UNIX comes from a history of larger multi-user boxes where you had to keep the security lid down even when the Bad Guy was a valid user on the system with access to anything not nailed down. Hopefully that mindset will persist as Linux increases on the desktop.
The sad part is that the Win NT kernal can be made pretty secure, but Microsoft usually fscks it up everytime they get a Gosh-Wow idea like ActiveX or.NET. (They have an XML object which is powerful, but its security is controlled by IE's Internet zones. WTF? And that clown-pants solution only happened after malware used it to overwrite programs like WMP.) And with that (bad) example, many Windows developers don't think about security very much. If it installs and runs as an admin user, ship it!
Yeah, I know. If I don't trust my own installation without a seperate firewall, what will Joe and Jill Sixpack's box be like? Check the task list, the startup load sequence, the registry, sure, that'll happen...
Certainly. It's just that there's more to it than simply not logging in as root. And that may be the state of the art now and with most packages, but not in the past, and still not 100%.
Unlike in the Unix world, where you solve all these problems by simply not running as root.
You might not be running as root, but how are all those various programs listening on ports below 1024 running, enk?
I set up a box with ZA so that the PPPoE connection isn't started right away. I have an icon on the desktop to start it. The connect program won't even run until ZA is loaded. Also, I assigned a local IP address to the card as part of the trusted LAN zone. The PPPoE connection gets a different DHCP address (and max security setting).
That said, I don't trust ZA for perfect protection. Win XP Pro starts up way too much crud that wants to talk to ports.
You're right that you couldn't do overlapping windows with Windows 1.0.
Wasn't that because they had yet to battle Apple over GUI look'n'feel in court and Apple was claiming ownership of overlapping windows?
Re:SCOX at $5.15 - Where's the bottom
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When you buy a company, you aquire its assets and its debts and liabilities. Buying them out before all the legal battles are over would be foolish, and afterwards I doubt that there will be much left.
Wouldn't it make a nice picture with IBM and other claimants around the table carving the turkey on Thanksgiving? (Too bad it won't happen that soon unless SCO runs out of legal money.)
When a large area is being jammed, we'll be able to tell the difference between cell phone users and mental cases again--it's been tough since the tiny phones came out.
The cell phone users who continue to scream at their phones during jamming can be grouped in the second category.
"The military has airplanes that can fly over and block an entire city. A lot of hospitals use them to prevent cell phones from triggering someone's defibrillator. A lot of devices in hospitals are frequency-controlled."
How do they prevent the transmissions from the blocking device from triggering the defibrillator? (And what happens to the defibrillators when the military jams a whole city?)
Umm, before. Quite a bit before. Like ten years before WWW.
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Check the link I gave for a picture of an earlier version, Whitcomb Judson's clasp locker. Now I ask you, would you wear one of those on the crotch of your pants? Didn't think so!
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But it has evolved with time. Most current British accents are even further from speech of a few hundred years ago than many American accents.
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us Brits have always been jealous of the Yanks for inventing the zip anyway/i>
Really? Strange, since the modern zipper was invented by Canadian Gideon Sundback.
1. Calculation of current phase of Moon. Brightness of phase as a value in range of transparancy/alpha blend. Timer to refresh value now and then.
2. I play nethack.
3. Further patents will involve windows which are only viewable/clickable on certain days of the year like Durin's Day. Possible addition of voice recognition of words like "Friend" for security systems.
Time dependent translucency?? Wow, hook a timer to ramp the window translucency up or down. That took about 10 seconds of work. If I control it by the phase of the Moon, can I patent that?
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You'll be hearing from the lawyers of companies that have patented parts of human DNA.
The sad part is that the Win NT kernal can be made pretty secure, but Microsoft usually fscks it up everytime they get a Gosh-Wow idea like ActiveX or .NET. (They have an XML object which is powerful, but its security is controlled by IE's Internet zones. WTF? And that clown-pants solution only happened after malware used it to overwrite programs like WMP.) And with that (bad) example, many Windows developers don't think about security very much. If it installs and runs as an admin user, ship it!
Yeah, I know. If I don't trust my own installation without a seperate firewall, what will Joe and Jill Sixpack's box be like? Check the task list, the startup load sequence, the registry, sure, that'll happen...
As with all security, you have to check.
Unlike in the Unix world, where you solve all these problems by simply not running as root. You might not be running as root, but how are all those various programs listening on ports below 1024 running, enk?
That said, I don't trust ZA for perfect protection. Win XP Pro starts up way too much crud that wants to talk to ports.
Wasn't that because they had yet to battle Apple over GUI look'n'feel in court and Apple was claiming ownership of overlapping windows?
Wouldn't it make a nice picture with IBM and other claimants around the table carving the turkey on Thanksgiving? (Too bad it won't happen that soon unless SCO runs out of legal money.)
It's been tried. DeCSS links, Scientology and others taking slaps at Google for providing links, etc.
The cell phone users who continue to scream at their phones during jamming can be grouped in the second category.
Most old geezers sit around and do the cryptic crossword when they retire. I guess these guys need something a little more challenging. :)
Caldera became the SCO Group. This soap opera is complicated.
*Coffee-Spray*! Whereas Caldera is now SCO Group who is suing people over the Unix that they have no idea what they're talking about.
Umm, before. Quite a bit before. Like ten years before WWW.
Check the link I gave for a picture of an earlier version, Whitcomb Judson's clasp locker. Now I ask you, would you wear one of those on the crotch of your pants? Didn't think so!
But it has evolved with time. Most current British accents are even further from speech of a few hundred years ago than many American accents.
Really? Strange, since the modern zipper was invented by Canadian Gideon Sundback.
2. I play nethack.
3. Further patents will involve windows which are only viewable/clickable on certain days of the year like Durin's Day. Possible addition of voice recognition of words like "Friend" for security systems.
4. Avoid lawsuit by Tolkien estate lawyers.
5. Profit!
Time dependent translucency?? Wow, hook a timer to ramp the window translucency up or down. That took about 10 seconds of work. If I control it by the phase of the Moon, can I patent that?
But can it fold Kokigami? ;)
Keg? Hell, they've got self-chilling cans now.
He's booked, check my sig. (He'll be trying to play a character with multiple-personalities. Don't worry--they'll cartoon over the results.)
Posting that knocked them down US$ .15? Post some more then!
I'd prefer that Washington DC didn't light up the whole world. ;)