I've been running a UK ISP for a couple of years now, aimed at very heavy users who want privacy and no restrictions. I don't know if my customers are pirates or not but as long as they conform to the AUP "don't do anything illegal or stupid" then they are more than welcome to use their connections for whatever purpose they choose.
When you charge pennies for a service - the big UK ISPs have been on a race to zero for years now - you'll come unstuck when people actually want to use the service. Duh. Whatever happened to charging a fair price, and then delivering a fair service? It's not rocket science.
Unlimited connections on static IPs. Secure VPN exit in Switzerland. No download or upload limits. No content filtering. No port blocking. No packet shaping. No transparent web caches. No fair usage policy. No Phorm. No IWF. No censorship. No small print. No call centres. No lock in period.
This is disconcerting. Why is it always the stick and not the carrot with these people?
The entertainment industry treats its customers as criminals. The real crime is the price of a DVD or album. Piracy will exist as long as the prices and distribution models remain untenable.
I hope the UK government never act so heavy-handedly. My own ISP, Super Awesome Broadband http://superawesomebroadband.com/ is totally opposed to such bullshit.
Unlimited connections on static IPs. Secure VPN exits in Sweden and Switzerland. No download or upload limits. No content filtering. No port blocking. No packet shaping. No transparent web caches. No fair usage policy. No Phorm. No small print. No call centres. No lock in period. No cooperation with the RIAA / MPAA.
"Unlimited" offers that are actually very limited, FUPs, throttling, packet shaping, off-peak, on-peak, web caching, port blocking, Phorm; - no wonder with all this crap the average customer is confused about their connection.
"Unlimited connections on static IPs. No download or upload limits. No port blocking, no packet shaping, no transparent web caches, no 'fair usage' policy, no logging, no Phorm, no ad-serving, no small print. Rolling 1 month contract. No lock in period. Direct Engineer Support 24 hours a day, every day. Good, not cheap. £60/month"
"Unlimited connections on static IPs. No download or upload limits. No port blocking, no packet shaping, no transparent web caches, no âoefair usageâ policy, no logging, no Phorm, no ad-serving, no small print. Rolling 1 month contract. No lock in period. Direct Engineer Support 24 hours a day, every day. Good, not cheap. £60/month"
I use it, and I'm a heavy user - it's good, but certainly not cheap.
So this so-called security expert buys an ex-council device on ebay for 99p (incredulous in itself; I used to work for a UK council and I can tell you it is NOT standard practice to flog ex-council kit on ebay), and finds this "security hole" which the council themselves have not confirmed.
Oh, by the way, the freelance security expert in question has also written a book about the very device used in the "attack". What are the chances of that?
This piece is nothing but self-publicising bullshit.
You know what? You're spot on. These guys are a royal pain in the arse. Company policy is to use XP and Exchange, but no, they insist on using GNU/FOSS/Lunix! and then bitch that "nothing works".
The OP could avoid his problem entirely by using the Windows box that was no doubt provided to him by his employer.
We've been conditioned in the UK to expect the moon on a stick for nothing - sure I'd like to have 100mbps to my house, but would I be willing to pay £100 a month for my broadband connection? No chance.
BT are a private company; why would they want to foot the entire bill for this? If FTTP is going to happen properly it needs proper government backing.
What a load of rubbish. So some guy has physical access and breaks the underlying OS. Whoa, extreme hax dude. You can do this on any OS on any platform as long as you have physical access.
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I've been running a UK ISP for a couple of years now, aimed at very heavy users who want privacy and no restrictions. I don't know if my customers are pirates or not but as long as they conform to the AUP "don't do anything illegal or stupid" then they are more than welcome to use their connections for whatever purpose they choose.
Shameless plug: http://superawesomebroadband.com/
Hey don't mock the big McD - working there taught me many things, not least that working in a fast food place sucks.
My McBucks helped fund my startup, if it fails at least I still know how to make a Big Mac :)
1st = 100% Study 0% Party
2:1 = 75% Study 25% Party
2:2 = 50% Study 50% Party
Third = 25% Study 75% Party
Pass = I KANT RITE
Study rate = Employability rate :)
Your boss does less work than you but gets paid more than you.... doesn't sound too stupid to me.
When you charge pennies for a service - the big UK ISPs have been on a race to zero for years now - you'll come unstuck when people actually want to use the service. Duh. Whatever happened to charging a fair price, and then delivering a fair service? It's not rocket science.
Here we go again:
Unlimited connections on static IPs. Secure VPN exit in Switzerland. No download or upload limits. No content filtering. No port blocking. No packet shaping. No transparent web caches. No fair usage policy. No Phorm. No IWF. No censorship. No small print. No call centres. No lock in period.
I'll get me coat.
Some ISPs will never comply. Super Awesome for the win!
http://superawesomebroadband.com/
I'll get me coat
This is disconcerting. Why is it always the stick and not the carrot with these people?
The entertainment industry treats its customers as criminals. The real crime is the price of a DVD or album. Piracy will exist as long as the prices and distribution models remain untenable.
I hope the UK government never act so heavy-handedly. My own ISP, Super Awesome Broadband http://superawesomebroadband.com/ is totally opposed to such bullshit.
Hah that's great; I'll bill you for the keyboard and coffee.
http://superawesomebroadband.com/
Unlimited connections on static IPs. Secure VPN exits in Sweden and Switzerland. No download or upload limits. No content filtering. No port blocking. No packet shaping. No transparent web caches. No fair usage policy. No Phorm. No small print. No call centres. No lock in period. No cooperation with the RIAA / MPAA.
"The RIAA is going to try working with the ISPs to limit file-sharing services and cut off repeated users"
I don't think that will work with THIS ISP http://www.superawesomebroadband.com/
Headline speed isn't everything.
"Unlimited" offers that are actually very limited, FUPs, throttling, packet shaping, off-peak, on-peak, web caching, port blocking, Phorm; - no wonder with all this crap the average customer is confused about their connection.
I will now shamelessly plug http://superawesomebroadband.com/ and get me coat.
No worries. Tiscali might as well be Virgin, they're both allegedly dire :)
Dude, BT own Plusnet. Also, Tiscali are not cable.
Thanks Slashdot, two chances to plug http://superawesomebroadband.com/ in two days.
"Unlimited connections on static IPs. No download or upload limits. No port blocking, no packet shaping, no transparent web caches, no 'fair usage' policy, no logging, no Phorm, no ad-serving, no small print. Rolling 1 month contract. No lock in period. Direct Engineer Support 24 hours a day, every day. Good, not cheap. £60 /month"
http://www.superawesomebroadband.com/
"Unlimited connections on static IPs. No download or upload limits. No port blocking, no packet shaping, no transparent web caches, no âoefair usageâ policy, no logging, no Phorm, no ad-serving, no small print. Rolling 1 month contract. No lock in period. Direct Engineer Support 24 hours a day, every day. Good, not cheap. £60 /month"
I use it, and I'm a heavy user - it's good, but certainly not cheap.
Disclaimer: I know the guy who owns the firm
So this so-called security expert buys an ex-council device on ebay for 99p (incredulous in itself; I used to work for a UK council and I can tell you it is NOT standard practice to flog ex-council kit on ebay), and finds this "security hole" which the council themselves have not confirmed.
Oh, by the way, the freelance security expert in question has also written a book about the very device used in the "attack". What are the chances of that?
This piece is nothing but self-publicising bullshit.
You know what? You're spot on. These guys are a royal pain in the arse. Company policy is to use XP and Exchange, but no, they insist on using GNU/FOSS/Lunix! and then bitch that "nothing works".
The OP could avoid his problem entirely by using the Windows box that was no doubt provided to him by his employer.
We've been conditioned in the UK to expect the moon on a stick for nothing - sure I'd like to have 100mbps to my house, but would I be willing to pay £100 a month for my broadband connection? No chance.
BT are a private company; why would they want to foot the entire bill for this? If FTTP is going to happen properly it needs proper government backing.
BT are already rolling out fibre: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7506742.stm
It's easy to knock BT but seemingly difficult for many people to understand the reasons we don't already have FTTP.
Netmeeting?
Yep, done the same on many a Solaris and HPUX box where the root password had been forgotten.
1: boot off cd
2: mount root partition
3: vi shadow
4: reboot
Voila, no pesky root password.
I wish I video taped it and submitted it to slashdot now.
What a load of rubbish. So some guy has physical access and breaks the underlying OS. Whoa, extreme hax dude. You can do this on any OS on any platform as long as you have physical access.
!news
thanks, that's the first time i've aver laughed out loud at a /. post!
Pfft I've been a geek forever, and I've always been cool. I don't need some new-media twat to tell me that.
Making a shitload in I.T. since 96.
"every system I've ever had to use, and not had source code for, I've run into the limits of."
Are you suggesting you max out the capabilities of every system you ever used, and then somehow "edit the source code" to enable greater performance?
The delusion.