environment: - users will likely save documents where they shouldn't, and they will be erased on reboot. - windows updates get to be a pain, especially with automated services.
A lan center in this respect is a lot less demanding than an office, where people DO have personalized machines.
What is to prevent someone from stealing an author's novel and selling it as their own? what's to prevent someone from stealing photographs and presenting them as their own? What about music?
The GPL doesn't somehow nullify copyright law.. taking someone elses work and passing it as your own is fraud. It's also copyright violation, and other things, depending on how things are done.
- Fiber Channel is not necessarily on fiber optics. - Ethernet also works over Fiber - Even at the same bitrate - IP over SCSI or FC is not unheard of, and easily do-able.
Apple recommends against running an ibook with the lid closed.. it was not designed to operate properly this way.. heat problems.
As for dual screen.. apple doesn't discourage it at all. it's simply not a feature of the ibook line, and presumably a future version of the ibook might have a video card that doesn't support this.. so they don't enable it. IT's perfectly acceptable to do so, however, and the ibook works just great.
Seriuosly.. the fact that the system could and probably should have been better we can all agree on.
That doesn't change the fact that this was indeed human error, not some mysterious programming bug.
If I neglect to deal with a problem in my network that I am fully aware of and know will happen, when it will happen, and what the consequences will be, then regardless of the root cause of that failure, I am to blame, period.
"The fact is, if the software wasn't faulty, at least in this case the rest would not have mattered. "
The fact is, if flashlight batteries lasted forever, we woudln't have to change them.
If engine oil lasted forever, I wouldn't have to change it.
Yes, the software was faulty. This is analogous to a poor quality part in a mechanical system, or using shitty oil in a vehicle that needs to be replaced more often.
If there was a procedure in place to reboot that system daily, and it was not followed, then the overall failure was human error, NOT computer error.
Yes, and from a technical point of view, that individual system that failed kind of sucked. no you shouldn't have to reboot it.
The overall system though, invovles human procedures and interaction, and one of those necessary tasks was restarting the machine to deal with this problem. Failure to do this is what caused the overall systme to shut down, as the reboots were PART of that system. Yes, it's silly, and yes, those who built the system should have picked a more stable part, however, the procedure still exists.
What you are saying is tantamount to blaming the airplane for crashing because the pilot ignored the checklist because he felt it SHOULD have been engineered better.
And you are missing the point. This is not a technical failure. This is a human failure. Yes, if the software didn't have this bug, it wouldn't have to reboot.. sure.
If flashlight batteries lasted forever, we wouldn't have to change them, either.. but as they don't, changing the batteries is part of the process.
The failure of the computer itself was a software problem. The failure of the system as a whole was the fact that procedure wasn't followed, and the system was not restarted.
If it's your job to reboot the machine, and you fail to do your job, you cannot get away with blaming the software.
Elevators have emergency breaks... in fact, the passenger elevator came into existence when the automatic emergency brakes were invented.. the elevator existed for years and years before that.
I don't know about the community at large.. in my case, they have been very stable. I think I've updated maybe one of the transports in the last six months due to protocol changes for MSN.. I'm not even sure about that (I believe apt took care of it).
Not quite.. jabber is multi-site too.. moreso than any of teh other IM clients which require a central server farm to work.
user@foo.com can message user@bar.com. you can set up your own jabber server and join the global jabber community.
it works like email.. DNS looks up the domain, finds the appropriate record for the server to use, and then delivers. Ultimately, all the other IM systems (msn, aim, etc) are centralized... we rely on one provider. Jabber is completely internet-scale.. infinitely more scalable than the others.. that's one large long-term advantage.
jabber is multi-site, like mail. You don't need a server with like-minded people... all jabber users globally can chat with each other (unless, you know, you set up a private jabber server, etc.. same with email)
The protocol is open and extensible, and supports the idea of extended transports.. so the jabber server can act as a gateway for msn/icq/aol/foo/bar/baz. My jabber server deals with all of this... my yahoo/aim/icq/msn contacts are all stored on my jabber server.. I just sign in with whatever jabber client I want, and it all just works.
That's not true at all.. the Ministers in question hold largely political positoins; the actual hard work is done by people who are qualified in their fields.. advisors, staffers, etc. The minister is just the guy in charge.
To pick an example off the top of my head from a few years ago, Alan Rock, who was minister of Health for a while, and then Minister of Justice (or was it the other way around).. what qualifies him to really do either? Does he have criminal law experience, or healthcare administration experience? No.. he's a politician, through and through.
A politician's main skill is generally politics.. not business administration. If this country was run more like a proper business, we would be in much better fiscal shape.
If there was only one person voting, then there would only be one name on the ballot, the person voting. (candidates get a vote, right?)
Either way, if it works out to a big tie.. that indicates there is no clear choice among the voters... and that's significant. Why should one guy win if all are favored equally?
It doesn't need to make sense with only one person voting.. or even with only a few poeple voting.. the system is designed to find the will of a large number of people.
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You filter and sanitize the traffic at a point in the network where you have the resources to do so.
For small operations, where it would cost too much to lay out your own huge network, you go with companies like Prolexic, mentioned in the article.
Let's be clear about one thing though.. this depends on your business. Online sports gambling businesses, especially smaller ones, can be hurt severely if they are forced offline for even a few key days of play. If customers can't bet on a game, they WILL go to a competitor, that money is lost. It's not like online shopping where they can just come back a day later and buy the same thing.
Due to the extremely high cost of downtime at key times, these extortionists could afford to throw serious resources at their targets. The likelyhood of someone sustaining a multi-gigabit attack for several days with 20,000 hosts or more against some little business website is unlikely.
Attacks can't go on forever, the longer they run, the easier it is to track down the perpetrators. Unless your downtime is that valuable, you are not likely to be a long term target.
So.. without knowing what business your are in, all I can say is put it all in perspective for your boss. The cost of downtime, the impact, how much money they are willing to spend to prevent downtime, etc. For a few grand a month, you could likely have some first class protection for your web traffic.
No, once the password is obtained it can be used to do whatever the script wants, without further user interaction. Running another "authenticate" panel isnt' necessary.. terminal input can be scripted, and sudo works just fine from there.
The default user account is a regular user account with sudo configured. Operations requiring root priveleges will obtain them via a sudo mechanism, requiring you to enter your password first.
To say "Root is disabled" isn't really accurate, though... root login is disabled. The root user still exists, and you can obtain a root shell by "sudo sh" (after giving your password, of course).
Again, that's not a GPL issue at all, but a straightforward copyright issue.
How about some column in a magazine? If someone lifts my column I wrote for some obscure magazine, it's still copyright infringement, and I can still go for damages. If it was a small infraction, and really not worth the time.. I'm likely not going to sue.
Similarly, if someone lifts my code and doesn't abide by the license... it's completely up to ME to decide how to deal with that, and not anyone else.
Where does this concept of "what's being done for these people" come from? People are responsible for their own actions. Just because you write GPL code and give it away doesn't mean anyone OWES you *ANYTHING* at all. All you can expect is that people follow the license, and that the law protects you if they don't.
IF someone has their code lifted, and solicits help from the community, I bet they would get it, from the EFF and the community at large. If they don't ASK, then the community and others can't really do anything; it's not their code. If I choose to ignore someone ripping off my code, that's MY business, and not yours.
If Blender code was lifted to some huge cad program, there would be lawsuits.. but they would be up to the rightsholders to initiate.
IN many office environments, it's not suitable. A document saved to the wrong folder ends up erased on reboot - that's no good for end users.
Automatic Upgrades become a pain in the butt, having to un-freeze everything for them.
a lan center in this respect is easier, as the machines have a static configuration that is not dependent on the user.
A few caveats -
In an office environment:
- users will likely save documents where they shouldn't, and they will be erased on reboot.
- windows updates get to be a pain, especially with automated services.
A lan center in this respect is a lot less demanding than an office, where people DO have personalized machines.
What is to prevent someone from stealing an author's novel and selling it as their own? what's to prevent someone from stealing photographs and presenting them as their own?
What about music?
The GPL doesn't somehow nullify copyright law.. taking someone elses work and passing it as your own is fraud. It's also copyright violation, and other things, depending on how things are done.
I think that's just the r/w heads, the data is still stored magnetically as it always has been.
- Fiber Channel is not necessarily on fiber optics.
- Ethernet also works over Fiber
- Even at the same bitrate
- IP over SCSI or FC is not unheard of, and easily do-able.
What does "It's way smaller than an ipod" have to do with anything?
This thing has about 1 or 2% of the storage capacity of an ipod.
And this thing is also huge compared to other flash players with 256mb...
Apple recommends against running an ibook with the lid closed.. it was not designed to operate properly this way.. heat problems.
As for dual screen.. apple doesn't discourage it at all. it's simply not a feature of the ibook line, and presumably a future version of the ibook might have a video card that doesn't support this.. so they don't enable it. IT's perfectly acceptable to do so, however, and the ibook works just great.
Seriuosly.. the fact that the system could and probably should have been better we can all agree on.
That doesn't change the fact that this was indeed human error, not some mysterious programming bug.
If I neglect to deal with a problem in my network that I am fully aware of and know will happen, when it will happen, and what the consequences will be, then regardless of the root cause of that failure, I am to blame, period.
"The fact is, if the software wasn't faulty, at least in this case the rest would not have mattered.
"
The fact is, if flashlight batteries lasted forever, we woudln't have to change them.
If engine oil lasted forever, I wouldn't have to change it.
Yes, the software was faulty. This is analogous to a poor quality part in a mechanical system, or using shitty oil in a vehicle that needs to be replaced more often.
If there was a procedure in place to reboot that system daily, and it was not followed, then the overall failure was human error, NOT computer error.
Yes, and from a technical point of view, that individual system that failed kind of sucked. no you shouldn't have to reboot it.
The overall system though, invovles human procedures and interaction, and one of those necessary tasks was restarting the machine to deal with this problem. Failure to do this is what caused the overall systme to shut down, as the reboots were PART of that system. Yes, it's silly, and yes, those who built the system should have picked a more stable part, however, the procedure still exists.
What you are saying is tantamount to blaming the airplane for crashing because the pilot ignored the checklist because he felt it SHOULD have been engineered better.
And you are missing the point. This is not a technical failure. This is a human failure.
Yes, if the software didn't have this bug, it wouldn't have to reboot.. sure.
If flashlight batteries lasted forever, we wouldn't have to change them, either.. but as they don't, changing the batteries is part of the process.
The failure of the computer itself was a software problem. The failure of the system as a whole was the fact that procedure wasn't followed, and the system was not restarted.
If it's your job to reboot the machine, and you fail to do your job, you cannot get away with blaming the software.
Elevators have emergency breaks... in fact, the passenger elevator came into existence when the automatic emergency brakes were invented.. the elevator existed for years and years before that.
I don't know about the community at large.. in my case, they have been very stable. I think I've updated maybe one of the transports in the last six months due to protocol changes for MSN.. I'm not even sure about that (I believe apt took care of it).
I use them basically 24/7 during that time.
Not quite.. jabber is multi-site too.. moreso than any of teh other IM clients which require a central server farm to work.
user@foo.com can message user@bar.com. you can set up your own jabber server and join the global jabber community.
it works like email.. DNS looks up the domain, finds the appropriate record for the server to use, and then delivers.
Ultimately, all the other IM systems (msn, aim, etc) are centralized... we rely on one provider. Jabber is completely internet-scale.. infinitely more scalable than the others.. that's one large long-term advantage.
Maybe not for you.. for the majority of people, it's still text messaging, plain and simple.
You can save just as much in long distance with good phone-integrated voip services...
The glossed over version:
jabber is multi-site, like mail. You don't need a server with like-minded people... all jabber users globally can chat with each other (unless, you know, you set up a private jabber server, etc.. same with email)
The protocol is open and extensible, and supports the idea of extended transports.. so the jabber server can act as a gateway for msn/icq/aol/foo/bar/baz. My jabber server deals with all of this... my yahoo/aim/icq/msn contacts are all stored on my jabber server.. I just sign in with whatever jabber client I want, and it all just works.
Well, for one, we'd need even more energy to keep the station in orbit... equal forces and all. A recoilless rocket system would work.
That's ignoring the astronomical amount of energy needed to de-orbit something into the sun.
It's also true if you are running X locally.. which is what we are talking about here.
Except the dutch windmills were used primarily for continuous pumping water out to create more usable land... not grain.
That's not true at all.. the Ministers in question hold largely political positoins; the actual hard work is done by people who are qualified in their fields.. advisors, staffers, etc. The minister is just the guy in charge.
.. what qualifies him to really do either? Does he have criminal law experience, or healthcare administration experience? No.. he's a politician, through and through.
To pick an example off the top of my head from a few years ago, Alan Rock, who was minister of Health for a while, and then Minister of Justice (or was it the other way around)
A politician's main skill is generally politics.. not business administration. If this country was run more like a proper business, we would be in much better fiscal shape.
If there was only one person voting, then there would only be one name on the ballot, the person voting. (candidates get a vote, right?)
Either way, if it works out to a big tie.. that indicates there is no clear choice among the voters... and that's significant. Why should one guy win if all are favored equally?
It doesn't need to make sense with only one person voting.. or even with only a few poeple voting.. the system is designed to find the will of a large number of people.