So instead of selling a tangible product, they're a dot.com. What the hell? Isn't this 2001? Aren't dot.coms dead?
Actually I believe they are a "dot net" (not to be confused with.NET). I don't think I've heard too many bad things about dot nets and dot orgs, only dot coms.
Though I've always come to know VA as a hardware company, I guess they do own a few things they can make some money from. Personally I would have thought building and supporting Linux boxen would have been far more profitable than the SourceForge thing, but I guess I would have thought wrong...
On another note, maybe I'll actually go buy a boxed RedHat distro one of these days (when 7.2 is released perhaps). I've been using RedHat for a long time, never once paid a dime for it. Besides, I'd like one of those tux stickers:)
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I use Mozilla as my primary browser. I don't believe I've yet experienced a crash. Maybe the Windows version isn't as stable, but on Linux, Mozilla is about the best browser available (with Konqueror coming in a very close second).
It's not without its problems, but it's quite a good browser. You have to keep in mind that it's still in development (and probably always will be).
I do agree that the Mozilla project itself is doing all sorts of great things. It takes a lot of work to manage such a huge project (and its associated side projects), but I would not consider Mozilla a "technical failure"...
As for Opera, I've only used it a couple of times, but the MDI interface is just terrible, especially if you have more than one monitor. It's fast, but I just can't get used to the interface.
iPaqs are PocketPCs, which as everyone knows, run WindowsCE...
Oops - I got the name mixed up. What was the Linux-powered net appliance thing Compaq had a while back? I remember seeing one at CompUSA about a year ago or so... anyway, my point was that there are (and will be more) non-MS appliances for accessing the internet.
Oddly enough, Mozilly 0.9.4 is my main browser; I don't have access to an IE machine, and I don't keep the older Netscape around any more.
Maybe, just to get some better insight on all of this, I'll try to register using either Mozilla or Konqueror (with which I can fake the User-Agent if necessary) out of curiosity. Maybe I was wrong on that (I explained my thinking in a different reply above)...
I'll admit that I don't know much about how Passport works, but I was under the impression that it was a simple cookie-based system, coupled with a redirection through the Passport site for authentication. I thought they really did intend it to be cross-platform, if only due to "internet appliances" and public kiosks that may not be IE...
I think Microsoft will (or has) probably weigh the benefits of making it IE specific versus the benefits of making it cross-platform. In this case, even MS sees that people will be more apt to use it if they know they can get there using their iPaq or whatever.
I've done that in the past, but in my experience the fan doesn't usually last even half as long as it did originally. You are correct in mentioning fine motor oil; I've found the hard way that WD40 is useless after about a day:)
Part of the problem, for me, is that dust collects inside the fan, in the sleeve bearings. Taking the fan completely apart to try and clean this often results in broken plastic... which is why I just keep buying more cheap $4 fans and just replace them... it's a vicious cycle.
I personally hate Passport. However, if a centralized system were done *correctly*, there are a couple of advantages.
You can use it from any PC. A "wallet" system is just too complicated for most users (it can be transported, but most users won't bother). Plus, if I'm not mistaken, Passport would work from any browser. Wallet systems (which I believe IE and Mozilla both have an implementation) work only on that browser, and on that PC unless you export.
On top of that, the Passport system is more automatic; get a Hotmail account and you have a Passport account. Use one of the participating online retailers and you have a passport account.
OTOH, if a "wallet" system were implemented that was cross-browser (if not cross-platform), and more easily transportable, maybe it would catch on. I would trust my data on my own machine long before I'd trust it on a bunch of NT boxes up in Redmond (or wherever)...
In either case, personally I prefer to judge everything on a site-by-site basis. I often use a different email address for each site, partly so I can track originators of SPAM lists and such... so neither method would work for me.
Also keep in mind that, if you use a "wallet" system and use the same information at each site, this information could just as easily be shared between sites, and compared/compiled to track your usage, though admittedly it would be more difficult/less likely than a centralized system.
I'll admit, he had me until that remark. Otherwise, I think he makes some good points that aren't in the typical RMS-style. That 'unelected president' remark throws the whole thing off IMO.
G. W. Bush was in fact elected; not by me, perhaps not by RMS, but he is our president, and I stand behind him 100% on most of the recent issues. I personally think he's doing a great job so far, especially in his public appearances.
I sincerely hope that you don't work on T.V.s. Wussy.
Okay... what I meant by that was that most people are willing to replace a CPU fan or even a case fan, but for the average person the power supply is off-limits. PC power supplies are not typically "user-servicable" as the rest of PCs generally are.
I've noticed that any stock fan will fail anywhere between 2 and 12 months. I'm listening right now to a socket-370 fan making all sorts of noise. I have about 15 similarly-dead fans lying around, from CPU to power supply to case fans...
The only fan I've had for more than a year that still functions is the Antec PIII dual-fan cooler in my desktop system. Unfortunately I'm too lazy to buy quality fans for the other boxen.
I wish higher quality fans were included in things like power supplies (which are a pain to replace, not to mention dangerous), and especially ones bundled with CPUs. I also don't find many fans actually connected to the motherboard (for monitoring etc); usually they connect inline with a drive power lead...
I once overheated a K6-233 because a drive cable was resting on the CPU fan. Worked for weeks until I was compiling a kernel...
Unfortunately, PCs these days are made as cheaply as possible, with cheap fans, flimsy cases, etc.
I think my overall views on things like this have changed over the last couple of days, but I don't see this as being all that bad. Given that this only applies to potential national security issues, I seriously doubt I'm going to get spied on by our government over a few mp3 files lying around...
I have a hard time with the common view around here that:
- The government should stay out of our business
- Unless we happen to be Microsoft
Maybe I'll lose kharma over that, and maybe my views are skewed by the recent attacks, but I'm pretty sure the government has no wishes to read your email or spy on your telnet sessions. That's not what this is about. I actually think this is more along the lines of something I've heard a lot about on CNN lately, regarding making sure the authorities have no obstacles in their way of obtaining the information they need to prevent terrorist attacks and such. I think this is only a small part of that, but of course since it involves the internet and "privacy", it's/. news.
I'm all for constitutional rights, don't get me wrong. If someone is spied on without just cause, they should (and I think do?) have every right to pursue legal action; but as I heard quoted on CNN (I've been glued to it for 3 days now), "this is a new world". I do not think anyone is going to be spied on without good reason.
There are many things changing all of a sudden that might be a bit drastic; most of the new air port security standards would not have prevented Tuesday's attacks. But this particular issue doesn't sound to me like it will really affect any of us, unless the government have reason to believe there is a national security issue.
I've done a lot of telecommuting work off and on since 1997, and I can definately say that, in most projects, I'm more productive when in the office. I've never had a boss breathing down my neck, but at the office there's no Unreal Tournament or TV...
At the office, it's just a different environment. Sometimes at home I would find myself working on other (personal) projects, or just having a difficult time getting focused on certain tasks.
For me, it mostly depends on what exactly "work" is. If it's something I truly love to do, I can be just as productive in either case. But if it's remotely boring or repetitive, it's just far too easy to get distracted at home. Most jobs/projects involve at least some work that isn't fun (writing documentation for example) that are more likely to be put off when there are a lot of distractions.
I've even found this to apply a little with my own business at times, when it comes to routine-type work, as well as those tasks you don't want to do but that need to be done.
I can say that having a dedicated part of the house (an office/computer room) does help quite a bit; a room with a good desk/chair, and no TV etc...
I agree. Even the article tried to hint that this could be as bad as Code Red, but that's simply bogus...
Code Red required no action on the part of the user/administrator other than having an unpatched system. This requires someone to be careless.
This is further mitigated by the fact that, likely, the majority of infected machines won't be infected with full root access, rather it would be some random unpriveleged user who infected the machine.
And even further, compare a typical Linux administrator to a typical NT administrator. 'nuff said. We patch our boxes, read security bulletins, run firewalls, and don't run random attachments.
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Just as the Evolution Theory was about to be proven to the scientific community once and for all, Slashdot Editor Hemos mis-places the Missing Link. Conspiracy theorists believe this is the result of an international coverup funded by religious organizations in an effort to keep the Evolution Theory down.
In related news, Linux is rumored to support the new high-speed USB 2.0, which should begin to appear in kernel version 2.6, due out by the end of 2044.
Scenerio 1: User always uses the same login/password everywhere they go.
If you obtained that username and password, you'd be able to log into any service *that you know they use*. You would not be able to log into any random service unless that user happened to have been there before.
Scenerio 2: Passport.
If you obtain their Passport login and password, you could log into services *the user has never logged into before*. I'll admit I don't know much about how Passport works, but it seems that you'd be able to use their credit cards and other personal information at any Passport-enabled site...
So even though users may choose non-secure passwords and use the same info at many sites, you still would have to know what services the user has signed up with. Passport eliminates that obstacle.
Filtering any type of content will, at best, filter a larger percentage of acceptable content than the stuff it's supposed to filter. We see this time and time again.
Besides -- who the hell goes to the library to look at pr0n? I can't see how filtering legitimate medical-related sites and such really does anything more than hurt the situation. If there existed a filter that could do the right thing 95% of the time, I might agree, but as far as I know, no filtering system is even close to 50% right...
Again, though, the (hopefully) very small percentage of people who use public computers to look at pr0n and other such things, compared to the large amount of users who'd have legitimate content blocked, really makes these things pointless.
And then, to decide that making 10% of the PCs unfiltered -- doesn't that just defeat the purpose? One looking for pr0n can switch to another computer just as easily as someone who was un-fairly denied content... so again, it's just a waste of (taxpayer's) money.
I agree, I've never liked any graphical file manager as much as a text-based one. Personally I do most of my work via SSH using Midnight Commander.
Too many times in Windows I've accidentally drag 'n' dropped a file/directory and didn't realize it until much later... I don't need that on my *nix boxes as well. Midnight Commander is really powerful for that in my opinion.
As for anti-aliasing, it's probably very nice and all, but under Windows I've pretty much come to expect that as "normal". Under.+n[ui]x I haven't tried it yet (I use KDE more than Gnome, but still haven't tried any anti-aliasing). I'm sure it'd make web surfing a little easier on the eyes though...
Of course, given a high resolution and sub-optimal eye sight, one doesn't need anti-aliasing...
I actually haven't had any problems, and I've had my MP3 box for over 2 years. This 40 gig Maxtor has been in several different cases, had Win98 originally (now Linux, but still FAT32 on the MP3 partition). It's been in a couple different cars, and I drive like a maniac:)
No problems at all. I even hit a deer @ 70 MPH about a year ago, and the music didn't glitch one bit...
The only thing I'd do is be sure not to mount it tight. Originally I had it in a mid-tower case which I would simply set in the trunk; the BookPC it's currently in fits under the seat, or just about anywhere. I generally just lay it in the back seat since I use it in the house as well.
I agree on the Car MP3 player. My BookPC runs a custom kernel on its own boot partition, so once I hit LILO I only have about 8 seconds until music. POST takes about 7 or 8 seconds by itself, so this could effectively cut my boot time in half.
Actually we can add about 5 or 6 seconds for a cold boot - Maxtor 7200 RPM drives seem to spin up kinda slow... but still, any reduction in boot time is good. It could mean I hear tunes at the end of the parking lot, instead of when I get to the traffic light up the street:)
I use nothing but Qmail. Its own programs don't even trust each other, much less the outside world. Qmail even offers a Security Guarantee - I'd like to see Sendmail do that...
But on topic, I think the port is cool anyway. I'd personally love to get ahold of an S/390, and run about 40 virtual Linux boxes within it. If someone owns one of the virtual boxen (via a Sendmail sploit for example), I suppose it'd be easy enough to clean up...
Could it be because HamsterDance.com doesn't appear to be up any more?
Realistically, though, I think there's just so much out there, people tend to go directly to what they're looking for rather than wade through all of the crap. Humorous home pages used to be fun, but now there's just so much of it. The jokes are old (how many times can you read Account of an AOL User or You know you're a Geek if... articles?).
It totally depends on your IP. My webserver has logged around 400 attempts per IP, on two IPs. My cable modem, OTOH, has logged over 2000 attempts (RoadRunner) at port 80 since 8/5 (since I don't run a webserver, I can't tell you which version of CodeRed, I only log the connection attempt at the firewall).
Note that I actually have over 6000 logged lines, but because the connection is refused, each IP tries 3 times in a row before giving up. I don't know about the uniqueness on the 2000 IPs, though...
It seems cable (and other broadband residential) users are the biggest problem here -- the ones who probably don't know they are even running IIS. I gather this because if I visit these IPs in a web browser, I get either a 403 page (too many connection attempts), or a "No Default Page", indicating that the webserver is there for no reason...
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So instead of selling a tangible product, they're a dot.com. What the hell? Isn't this 2001? Aren't dot.coms dead?
.NET). I don't think I've heard too many bad things about dot nets and dot orgs, only dot coms.
:)
Actually I believe they are a "dot net" (not to be confused with
Though I've always come to know VA as a hardware company, I guess they do own a few things they can make some money from. Personally I would have thought building and supporting Linux boxen would have been far more profitable than the SourceForge thing, but I guess I would have thought wrong...
On another note, maybe I'll actually go buy a boxed RedHat distro one of these days (when 7.2 is released perhaps). I've been using RedHat for a long time, never once paid a dime for it. Besides, I'd like one of those tux stickers
I use Mozilla as my primary browser. I don't believe I've yet experienced a crash. Maybe the Windows version isn't as stable, but on Linux, Mozilla is about the best browser available (with Konqueror coming in a very close second).
It's not without its problems, but it's quite a good browser. You have to keep in mind that it's still in development (and probably always will be).
I do agree that the Mozilla project itself is doing all sorts of great things. It takes a lot of work to manage such a huge project (and its associated side projects), but I would not consider Mozilla a "technical failure"...
As for Opera, I've only used it a couple of times, but the MDI interface is just terrible, especially if you have more than one monitor. It's fast, but I just can't get used to the interface.
iPaqs are PocketPCs, which as everyone knows, run WindowsCE...
Oops - I got the name mixed up. What was the Linux-powered net appliance thing Compaq had a while back? I remember seeing one at CompUSA about a year ago or so... anyway, my point was that there are (and will be more) non-MS appliances for accessing the internet.
Oddly enough, Mozilly 0.9.4 is my main browser; I don't have access to an IE machine, and I don't keep the older Netscape around any more.
Maybe, just to get some better insight on all of this, I'll try to register using either Mozilla or Konqueror (with which I can fake the User-Agent if necessary) out of curiosity. Maybe I was wrong on that (I explained my thinking in a different reply above)...
I'll admit that I don't know much about how Passport works, but I was under the impression that it was a simple cookie-based system, coupled with a redirection through the Passport site for authentication. I thought they really did intend it to be cross-platform, if only due to "internet appliances" and public kiosks that may not be IE...
I think Microsoft will (or has) probably weigh the benefits of making it IE specific versus the benefits of making it cross-platform. In this case, even MS sees that people will be more apt to use it if they know they can get there using their iPaq or whatever.
I've done that in the past, but in my experience the fan doesn't usually last even half as long as it did originally. You are correct in mentioning fine motor oil; I've found the hard way that WD40 is useless after about a day :)
Part of the problem, for me, is that dust collects inside the fan, in the sleeve bearings. Taking the fan completely apart to try and clean this often results in broken plastic... which is why I just keep buying more cheap $4 fans and just replace them... it's a vicious cycle.
I personally hate Passport. However, if a centralized system were done *correctly*, there are a couple of advantages.
You can use it from any PC. A "wallet" system is just too complicated for most users (it can be transported, but most users won't bother). Plus, if I'm not mistaken, Passport would work from any browser. Wallet systems (which I believe IE and Mozilla both have an implementation) work only on that browser, and on that PC unless you export.
On top of that, the Passport system is more automatic; get a Hotmail account and you have a Passport account. Use one of the participating online retailers and you have a passport account.
OTOH, if a "wallet" system were implemented that was cross-browser (if not cross-platform), and more easily transportable, maybe it would catch on. I would trust my data on my own machine long before I'd trust it on a bunch of NT boxes up in Redmond (or wherever)...
In either case, personally I prefer to judge everything on a site-by-site basis. I often use a different email address for each site, partly so I can track originators of SPAM lists and such... so neither method would work for me.
Also keep in mind that, if you use a "wallet" system and use the same information at each site, this information could just as easily be shared between sites, and compared/compiled to track your usage, though admittedly it would be more difficult/less likely than a centralized system.
I'll admit, he had me until that remark. Otherwise, I think he makes some good points that aren't in the typical RMS-style. That 'unelected president' remark throws the whole thing off IMO.
G. W. Bush was in fact elected; not by me, perhaps not by RMS, but he is our president, and I stand behind him 100% on most of the recent issues. I personally think he's doing a great job so far, especially in his public appearances.
I sincerely hope that you don't work on T.V.s. Wussy.
Okay... what I meant by that was that most people are willing to replace a CPU fan or even a case fan, but for the average person the power supply is off-limits. PC power supplies are not typically "user-servicable" as the rest of PCs generally are.
Actually, that was a side note, not really intended to blame cheap fans (but stressing the point about having no means of monitoring the fan).
I didn't know about it for weeks; I only knew that when I discovered it, it had been weeks since I was last inside that particular box.
I've noticed that any stock fan will fail anywhere between 2 and 12 months. I'm listening right now to a socket-370 fan making all sorts of noise. I have about 15 similarly-dead fans lying around, from CPU to power supply to case fans...
The only fan I've had for more than a year that still functions is the Antec PIII dual-fan cooler in my desktop system. Unfortunately I'm too lazy to buy quality fans for the other boxen.
I wish higher quality fans were included in things like power supplies (which are a pain to replace, not to mention dangerous), and especially ones bundled with CPUs. I also don't find many fans actually connected to the motherboard (for monitoring etc); usually they connect inline with a drive power lead...
I once overheated a K6-233 because a drive cable was resting on the CPU fan. Worked for weeks until I was compiling a kernel...
Unfortunately, PCs these days are made as cheaply as possible, with cheap fans, flimsy cases, etc.
I think my overall views on things like this have changed over the last couple of days, but I don't see this as being all that bad. Given that this only applies to potential national security issues, I seriously doubt I'm going to get spied on by our government over a few mp3 files lying around...
/. news.
I have a hard time with the common view around here that:
- The government should stay out of our business
- Unless we happen to be Microsoft
Maybe I'll lose kharma over that, and maybe my views are skewed by the recent attacks, but I'm pretty sure the government has no wishes to read your email or spy on your telnet sessions. That's not what this is about. I actually think this is more along the lines of something I've heard a lot about on CNN lately, regarding making sure the authorities have no obstacles in their way of obtaining the information they need to prevent terrorist attacks and such. I think this is only a small part of that, but of course since it involves the internet and "privacy", it's
I'm all for constitutional rights, don't get me wrong. If someone is spied on without just cause, they should (and I think do?) have every right to pursue legal action; but as I heard quoted on CNN (I've been glued to it for 3 days now), "this is a new world". I do not think anyone is going to be spied on without good reason.
There are many things changing all of a sudden that might be a bit drastic; most of the new air port security standards would not have prevented Tuesday's attacks. But this particular issue doesn't sound to me like it will really affect any of us, unless the government have reason to believe there is a national security issue.
I've done a lot of telecommuting work off and on since 1997, and I can definately say that, in most projects, I'm more productive when in the office. I've never had a boss breathing down my neck, but at the office there's no Unreal Tournament or TV...
At the office, it's just a different environment. Sometimes at home I would find myself working on other (personal) projects, or just having a difficult time getting focused on certain tasks.
For me, it mostly depends on what exactly "work" is. If it's something I truly love to do, I can be just as productive in either case. But if it's remotely boring or repetitive, it's just far too easy to get distracted at home. Most jobs/projects involve at least some work that isn't fun (writing documentation for example) that are more likely to be put off when there are a lot of distractions.
I've even found this to apply a little with my own business at times, when it comes to routine-type work, as well as those tasks you don't want to do but that need to be done.
I can say that having a dedicated part of the house (an office/computer room) does help quite a bit; a room with a good desk/chair, and no TV etc...
I agree. Even the article tried to hint that this could be as bad as Code Red, but that's simply bogus...
Code Red required no action on the part of the user/administrator other than having an unpatched system. This requires someone to be careless.
This is further mitigated by the fact that, likely, the majority of infected machines won't be infected with full root access, rather it would be some random unpriveleged user who infected the machine.
And even further, compare a typical Linux administrator to a typical NT administrator. 'nuff said. We patch our boxes, read security bulletins, run firewalls, and don't run random attachments.
Just as the Evolution Theory was about to be proven to the scientific community once and for all, Slashdot Editor Hemos mis-places the Missing Link. Conspiracy theorists believe this is the result of an international coverup funded by religious organizations in an effort to keep the Evolution Theory down.
In related news, Linux is rumored to support the new high-speed USB 2.0, which should begin to appear in kernel version 2.6, due out by the end of 2044.
If I'm not mistaken, it's worse than that.
Scenerio 1: User always uses the same login/password everywhere they go.
If you obtained that username and password, you'd be able to log into any service *that you know they use*. You would not be able to log into any random service unless that user happened to have been there before.
Scenerio 2: Passport.
If you obtain their Passport login and password, you could log into services *the user has never logged into before*. I'll admit I don't know much about how Passport works, but it seems that you'd be able to use their credit cards and other personal information at any Passport-enabled site...
So even though users may choose non-secure passwords and use the same info at many sites, you still would have to know what services the user has signed up with. Passport eliminates that obstacle.
Filtering any type of content will, at best, filter a larger percentage of acceptable content than the stuff it's supposed to filter. We see this time and time again.
Besides -- who the hell goes to the library to look at pr0n? I can't see how filtering legitimate medical-related sites and such really does anything more than hurt the situation. If there existed a filter that could do the right thing 95% of the time, I might agree, but as far as I know, no filtering system is even close to 50% right...
Again, though, the (hopefully) very small percentage of people who use public computers to look at pr0n and other such things, compared to the large amount of users who'd have legitimate content blocked, really makes these things pointless.
And then, to decide that making 10% of the PCs unfiltered -- doesn't that just defeat the purpose? One looking for pr0n can switch to another computer just as easily as someone who was un-fairly denied content... so again, it's just a waste of (taxpayer's) money.
I agree, I've never liked any graphical file manager as much as a text-based one. Personally I do most of my work via SSH using Midnight Commander.
.+n[ui]x I haven't tried it yet (I use KDE more than Gnome, but still haven't tried any anti-aliasing). I'm sure it'd make web surfing a little easier on the eyes though...
Too many times in Windows I've accidentally drag 'n' dropped a file/directory and didn't realize it until much later... I don't need that on my *nix boxes as well. Midnight Commander is really powerful for that in my opinion.
As for anti-aliasing, it's probably very nice and all, but under Windows I've pretty much come to expect that as "normal". Under
Of course, given a high resolution and sub-optimal eye sight, one doesn't need anti-aliasing...
I actually haven't had any problems, and I've had my MP3 box for over 2 years. This 40 gig Maxtor has been in several different cases, had Win98 originally (now Linux, but still FAT32 on the MP3 partition). It's been in a couple different cars, and I drive like a maniac :)
No problems at all. I even hit a deer @ 70 MPH about a year ago, and the music didn't glitch one bit...
The only thing I'd do is be sure not to mount it tight. Originally I had it in a mid-tower case which I would simply set in the trunk; the BookPC it's currently in fits under the seat, or just about anywhere. I generally just lay it in the back seat since I use it in the house as well.
I agree on the Car MP3 player. My BookPC runs a custom kernel on its own boot partition, so once I hit LILO I only have about 8 seconds until music. POST takes about 7 or 8 seconds by itself, so this could effectively cut my boot time in half.
:)
Actually we can add about 5 or 6 seconds for a cold boot - Maxtor 7200 RPM drives seem to spin up kinda slow... but still, any reduction in boot time is good. It could mean I hear tunes at the end of the parking lot, instead of when I get to the traffic light up the street
I use nothing but Qmail. Its own programs don't even trust each other, much less the outside world. Qmail even offers a Security Guarantee - I'd like to see Sendmail do that...
But on topic, I think the port is cool anyway. I'd personally love to get ahold of an S/390, and run about 40 virtual Linux boxes within it. If someone owns one of the virtual boxen (via a Sendmail sploit for example), I suppose it'd be easy enough to clean up...
Could it be because HamsterDance.com doesn't appear to be up any more?
Realistically, though, I think there's just so much out there, people tend to go directly to what they're looking for rather than wade through all of the crap. Humorous home pages used to be fun, but now there's just so much of it. The jokes are old (how many times can you read Account of an AOL User or You know you're a Geek if... articles?).
- Jman
Did anyone else think the title said AMD Duron 'Moron' at first glance?
This would be cool, except that microsoft.com's firewall drops ICMP packets -- eg, you can't ping them.
- Jman
It totally depends on your IP. My webserver has logged around 400 attempts per IP, on two IPs. My cable modem, OTOH, has logged over 2000 attempts (RoadRunner) at port 80 since 8/5 (since I don't run a webserver, I can't tell you which version of CodeRed, I only log the connection attempt at the firewall).
Note that I actually have over 6000 logged lines, but because the connection is refused, each IP tries 3 times in a row before giving up. I don't know about the uniqueness on the 2000 IPs, though...
It seems cable (and other broadband residential) users are the biggest problem here -- the ones who probably don't know they are even running IIS. I gather this because if I visit these IPs in a web browser, I get either a 403 page (too many connection attempts), or a "No Default Page", indicating that the webserver is there for no reason...
- Jman