With work going full force on Windows Vista, you would have to understand that Microsoft has other things on its plate. Also, perhaps these issues are a little more difficult to fix.
I hope you're being facetious because making excuses for the world's largest software company is just plain ignorant.
They have NO excuse. Period. OpenBSD, a free open source operating system, is constantly auditing their code for security flaws. Windows has millions, perhaps billions of more code to audit, however they also have billions of dollars to spend on it.
The only excuses they have is carelessness and arrogance.
In case you have been living in a cave the United Nations, the EU, and pretty much the rest of the world have stated for the record that TLDs should be under international control instead of under control of one particular government agency.
Since the Internet _is_ an international entity, why should one particular government agency have control of the root DNS? Don't you see the implications of this? If you don't, see line #1 of this reply.
A more open, international approach to this issue would have prevented the happenings in the FA.
The Sun's source said: "It's a major issue for the studio. Brandon is extremely well-endowed and they don't want it up on the big screen.
I would KILL for advertising like that!
Headline from next week's people: "Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Simpson, and J-Lo break up with boyfriends and husbands to view for the love of the new Superman"
Ah, yes. Just what we all want. Command-line administration of Active Directory and Exchange.
Never used or seen Netware or used any UNIX, have you?
There is no NEED for a GUI on the server. Keep the admin tools on the client! If you can't administer AD from your client, restart the AD Admin Service on the service.
Admins should only physically touch servers when there is a hardware problem or network problem. If you are sitting on the console of your server using the GUI, I would suggest that you are not a very experienced sysadmin.
I would be much more interested in seeing a whitepaper that compares reliability between Windows and FreeBSD.
FreeBSD is a pure, cohesive operating system. Linux is not. I'm not bashing Linux here, but if you have used FreeBSD you already know that Linux does not have the same cohesiveness, and therefore feels like a bunch of utilities slapped on top of a kernel, and a few added scripts to make it all work.
With FreeBSD you would not run into an issue where, "GLIBC had to be updated first" in order to allow for a MySQL upgrade.
Several companies doing what they can to GNU/Linux to personalize it and make it their own. What works on one Linux distribution may or may not work on another. There is, however, only one FreeBSD.
Heh, I totally understand what you're saying. I just couldn't help but point out the irony in a CISSP's web site being spammed like that.
If it weren't for the fact that you specifically mentioned your certification I never would have noticed. I'm planning on attending the CISSP training seminar this year myself.:)
Not the only shining light, I too find my CISSP certification useful.
Not trying to troll, but even your CISSP certification didn't give you the in-depth know-how on how to protect your web server from being spammed. Read the comments in your Advice column to see what I mean.
What would your clients say about that? That your CISSP certification was meaningless or you just have "paper knowledge"? This just because a perfect example as to why certification can be questionable...
Google is wrong. Linux is the name of the kernel. The operating system is properly called GNU/Linux. You can then add a vendor name, ie: Debian GNU/Linux.
Here we have a government supplying software - that they are freely allowed to modify - to a demographic of people who are more than likely not educated enough to read the source code to see if their personal freedoms (ie: privacy) are being infringed upon.
"Several news agencies are reporting that the UK is considering allowing parents undergoing fertility treatment to select the sex of their unborn babies."
Choices apparently include everyday, three times a week, hard 'n fast, and special occasions only.
Now that we have been told directly from one of the Internet Explorer developers that it's definately NOT part of the operating system, any day now we will be able to watch Microsoft completely comply with the ruling against them and simply provide a version of Windows without IE preloaded.
"...you've come to the right place if you're looking to take your system building skills to the next level."
The next level isn't very good on details, but full of personal opinions put forth by the author. I wouldn't call that the next level whatsoever. I'd call his article "Things you may want to consider when building a machine." YAWN.
Why do so many governments show so much patience with a company already convicted of a crime? $5 million a day? Ha! Everyone knows that's not going to hurt Microsoft. Make it $100 million dollars per day and we'll see results.
Judges and governments alike should yell "ENOUGH ALREADY!" and enforce the laws to the limit. Period. This is ridiculous.
FreeBSD doesn't have packages for most of things and for a few platforms. Compare that with releasing 12000 packages (14 CDs, IIRC?) for 10-12 architectures.
Wrong. I just cvsup'd my trusty FreeBSD 5.3 server sitting right beside me and it has 12,611 ports available.
"From a corporate perspective, we are not confident where Linux is right now today. A large enterprise needs to be sure because it relates to securifying [sic] the environment. We see some of the same things occurring that did to Unix -- it could splinter into many different types of languages. We are quite cautious about Linux and its deployment," said Rasmussen."
If I were a company looking to outsource my IT, EDS just talked themselves out of it. First of all, I don't know how anyone could securify anything. Second of all, I thought Unix was an operating system, not a language. It appears to me that Mr. Rasmussen has no idea what he is talking about and is obviously in WAAAAAY over his head. That's embarassing.
"From a corporate perspective, we are not confident where Linux is right now today. A large enterprise needs to be sure because it relates to securifying [sic] the environment. We see some of the same things occurring that did to Unix -- it could splinter into many different types of languages. We are quite cautious about Linux and its deployment," said Rasmussen."
If I were a company looking to outsource my IT, EDS just talked themselves out of it. First of all, I don't know how anyone could securify anything. Second of all, I thought Unix was an operating system, not a language. It appears to me that Mr. Rasmussen has no idea what he is talking about and is obviously in WAAAAAY over his head. That's embarassing.
I'm an op in a large channel on the Undernet and spam is definately a growing problem. I see lots of spambots join/part our channel and an unusually high percentage of them come from Romania.
You would think that the Undernet admins could simply force users to login to X, thus dramatically reducing the problem. However they are not willing to do that. As a sysadmin myself, never in a million years would I turn a blind eye one of my services being used completely inapporpriately and I would take the steps necessary to prevent it.
Sure I could sign up for voicemail and leave it turned off at home, but where I live in Canada, that's an expensive option. Whereas I can get voicemail on my landline number virtually for free.
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With work going full force on Windows Vista, you would have to understand that Microsoft has other things on its plate. Also, perhaps these issues are a little more difficult to fix.
I hope you're being facetious because making excuses for the world's largest software company is just plain ignorant.
They have NO excuse. Period. OpenBSD, a free open source operating system, is constantly auditing their code for security flaws. Windows has millions, perhaps billions of more code to audit, however they also have billions of dollars to spend on it.
The only excuses they have is carelessness and arrogance.
RTFA.
In case you have been living in a cave the United Nations, the EU, and pretty much the rest of the world have stated for the record that TLDs should be under international control instead of under control of one particular government agency.
Since the Internet _is_ an international entity, why should one particular government agency have control of the root DNS? Don't you see the implications of this? If you don't, see line #1 of this reply.
A more open, international approach to this issue would have prevented the happenings in the FA.
I really like seeing Microsoft conforming to a standard instead of attempting to create one. It may just be an icon, but it's something!
FTFA:
The Sun's source said: "It's a major issue for the studio. Brandon is extremely well-endowed and they don't want it up on the big screen.
I would KILL for advertising like that!
Headline from next week's people: "Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Simpson, and J-Lo break up with boyfriends and husbands to view for the love of the new Superman"
Ah, yes. Just what we all want. Command-line administration of Active Directory and Exchange.
Never used or seen Netware or used any UNIX, have you?
There is no NEED for a GUI on the server. Keep the admin tools on the client! If you can't administer AD from your client, restart the AD Admin Service on the service.
Admins should only physically touch servers when there is a hardware problem or network problem. If you are sitting on the console of your server using the GUI, I would suggest that you are not a very experienced sysadmin.
I would be much more interested in seeing a whitepaper that compares reliability between Windows and FreeBSD.
FreeBSD is a pure, cohesive operating system. Linux is not. I'm not bashing Linux here, but if you have used FreeBSD you already know that Linux does not have the same cohesiveness, and therefore feels like a bunch of utilities slapped on top of a kernel, and a few added scripts to make it all work.
With FreeBSD you would not run into an issue where, "GLIBC had to be updated first" in order to allow for a MySQL upgrade.
Several companies doing what they can to GNU/Linux to personalize it and make it their own. What works on one Linux distribution may or may not work on another. There is, however, only one FreeBSD.
The US and EU better let Iran develop a nuclear energy program or these senseless acts of web terrorism will never stop!
will this 'slippery slope' prove too difficult to walk?
Haha, an article about blocking Chinese ISPs and "slippery slopes"? Must be a Freudian slip.
After trying to get the monkey off his back and suffering from a neverending case of crabs, it sounds like Mario has finally lost it!!
Heh, I totally understand what you're saying. I just couldn't help but point out the irony in a CISSP's web site being spammed like that.
:)
If it weren't for the fact that you specifically mentioned your certification I never would have noticed. I'm planning on attending the CISSP training seminar this year myself.
Not the only shining light, I too find my CISSP certification useful.
Not trying to troll, but even your CISSP certification didn't give you the in-depth know-how on how to protect your web server from being spammed. Read the comments in your Advice column to see what I mean.
What would your clients say about that? That your CISSP certification was meaningless or you just have "paper knowledge"? This just because a perfect example as to why certification can be questionable...
A Google-buyout betting pool seems in order.
If there is an option to choose Cowboy Neal I'm going all-in!
Google is wrong. Linux is the name of the kernel. The operating system is properly called GNU/Linux. You can then add a vendor name, ie: Debian GNU/Linux.
That's entirely my point, DogDude. Since the people don't care and perhaps don't know better they become pawns.
Another take on this:
Here we have a government supplying software - that they are freely allowed to modify - to a demographic of people who are more than likely not educated enough to read the source code to see if their personal freedoms (ie: privacy) are being infringed upon.
"Several news agencies are reporting that the UK is considering allowing parents undergoing fertility treatment to select the sex of their unborn babies."
Choices apparently include everyday, three times a week, hard 'n fast, and special occasions only.
Now that we have been told directly from one of the Internet Explorer developers that it's definately NOT part of the operating system, any day now we will be able to watch Microsoft completely comply with the ruling against them and simply provide a version of Windows without IE preloaded.
"...you've come to the right place if you're looking to take your system building skills to the next level."
The next level isn't very good on details, but full of personal opinions put forth by the author. I wouldn't call that the next level whatsoever. I'd call his article "Things you may want to consider when building a machine." YAWN.
If they can't even properly manage their own public communications, I wonder how well they can manage their client's systems?
Why do so many governments show so much patience with a company already convicted of a crime? $5 million a day? Ha! Everyone knows that's not going to hurt Microsoft. Make it $100 million dollars per day and we'll see results.
Judges and governments alike should yell "ENOUGH ALREADY!" and enforce the laws to the limit. Period. This is ridiculous.
FreeBSD doesn't have packages for most of things and for a few platforms. Compare that with releasing 12000 packages (14 CDs, IIRC?) for 10-12 architectures.
Wrong. I just cvsup'd my trusty FreeBSD 5.3 server sitting right beside me and it has 12,611 ports available.
"From a corporate perspective, we are not confident where Linux is right now today. A large enterprise needs to be sure because it relates to securifying [sic] the environment. We see some of the same things occurring that did to Unix -- it could splinter into many different types of languages. We are quite cautious about Linux and its deployment," said Rasmussen."
If I were a company looking to outsource my IT, EDS just talked themselves out of it. First of all, I don't know how anyone could securify anything. Second of all, I thought Unix was an operating system, not a language. It appears to me that Mr. Rasmussen has no idea what he is talking about and is obviously in WAAAAAY over his head. That's embarassing.
"From a corporate perspective, we are not confident where Linux is right now today. A large enterprise needs to be sure because it relates to securifying [sic] the environment. We see some of the same things occurring that did to Unix -- it could splinter into many different types of languages. We are quite cautious about Linux and its deployment," said Rasmussen." If I were a company looking to outsource my IT, EDS just talked themselves out of it. First of all, I don't know how anyone could securify anything. Second of all, I thought Unix was an operating system, not a language. It appears to me that Mr. Rasmussen has no idea what he is talking about and is obviously in WAAAAAY over his head. That's embarassing.
I'm an op in a large channel on the Undernet and spam is definately a growing problem. I see lots of spambots join/part our channel and an unusually high percentage of them come from Romania.
You would think that the Undernet admins could simply force users to login to X, thus dramatically reducing the problem. However they are not willing to do that. As a sysadmin myself, never in a million years would I turn a blind eye one of my services being used completely inapporpriately and I would take the steps necessary to prevent it.
Please learn to read.
Sure I could sign up for voicemail and leave it turned off at home, but where I live in Canada, that's an expensive option. Whereas I can get voicemail on my landline number virtually for free.