If you didn't get a satisfactory answer, e-mail me and I'll code this module up. I don't really like the way we're doing password management at work right now, and this is an improvement. (I have to type the passphrase for the SSL keys anyway, one more doesn't make a difference.)
However, it would be pretty easy to write a mod_perl module that asks for a passphrase at server start time, decrypts the database password, and sticks it in an environment variable (or the Apache->server object).
I'm not sure what security advantage this provides, though. If your password file is only readable by root, then your system would be compromised by the time the attacker got the password. As root, you can change the database password anyway (but not if it's on a different host). You can also attach a debugger to the Apache process and read the password out of memory.
So all in all, I don't think this is necessary. If someone that's compromised your system wants the database password or SSL keys, they're going to get them anyway.
Yeah, fuck Verizon. I have T-Mobile, and everything on my phone works great. Syncs to my mac, can send mp3 ringtones via bluetooth, pictures come off via bluetooth, internet works via bluetooth, etc. And T-mobile is cheaper!
You've been able to pay for things with you cell phone in Japan for years. See http://www.sony.net/Products/felica/. Basically they put the smart card chip in your phone and let you minimally interact with it from the phone GUI. Very convenient -- I forget my "Chicago Card" all the time... but never my cell phone. If the devices were integrated, my life would be easier:)
Sadly there's too much worry about everything here to adopt any new technology -- so we'll always be 5-10 years behind the rest of the world.
If you send a text message to GOOGL with the barcode number, it will return comparison shopping information. Unfortunately, in America everything is cheaper online, so there's no real point in going shopping anyway.
> I can't say that I've *ever* seen PHP or Perl that looked like someone put some thought into it.
I think you should pay a visit to the CPAN. It's 4G+ of perl modules that are well documented, fully unit-tested, and largely platform independent. I've seen some bad web applications in my time (all PHP incidentally), but there are plenty of excellent perl programmers writing excellent perl code.
If you're interested in learning to write good Perl, I suggest you take a look at Damian Conway's book, "Perl Best Practices".
No, there are plenty of rural areas in Japan that (still) use diesel locomotives to move trains. Fuel-cell powered trains would be practical in these locations.
OK, so the 1% of the population that's a photographer or designer will have to use Windows instead. What about the 99% of users that type up BS documents, read e-mail, play solitaire, and use the www?
Personally, OS X makes me less productive than Linux. Nothing every works right in OS X (apt is always out of date, apache2 is broken, 10.4.6 hosed my server for no reason, emacs doesn't integrate properly, etc.) Amazingly, some people are actually more productive under Linux. For some people, everything Just Works.
> I believe current opinion from informed folks is that most downloaders buy the music afterwards.
This has to be bullshit. I download music. After I've downloaded it, I sure as hell wouldn't pay for it. The reason I download stuff is because actually buying it is too much effort. If it's easy to buy, though, I do. It's only stuff that's not on Freely available or not on iTMS that I bother downloading via p2p.
Interestingly, I don't have any RIAA-affiliate-published music in my collection, so I guess I don't have anything to worry about. (Actually, Morning Musume is published by a division of a division of Sony... but it's Sony Japan which is technically not in the RIA of America:) I know, I know... it's just as bad.)
Corrupt political actions in Chicago? That never happens.
Anyway, I learned to read from typing examples from a BASIC book into my Tandy 1000. Without the computer, I probably wouldn't have been intersted in reading or learning.
Sure, some people are just going to use computers to waste time, but those perople are a loss anyway. Giving computers to everyone means that the people that are going to use computers to change the world have access to one when they are young. Giving computers the the third world will let the movers and shakers educate themselves... and then they can help their communities become successful. Maybe it's a strech, but hey, it's an experiment. Let's talk about the results when we have some... not before.
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If you didn't get a satisfactory answer, e-mail me and I'll code this module up. I don't really like the way we're doing password management at work right now, and this is an improvement. (I have to type the passphrase for the SSL keys anyway, one more doesn't make a difference.)
Yup. Which means I should also post this:
/etc/motd
/etc/motd)
cat
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable
eval(/etc/motd)
eval-last-sexp-1(nil)
eval-last-sexp(nil)
call-interactively(eval-last-sexp)
> You can say what you want about Bush.
True, but not on the phone!
I get:
/etc/motd
cat
Illegal division by zero at - line 1.
AUM as in AUM Shinrikyo!?
> decrypt it prior to authentication
And where do you get the encryption key from?
However, it would be pretty easy to write a mod_perl module that asks for a passphrase at server start time, decrypts the database password, and sticks it in an environment variable (or the Apache->server object).
I'm not sure what security advantage this provides, though. If your password file is only readable by root, then your system would be compromised by the time the attacker got the password. As root, you can change the database password anyway (but not if it's on a different host). You can also attach a debugger to the Apache process and read the password out of memory.
So all in all, I don't think this is necessary. If someone that's compromised your system wants the database password or SSL keys, they're going to get them anyway.
> O RLY?
YES RLY. It's called GMail for Domains.
https://www.google.com/hosted/
Yeah, fuck Verizon. I have T-Mobile, and everything on my phone works great. Syncs to my mac, can send mp3 ringtones via bluetooth, pictures come off via bluetooth, internet works via bluetooth, etc. And T-mobile is cheaper!
> Without keyboard, what's it good for?
Web browsing, making phone calls, checking your cases in RT, checking in on your servers, pinging machines from the field, etc., etc.
You've been able to pay for things with you cell phone in Japan for years. See http://www.sony.net/Products/felica/. Basically they put the smart card chip in your phone and let you minimally interact with it from the phone GUI. Very convenient -- I forget my "Chicago Card" all the time... but never my cell phone. If the devices were integrated, my life would be easier :)
Sadly there's too much worry about everything here to adopt any new technology -- so we'll always be 5-10 years behind the rest of the world.
If you send a text message to GOOGL with the barcode number, it will return comparison shopping information. Unfortunately, in America everything is cheaper online, so there's no real point in going shopping anyway.
> Try using a car charger for any RAZR phone on a Verizon RAZR phone. "Unauthorized Charger." When you sell me something, IT'S MINE DAMNIT!
The RAZR just uses mini-USB to charge... so how can it tell that the +5V on the other side is not authorized?
> sudo is valuable if only for the logging
/path/to/the/bosses/files
/path/to/the/log
/path/to/the/bosses/files" >> /path/to/the/log'
$ sudo rm -rf
$ sudo rm
$ sudo bash -c 'echo "Apr 15 22:05:41 linux-black sudo: person_you_hate : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/boss ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/rm -rf
$ logout
Yes, yes it is.
(Even if you syslog to a remote machine, we all know that UDP can never be forged... especially by root.)
Show me where you can buy their stock, and you might have a point. However, since they're not publicly traded, you don't haev a point.
> It's basically impossible for the common consumer to get a dvd player without region encoding in the states.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
> I can't say that I've *ever* seen PHP or Perl that looked like someone put some thought into it.
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I think you should pay a visit to the CPAN. It's 4G+ of perl modules that are well documented, fully unit-tested, and largely platform independent. I've seen some bad web applications in my time (all PHP incidentally), but there are plenty of excellent perl programmers writing excellent perl code.
If you're interested in learning to write good Perl, I suggest you take a look at Damian Conway's book, "Perl Best Practices".
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596001738/102-7
(And of course read Perl's excellent Fine Manual.)
> soree I kant spel, I went 2 publick skewl
I went to public school and can spell fine. Maybe the problem is the attitude of parents and students? Or maybe you're just dumb?
No, there are plenty of rural areas in Japan that (still) use diesel locomotives to move trains. Fuel-cell powered trains would be practical in these locations.
> Why would you want to install the worst text editor known to mankind on your... err...
:) :)
I missed the joke. vi doesn't sound at all like "loadlin".
OK, so the 1% of the population that's a photographer or designer will have to use Windows instead. What about the 99% of users that type up BS documents, read e-mail, play solitaire, and use the www?
Personally, OS X makes me less productive than Linux. Nothing every works right in OS X (apt is always out of date, apache2 is broken, 10.4.6 hosed my server for no reason, emacs doesn't integrate properly, etc.) Amazingly, some people are actually more productive under Linux. For some people, everything Just Works.
What this ammounts to is a huge invasion of privacy. Won't someone please think of the children!? :)
Parody is fair use.
> I believe current opinion from informed folks is that most downloaders buy the music afterwards.
:) I know, I know... it's just as bad.)
This has to be bullshit. I download music. After I've downloaded it, I sure as hell wouldn't pay for it. The reason I download stuff is because actually buying it is too much effort. If it's easy to buy, though, I do. It's only stuff that's not on Freely available or not on iTMS that I bother downloading via p2p.
Interestingly, I don't have any RIAA-affiliate-published music in my collection, so I guess I don't have anything to worry about. (Actually, Morning Musume is published by a division of a division of Sony... but it's Sony Japan which is technically not in the RIA of America
Holy shit, slashdot can do fonts! ?
> You got something to counter that?
Corrupt political actions in Chicago? That never happens.
Anyway, I learned to read from typing examples from a BASIC book into my Tandy 1000. Without the computer, I probably wouldn't have been intersted in reading or learning.
Sure, some people are just going to use computers to waste time, but those perople are a loss anyway. Giving computers to everyone means that the people that are going to use computers to change the world have access to one when they are young. Giving computers the the third world will let the movers and shakers educate themselves... and then they can help their communities become successful. Maybe it's a strech, but hey, it's an experiment. Let's talk about the results when we have some... not before.