I'm sure everyone has heard all sorts of stories about @home but I thought I'd chip in mine:
First, when their dhcp server went down I called their tech support and was informed that I needed to reset my modem, when that didn't help they told me they refuse to support my service because I was *paying* them for multiple ip addresses.
Second, when my IPMASQ server was compromised the bstrds used my box to attack some other machine. I was informed by @home that they would terminate my service if I didn't explain why I was attempting all these ftp connections. When I explained what was happening and asked for their logs so I could figure out who was doing this they totally refused o cooperate. Now I have videon, it's actually fast.
The real problem here is that most popular distros (read: redhat) have default configs designed for hackers. I set up a redhat 6.2 box as an ipmasq server... 2 days before it was compromised.
It seems to me, releasing the criteria would, in the long term, result in a more stable system. Not to mention preventing artificial boosting of pages from a certain portal...
In the short term, however, there would be chaos. If the technology didn't settle down quickly enough the search engine as a concept might be replaced with something new. On the other hand, with the incredible power of the open-source community, things could gt under control pretty quick.
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I'm sure everyone has heard all sorts of stories about @home but I thought I'd chip in mine:
First, when their dhcp server went down I called their tech support and was informed that I needed to reset my modem, when that didn't help they told me they refuse to support my service because I was *paying* them for multiple ip addresses.
Second, when my IPMASQ server was compromised the bstrds used my box to attack some other machine. I was informed by @home that they would terminate my service if I didn't explain why I was attempting all these ftp connections. When I explained what was happening and asked for their logs so I could figure out who was doing this they totally refused o cooperate. Now I have videon, it's actually fast.
The real problem here is that most popular distros (read: redhat) have default configs designed for hackers. I set up a redhat 6.2 box as an ipmasq server... 2 days before it was compromised.
It seems to me, releasing the criteria would, in the long term, result in a more stable system. Not to mention preventing artificial boosting of pages from a certain portal... In the short term, however, there would be chaos. If the technology didn't settle down quickly enough the search engine as a concept might be replaced with something new. On the other hand, with the incredible power of the open-source community, things could gt under control pretty quick.