I wrote a great article about this happening before Windows XP was even released. I knew this would happen. Only, the dangers are much greater than just having the protection in product activation broken. See My Article - "Windows XP CD Key Dangers" for all the juicy details.
I had this key generator sent to me days ago by a reader. It does work, and I've since updated my article to reflect that the possibility is now a reality.
I agree to an extent, having had many posts rejected. Before security focus, it was a good mailing list, and was even after security focus. Now there is a new moderator, who lets a lot more stuff (junk if you ask me) through.
At any rate, this guy's arguement is not much more than a troll, at least in my opinion.
That's why I stated that ISPs should give the option to turn it off. If they FORCE transparent caching, or don't do it properly, then yes, you should go with another ISP. But unless it's broken or you have a valid reason, using transparent caching is all good.
And don't say they should have users do anything. Most users are dumb, and the benefits to transparent caching would not be noticed. Let the smart ones turn it off, and then use it on a case by case, and machine by machine basis.
I think the fact that this was mailed to bugtraq yet it apparantly got denied is proof of that...
Many ISPs do transparent caching. Transparent caching at ISPs is more than acceptable. It's not acceptable when major backbones do it, as has happened in the past.
The fact that they can log what you do is just a side effect. The same can be done WITHOUT transparent caching. The 'author' says they added hardware just for this. Well of course they did! They're just trying to speed up access without needing as big of a link needed without using transparent caching.
And at any rate, I'm surprised this got posted. It's just some guy posting to two mailing lists, which got denied at that!
Ultimately though, I feel ISPs should provide a means to remove you from having your link transparently cached. If they do that, then you can't blame them for trying to save bandwidth. The results of a transparent cache can be substantial!
If you shout FIRE, you are actually commiting the act of violating others safety.
If you talk about how to build a bomb, you are not violating others safety.. Only when that bomb is being made are others safety in danger. *THAT* is the key differance.
I use dual tuners DAILY. 2 Shows that I have a season pass on (usually during primetime) would otherwise conflict and be unable to record them both. Dual tuners makes that possible, and I don't have to do a thing to make it work. Many might say they dont think they use dual tuners, because TiVo is using it for them!
And it has no problems crunching those numbers, I never experience any problems recording 2 shows and watching a third.
Dual tuners not needed? Right. And you can pry the remote out of my cold dead fingers.
I can't possibly understand why they would go through the trouble of calling customer support when they could go back to the store and get an exchange. Even software (which is notorious of being a 'No Refunds' purchase) can be exchanged for the same title if defective.
Even if I purchased online I'd call the people I bought it from; not MS customer support. Ugh, some people...
This is a great product, Don't get me wrong, I want one.
But the marketing/advertising they are receiving, at least from that review, aims directly towards illegal uses. Take the following examples:
The first step is to download and install your favorite P2P program that offers a Linux version. Once you have that, you can begin trading movies direct from the box.
This implies you will TRADE the movies, not just watch them for your own personal fair use.
For those without a broadband connection at home, the Bokks can utilize the T1 connection at work this way where movies and music can be saved and watched at home later.
Here it suggests hooking up external equipment to your companies LAN and use their bandwidth for your own (likely) illegal use. Not good either.
If this product hopes to succeed, it must be presented in fair use. The Rio almost got nailed by the RIAA, but the Rio presented itself as legal fair use, and set a good precedent. This could set a NEGATIVE precedent if done incorrectly. They need to improve their image quick.
Spammers already do this. Both to the subject line and in the email you will often find a series of 6-8 random numbers attached. This does not make it impossible for this plan to work however.
djbdns, and other stuff written by him, (including qmail) is all under a restrictive license. He essentially prevents any vendor/distribution to release it, as any vendor would need to make minor changes, but a vendor can't even change the pathnames to certain files... that's not acceptable.
Lookup ANY.biz domain, even random characters. It resolves, to 209.173.53.173, which the web server there says basically: "Hey, want to buy this domain?"
Now to me, That is just NOT acceptable, and totally is NOT how DNS for a TLD should be done!
Here's a copy of Alan Cox's post to the mailing list (I would just put a link to the archives, but it was only posted about 11 hours ago, and it's easier to just copy the email):
A proper 2.2.20 summary as opposed to the changelog will follow probably
Monday.
2.2.20 final
o Final fixes for the computone driver (Michael Warfield)
2.2.20pre12
o Update davicom driver to fix oopses (Sten Wang)
o Updated PC300 driver - fix SCA-II DMA bugs
(Daniela P. R. Magri Squassoni)
o Make syn cookies per socket (Andi Kleen)
o Computone driver fixes for fast PC's (Michael Warfield)
| Follow on devfs patches didnt apply so dropped
o DAC960 update (Leonard Zubkoff)
2.2.20pre11
o Security fixes
| Details censored in accordance with the US DMCA
o Sparc updates (Dave Miller)
o Add escaped usb hot plug config item (Ryan Maple)
o Fix eepro10 driver problems (Aris)
o Make request_module return match 2.4 (David Woodhouse)
o Update SiS900 driver (Hui-Fen Hsu)
o Update ver_linux to match 2.4 (Steven Cole)
o Final isdn fixups for 2.2 (Kai Germaschewski)
o scsi tape fixes from 2.4 (Kai Mäkisara)
o Update credits entry (Henrik Storner)
o Fix scc driver hang case (Jeroen)
o Update credits entry (Dave Jones)
o Update FAT documentation (Hirokazu Nomoto)
o Small net tweaks (Dave Miller)
o Fix cs89xx abuse of skb->len (Kapr Johnik)
2.2.20pre10
o Update the gdth driver (Achim Leubner)
o Fix prelink elf loading in 2.2 (Jakub Jelinek)
o 2.2 lockd fixes when talking to HP/UX (Trond Myklebust)
o 3ware driver update (Adam Radford)
o hysdn driver update (Kai Germaschewski)
o Backport via rhine fixes (Dennis Bjorklund)
o NFS client fixes (Trond Myklebust, Ion Badulescu,
Jim Castleberry, Crag I Hagan.
Adrian Drzewiecki)
o Blacklist TEAC PD-1 to single lun (Wojtek Pilorz)
o Fix null request_mode return (David Woodhouse)
o Update credits entry (Fernando Fuganti)
o Fix sparc build with newer binutils (Andreas Jaeger)
o Starfire update (Ion Badulescu)
o Remove dead USB files (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Fix isdn mppp crash case (Kai Germaschewski)
o Fix eicon driver (Kai Germaschewski)
o More pci idents (Andreas Tobler)
o Typo fix (Eli Carter)
o Remove ^M's from some data files (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o 64bit cleanups for isdn (Kai Germaschewski)
o Update isdn certificates (Kai Germaschewski)
o Mac update for sysrq (Ben Herrenschmidt)
2.2.20pre9
o Document ip_always_defrag in proc.txt (Brett Eldrige)
o Update S/390 asm for newer gcc (Ulrich Weigand
o Update S/390 documentation Carsten Otte
o Update s390 dump too and co)
o Update s/390 dasd to match 2.4
o Backport s/390 tape driver from 2.4
o FDDI bits for s/390
o Updates for newer pmac laptops (Tom Rini)
o AMD760MP support (Johannes Erdfelt)
o Fix PPC oops on media change (Tom Rini)
o Fix some weird but valid input combinations (Tom Rini)
on PPC
o Add additional checks to irc dcc masquerade (Juanjo Ciarlante,
Michal Zalewski)
o Update 2.2 ISDN maintainer (Kai Germaschewski)
o Fix 3c505 with > 16Mb of RAM (Paul)
o Bring USB into sync with 2.4.7 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
2.2.20pre8
o Merge DRM fixes from 2.4.7 tree (me)
o Merge sbpcd fixes from 2.4.7 tree
o Merge moxa buffer length check
o Merge bttv clip length check
o Merge aha2920 shared irq from 2.4.7 tree
o Merge MTWEOF fix from 2.4.6 tree
o Merge serverworks AGP from 2.4.6 tree
o Merge sbc60xxx watchdog fixes from 2.4.6
o Merge lapbether fixes from 2.4.6
o Merge bpqether fixes from 2.4.6
o Merge scc fixes from 2.4.6
o Merge lmc memory leak fixes from 2.4.6
o Merge sm_wss fixes from 2.4.6
o Resync AGP support with 2.4.6
o Merge epca fixes from 2.4.5
o Merge riscom8 fixes from 2.4.5
o Merge softdog fixes from 2.4.5
o Merge specialix fixes from 2.4.5
o Merge wdt/wdt_pci fixes from 2.4.5
o ISDN cisco hdlc fixes (Kai Germaschewski)
o ISDN timer fixes (Kai Germaschewski)
o isdn minor control change backport (Kai Germaschewski)
o Backport ELCR MP 1.1 config/PCI routing stuff (John William)
o Backport isdn ppp fixes from 2.4 (Kai Germaschewski)
o Backport isdn_tty fixes from 2.4 (Kai Germaschewski)
o eicon cleanups (Armin Schindler)
| Armin can you double check the clashes were ok
o Fix an ntfs oops (Anton Altaparmakov)
o Fix arp null neighbour buglet (Dave Miller)
o Update sparc version strings, pci fixups (Dave Miller)
o Define CONFIG_X86 in 2.2 as well as 2.4 (Herbert Xu)
o Configure.help cleanups (Steven Cole)
o Add MODE_SELECT_10 to qlogic fc table (Jeff Andre)
o Remove dead oldproc variable (Dave Miller)
o Update starfire driver for 2.2 (Ion Badulescu)
o 8139too driver update (Jens David)
o Assorted race fixes for binfmt loaders (Al Viro)
o Update Alpha support for older boxes (Jay Estabrook)
o ISDN bsdcomp/ppp compression fixes (Kai Germaschewski)
2.2.20pre7
o Merge rose buffer management fixes (Jean-Paul Roubelat)
o Configure.help updates (Steven Cole)
o Add Steven Cole to credits (Steven Cole)
o Update kbuild list info (Michael Chastain)
o Fix slab.c doc typo (Piotr Kasprzyk)
o Lengthen parport probe timeout (Jean-Luc Coulon)
o Fix vm86 cleanup (Stas Sergeev)
o Fix 8139too build bug (Jürgen Zimmermann)
o Fix slow 8139too performance (Oleg Makarenko)
o Sparc64 exec fixes (Solar Designer)
2.2.20pre6
o Merge all the pending ISDN updates (Kai Germaschewski)
| These are sizable changes and want a good testing
o Fix sg deadlock bug as per 2.4 (Douglas Gilbert)
o Count socket/pipe in quota inode use (Paul Menage)
o Fix some missing configuration help texts (Steven Cole)
o Fix Rik van Riel's credits entry (Rik van Riel)
o Mark xtime as volatile in extern definition (various people)
o Fix open error return checks (Andries Brouwer)
2.2.20pre5
o Fix a patch generation error, replaces 2.2.20pre4 which is
wrong on ad1848
2.2.20pre4
o Fix small corruption bug in 82596 (Andries Brouwer)
o Fix usb printer probing (Pete Zaitcev)
o Fix swapon/procfs race (Paul Menage)
o Handle ide dma bug in the CS5530 (Mark Lord)
o Backport 2.4 ipv6 neighbour discovery changes (Dave Miller)
o FIx sock_wmalloc error handling (Dave Miller)
o Enter quickack mode for out of window TCP data (Andi Kleen)
o Fix Established v SYN-ACK TCP state error (Alexey Kuznetsov)
o Sparc updates, ptrace changes etc (Dave Miller)
o Fix wrong printk in vdolive masq (Keitaro Yosimura)
o Fix core dump handling bugs in 2.2 (Al Viro)
o Update hdlc and synclink drivers (Paul Fulghum)
o Update netlink help texts (Magnus Damm)
o Fix rtl8139 keeping files open (Andrew Morton)
o Further sk98 driver updates. fix wrong license (Mirko Lindner)
text in files
o Jonathan Woithe has moved (Jonathan Woithe)
o Update cpqarray driver (Charles White)
o Update cciss driver (Charles White)
o Don't delete directories on an fs that reports (Ingo Oeser)
then 0 size when doing distclean
o Add support for the 2.4 boot extensions to 2.2 (H Peter Anvin)
o Fix nfs cache locking corruption on SMP (Craig Hagan)
o Add missing check to cdrom readaudio ioctl (Jani Jaakkola)
o Fix refclock build with newer gcc (Jari Ruusu)
o koi8-r fixes (Andy Rysin)
o Spelling fixes for documentation (Andries Brouwer)
2.2.20pre3
o FPU/ptrace corruption fixes (Victor Zandy)
o Resync belkin usb serial with 2.4 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Resync digiport usb serial with 2.4 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Rsync empeg usb serial with 2.4 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Resync ftdi_sio against 2.4 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Bring keyscan usb back into line with 2.4 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Resync keyspan_pda usb with 2.4 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Resync omninet usb with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Resync usb-serial driver with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Resync visor usb driver with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Rsync whiteheat driver with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Add edgeport USB serial (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Add mct_u232 USB serial (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Update usb storage device list (Stas Bekman, Kaz Sasayma)
o Bring usb acm driver into line with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Bring bluetooth driver into line with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Bring dabusb driver into line with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Bring usb dc2xx driver into line with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Bring mdc800 usb driver into line with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Bring rio driver into line with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Bring USB scanner drivers into line with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Update ov511 driver to match 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Update PCIIOC ioctls (esp for sparc) (Dave Miller)
o General sparc bugfixes (Dave Miller)
o Fix possible oops in fbmem ioctls (Dave Miller)
o Fix reboot/halt bug on "Alcor" Alpha boxes (Tom Vier)
o Update osst driver (Willem Riede)
o Fix syncppp negotiation bug (Bob Dunlop)
o SMBfs bug fixes from 2.4 series (Urban Widmark)
o 3ware IDE raid driver updates (Adam Radford)
o Fix incorrect use of bitops on non long types (Dave Miller)
o Fix reboot/halt bug on 'Miata' Alpha boxes (Tom Vier)
o Update Tim Waugh's contact info (Tim Waugh)
o Add TIOCGSERIAL to sun serial on PCI sparc32 (Lars Kellogg-Stedman)
o ov511 check user data more carefully (Marc McClelland)
o Fix netif_wake_queue compatibility macro (Andi Kleen)
2.2.20pre2
o Fix ip_decrease_ttl as per 2.4 (Dave Miller)
o Fix tcp retransmit state bug (Alexey Kuznetsov)
o Fix a few obscure sparc tree bugs (Dave Miller)
o Fix fb/proc bug and OF fb name size bug (Segher Boessenkool)
o Fix complie with CONFIG_INTEL_RNG=y (Andrzej Krzysztofowicz)
o Fix rio driver when HZ!=100 (Andrzej Krzysztofowicz)
o Stop 3c509 grabbing other EISA boards (Andrzej Krzysztofowicz)
o Remove surplus defines for root= names (Andrzej Krzysztofowicz)
o Revert pre1 APIC change
2.2.20pre1
o Fix SMP deadlock in NFS (Trond Myklebust)
o Fix missing printk in bluesmoke handler (me)
o Fix sparc64 nfs (Dave Miller)
o Update io_apic code to avoid breaking dual (Johannes Erdfelt)
Athlon 760MP
o Fix includes bugs in toshiba driver (Justin Keene,
Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Fix wanpipe cross compile (Phil Blundell)
o AGPGART copy_from_user fix (Dawson Engler)
o Fix alpha resource setup error (Allan Frank)
o Eicon driver updates (Armind Schindler)
o PC300 driver update (Daniela Squassoni)
o Show lock owner on flocks (Jim Mintha)
o Update cciss driver to 1.0.3 (Charles White)
o Backport cciss/cpqarray security fixes (me)
o Update i810 random number generator (Jeff Garzik)
o Update sk98 driver (Mirko Lindner)
o Update sis900 ethernet driver (Hui-Fen Hsu)
o Fix checklist glitch in make menuconfig (Moritz Schulte)
o Update synclink driver (Paul Fulghum)
o Update advansys scsi driver (Bob Frey)
o Ver_linux fixes for 2.2 (Steven Cole)
o Bring 2.2 back into line with the master ISDN (Kai Germaschewski)
o Whiteheat usb driver update (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Fix via_rhine byte counters (Adam Lackorzynski)
o Fix modem control on rio serial (Rogier Wolff)
o Add more Iomega Zip to the usb storage list (Wim Coekaerts)
o Add ZF Micro watchdog (Fernando Fuganti)
Things like this don't work. A while back, some woman decided to start a church for her bordello ('whore house') in which the 'followers' would enter the 'temple' and perform 'religous services' and upon leaving, would leave 'a charitable religous donation'. Obviously, it got shot down, and they spent some time in jail if I recall.
You can not create a religion that violates the law without a lot of precedent. For example, a group of Indians, I dont recall the tribe, but they are the only group who may use peyote legally. Why? It's their religion, and they've been doing it for hundreds of years. If you had been doing this for many years before the DMCA, and all these laws, you might stand a chance. Otherwise, better just spend your time writing your local representatives.
I can't say this is good. Noone likes those popup ads that lock you in, and do other unethical things. However, I dont think it's good for the government, or anyone, to say it's illegal/disallowed.
Namely, You are connecting to THEIR machine. Mail server administrators block spam because they are using their resources, why can't these people claim the same? After all, you're using THEIR resources, shouldnt they have the right to send any data on a connection that YOU initiated? (Though I realize you might not have intentionally made that connection; they can be sneaky, but the point remains.)
I just don't like regulation, If it's bad and wrong, it's the clients job to work with the received data. But noone's blaming Microsoft, Netscape, Mozilla, or Konq (and you really can't blame the last 2, they're implementing things to take care of this junk).
Target a solution, rather than the cause and punishment.
That's just my view.
The TiVo Sony remote IS a learning remote! It wont tell you that in the manual, but check the TiVo AVS Forum, it talks about it... I used to have a PDF on how to use it. Unfortunatly, it doesnt doesnt work my Kenwood receiver, or I'd just use that and be in remote heaven.
Sorry I cant give an exact URL, but it is possible. Thats why there's the yellow dots on the remote, each button with a dot is programmable.
Check out page 35 of the manual, You can assign your cable box to another device button, say, DSP, or MD/DAT. Some device you don't use. Thats what makes this remote so good, you can do ANYTHING on it.
Hope that helps.
I have one of these. I have had it for about 9 months. Here's my opinion/review of it.
First the positives.
Lots of buttons, Each is individually programmable. Also support for alot of devices.
Backlit feature works
Learning function works flawlessly (It's the only other remote that can operate my kenwood - tried many learning remotes, this is the one that would work.)
Better than expected battery life - Still yet to have to change the batteries, with 9 months of daily use.
Customizable. From beeps, to backlit strength, to auto shutoff time; it's more than just a generic remote.
But it also has some problems.
The buttons are small
Cant navigate by feel, You MUST look at the remote. I've gotten good at knowing where to press, but its easy to mess up, and often annoying.
Not enough macros. You can use 3, maximum
It's big. It doesn't fit in your hand very nicely.
Expensive. I got mine at Sams for a good deal though
This is complementary to my existing remote, I still use the TiVo remote for just casual TV, but the Sony 'Remote Commander' is also by my side, and I can use it exclusively, whenever I choose. It's a good remote, and a good choice if you can live with the drawbacks.
Okay, I'm gonna play along.
Yeah, I use windows. On 2 computers. Out of a dozen others. And you dont need to run Windows to write about it.
About OpenBSD? I said OpenBSD because it has better bridging support. People don't always use OpenBSD just because 'its more secure'.
And I 'talk like i can hack'? I'm not some script kiddie, I dont talk in 'idjit sp34k' or anything like it. So where you get that idea from, I dont know.
And logos at the bottom? Hmm, gee, showing my support for the EFF, Debian, RedHat, Apache, Snort, Sourceforge, of course Slashdot, and other things that I rely on DAILY is bad? I just give credit where credit is due.
I am in fact smarter than you, and I can understand what is being talked about on the list. I have hacked kernel code before
Good for you. So have I. (specifically 2.2 firewalling. again, for bridging.) Big deal? Tens of thousands of other people do too.
four eyed freak? Haha, I don't even have to respond to that.
Now here I am getting in a flame war, On slashdot no less. I guess I'm allowed a few a year.
Either way, How bout just ending it? I apologize for taking your spelling and blowing it out of proportion. I wasn't aware of the Linus quote. Otherwise, I wouldn't have ever replied to your post (A link would have been nice in the beginning) It's a waste of time trolling/flaming over nonsense, and isn't my thing. I won't be responding to any more flames, unless you have something constructive to discuss.
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Title 18 USC, Section 701 is what prevents you from copying your military ID, not the patriot act. See the text of the law yourself...
See http://www.usflag.org/us.code36.html#USFC. The supreme court struck down such nonsense in 1990
The least you could have done is check your links.
I personally like OpenNIC, but there are even more like Pacific Root and commercial ones like New.Net
#define USEPAYPAL 0x01
#define USEESCROW 0x02
#define GOINPERSON 0x04
int whattodo(long price);
int whattodo(long price) {
if (price <= 60) return USEPAYPAL;
else if (price <= 10000) return USEESCROW;
else if (price > 10000) return GOINPERSON;
}
/* Code is protected free speech! Don't think otherwise */
I had this key generator sent to me days ago by a reader. It does work, and I've since updated my article to reflect that the possibility is now a reality.
I agree to an extent, having had many posts rejected. Before security focus, it was a good mailing list, and was even after security focus. Now there is a new moderator, who lets a lot more stuff (junk if you ask me) through.
At any rate, this guy's arguement is not much more than a troll, at least in my opinion.
That's why I stated that ISPs should give the option to turn it off. If they FORCE transparent caching, or don't do it properly, then yes, you should go with another ISP. But unless it's broken or you have a valid reason, using transparent caching is all good. And don't say they should have users do anything. Most users are dumb, and the benefits to transparent caching would not be noticed. Let the smart ones turn it off, and then use it on a case by case, and machine by machine basis.
I think the fact that this was mailed to bugtraq yet it apparantly got denied is proof of that...
Many ISPs do transparent caching. Transparent caching at ISPs is more than acceptable. It's not acceptable when major backbones do it, as has happened in the past.
The fact that they can log what you do is just a side effect. The same can be done WITHOUT transparent caching. The 'author' says they added hardware just for this. Well of course they did! They're just trying to speed up access without needing as big of a link needed without using transparent caching.
And at any rate, I'm surprised this got posted. It's just some guy posting to two mailing lists, which got denied at that!
Ultimately though, I feel ISPs should provide a means to remove you from having your link transparently cached. If they do that, then you can't blame them for trying to save bandwidth. The results of a transparent cache can be substantial!
For those of us that had no idea what they were talking about...
Their is a big differance.
If you shout FIRE, you are actually commiting the act of violating others safety.
If you talk about how to build a bomb, you are not violating others safety.. Only when that bomb is being made are others safety in danger. *THAT* is the key differance.
I use dual tuners DAILY. 2 Shows that I have a season pass on (usually during primetime) would otherwise conflict and be unable to record them both. Dual tuners makes that possible, and I don't have to do a thing to make it work. Many might say they dont think they use dual tuners, because TiVo is using it for them!
And it has no problems crunching those numbers, I never experience any problems recording 2 shows and watching a third.
Dual tuners not needed? Right. And you can pry the remote out of my cold dead fingers.
I can't possibly understand why they would go through the trouble of calling customer support when they could go back to the store and get an exchange. Even software (which is notorious of being a 'No Refunds' purchase) can be exchanged for the same title if defective.
Even if I purchased online I'd call the people I bought it from; not MS customer support. Ugh, some people...
But the marketing/advertising they are receiving, at least from that review, aims directly towards illegal uses. Take the following examples:
This implies you will TRADE the movies, not just watch them for your own personal fair use. Here it suggests hooking up external equipment to your companies LAN and use their bandwidth for your own (likely) illegal use. Not good either.If this product hopes to succeed, it must be presented in fair use. The Rio almost got nailed by the RIAA, but the Rio presented itself as legal fair use, and set a good precedent. This could set a NEGATIVE precedent if done incorrectly. They need to improve their image quick.
Spammers already do this. Both to the subject line and in the email you will often find a series of 6-8 random numbers attached. This does not make it impossible for this plan to work however.
Since you enjoy reading him state he'll give you cash, read the limits to your rights with djbdns/qmail.
Read his license and see for yourself.
Lookup ANY .biz domain, even random characters. It resolves, to 209.173.53.173, which the web server there says basically: "Hey, want to buy this domain?"
Now to me, That is just NOT acceptable, and totally is NOT how DNS for a TLD should be done!
Here's a copy of Alan Cox's post to the mailing list (I would just put a link to the archives, but it was only posted about 11 hours ago, and it's easier to just copy the email):
/proc bug and OF fb name size bug (Segher Boessenkool)
A proper 2.2.20 summary as opposed to the changelog will follow probably
Monday.
2.2.20 final
o Final fixes for the computone driver (Michael Warfield)
2.2.20pre12
o Update davicom driver to fix oopses (Sten Wang)
o Updated PC300 driver - fix SCA-II DMA bugs
(Daniela P. R. Magri Squassoni)
o Make syn cookies per socket (Andi Kleen)
o Computone driver fixes for fast PC's (Michael Warfield)
| Follow on devfs patches didnt apply so dropped
o DAC960 update (Leonard Zubkoff)
2.2.20pre11
o Security fixes
| Details censored in accordance with the US DMCA
o Sparc updates (Dave Miller)
o Add escaped usb hot plug config item (Ryan Maple)
o Fix eepro10 driver problems (Aris)
o Make request_module return match 2.4 (David Woodhouse)
o Update SiS900 driver (Hui-Fen Hsu)
o Update ver_linux to match 2.4 (Steven Cole)
o Final isdn fixups for 2.2 (Kai Germaschewski)
o scsi tape fixes from 2.4 (Kai Mäkisara)
o Update credits entry (Henrik Storner)
o Fix scc driver hang case (Jeroen)
o Update credits entry (Dave Jones)
o Update FAT documentation (Hirokazu Nomoto)
o Small net tweaks (Dave Miller)
o Fix cs89xx abuse of skb->len (Kapr Johnik)
2.2.20pre10
o Update the gdth driver (Achim Leubner)
o Fix prelink elf loading in 2.2 (Jakub Jelinek)
o 2.2 lockd fixes when talking to HP/UX (Trond Myklebust)
o 3ware driver update (Adam Radford)
o hysdn driver update (Kai Germaschewski)
o Backport via rhine fixes (Dennis Bjorklund)
o NFS client fixes (Trond Myklebust, Ion Badulescu,
Jim Castleberry, Crag I Hagan.
Adrian Drzewiecki)
o Blacklist TEAC PD-1 to single lun (Wojtek Pilorz)
o Fix null request_mode return (David Woodhouse)
o Update credits entry (Fernando Fuganti)
o Fix sparc build with newer binutils (Andreas Jaeger)
o Starfire update (Ion Badulescu)
o Remove dead USB files (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Fix isdn mppp crash case (Kai Germaschewski)
o Fix eicon driver (Kai Germaschewski)
o More pci idents (Andreas Tobler)
o Typo fix (Eli Carter)
o Remove ^M's from some data files (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o 64bit cleanups for isdn (Kai Germaschewski)
o Update isdn certificates (Kai Germaschewski)
o Mac update for sysrq (Ben Herrenschmidt)
2.2.20pre9
o Document ip_always_defrag in proc.txt (Brett Eldrige)
o Update S/390 asm for newer gcc (Ulrich Weigand
o Update S/390 documentation Carsten Otte
o Update s390 dump too and co)
o Update s/390 dasd to match 2.4
o Backport s/390 tape driver from 2.4
o FDDI bits for s/390
o Updates for newer pmac laptops (Tom Rini)
o AMD760MP support (Johannes Erdfelt)
o Fix PPC oops on media change (Tom Rini)
o Fix some weird but valid input combinations (Tom Rini)
on PPC
o Add additional checks to irc dcc masquerade (Juanjo Ciarlante,
Michal Zalewski)
o Update 2.2 ISDN maintainer (Kai Germaschewski)
o Fix 3c505 with > 16Mb of RAM (Paul)
o Bring USB into sync with 2.4.7 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
2.2.20pre8
o Merge DRM fixes from 2.4.7 tree (me)
o Merge sbpcd fixes from 2.4.7 tree
o Merge moxa buffer length check
o Merge bttv clip length check
o Merge aha2920 shared irq from 2.4.7 tree
o Merge MTWEOF fix from 2.4.6 tree
o Merge serverworks AGP from 2.4.6 tree
o Merge sbc60xxx watchdog fixes from 2.4.6
o Merge lapbether fixes from 2.4.6
o Merge bpqether fixes from 2.4.6
o Merge scc fixes from 2.4.6
o Merge lmc memory leak fixes from 2.4.6
o Merge sm_wss fixes from 2.4.6
o Resync AGP support with 2.4.6
o Merge epca fixes from 2.4.5
o Merge riscom8 fixes from 2.4.5
o Merge softdog fixes from 2.4.5
o Merge specialix fixes from 2.4.5
o Merge wdt/wdt_pci fixes from 2.4.5
o ISDN cisco hdlc fixes (Kai Germaschewski)
o ISDN timer fixes (Kai Germaschewski)
o isdn minor control change backport (Kai Germaschewski)
o Backport ELCR MP 1.1 config/PCI routing stuff (John William)
o Backport isdn ppp fixes from 2.4 (Kai Germaschewski)
o Backport isdn_tty fixes from 2.4 (Kai Germaschewski)
o eicon cleanups (Armin Schindler)
| Armin can you double check the clashes were ok
o Fix an ntfs oops (Anton Altaparmakov)
o Fix arp null neighbour buglet (Dave Miller)
o Update sparc version strings, pci fixups (Dave Miller)
o Define CONFIG_X86 in 2.2 as well as 2.4 (Herbert Xu)
o Configure.help cleanups (Steven Cole)
o Add MODE_SELECT_10 to qlogic fc table (Jeff Andre)
o Remove dead oldproc variable (Dave Miller)
o Update starfire driver for 2.2 (Ion Badulescu)
o 8139too driver update (Jens David)
o Assorted race fixes for binfmt loaders (Al Viro)
o Update Alpha support for older boxes (Jay Estabrook)
o ISDN bsdcomp/ppp compression fixes (Kai Germaschewski)
2.2.20pre7
o Merge rose buffer management fixes (Jean-Paul Roubelat)
o Configure.help updates (Steven Cole)
o Add Steven Cole to credits (Steven Cole)
o Update kbuild list info (Michael Chastain)
o Fix slab.c doc typo (Piotr Kasprzyk)
o Lengthen parport probe timeout (Jean-Luc Coulon)
o Fix vm86 cleanup (Stas Sergeev)
o Fix 8139too build bug (Jürgen Zimmermann)
o Fix slow 8139too performance (Oleg Makarenko)
o Sparc64 exec fixes (Solar Designer)
2.2.20pre6
o Merge all the pending ISDN updates (Kai Germaschewski)
| These are sizable changes and want a good testing
o Fix sg deadlock bug as per 2.4 (Douglas Gilbert)
o Count socket/pipe in quota inode use (Paul Menage)
o Fix some missing configuration help texts (Steven Cole)
o Fix Rik van Riel's credits entry (Rik van Riel)
o Mark xtime as volatile in extern definition (various people)
o Fix open error return checks (Andries Brouwer)
2.2.20pre5
o Fix a patch generation error, replaces 2.2.20pre4 which is
wrong on ad1848
2.2.20pre4
o Fix small corruption bug in 82596 (Andries Brouwer)
o Fix usb printer probing (Pete Zaitcev)
o Fix swapon/procfs race (Paul Menage)
o Handle ide dma bug in the CS5530 (Mark Lord)
o Backport 2.4 ipv6 neighbour discovery changes (Dave Miller)
o FIx sock_wmalloc error handling (Dave Miller)
o Enter quickack mode for out of window TCP data (Andi Kleen)
o Fix Established v SYN-ACK TCP state error (Alexey Kuznetsov)
o Sparc updates, ptrace changes etc (Dave Miller)
o Fix wrong printk in vdolive masq (Keitaro Yosimura)
o Fix core dump handling bugs in 2.2 (Al Viro)
o Update hdlc and synclink drivers (Paul Fulghum)
o Update netlink help texts (Magnus Damm)
o Fix rtl8139 keeping files open (Andrew Morton)
o Further sk98 driver updates. fix wrong license (Mirko Lindner)
text in files
o Jonathan Woithe has moved (Jonathan Woithe)
o Update cpqarray driver (Charles White)
o Update cciss driver (Charles White)
o Don't delete directories on an fs that reports (Ingo Oeser)
then 0 size when doing distclean
o Add support for the 2.4 boot extensions to 2.2 (H Peter Anvin)
o Fix nfs cache locking corruption on SMP (Craig Hagan)
o Add missing check to cdrom readaudio ioctl (Jani Jaakkola)
o Fix refclock build with newer gcc (Jari Ruusu)
o koi8-r fixes (Andy Rysin)
o Spelling fixes for documentation (Andries Brouwer)
2.2.20pre3
o FPU/ptrace corruption fixes (Victor Zandy)
o Resync belkin usb serial with 2.4 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Resync digiport usb serial with 2.4 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Rsync empeg usb serial with 2.4 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Resync ftdi_sio against 2.4 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Bring keyscan usb back into line with 2.4 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Resync keyspan_pda usb with 2.4 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Resync omninet usb with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Resync usb-serial driver with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Resync visor usb driver with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Rsync whiteheat driver with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Add edgeport USB serial (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Add mct_u232 USB serial (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Update usb storage device list (Stas Bekman, Kaz Sasayma)
o Bring usb acm driver into line with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Bring bluetooth driver into line with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Bring dabusb driver into line with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Bring usb dc2xx driver into line with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Bring mdc800 usb driver into line with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Bring rio driver into line with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Bring USB scanner drivers into line with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Update ov511 driver to match 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Update PCIIOC ioctls (esp for sparc) (Dave Miller)
o General sparc bugfixes (Dave Miller)
o Fix possible oops in fbmem ioctls (Dave Miller)
o Fix reboot/halt bug on "Alcor" Alpha boxes (Tom Vier)
o Update osst driver (Willem Riede)
o Fix syncppp negotiation bug (Bob Dunlop)
o SMBfs bug fixes from 2.4 series (Urban Widmark)
o 3ware IDE raid driver updates (Adam Radford)
o Fix incorrect use of bitops on non long types (Dave Miller)
o Fix reboot/halt bug on 'Miata' Alpha boxes (Tom Vier)
o Update Tim Waugh's contact info (Tim Waugh)
o Add TIOCGSERIAL to sun serial on PCI sparc32 (Lars Kellogg-Stedman)
o ov511 check user data more carefully (Marc McClelland)
o Fix netif_wake_queue compatibility macro (Andi Kleen)
2.2.20pre2
o Fix ip_decrease_ttl as per 2.4 (Dave Miller)
o Fix tcp retransmit state bug (Alexey Kuznetsov)
o Fix a few obscure sparc tree bugs (Dave Miller)
o Fix fb
o Fix complie with CONFIG_INTEL_RNG=y (Andrzej Krzysztofowicz)
o Fix rio driver when HZ!=100 (Andrzej Krzysztofowicz)
o Stop 3c509 grabbing other EISA boards (Andrzej Krzysztofowicz)
o Remove surplus defines for root= names (Andrzej Krzysztofowicz)
o Revert pre1 APIC change
2.2.20pre1
o Fix SMP deadlock in NFS (Trond Myklebust)
o Fix missing printk in bluesmoke handler (me)
o Fix sparc64 nfs (Dave Miller)
o Update io_apic code to avoid breaking dual (Johannes Erdfelt)
Athlon 760MP
o Fix includes bugs in toshiba driver (Justin Keene,
Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Fix wanpipe cross compile (Phil Blundell)
o AGPGART copy_from_user fix (Dawson Engler)
o Fix alpha resource setup error (Allan Frank)
o Eicon driver updates (Armind Schindler)
o PC300 driver update (Daniela Squassoni)
o Show lock owner on flocks (Jim Mintha)
o Update cciss driver to 1.0.3 (Charles White)
o Backport cciss/cpqarray security fixes (me)
o Update i810 random number generator (Jeff Garzik)
o Update sk98 driver (Mirko Lindner)
o Update sis900 ethernet driver (Hui-Fen Hsu)
o Fix checklist glitch in make menuconfig (Moritz Schulte)
o Update synclink driver (Paul Fulghum)
o Update advansys scsi driver (Bob Frey)
o Ver_linux fixes for 2.2 (Steven Cole)
o Bring 2.2 back into line with the master ISDN (Kai Germaschewski)
o Whiteheat usb driver update (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o Fix via_rhine byte counters (Adam Lackorzynski)
o Fix modem control on rio serial (Rogier Wolff)
o Add more Iomega Zip to the usb storage list (Wim Coekaerts)
o Add ZF Micro watchdog (Fernando Fuganti)
You can not create a religion that violates the law without a lot of precedent. For example, a group of Indians, I dont recall the tribe, but they are the only group who may use peyote legally. Why? It's their religion, and they've been doing it for hundreds of years. If you had been doing this for many years before the DMCA, and all these laws, you might stand a chance. Otherwise, better just spend your time writing your local representatives.
Namely, You are connecting to THEIR machine.
Mail server administrators block spam because they are using their resources, why can't these people claim the same? After all, you're using THEIR resources, shouldnt they have the right to send any data on a connection that YOU initiated? (Though I realize you might not have intentionally made that connection; they can be sneaky, but the point remains.)
I just don't like regulation, If it's bad and wrong, it's the clients job to work with the received data. But noone's blaming Microsoft, Netscape, Mozilla, or Konq (and you really can't blame the last 2, they're implementing things to take care of this junk).
Target a solution, rather than the cause and punishment.
That's just my view.
The TiVo Sony remote IS a learning remote! It wont tell you that in the manual, but check the TiVo AVS Forum, it talks about it... I used to have a PDF on how to use it. Unfortunatly, it doesnt doesnt work my Kenwood receiver, or I'd just use that and be in remote heaven. Sorry I cant give an exact URL, but it is possible. Thats why there's the yellow dots on the remote, each button with a dot is programmable.
Check out page 35 of the manual, You can assign your cable box to another device button, say, DSP, or MD/DAT. Some device you don't use. Thats what makes this remote so good, you can do ANYTHING on it.
Hope that helps.
First the positives.
But it also has some problems.
This is complementary to my existing remote, I still use the TiVo remote for just casual TV, but the Sony 'Remote Commander' is also by my side, and I can use it exclusively, whenever I choose. It's a good remote, and a good choice if you can live with the drawbacks.
About OpenBSD? I said OpenBSD because it has better bridging support. People don't always use OpenBSD just because 'its more secure'.
And I 'talk like i can hack'? I'm not some script kiddie, I dont talk in 'idjit sp34k' or anything like it. So where you get that idea from, I dont know.
And logos at the bottom? Hmm, gee, showing my support for the EFF, Debian, RedHat, Apache, Snort, Sourceforge, of course Slashdot, and other things that I rely on DAILY is bad? I just give credit where credit is due.
I am in fact smarter than you, and I can understand what is being talked about on the list. I have hacked kernel code before
Good for you. So have I. (specifically 2.2 firewalling. again, for bridging.) Big deal? Tens of thousands of other people do too.
four eyed freak? Haha, I don't even have to respond to that.
Now here I am getting in a flame war, On slashdot no less. I guess I'm allowed a few a year.
Either way, How bout just ending it? I apologize for taking your spelling and blowing it out of proportion. I wasn't aware of the Linus quote. Otherwise, I wouldn't have ever replied to your post (A link would have been nice in the beginning) It's a waste of time trolling/flaming over nonsense, and isn't my thing. I won't be responding to any more flames, unless you have something constructive to discuss.
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i created survivor. now i troll slashdot. first probst bitches.
Yes, you're a troll. You don't bother me. Unlike you, I can spell. So get mad, have a fit, and go to school.
Congratulations. You can search archives. Too bad you don't have the capacity to understand anything spoken on that mailing list.
I too have the ability to post mindless links, try this one. That should help you avoid looking so stupid in the future.