Too bad this is a joke, I would love it if while reading a web page I stare at a link for more than 3 seconds the browser follows that link. Obviously needs to be thought out but hey we can create the security hole now, and patch later.
I don't know the Charter deal specifically but I do know ISP's aren't planning on selling info that is identifiable back to a specific person. IE, they are not going to correlate your IP back to the account holder and sell something like John Doe at IP x.x.x.x went to sex.com 10 times between 1pm and 3pm. It would be more like, a user in this geo region went to sex.com 10 times between 1pm and 3pm.
This is already happening every time you surf the web, someone should explain what a cookie is to those idiots in Washington.
Now let's talk about Google/Hotmail/Yahoo, they read your email to target you with ad's and you can be sure *something* is being provided back to the advertisers. I'm sure it's not my username but it's certainly something like I described above. I don't see anyone complaining about that (any more at least).
to maintain the freedom to use for lawful purposes broadband telecommunications networks, including the Internet, without unreasonable interference from or discrimination by network operators, as has been the policy and history of the Internet and the basis of user expectations since its inception;
Interesting that they stuck the word "lawful" in there, as well as "unreasonable interference". This bill won't change anything.
July 07 know as 707 in the industry was the infamous deadline that mandated all new stb's have separable security (cablecards). OCAP is something different and DCAS is the likely replacement for crappy cablecards. The only one that liked cablecards was the FCC and the companies manufacturing them (they are very expensive).
What a bunch of FUD. Let's all run out and buy more/new routers, switches, circuits so Cisco and the like can see a bump in their stock.
The amount of bandwidth available internally to a Cableco/Telco and what's generally available between the source (some video streamer) and the ingress of the Cableco/Telco are apples and oranges.
are you kidding? Microsoft would love this (and I think they've already tried). Just think, instead of all those pirated copies of Office, you would have to actually pay to use it from your "application provider"
These reports use records at arin/apnic/ripe/lanic to determine country of origin. Just because an ip was issued by ripe (for instance) doesn't mean it's being used in Europe.
Finally, a slashdotter who is responsible enough to recognize Mitnick for what he is.
To all you Anonymous Cowards: No he's not a hero
Did he suffer a misjustice? Maybe (I'm not a lawyer), but he put himself in that position. Play with fire and someday you'll get burned, it's just that simple.
"According to a colleague of Pleuger's this meant that the German foreign services "might as well hold our conferences directly in Langley." We're not entirely sure whose interesting video conferencing via satellite service has a vital groundstation in Denver, but we note that Pleuger seems to have gleaned this information from a presentation held earlier this month in Berlin by, er, Deutsche Telekom."
Well, if they are not using and hardware key based encryption then it serves them right!
"So basically, instead of having a proprietary American software running a major military organization"
Define major Military Organization.... I don't think it includes the Bundeswehr....
As an American living in Germany I can tell you that the SuSE distro is VERY popular.
I used to be a die hard RedHat fan, but no longer.
Not only do they do an excellent job of releasing interim updates but check out their newsgroups and you'll see the outstanding support offered by not only SuSE employees but the fellow users as well.
No, I do not work for them
Tim
Search dice, monster, net-temps, etc for the different cert acronyms and it will quickly become apparent which are valuable and which are not.... IMO Solaris is the sought after *NIX cert... may vary by location..
Slashdot Mirror
Google, like Apple, is no longer any better/different than the companies they claim to be better than (from an ethical stand point).
Don't be fooled... other Municipalities have tried this
they build it
they never get it profitable
they then sell
millions of tax payer dollars wasted
you laugh but my elderly father once searched for all dll's and deleted all he could based on something his AV was trying to tell him.
Too bad this is a joke, I would love it if while reading a web page I stare at a link for more than 3 seconds the browser follows that link. Obviously needs to be thought out but hey we can create the security hole now, and patch later.
I better go file patent!
TGM
I don't know the Charter deal specifically but I do know ISP's aren't planning on selling info that is identifiable back to a specific person. IE, they are not going to correlate your IP back to the account holder and sell something like John Doe at IP x.x.x.x went to sex.com 10 times between 1pm and 3pm. It would be more like, a user in this geo region went to sex.com 10 times between 1pm and 3pm.
This is already happening every time you surf the web, someone should explain what a cookie is to those idiots in Washington.
Now let's talk about Google/Hotmail/Yahoo, they read your email to target you with ad's and you can be sure *something* is being provided back to the advertisers. I'm sure it's not my username but it's certainly something like I described above. I don't see anyone complaining about that (any more at least).
to maintain the freedom to use for lawful purposes broadband telecommunications networks, including the Internet, without unreasonable interference from or discrimination by network operators, as has been the policy and history of the Internet and the basis of user expectations since its inception;
Interesting that they stuck the word "lawful" in there, as well as "unreasonable interference". This bill won't change anything.
July 07 know as 707 in the industry was the infamous deadline that mandated all new stb's have separable security (cablecards). OCAP is something different and DCAS is the likely replacement for crappy cablecards. The only one that liked cablecards was the FCC and the companies manufacturing them (they are very expensive).
I've had problems with those idiots as well
What a bunch of FUD. Let's all run out and buy more/new routers, switches, circuits so Cisco and the like can see a bump in their stock.
The amount of bandwidth available internally to a Cableco/Telco and what's generally available between the source (some video streamer) and the ingress of the Cableco/Telco are apples and oranges.
ditto
Anything from the Register that can't be collaborated should be considered FABRICATED
are you kidding? Microsoft would love this (and I think they've already tried). Just think, instead of all those pirated copies of Office, you would have to actually pay to use it from your "application provider"
These reports use records at arin/apnic/ripe/lanic to determine country of origin. Just because an ip was issued by ripe (for instance) doesn't mean it's being used in Europe.
Finally, a slashdotter who is responsible enough to recognize Mitnick for what he is.
To all you Anonymous Cowards: No he's not a hero
Did he suffer a misjustice? Maybe (I'm not a lawyer), but he put himself in that position. Play with fire and someday you'll get burned, it's just that simple.
"According to a colleague of Pleuger's this meant that the German foreign services "might as well hold our conferences directly in Langley." We're not entirely sure whose interesting video conferencing via satellite service has a vital groundstation in Denver, but we note that Pleuger seems to have gleaned this information from a presentation held earlier this month in Berlin by, er, Deutsche Telekom."
Well, if they are not using and hardware key based encryption then it serves them right!
There are some major satellite teleports in the suburban Denver area...
"So basically, instead of having a proprietary American software running a major military organization" Define major Military Organization.... I don't think it includes the Bundeswehr....
As an American living in Germany I can tell you that the SuSE distro is VERY popular. I used to be a die hard RedHat fan, but no longer. Not only do they do an excellent job of releasing interim updates but check out their newsgroups and you'll see the outstanding support offered by not only SuSE employees but the fellow users as well. No, I do not work for them Tim
Search dice, monster, net-temps, etc for the different cert acronyms and it will quickly become apparent which are valuable and which are not.... IMO Solaris is the sought after *NIX cert... may vary by location..
The idiots have also paid for radio spots I heard while I was in Washington DC last month....