To be useful for anything which could impose on your "liberties". Although perl never has ceased to amaze me.
Would need to be some kind of no-hop-added router, I guess. (I know IPF can do this, but parsing packet content is a bigger job than just reading headers, especially at the major nodes)
Like others have wisely said, if your unsure, encrypt with your own keys. Everyone sniffs around these days, run ipmon for fun!
Often the plan is that, not only can't you write to the registry (usually CURRENT_USER in a network-homed environment), but also you only are allowed to run a specific suite of apps for which your registry has pre-defined entries made for you. The whole scheme usually gets a fancy name like... EGO2000!
My experience is that most larger organizations that try this are not able to implement it in every department, making information-sharing more difficult within the overall organization, because of incompatible tools. One department gets to keep their cool website, but another department can't install the latest plugin (for example) to get access, etc.
Often found in departments which lack resources to manage a more open network, but dont have enough clout (read.. budget) to get the dedicated support they want. (IT departments being the exception:-)
I tend to agree with those who lay claim to this victory because of individual concern. While corporations like RedHat (undoubtedly StrongHold and many others) probably had something to say, I believe the letter-writers and public forums like this one deserve much of the credit.
For us expatriates (but never ex-patriot) living overseas, and therefore without congressional representation, a heartfelt thanks to all who took the time and effort to express your concern to your congressmen or congresswomen.
While modern games and gaming consoles can definitely increase your heartrate, I guess it's not quite the same as crawling around in a 2-foot tunnel looking for a guy who's gonna blow himself if you find him.
It makes sense to amortize the Unix investment over five years, but it would defy experience to do that for Windows.
Um, this might be stretching it a bit...
I dont think that very much besides real hardware can be written down without a significant scrutiny risk from the IRS. Even hardware has been nearly comparable to ordinary expense, in the last few heady years of upgrades and speed improvements. But things perhaps are changing in that regard, as we near theoretical limits in disk storage, etc.
In an case, the rate of change in Linux releases also implies occasional upgrades. (Although perhaps not at the rate of MS) OTOH, Linux is not licensed per-workstation, either, which could help to hold costs down.:-)
IAAA too. In fact, an ex-patriate American, but just as proud to be an American as anyone of you sitting on that side of the pond. Over here they expect a behavior from us which requires that attitude. It ain't easy being Us sometimes.
With that said, I also say I am also concerned (as you are) that that some truth is being buried, or ignored, or simply drowned out by the blood of our countrymen crying out for justice.
I dont know if there is a way to dispense such justice, outside from the hand of God. The type of justice we need, that which we always demand as Americans, is based on the truth. And the truth is not so very easy to find in the world of terrorists and hatred.
In fact, to find the truth may, at it's very foundation, be primarily a matter of faith right now. From George Bush's faith, right on down to the faith of the homeless person on the street, we Americans have never needed faith so much, perhaps.
OTOH, open discussions, like this one, probably wont be going away anytime soon. But the most important point is, that those 5000 people had just as much right to participate in this discussion as you and I. And thats why there's a fight. We're taking our best shot at proecting our friendly, but oftentimes naive and all-too-sheltered population from a world which perhaps wishes that they too could be so blissful and open. It may work, or it may be another embarassment, but either way it's gotta be done.
And meanwhile, we Americans will grow up a little. A sad but inevitable consequence. Which way we grow is the real question now. But we've had a good upbringing, so to speak. Dont forget that. Hold on to freedom.
I somehow doubt this comment will be modded up (I guess its pretty idealistic), but here goes...
If I am allowed to use strong public key crypto, such as PGP, to protect my data in the "National Database" for these cards, then the whole thing is not such a worry for me.
I dont mind letting anyone who wants to read my card also have access to my data, so long as I am able to deliver that data to that entity in an encrypted form. If I could, for example, allow an airline company to access my National Data, via encrypting my data with the Airlines public key, and signing it with my own private key, then I got no problem with that.
The upshot, or perhaps the crux, is how my data is stored, and delivered or otherwise accessed. I can give permission to whomever I like, including my Government, to access some (or all) of it.
It's hard to tell where the figure 250M DM comes from. Perhaps they have considered retraining users and the cost of finding and implementing open source solutions to replace existing apps which are exclusive to MS, or perhaps it's only the savings on the license fees.
In any case, I hope it works for them. It could start a trend over here, and maybe someday, after much arguing, bluster and lots and lots of committees, perhaps Linux could even get it's very own Blue Flag! Er, so to speak...
This makes a case for a person to encrypt their own MP3s. I wonder if that is legal... seriously. I'd also like to be able to leave my MP3 collection on a machine at work, but not have everyone listening to my music, or passing around my hard-earned MP3s. (I actually bought all of my CDs, and didn't get into the napster thing soon enough)
Seriously, how much time do you spend reading techie sites like slashdot, and keeping up with the issues? I see lots of nice links and banners on your webpage that seem to advocate. How would you "rate your geekness"? Is setting up your own server really fun for you, or just another way to score babes?:-)
I've seen a whole lot of sloppy code coming out of Unix centrix projects (gives me shivers at night). But I think that the problem that MS has is less with sloppy code
Having never examined MS kernel code, I can't agree or disagree (I would like to disagree, tho:) But, isn't this what one would expect, given that the MS engineers are actually being paid for their work?
Yea, I would probably wanna visit a professional animator to do my "shoot". Just think, once Javacard supports builtin animations and a miniaturized display, we can have ID just like in Harry Potter!
'course, theres always a downside. Our motions can be used against us..
Please insert your card, then perform normal bodily motions. Pick nose, scratch butt, etc.
Just installed a firewall for my new DSL with NetBSD. Used an old, really old, pc laptop that I paid way too much for 7 years ago, and never got much use out of it. But now with only 32megs, it kicks ass as a firewall/NAT/router combo. I save my "big iron" for the less important jobs, like webserver.:-)
Thanks to the developers and everyone else involved in the BSD effort. NetBSD reduces paranoia in a scary world.
I watch the web-weenies and chuckle at the resulting pages which are created by their tools, but other work being done nowadays simply couldn't done without a mouse.
Have you tried to do anything useful with relational database output using a pipe? Perhaps if a hairy perl script is the first fitting in the pipe, I guess.
Perhaps the carpal tunnel is not a result of bad interface, but the exponential increase in data that needs attention, in relation to the linear increase in interface usability.
While trying to research a previous comment, I found that, suddenly, searches in older stuff now return zero (0) results for searches on PGP, and PKI keywords. Is this accidental? I'm certain I've found matches in older stuff before, with these keywords.
At the bottom of this Usenix "Call to Arms", one finds this formal letter listed as a discussion of restrictions on encryption, by (the most honorable) Spaff, and Barbara Simons, addressed to Sen. Judd Gregg.
What surprises me is that, while many of the arguments against crypto-strangulation are quite well stated and carefully ordered, they have given only peripheral awareness to the most glaring fact. Namely, that crypto is already, and will continue to be, free software. Also not to mention the fact that it's been available on the Internet (for free) for a long, long time. relatively speaking anyways.
The propogation and long-term storage realities of the internet simply make it impossible to un-ring this bell.
Again, the only way to win this fight, is for the good guys to learn crypto as well as the bad guys.
This includes ALL of the "relatively unsophisticated users", that Spaff mentions, too.
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Would need to be some kind of no-hop-added router, I guess. (I know IPF can do this, but parsing packet content is a bigger job than just reading headers, especially at the major nodes)
Like others have wisely said, if your unsure, encrypt with your own keys. Everyone sniffs around these days, run ipmon for fun!
My experience is that most larger organizations that try this are not able to implement it in every department, making information-sharing more difficult within the overall organization, because of incompatible tools. One department gets to keep their cool website, but another department can't install the latest plugin (for example) to get access, etc.
Often found in departments which lack resources to manage a more open network, but dont have enough clout (read.. budget) to get the dedicated support they want. (IT departments being the exception :-)
For us expatriates (but never ex-patriot) living overseas, and therefore without congressional representation, a heartfelt thanks to all who took the time and effort to express your concern to your congressmen or congresswomen.
I am reinstalling pgp now. :-)
Scary stuff.
Up that is. Blow himself Up. Heh.
There goes my points for clarity. :-)
While modern games and gaming consoles can definitely increase your heartrate, I guess it's not quite the same as crawling around in a 2-foot tunnel looking for a guy who's gonna blow himself if you find him.
Um, this might be stretching it a bit... I dont think that very much besides real hardware can be written down without a significant scrutiny risk from the IRS. Even hardware has been nearly comparable to ordinary expense, in the last few heady years of upgrades and speed improvements. But things perhaps are changing in that regard, as we near theoretical limits in disk storage, etc.
In an case, the rate of change in Linux releases also implies occasional upgrades. (Although perhaps not at the rate of MS) OTOH, Linux is not licensed per-workstation, either, which could help to hold costs down. :-)
I wonder if they'll sell me just the exploitable bits? :{)
The Giant Dust Storm currently swirling around could make for some interesting study, anyways.
With that said, I also say I am also concerned (as you are) that that some truth is being buried, or ignored, or simply drowned out by the blood of our countrymen crying out for justice.
I dont know if there is a way to dispense such justice, outside from the hand of God. The type of justice we need, that which we always demand as Americans, is based on the truth. And the truth is not so very easy to find in the world of terrorists and hatred.
In fact, to find the truth may, at it's very foundation, be primarily a matter of faith right now. From George Bush's faith, right on down to the faith of the homeless person on the street, we Americans have never needed faith so much, perhaps.
OTOH, open discussions, like this one, probably wont be going away anytime soon. But the most important point is, that those 5000 people had just as much right to participate in this discussion as you and I. And thats why there's a fight. We're taking our best shot at proecting our friendly, but oftentimes naive and all-too-sheltered population from a world which perhaps wishes that they too could be so blissful and open. It may work, or it may be another embarassment, but either way it's gotta be done.
And meanwhile, we Americans will grow up a little. A sad but inevitable consequence. Which way we grow is the real question now. But we've had a good upbringing, so to speak. Dont forget that. Hold on to freedom.
Now I just need to take my stupid pill and upgrade to the M$ version which uses this format.
If I am allowed to use strong public key crypto, such as PGP, to protect my data in the "National Database" for these cards, then the whole thing is not such a worry for me.
I dont mind letting anyone who wants to read my card also have access to my data, so long as I am able to deliver that data to that entity in an encrypted form. If I could, for example, allow an airline company to access my National Data, via encrypting my data with the Airlines public key, and signing it with my own private key, then I got no problem with that.
The upshot, or perhaps the crux, is how my data is stored, and delivered or otherwise accessed. I can give permission to whomever I like, including my Government, to access some (or all) of it.
No problem.
In any case, I hope it works for them. It could start a trend over here, and maybe someday, after much arguing, bluster and lots and lots of committees, perhaps Linux could even get it's very own Blue Flag! Er, so to speak...
This makes a case for a person to encrypt their own MP3s. I wonder if that is legal... seriously. I'd also like to be able to leave my MP3 collection on a machine at work, but not have everyone listening to my music, or passing around my hard-earned MP3s. (I actually bought all of my CDs, and didn't get into the napster thing soon enough)
Thanks, I enjoy alot of your work.
I've seen a whole lot of sloppy code coming out of Unix centrix projects (gives me shivers at night). But I think that the problem that MS has is less with sloppy code
Having never examined MS kernel code, I can't agree or disagree (I would like to disagree, tho :) But, isn't this what one would expect, given that the MS engineers are actually being paid for their work?
'course, theres always a downside. Our motions can be used against us..
Please insert your card, then perform normal bodily motions. Pick nose, scratch butt, etc.
Time passes....
Thank you. You may proceed through the gate.
Now I gotta give 'em a full animation?
Thanks to the developers and everyone else involved in the BSD effort. NetBSD reduces paranoia in a scary world.
[...] an I/O descriptor representing a TCP connection could be migrated entirely off the original machine
Now that'd be a tasty bean.
Have you tried to do anything useful with relational database output using a pipe? Perhaps if a hairy perl script is the first fitting in the pipe, I guess.
Perhaps the carpal tunnel is not a result of bad interface, but the exponential increase in data that needs attention, in relation to the linear increase in interface usability.
While trying to research a previous comment, I found that, suddenly, searches in older stuff now return zero (0) results for searches on PGP, and PKI keywords. Is this accidental? I'm certain I've found matches in older stuff before, with these keywords.
What surprises me is that, while many of the arguments against crypto-strangulation are quite well stated and carefully ordered, they have given only peripheral awareness to the most glaring fact. Namely, that crypto is already, and will continue to be, free software. Also not to mention the fact that it's been available on the Internet (for free) for a long, long time. relatively speaking anyways.
The propogation and long-term storage realities of the internet simply make it impossible to un-ring this bell.
Again, the only way to win this fight, is for the good guys to learn crypto as well as the bad guys. This includes ALL of the "relatively unsophisticated users", that Spaff mentions, too.
If one turns on the lights in an automobile simulator running on this machine, do they shine?