You can't make an omlette without breaking eggs. He might not have been an angel 100% of the time, but overall he did the right things. He did much more good with his life than I have in mine, and more good that I suspect you have done.
Saying that it is encrypted is one thing, but a whole lot more is needed to be confident in security. What if the encyption algorithms have problems, or the key generation produces an effective length of less than 2048, etc, etc.
Microsoft would be really smart if it released its security related code under some ''you can view this and try to break it but cannot sell/... license''. This need not be incompatible with keeping the rest of its code base proprietary. It would really boost confidence if people could independently rebuild the security DLLs. On the other hand if Microsoft does not do this we need to ask the question: what has it got to hide ?
Can someone tell me how the cost of an Internet connection breaks down. As I see it there are 3 components:
1) consumer residence to ISP point of presence (PoP) ''the last mile''
2) PoP to ISP core infrastucture
3) ISP links to elsewhere
I do realise that my breakdown is somewhat simplistic; net neutrality is all about the cost of (3) compared to the cost of (1)+(2). If (3) really is much greater than there might be an argument for not streaming lots of data (eg video) round the globe. If (3) is not the lion's share of the cost then attempts to prevent net neutrality are more about controlling access to the consumer for the ISP's commercial gain.
I assume that any cost in paying for a free consumer broadband modem, installation costs, and similar, have been amortised (ie not part of the above calculation)
The USA pursued Gary McKinnon for a decade for cracking some USA military and NASA computers, mainly those where incompetent sysadmins had not changed default passwords. What Gary McKinnon was wrong; but this is also wrong and worse by an order of magnitude.
Do we assume that the USA gov't will hand over those responsible as it wanted the UK to hand over Gary McKinnon ? I would eat all of my hats if the USA gov't even talked about the possibility.
I am just wondering who will empty the cup of tea and find Gallifrey. It will make it more interesting if a few Time Lords can be brought into future plots.
I would not be surprised if the loss of the weight of the ice that has already melted is itself contributing to the emergence of the volcanoes. Less weight pressing down might make it easier for them to come to the surface.
That was my first thought, then I realised that if this database listed my number as ''a grouchy bugger who is just rude to unsolicited 'phone calls and does not buy things'' then I will get what I want: not be be bothered by span 'phone calls.
Given Apple's stance on Open Source - will they refuse permission to have it in their catalogue ? Then what happens if the FCC insists that they list it ? Once it is there someone will ask for the source of the Apple libraries that it is linked to....
Today: a general might want to engage in some madcap but risky adventure but will be restrained because he knows that his ass will get it if too many of his own soliders die. This reluctance preserves life on both sides of the war.
Tomorrow: that general will do it since he knows that his bosses won't weep much over the loss of a few robots and not at all over the many deaths on the other side -- be they soldiers or civilians. The result will be a loosening of moral constraints to kill, not a good thing by my way of thinking.
We saw that a century ago when it did not matter to the generals how many of their own side died, remember the huge numbers who died in the Battle of the Somme and the deaths from drone attaks in Pakistan that few in the West worry about.
Validating the certificate is the problem. If it can't be validated then SSL is useless, it is open to a man in the middle attack. The trouble with the current SSL system is that even a certifcate signed by a CA is spoofable; an CA can sign a certificate for any domain, so if you can twist arms stronly enough (think: NSA or well funded crooks) then you can still do a MitM attack. So: the first thing that is needed is a robust way of validating certificates -- I don't know how that could be done.
The other problem with SSL everywere is that multiple virtual hosts on the same IP address would break on a large number of current machines. There is the SNI mechanism that allows that but it is not supported by IE on MS XP (& others), so we cannot use SNI until MS XP use is insignificant -- which will be a few years away, even is MS does declare it dead.
Exactly: the olympics is, to a large extent, about money in one way or another. I sometimes think that the IOC would quickly ditch the athletes if they could find a way of having the games without them.
At least to judge by the amount of spam that I have received recently from friends who do have twitter accounts; messages claiming to be from them ''inviting me (personal invitation of course) to join twitter''. None of my friends were aware that this crap was being sent in their name.
I decided some time ago that you must be a twit to need twitter:-)
I'd just feel a bit happier if the new effort was based somewhere other than the USA; somewhere a bit harder for the NSA to get its sticky paws into.
I have in mind how the NSA screwed with IPSec. Mind you: discussion would have to be international, I am not sure how much harder it would make things for them if this was based in, say, Bolivia.
On these sort of cases, corporations are not people.
But all the decisions and actions of a corporation will be decided/done by people. Whoever decided to install the spyware should be personally held liable and prosecuted. If no one will admit to it, then the company directors should carry the can.
Do we not have a direct analogy between this ruling and warrantless examination of Internet usage - as does the NSA & others ?
So does this mean that the NSA needs a court order before it can collect any Internet use on anyone ? Ie the end to their current ''vacuum up everything'' way of doing things ?
The cartridges that come with a new printer do not (usually) contain as much ink as a replacement.
However: if you don't need to use photo printing very often and have a laser for most printing - this could be worth it.
If enough people do this, then the printer manufacturers might get the message that people do not like them taking the piss on ink prices. They sell the printers for less than it comes to make them and coin it on ink cartridges.
to believe that this sort of thing will forever remain a secret ? Sooner or later this sort of thing will become public knowledge; I suppose that the best that they can hope for is that, by then, no one will care.
Regardless of the legality or morality of this, or that ''it is just the NSA's job'', they should have forseen that it WILL become known, at that it is likely to cause a public storm or damage USA reputation or international relationships. Instead they seem to act surprised and then try to blame the messenger (Mr Sowden). I ask again: Are they that naive or arrogant or stupid to believe that this sort of thing could forever remain a secret ?
How much of that $5-6 million will go to the musicians who, presumably/supposedly, have been losing income through the activities of ISOhunt ?
Call me cynical, but I suspect that none of it will. The money will be used to hand out bonuses to MPAA employees & lawyers and the rest to fund future MPAA activities.
Will someone please remind me what the ultimate purpose of the MPAA is supposed to be.
get a job at the NSA, cook up something incriminating and toss it over the wall to the CIA/.... The guy who you want to stiff will never see what you made up and so will be banged up without a chance to defend himself. Can't be bothered to get a job there, a package of greenbacks in a brown envelope to a NSA employee with health problems or going through a divorce will do the job.
Exaggerated, improbable ? Maybe, but not impossible.
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You can't make an omlette without breaking eggs. He might not have been an angel 100% of the time, but overall he did the right things. He did much more good with his life than I have in mine, and more good that I suspect you have done.
Saying that it is encrypted is one thing, but a whole lot more is needed to be confident in security. What if the encyption algorithms have problems, or the key generation produces an effective length of less than 2048, etc, etc.
Microsoft would be really smart if it released its security related code under some ''you can view this and try to break it but cannot sell/... license''. This need not be incompatible with keeping the rest of its code base proprietary. It would really boost confidence if people could independently rebuild the security DLLs. On the other hand if Microsoft does not do this we need to ask the question: what has it got to hide ?
Can someone tell me how the cost of an Internet connection breaks down. As I see it there are 3 components:
I do realise that my breakdown is somewhat simplistic; net neutrality is all about the cost of (3) compared to the cost of (1)+(2). If (3) really is much greater than there might be an argument for not streaming lots of data (eg video) round the globe. If (3) is not the lion's share of the cost then attempts to prevent net neutrality are more about controlling access to the consumer for the ISP's commercial gain.
I assume that any cost in paying for a free consumer broadband modem, installation costs, and similar, have been amortised (ie not part of the above calculation)
The USA pursued Gary McKinnon for a decade for cracking some USA military and NASA computers, mainly those where incompetent sysadmins had not changed default passwords. What Gary McKinnon was wrong; but this is also wrong and worse by an order of magnitude.
Do we assume that the USA gov't will hand over those responsible as it wanted the UK to hand over Gary McKinnon ? I would eat all of my hats if the USA gov't even talked about the possibility.
I am just wondering who will empty the cup of tea and find Gallifrey. It will make it more interesting if a few Time Lords can be brought into future plots.
I would not be surprised if the loss of the weight of the ice that has already melted is itself contributing to the emergence of the volcanoes. Less weight pressing down might make it easier for them to come to the surface.
Disclaimer: I am not a geologist.
That was my first thought, then I realised that if this database listed my number as ''a grouchy bugger who is just rude to unsolicited 'phone calls and does not buy things'' then I will get what I want: not be be bothered by span 'phone calls.
Given Apple's stance on Open Source - will they refuse permission to have it in their catalogue ? Then what happens if the FCC insists that they list it ? Once it is there someone will ask for the source of the Apple libraries that it is linked to ....
Time to get some popcorn and watch the fun!
Today: a general might want to engage in some madcap but risky adventure but will be restrained because he knows that his ass will get it if too many of his own soliders die. This reluctance preserves life on both sides of the war.
Tomorrow: that general will do it since he knows that his bosses won't weep much over the loss of a few robots and not at all over the many deaths on the other side -- be they soldiers or civilians. The result will be a loosening of moral constraints to kill, not a good thing by my way of thinking.
We saw that a century ago when it did not matter to the generals how many of their own side died, remember the huge numbers who died in the Battle of the Somme and the deaths from drone attaks in Pakistan that few in the West worry about.
Validating the certificate is the problem. If it can't be validated then SSL is useless, it is open to a man in the middle attack. The trouble with the current SSL system is that even a certifcate signed by a CA is spoofable; an CA can sign a certificate for any domain, so if you can twist arms stronly enough (think: NSA or well funded crooks) then you can still do a MitM attack. So: the first thing that is needed is a robust way of validating certificates -- I don't know how that could be done.
The other problem with SSL everywere is that multiple virtual hosts on the same IP address would break on a large number of current machines. There is the SNI mechanism that allows that but it is not supported by IE on MS XP (& others), so we cannot use SNI until MS XP use is insignificant -- which will be a few years away, even is MS does declare it dead.
A cost of $10 billion is peanuts compared to the $3.2-4 trillion cost of the Iraq war or the $12.8 trillion cost of the bank bailout.. Even if these figures are not very accurate, VLHC is, comparatively, not expensive.
The trouble is that VLHC does not enrich the friends of the politicans and so will not be looked on favourably. When will mankind grow up?
Education would have at least some mention about the public domain and its advantages, and the fact that copyright is a privilege, not a right.
It would also present the counter arguments and have a discussion of the relative merits of both points of view.
Exactly: the olympics is, to a large extent, about money in one way or another. I sometimes think that the IOC would quickly ditch the athletes if they could find a way of having the games without them.
When the soviet union imploded the USA needed to invent other enemies, they found: terrorists and paedophiles.
This is not about protecting human life, the number killed so far by the USA in drone attacks in Pakistan (2,830) is about the same as the number killed in the 9/11 attacks (2,978); then start counting the number killed in Afganistan (Coalition casualties: 3,395 civilian casualties (an order of magnitude more).
At least to judge by the amount of spam that I have received recently from friends who do have twitter accounts; messages claiming to be from them ''inviting me (personal invitation of course) to join twitter''. None of my friends were aware that this crap was being sent in their name.
I decided some time ago that you must be a twit to need twitter :-)
Manager of external archiving by any chance ? :-)
Before I get flamed: the above was not intended as a slur against the guys at Lavabit and Silent Circle.
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I'd just feel a bit happier if the new effort was based somewhere other than the USA; somewhere a bit harder for the NSA to get its sticky paws into. I have in mind how the NSA screwed with IPSec. Mind you: discussion would have to be international, I am not sure how much harder it would make things for them if this was based in, say, Bolivia.
On these sort of cases, corporations are not people.
But all the decisions and actions of a corporation will be decided/done by people. Whoever decided to install the spyware should be personally held liable and prosecuted. If no one will admit to it, then the company directors should carry the can.
Do we not have a direct analogy between this ruling and warrantless examination of Internet usage - as does the NSA & others ?
So does this mean that the NSA needs a court order before it can collect any Internet use on anyone ? Ie the end to their current ''vacuum up everything'' way of doing things ?
The cartridges that come with a new printer do not (usually) contain as much ink as a replacement. However: if you don't need to use photo printing very often and have a laser for most printing - this could be worth it.
If enough people do this, then the printer manufacturers might get the message that people do not like them taking the piss on ink prices. They sell the printers for less than it comes to make them and coin it on ink cartridges.
to believe that this sort of thing will forever remain a secret ? Sooner or later this sort of thing will become public knowledge; I suppose that the best that they can hope for is that, by then, no one will care.
Regardless of the legality or morality of this, or that ''it is just the NSA's job'', they should have forseen that it WILL become known, at that it is likely to cause a public storm or damage USA reputation or international relationships. Instead they seem to act surprised and then try to blame the messenger (Mr Sowden). I ask again: Are they that naive or arrogant or stupid to believe that this sort of thing could forever remain a secret ?
How much of that $5-6 million will go to the musicians who, presumably/supposedly, have been losing income through the activities of ISOhunt ? Call me cynical, but I suspect that none of it will. The money will be used to hand out bonuses to MPAA employees & lawyers and the rest to fund future MPAA activities.
Will someone please remind me what the ultimate purpose of the MPAA is supposed to be.
It worked well for Harry Potter.
get a job at the NSA, cook up something incriminating and toss it over the wall to the CIA/.... The guy who you want to stiff will never see what you made up and so will be banged up without a chance to defend himself. Can't be bothered to get a job there, a package of greenbacks in a brown envelope to a NSA employee with health problems or going through a divorce will do the job.
Exaggerated, improbable ? Maybe, but not impossible.