The bad: Let's see, didn't the US Navy already experience a problem with an NT4-based ship being dead in the water? And a dead ship can't maneuver. If there are other ships around, that's not a good time to be invisible. (Captain of aircraft carrier: "What was that crunchy sound?")
You're assuming that people don't learn anything in 6 years.
I just bought a Microsoft MN-720 wireless card for my laptop. I didn't really care for the included router, as I already have a Belkin WAP that supports 802.11x RADIUS (the included MS one only supported WPA-PSK).
This weekend I had FreeRadius set up and running EAP-TLS with no problem after getting the Funk Odyssey client since Win2k doesn't support WPA natively. The SSL certificates came from my Win2k AD domain, FreeRadius was set to authorize via LDAP query to the AD domain, and everything went off without a hitch after an hour or two of twiddling.
So not satisfied with not leaving well enough along, I changed RADIUS servers to point to my Win2k domain controller running IAS (Microsoft's RADIUS implementation). It actually worked BETTER than FreeRadius in this application, as FreeRadius has a few limitations such lack of CRL checking, etc... FreeRadius is a bit esoteric, but not impossible.
100% of the money isn't devoted towards servers and rackspace. There's operational costs, network infrastructure, bandwidth, software costs, maintenance contracts, spare parts... it ain't all just hardware.
Believe it dude. My work address was totally spam-free until I happened to post to Bugtraq *ONCE*.
After that, I'm getting upwards of 10 spams a day. Just because someone is on an OSS project doesn't make them immune from getting harvested and spammed to death.
EX-LEPER
Look, sir, my family has been in begging six generations. I'm not about
to become a goat-herd, just because some long-haired conjuror starts
mucking about. (makes gesture again)
Just like that. "You're cured." Bloody do-gooder!
BRIAN
Well, why don't you go and tell him you want to be a leper again?
EX-LEPER
Ah yeah, I could do that, sir yes, I suppose I could. What I was going
to do was ask him if he could... you know, just make me a bit lame in one
leg during the week, you know, something beggable, but not leprosy, which
is a pain in the arse to be quite blunt, sir, excuse my French but... (They have reached BRIAN and MANDY's house. MANDY goes in. BRIAN gives the
BEGGAR a coin.)
BRIAN
There you are.
EX-LEPER
Thank you sir... half a denary for my bloody life story!
BRIAN
There's no pleasing some people
EX-LEPER
That's just what Jesus said.
"Microsoft should be forced to release their code to the public!"
Microsoft then released some code to the public...
"I don't trust Microsoft for releasing their code to the public! They should be forced to tell us why!"
You get what you want and you're still not satisfied. You're worried about the code? Audit it yourself. If you want Microsoft to continue this sort of behavior, you guys should be encouraging them to do so, not casting them into the deeper pits of Hell.
So be the bigger man, magnanimous in victory and move on. Unless you have some sort of evidence to show that MS isn't on the up-and-up. If you want MS to continue contributing to Opensource, then you're going to dismount the tall equine.
Is this another ploy from Microsoft to not look like the bad guy, or do you think they are embracing on the Open Source movement?
Can't you guys just once take something at face value instead of trying to find ulterior motives for everything? If it's damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-don't then why even bother?
I work in a similar industry, handling patient claims information. This story has been circulating around for a while. What really grabbed my attention from this article was the statement of Transcribe Stat's owner.
"After 23 years in business, it took just one little e-mail to ruin me."
And there it is. These are the things that keep me up at night, watching firewalls logs and everything else that keeps me from getting a good night's sleep.
I believe that laws governing freedom of expression and its regulation vary from country to country. While here in the US, the First Amendment is doing reasonably well, but those protections don't guarantee someone in England the same rights unfortunately.
That's called business. The goal of a company doing business is to make money. If a competitor were to arise that makes a better product, the first company would no longer be able to do business and would either have to adapt or fold up.
This concept may be lost on a lot of Slashdotters, but it is how the world operates.
Uh, check the RFCs. 2396 is for URI resources, which supercedes and merges 1738. You're about 10 years out of date, amigo:
URL schemes that involve the direct use of an IP-based protocol to a specified server on the Internet use a common syntax for the server component of the URI's scheme-specific data:
userinfo@host:port
where userinfo may consist of a user name and, optionally, scheme-specific information about how to gain authorization to access the server. The parts "userinfo@"and ":port" may be omitted
In fact, the RFC actually recommends against using username:password in the URI
Some URL schemes use the format "user:password" in the userinfo field. This practice is NOT RECOMMENDED, because the passing of authentication information in clear text (such as URI) has proven to be a security risk in almost every case where it has been used.
People going on and on about "why bother" porting WinCE to XBox, but ask them the same thing porting Linux to Xbox or other gaming platforms and you best done your asbestos underwear. I guess Slashdotters don't like it when the shoe is on the other hand.
Slashdot Mirror
The bad: Let's see, didn't the US Navy already experience a problem with an NT4-based ship being dead in the water? And a dead ship can't maneuver. If there are other ships around, that's not a good time to be invisible. (Captain of aircraft carrier: "What was that crunchy sound?")
You're assuming that people don't learn anything in 6 years.
What brand of tinfoil do you wear?
I just bought a Microsoft MN-720 wireless card for my laptop. I didn't really care for the included router, as I already have a Belkin WAP that supports 802.11x RADIUS (the included MS one only supported WPA-PSK).
This weekend I had FreeRadius set up and running EAP-TLS with no problem after getting the Funk Odyssey client since Win2k doesn't support WPA natively. The SSL certificates came from my Win2k AD domain, FreeRadius was set to authorize via LDAP query to the AD domain, and everything went off without a hitch after an hour or two of twiddling.
So not satisfied with not leaving well enough along, I changed RADIUS servers to point to my Win2k domain controller running IAS (Microsoft's RADIUS implementation). It actually worked BETTER than FreeRadius in this application, as FreeRadius has a few limitations such lack of CRL checking, etc... FreeRadius is a bit esoteric, but not impossible.
100% of the money isn't devoted towards servers and rackspace. There's operational costs, network infrastructure, bandwidth, software costs, maintenance contracts, spare parts... it ain't all just hardware.
Believe it dude. My work address was totally spam-free until I happened to post to Bugtraq *ONCE*.
After that, I'm getting upwards of 10 spams a day. Just because someone is on an OSS project doesn't make them immune from getting harvested and spammed to death.
From Monty Python's "Life of Brian"
... you know, just make me a bit lame in one ... ... half a denary for my bloody life story!
EX-LEPER
Look, sir, my family has been in begging six generations. I'm not about
to become a goat-herd, just because some long-haired conjuror starts
mucking about. (makes gesture again)
Just like that. "You're cured." Bloody do-gooder!
BRIAN
Well, why don't you go and tell him you want to be a leper again?
EX-LEPER
Ah yeah, I could do that, sir yes, I suppose I could. What I was going
to do was ask him if he could
leg during the week, you know, something beggable, but not leprosy, which
is a pain in the arse to be quite blunt, sir, excuse my French but
(They have reached BRIAN and MANDY's house. MANDY goes in. BRIAN gives the
BEGGAR a coin.)
BRIAN
There you are.
EX-LEPER
Thank you sir
BRIAN
There's no pleasing some people
EX-LEPER
That's just what Jesus said.
There's a lesson to be learned...
It's the classic no-win situation isn't it?
"Microsoft should be forced to release their code to the public!"
Microsoft then released some code to the public...
"I don't trust Microsoft for releasing their code to the public! They should be forced to tell us why!"
You get what you want and you're still not satisfied. You're worried about the code? Audit it yourself. If you want Microsoft to continue this sort of behavior, you guys should be encouraging them to do so, not casting them into the deeper pits of Hell.
Is there some kind of OSS scourge that is supposed to be used so that a company can be cleansed by pain before their code is accepted?
Nobody should be forced to do anything. That's the whole point of opensource isn't it?
Nobody questioned Vader's return from the Dark Side. Sheesh, you just can't get a break from Slashdotters.
Well gee, if they just released the code, I can finally use the same OSS justifications I always get!
"You have the source code, so if you're concerned about Trojans, go ahead and audit it yourself"
So be the bigger man, magnanimous in victory and move on. Unless you have some sort of evidence to show that MS isn't on the up-and-up. If you want MS to continue contributing to Opensource, then you're going to dismount the tall equine.
Is this another ploy from Microsoft to not look like the bad guy, or do you think they are embracing on the Open Source movement?
Can't you guys just once take something at face value instead of trying to find ulterior motives for everything? If it's damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-don't then why even bother?
Transcribe Stat was doing something illegal? Were you reading the same article that everyone else was reading?
I work in a similar industry, handling patient claims information. This story has been circulating around for a while. What really grabbed my attention from this article was the statement of Transcribe Stat's owner.
"After 23 years in business, it took just one little e-mail to ruin me."
And there it is. These are the things that keep me up at night, watching firewalls logs and everything else that keeps me from getting a good night's sleep.
nobody can tell me why I should care.
Yes, I've used OpenOffice. It broke. That has never happened to me with Office2k.
Author is encouraged to RTFA he's submitting. The blurb from MS says that there is an AV API available to MS-Office, not that it's immune to viruses.
I believe that laws governing freedom of expression and its regulation vary from country to country. While here in the US, the First Amendment is doing reasonably well, but those protections don't guarantee someone in England the same rights unfortunately.
Some people just forget that US != RestOfWorld
Maybe it's just me, but this seems to not address any of the important RFID issues at all.
Why would this address any of the important issues. The important issues are based in policy, not technology. Technology enforces policy.
It's your problem, and you need to be accountable for the damage that your idiocy/cost-cutting/brainfart causes, M$.
Few things are more humorous than that old self-righteous hubris. Because you're so upset, I'm sure the Powers That Be will get right on it.
So why hasn't this happened yet?
It's one particular model of business, and it appears to work very well for Microsoft, doesn't it?
That's called business. The goal of a company doing business is to make money. If a competitor were to arise that makes a better product, the first company would no longer be able to do business and would either have to adapt or fold up.
This concept may be lost on a lot of Slashdotters, but it is how the world operates.
How about the accessibility of TechNet and MSDN?
Uh, check the RFCs. 2396 is for URI resources, which supercedes and merges 1738. You're about 10 years out of date, amigo:
URL schemes that involve the direct use of an IP-based protocol to a specified server on the Internet use a common syntax for the server component of the URI's scheme-specific data:
userinfo@host:port
where userinfo may consist of a user name and, optionally, scheme-specific information about how to gain authorization to access the server. The parts "userinfo@"and ":port" may be omitted
In fact, the RFC actually recommends against using username:password in the URI
Some URL schemes use the format "user:password" in the userinfo field. This practice is NOT RECOMMENDED, because the passing of authentication information in clear text (such as URI) has proven to be a security risk in almost every case where it has been used.
Oh, the hypocricy!
People going on and on about "why bother" porting WinCE to XBox, but ask them the same thing porting Linux to Xbox or other gaming platforms and you best done your asbestos underwear. I guess Slashdotters don't like it when the shoe is on the other hand.