The problem we've run into (with implementing that sort of solution) is supporting synching to the myriad of PDA devices our employees use.
I realize this wouldn't work for everyone but personally I use a web based solution (PHPGroupware) even on my pda. Not having to worry about syncing at all no matter where I happen to be or who's computer I'm sitting at is handy.
Save yourself some of your lifespan dude and do what's the only right thing to do to a compromised machine: reinstall from fresh media.
The problem with that is that many users don't have backups and may not even have all of their CDs etc. Plus even if they have everything you still have to spend an hour or two with Windows Update so you probably arn't really saving any time.
Browse to c:\winnt(windows). Sort by date. On a default install, the file modify dates are going to be a long time ago. If you see anything from within the last few months, get suspicious.
Good summary. I'd add that some mallware fakes the date and sets it's files to hidden so looking for hidden files can be a good clue when you run into something really persistant.
What I want to know is, what is the drawback to such a power system?
One problem is that the sun isn't always shining so you either need to overproduce when you can and store the excess or build a bunch of traditional power plants that sit around depreciating most of the time so you have power on cloudy days. If we are talking about only a small percent of our total production it's probably not a problem since we have lots of gas turbine plants which can start up pretty quickly and are mostly suited to short duration "peaking" production anyway but we won't be replacing Nuclear or probably even coal based power plants with solar any time soon.
What I am getting at is that the email quoted in the toplevel post could potentially constitute proof that the GPL-distribution-of-hypthetically-derived code actions happened knowingly.
So then they just claim that they didn't know there was any of their code in Linux at that time. Sure it goes against everything else they've said so far but since when has that stopped them?
Qwest does offer static IP addresses for their business (including small business) accounts and the fees are in the same general range as most local ISPs. I'm not sure what it takes to be classified as a business though and the phone service portion will cost more. For home users their "pet" dsl provider is MSN (gag). I'd sooner go back to dialup than use MSN.
Why? No one is going to 'legislate away' the development of new surveillance technology but what the hell does that have to do with using it to monitor everyone's activities? Assuming the people can actually rein in the government, laws preventing the use of such technology in any public place by any one for any reason would be easy to pass
The problem is that cameras are so common and so unobtrusive most people just don't grasp how much they are being observed/recorded. If anything that is only going to get worse as more and smaller cameras are added. If it were required that any camera in a public place must be publically accessible then any inappropriate cameras would be a lot more obvious and quickly removed.
Newegg does appear to do a certain amount of editing. For example if a person mentions a price it's usually replaced with ***** or something similar. I don't have a problem with it since it's not hidden but it's worth noting.
You really need to back up and find out exactly why they feel the need to use removable media and what they are doing with it. Chances are the answer will point to a bigger issue like maybe the users don't trust the backup system or cannot easily retreive files from said backups. It might be that they often use different workstations etc. Whatever the reason, if you provide a good alternative than a simple policy change and some training is all that is necessary but if you don't then no policy will be strong enough. The only ones that will actually listen to a policy that keeps them from getting work done are the weenies who probably wern't doing anything anyway and you'll end up fighting with the good employees.
On ebay, I even found a quad Xeon 550 with 1 gig memory and 5 9.1 scsi cheeta hard drives for less than half of the Dell Xeon. But I don't have any OS that will use 4 CPU's.
What do I need?
Any major Linux Distro will handle 4 CPUs just fine.
Try setting up your ISP's SMTP server as your outgoing mail relay. In other words, when you send mail to your SMTP server, instead of looking up the remote host, doing an MX record lookup, etc., just send to your ISP's SMTP server. They should be configured to accept anything from your IP
That's certianly worth a try but some ISPs have their smtp servers set up to only relay mail with From headers that match one of their own domains so they might reject him anyway.
What do you do/say when they are upset that their photos/email/programs aren't on their PC anymore since you've swapped out their hard drive? Recovering all their stuff, re-installing their programs and getting their internet connection settings back (what's that? you've never had to enter a password for your email and you have no idea what it is?) can easily take as much time as cleaning up all the malware etc. Do you just dump a copy of everything from "My Documents" on a CD and call it a day?
My use for the USB is it would have made it interesting to embed in little projects that need I/O, at that point it would be torn apart and not even a PDA, just a cheap SBC with handy display and keyboard for diag work.
Makes sense. For around $100 you'd be in the same general ballpark as a Soekris board.
Slashdot Mirror
If you're thinking of running anything inside of your ducts check your local building codes first as it may not be legal in your area.
How can any of these be considered a viablealternative if "None of the products provides full Outlook-to-Exchange feature fidelity in Outlook"?
Many/most people don't actually use (or even understand) many of Exchange's features. For those that do then sure, stay with Exchange.
The problem we've run into (with implementing that sort of solution) is supporting synching to the myriad of PDA devices our employees use.
I realize this wouldn't work for everyone but personally I use a web based solution (PHPGroupware) even on my pda. Not having to worry about syncing at all no matter where I happen to be or who's computer I'm sitting at is handy.
Save yourself some of your lifespan dude and do what's the only right thing to do to a compromised machine: reinstall from fresh media.
The problem with that is that many users don't have backups and may not even have all of their CDs etc. Plus even if they have everything you still have to spend an hour or two with Windows Update so you probably arn't really saving any time.
Browse to c:\winnt(windows). Sort by date. On a default install, the file modify dates are going to be a long time ago. If you see anything from within the last few months, get suspicious.
Good summary. I'd add that some mallware fakes the date and sets it's files to hidden so looking for hidden files can be a good clue when you run into something really persistant.
Even if the Linux drivers supported the "raid" features of you controller it wouldn't buy you any speed so why worry about it?
Smells like dinner:)
Birds have problems with windmills and windows so I can only imagine the havoc such a big ass mirror would cause.
What I want to know is, what is the drawback to such a power system?
One problem is that the sun isn't always shining so you either need to overproduce when you can and store the excess or build a bunch of traditional power plants that sit around depreciating most of the time so you have power on cloudy days. If we are talking about only a small percent of our total production it's probably not a problem since we have lots of gas turbine plants which can start up pretty quickly and are mostly suited to short duration "peaking" production anyway but we won't be replacing Nuclear or probably even coal based power plants with solar any time soon.
I don't think I'd give any money to these folks. http://www.groklaw.net/comment.php?mode=display&si d=20050808123259231&title=Anderer's+Realm+raises+a +fresh+%249+million&type=article&order=&hideanonym ous=0&pid=347656#c347665
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What I am getting at is that the email quoted in the toplevel post could potentially constitute proof that the GPL-distribution-of-hypthetically-derived code actions happened knowingly.
So then they just claim that they didn't know there was any of their code in Linux at that time. Sure it goes against everything else they've said so far but since when has that stopped them?
Qwest does offer static IP addresses for their business (including small business) accounts and the fees are in the same general range as most local ISPs. I'm not sure what it takes to be classified as a business though and the phone service portion will cost more. For home users their "pet" dsl provider is MSN (gag). I'd sooner go back to dialup than use MSN.
Why? No one is going to 'legislate away' the development of new surveillance technology but what the hell does that have to do with using it to monitor everyone's activities? Assuming the people can actually rein in the government, laws preventing the use of such technology in any public place by any one for any reason would be easy to pass
The problem is that cameras are so common and so unobtrusive most people just don't grasp how much they are being observed/recorded. If anything that is only going to get worse as more and smaller cameras are added. If it were required that any camera in a public place must be publically accessible then any inappropriate cameras would be a lot more obvious and quickly removed.
I had this happen to a friend as well. I've been very suspicious of quotes and sound bites in the media ever since (which is probably a good thing).
Newegg does appear to do a certain amount of editing. For example if a person mentions a price it's usually replaced with ***** or something similar. I don't have a problem with it since it's not hidden but it's worth noting.
Err, they didn't HIRE a security firm, they WERE a security firm.
IIRC the "standard" test suite was Lotus 123, Wordstar, and Flight Simulator (before MS bought it).
You really need to back up and find out exactly why they feel the need to use removable media and what they are doing with it. Chances are the answer will point to a bigger issue like maybe the users don't trust the backup system or cannot easily retreive files from said backups. It might be that they often use different workstations etc. Whatever the reason, if you provide a good alternative than a simple policy change and some training is all that is necessary but if you don't then no policy will be strong enough. The only ones that will actually listen to a policy that keeps them from getting work done are the weenies who probably wern't doing anything anyway and you'll end up fighting with the good employees.
So that's where those voices are coming from. I wonder what station it is that keeps broacasting KILL, KILL, KILL over and over anyway.
On ebay, I even found a quad Xeon 550 with 1 gig memory and 5 9.1 scsi cheeta hard drives for less than half of the Dell Xeon. But I don't have any OS that will use 4 CPU's.
What do I need?
Any major Linux Distro will handle 4 CPUs just fine.
Try setting up your ISP's SMTP server as your outgoing mail relay. In other words, when you send mail to your SMTP server, instead of looking up the remote host, doing an MX record lookup, etc., just send to your ISP's SMTP server. They should be configured to accept anything from your IP
That's certianly worth a try but some ISPs have their smtp servers set up to only relay mail with From headers that match one of their own domains so they might reject him anyway.
That and the guy paying you $20/hr is going to tend to blow off your advice and then expect you to fix their mistakes, keep you waiting etc.
What do you do/say when they are upset that their photos/email/programs aren't on their PC anymore since you've swapped out their hard drive? Recovering all their stuff, re-installing their programs and getting their internet connection settings back (what's that? you've never had to enter a password for your email and you have no idea what it is?) can easily take as much time as cleaning up all the malware etc. Do you just dump a copy of everything from "My Documents" on a CD and call it a day?
My question then, after all the errors in the write-up, is what year is the new chip on par with?
A 3 year old.
My use for the USB is it would have made it interesting to embed in little projects that need I/O, at that point it would be torn apart and not even a PDA, just a cheap SBC with handy display and keyboard for diag work.
Makes sense. For around $100 you'd be in the same general ballpark as a Soekris board.