Apple are far from the enemy of the free web. Apple offers convenience at a price (your freedom) if you choose to become a member of their cult, but they don't take away the freedoms of others, in fact, they play nicely with others and share their low-level technologies so they can "give back to the geeks". They hoard all the marketable front-end and share all the back-end.
As an avid Linux fanboy, even I can admit that Apple's lock-in is limited to their own customers and not to the world at large. They support freedom of choice, to either lose one's own free speech in the name of convenience (Apple way) or to use a Free Software competing technology which leverages their contributions....
In my case I opt for GNU/Linux, with Desura as a gaming platform and Wine for all my old stuff I still like to use....
You have been able to do this for decades through the BIOS... MS could have and should have rallied for OEMs to use this valuable *user-configurable* feature by default on PCs they ship. Why didn't they? Because it hindered upgrading from one MS OS to the next;-)
Oh gee, like the BIOS option that has been available for DECADES?
Seriously, do you really think that real IT professionals will buy into the whole BS about allegedly "improving security" when in many cases remote security on Microsoft's platforms has actually decreased over the years?
This option was available for decades as a feature of BIOSes only editable from the CMOS Setup menu. It is not a security feature, it does nothing to really protect against malware.
Also, if you reinstall your OS, the boot sector is overwritten, as the partitioning/formatting stage overwrites all the data there....
How is this a security feature? Boot sector locking has been an option on x86 devices for decades, with the option of override from CMOS Setup Utility. None of those protections actually worked back then and they still won't today....
Agreed, but this is an impractical solution. Watch the magic as I keep things exactly the same with this new law!
1) Congress miraculously comes to its senses and declares that corporations can no longer hold copyrights - rather, copyrights have to be held by a person.
2) HR at nearly every corporation in America creates a new position called CCO, or "Chief Copyright Officer" with a decent salary. The CCO holds all of the copyrights for the corporation and answers to the board of directors as it is a junior executive position. The CCO is contractually obligated to transfer all of the company copyrights in his name to the new officer should he be terminated or fired, and his last will and testament must include language to that effect that can never be removed.
3) Everything basically stays exactly the same.
Only #1 would work as Copyright for the Corporations would automatically terminate, resulting in no way to transfer Copyright to an agent. In addition, Copyright can't be passed around, only licenses can, so things would change.
That is a problem with the router implementations of WPS, not WPS itself. My Linksys WAG120N appears to block multiple bad PIN attempts, which can be reset by pushing the button, which leaves a security hole while the thing flashes, big whoop.
This is similar to the whole "OMG uPnP great hole!" issue of about 6 years ago, which was down to router implementations and not the spec itself...
If everyone ends up using driverless cars, a combination of "standard AI" with supplementation by a peer-to-peer system (other cars) could prevent almost all accidents. For example, if another car has broken down and is rolling along, other cars could safely brake, knowing of the failure and then overtake - all in an automated fashion.
Well technically, one lost that the moment NT 5.x came about.
Without deliberately going against the security model of the OS, no-one could obtain root (SYSTEM) privileges. Of course Task Scheduler as a hack has reliably allowed people to make a true root desktop a reality for quite a while now =]
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Apple are far from the enemy of the free web. Apple offers convenience at a price (your freedom) if you choose to become a member of their cult, but they don't take away the freedoms of others, in fact, they play nicely with others and share their low-level technologies so they can "give back to the geeks". They hoard all the marketable front-end and share all the back-end.
As an avid Linux fanboy, even I can admit that Apple's lock-in is limited to their own customers and not to the world at large. They support freedom of choice, to either lose one's own free speech in the name of convenience (Apple way) or to use a Free Software competing technology which leverages their contributions....
In my case I opt for GNU/Linux, with Desura as a gaming platform and Wine for all my old stuff I still like to use....
and India will lose millions of modern-day services, which the people will demand and the government will be forced to provide....
With physical access a hardware keylogger can be installed, so no, it doesn't improve security.
"Failing that, why not run Caolan's callcatcher over your project to see which nooks and crannies are surplus to requirements. "
From the original blogpost ;)
You have been able to do this for decades through the BIOS... MS could have and should have rallied for OEMs to use this valuable *user-configurable* feature by default on PCs they ship. Why didn't they? Because it hindered upgrading from one MS OS to the next ;-)
Incorrect. Look at measures on products like the Chromebook for example. I'd love to see how you bypass a user-configurable HARDWARE jumper/switch.
Lies, lies, lies. MS are always full of lies.
Oh gee, like the BIOS option that has been available for DECADES?
Seriously, do you really think that real IT professionals will buy into the whole BS about allegedly "improving security" when in many cases remote security on Microsoft's platforms has actually decreased over the years?
It's an issue of consumer freedom to do with their devices as they see fit.
It's a problem. Period.
This option was available for decades as a feature of BIOSes only editable from the CMOS Setup menu. It is not a security feature, it does nothing to really protect against malware.
Also, if you reinstall your OS, the boot sector is overwritten, as the partitioning/formatting stage overwrites all the data there....
How is this a security feature? Boot sector locking has been an option on x86 devices for decades, with the option of override from CMOS Setup Utility. None of those protections actually worked back then and they still won't today....
Microsoft's NTFS technology relies on cleanups to take place in the background, it appears to be a nightmare waiting to happen... :|
Ext3 has COW patches: http://www.ext3cow.com/ext3cow/Welcome.html (available now! PATCH YO KERNEL DAMNIT!)
NILFS2 is a filesystem that supports infinite snapshots, provides partial dedup and will work towards providing more (no patches needed!)
BTRFS is working on dedup support... (best bet!)
NILFS2 anyone?
Agreed, but this is an impractical solution. Watch the magic as I keep things exactly the same with this new law!
1) Congress miraculously comes to its senses and declares that corporations can no longer hold copyrights - rather, copyrights have to be held by a person.
2) HR at nearly every corporation in America creates a new position called CCO, or "Chief Copyright Officer" with a decent salary. The CCO holds all of the copyrights for the corporation and answers to the board of directors as it is a junior executive position. The CCO is contractually obligated to transfer all of the company copyrights in his name to the new officer should he be terminated or fired, and his last will and testament must include language to that effect that can never be removed.
3) Everything basically stays exactly the same.
Only #1 would work as Copyright for the Corporations would automatically terminate, resulting in no way to transfer Copyright to an agent. In addition, Copyright can't be passed around, only licenses can, so things would change.
It's "identity cloning" if one was to apply words accurately ;)
Oh really? I believe the attacker has to wait for the button to be pushed in my example of fixing this.
Which would be an impractably long time for households which rely on it for initial setup only...
That is a problem with the router implementations of WPS, not WPS itself. My Linksys WAG120N appears to block multiple bad PIN attempts, which can be reset by pushing the button, which leaves a security hole while the thing flashes, big whoop.
This is similar to the whole "OMG uPnP great hole!" issue of about 6 years ago, which was down to router implementations and not the spec itself...
Not hard to fix this:
Make it so PIN entries only work when the WPS button is pushed, limited to a 120 second timeout.
In addition, rate limiting would prevent a DoS attack if it's based on multiplication. For example, multiplying by 10:
1 failure = 10 second delay
2 failures = 100 second delay
3 failures = 1000 second delay
etc..
The WPS button could reset the counter...
Problem fixed, this "security flaw" is no worse than a bad SSH passphrase or the like...
If Scientology weren't above the law.... someone needs to outlaw OT powers!
Erm, 8 digit PIN is fine. Routers can limit PIN guesses y'know...
Except Dalvik VM is free software, MS JVM is not.
Therefore, who cares?
If everyone ends up using driverless cars, a combination of "standard AI" with supplementation by a peer-to-peer system (other cars) could prevent almost all accidents. For example, if another car has broken down and is rolling along, other cars could safely brake, knowing of the failure and then overtake - all in an automated fashion.
if RMS joins in, hand-rolled intoxicants all round!
Well technically, one lost that the moment NT 5.x came about.
Without deliberately going against the security model of the OS, no-one could obtain root (SYSTEM) privileges. Of course Task Scheduler as a hack has reliably allowed people to make a true root desktop a reality for quite a while now =]
....nothing to see here. The Daily Mail is the UK newspaper equivalent of the televised Fox News in the U.S.....