It doesn't matter if it's a white list or a black list. It's still their process on my system that tightly hooks into the OS, wants path through my firewall to phone home, and probably does unannounced updates from the mothership. It's a security risk!
They can monitor their pipe, but they don't get access past my border router, sorry. And if they want to limit the ports (which would be a lot more than 80/HTTP), then I'll take my business elsewhere.
Ha! Even on Windows, they'll probably insist that you install their client spyware while logged in as an admin user. "Well gee willikers Mr ISP, I never do that with software that I don't trust. I practice safe computing! Why can't it run with Guest access?"
It sounds like another mouth to feed too. What is their client going to do: Audit the hard drives every boot (and removable media when mounted) or watch every running process to see if it's approved?
Check the FA. The fools want people to run client-side software to verify that all your software and hardware are on the approved list. ("Gee, does your client run on PC/104 ARM9 hardware?")
Vendors call them by different names, but all use an agent on the client to verify its configuration. If the agent reports software (or in more advanced versions, hardware) that isn't on a white list, access is denied.
Access control agents have two big practical problems on a private network, both of which are more serious on the wider Internet: Not all clients can run the agents, and new programs not yet certified malware-free won't be on the white list. Worse, ISPs might base their lists on commercial considerations. So while custom enterprise applications are locked out, Sony's rootkit gets through.
Okay, it's not quite spyware, but it does raise a few questions, doesn't it? The above misses a few like: (a) What if you develop software? (Software which isn't on anyone's list?) (b) And what's this about hardware? Are haxors leaving trojan hardware on people's doorsteps now? (Hmm...) (c) Lastly, I'm not going to open my security to let their untrusted agent software phone home to tell my ISP that everything is okay. Sorry. If need be, I'll haul out an old box to run their agent to tell that that everything is fine--but it'll be isolated as much as possible from everything else on my LAN.
Oh really? How will open software get on the "trusted" list, and will the required client-side agent run on the particular distro of Linux/OSX/BSD/x that you happen to be running?
Program them with all the Slashdot catch-phrases. Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of them! Aiiiieeeee!
Hmm, if the content was by RSS feed, just include the articles, maybe some of the content. "What's that monkey doll in the corner with duct-tape over the mouth?" "That's Trip-Master..."
Was it the Next Guy? That man is just such a seething touchstone of hatred! (Oh sure, a few people like things as much as the Next Guy but it's always followed with a "but".) Everyone hates some things as much as the Next Guy, but he seems to hate everything!
They probably didn't create the MACHO acronym (MAssive Compact Halo Object) since it's been around for a while. A competing theory is WIMP (weakly interacting massive particles).
The optical tomography box might only show activity when Tom jumps up and down on the couch. The rest of the time, it would be robotic programed responses. ("Tom, act anger." "Tom, act happy." "Tom, act hatred towards the Enemies of Scientology.")
Look it shows all the ingress and egress routes for an Assassination of the President of India at his house!
Put a big physical sign near the house, readable in the pictures, that says "Good place to slip past guards" (in the appropriate language), with an arrow pointing to the landmine and beartrap patch.
It's a good thing that Santa isn't on the COPS show. "Okay, some old guy in a costume driving an overloaded sleigh and we have reports that he's been drinking. We're just going to flash the lights and pull him over for a check. Whoops, he's taking off!"
Santa's legal team is said to be working on getting an anti-stalking injunction against Google Inc. "They may not be evil, but they sure are naughty! No toys for them!" said chief lawyer Binky.
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That in Ontario, the phone company has to provide access to their copper for other companies to provide ADSL.
They can monitor their pipe, but they don't get access past my border router, sorry. And if they want to limit the ports (which would be a lot more than 80/HTTP), then I'll take my business elsewhere.
Ha! Even on Windows, they'll probably insist that you install their client spyware while logged in as an admin user. "Well gee willikers Mr ISP, I never do that with software that I don't trust. I practice safe computing! Why can't it run with Guest access?"
It sounds like another mouth to feed too. What is their client going to do: Audit the hard drives every boot (and removable media when mounted) or watch every running process to see if it's approved?
Every time I recompile or patch? Damn, that's going to be a long debug cycle!
Check the FA. The fools want people to run client-side software to verify that all your software and hardware are on the approved list. ("Gee, does your client run on PC/104 ARM9 hardware?")
Not if God's shoes are close by. *phew*!
Argh, this was a reply to the post above the one my big fat mouse clicked reply on.
Oh really? How will open software get on the "trusted" list, and will the required client-side agent run on the particular distro of Linux/OSX/BSD/x that you happen to be running?
Clippy needs your affection! "I see that you're trying to play some Nintento junk..."
Hmm, if the content was by RSS feed, just include the articles, maybe some of the content. "What's that monkey doll in the corner with duct-tape over the mouth?" "That's Trip-Master..."
Was it the Next Guy? That man is just such a seething touchstone of hatred! (Oh sure, a few people like things as much as the Next Guy but it's always followed with a "but".) Everyone hates some things as much as the Next Guy, but he seems to hate everything!
Have you ever read Bill Gates' Open Letter to Hobbyists?
Wheeee!
They're going to double freak when it's discovered that human genetics are made up of spagetti code!
Keeping the kid in a Pod for the first few years might be a plan. (Get at least a 30 GB drive if you plan on having a large family.)
The optical tomography box might only show activity when Tom jumps up and down on the couch. The rest of the time, it would be robotic programed responses. ("Tom, act anger." "Tom, act happy." "Tom, act hatred towards the Enemies of Scientology.")
Put a big physical sign near the house, readable in the pictures, that says "Good place to slip past guards" (in the appropriate language), with an arrow pointing to the landmine and beartrap patch.
Another idea: Cover lots of useless locations with giant "blur cover" tarps to make it look like Google is hiding something important.
It was a mistake. They were actually looking for Booble Earth.
It's a good thing that Santa isn't on the COPS show. "Okay, some old guy in a costume driving an overloaded sleigh and we have reports that he's been drinking. We're just going to flash the lights and pull him over for a check. Whoops, he's taking off!"
I think he outsourced most of that.
Santa's legal team is said to be working on getting an anti-stalking injunction against Google Inc. "They may not be evil, but they sure are naughty! No toys for them!" said chief lawyer Binky.
Check again. The 2nd in command is always a Canadian. And they've tracked Santa since 1955.