I'll have to get one of these for the next time I take out a loan....
"by the geek for the geek...."
on
Can GnuPG Deliver?
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· Score: 2, Redundant
"The article highlights one of the problems with Open Source software today: its "by the geek, for the geek" nature, which by and large places barriers to mass adoption of OSS"
I will probably get moded down to -50 Troll or Flamebait for this but here it goes....
Open Source has many problems but "by the geek for the geek" is NOT one of them. For some reason people seem to think that Open Source exists to serve the greater of humanity, and end human strife, etc.....(Whatever noble cause you can think of) But Open Source software is not primarily "by the geek for the geek".
It is primarily "by the geek for him/herself". The reason that there are not a bunch of pretty GUI front-ends that really wow people is because the people who code them don't need/want a GUI front-end.
If people want pretty front-ends then they should code them themselves.... It is easy to stand back and lambast the Open Source community for not being more user friendly but I have a news flash for ya. Most Open Source developers don't care.... Open Source is about coding: what you want. Build a front-end yourself.
OSS developers code for fun, for their own sense of accomplishment, and for personal use.
As far a "mass adoption", If people are too lazy to spend the time to work through and figure out a CLI then too bad for them. If your privacy is really that important to you then you will have to "tough it out" like the rest of the geeks.
Seriously folks, Part of the strength of Open Source is the sheer SIZE of the community. If we all write well thought out complaints about how they are treating Tilly and the Open Source community and how we will not use their products/services they might think twice. Hit them where it hurts. If we raise a big enough stink they might back down.
Seriously, The CEO said any checking of "non-company" email and any surfing "not work related" is grounds for firing. All the smart people have left now. (I have an interview tomorrow) They even have some lackey's sniffing the wire watching for http/pop3 traffic. They seriously think they can catch the last Unix admin....... Of course they don't realize that my secure shell sessions are tunneling monster and slashdot back to my desktop. I just read my email though mutt on my home mail server.
It really is sad though. They took a fun company and destroyed it. It seems to be a growing trend among Corporate America. Oh well at least I have a choice. I feel sorry for all the smaller guys/gals at the company. Companies will be sorry, all the talent will go to companies that actually care about their employees (a little). Just my.02
This has already existed for a LONG time.
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ClosedBSD 1.0b Released
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· Score: -1, Redundant
PicoBSD has been a part of FreeBSD for a long time.... Doesn't anyone do anything original anymore?
If you are a Unix geek you should seriously think about doing your own. I host 7 domains web/email now and it really wasn't too hard. Just put a cd-burner on the webserver. (For fast backup/restore) All you need is one IP address.
OpenBSD makes a great firewall. Drop three NIC's in it and you are ready to rock. The really cool part is you can charge a nominal fee for hosting and either pay for your DSL or bump it up to a bigger pipe.
Virtual Hosting with Apache is brain dead easy. With postfix and OpenBSD and the ports tree, Authenticated SMTP is really easy too. A friend of mine has a howto on the authenticated part.
NFS is REALLY insecure. But there are secure Alt.
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Understanding NFS
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· Score: 3, Informative
NFS has a long history of insecurities.(Link takes a little while to load...) Also in the article he claims: "You can reboot a server and the client won't crash." Maybe not crash but at least with Solaris (in my experience) you hang the entire system during the reboot. Sometimes it comes back and sometimes it doesn't. For a secure alternative that runs on *BSD/Solaris/Linux w/(2.4 Kernels) try out: Self-Certifying Filesystem. The authors do warn that it is in alpha stage but also claim they have never lost a file. VERY cool project.
In the Internet circulate two different programs,
which can activate Windows XP also without
Microsofts benediction completely.
The Patch of the group of Sad team consists only
one 700 KByte of a large EXE File, which contains
a Installer.
In order to de-energise the Home and Professional
versions of Windows XP, the Patch is started in
the secured mode. After a restart Windows is
completely activated.
The second tool is a Keymaker, which generates
valid D-CKeys for Windows XP Home, Professional
and Corporate as well as for Office XP and Visio XP.
In addition the program counts quite a while: In
our test generated the Tool within one night of 25
valid codes for Windows XP Home.
If such a code is indicated for the installation
of Windows XP as Product ID, the copy can be
de-energised completely ' officially ' by
Microsoft by telephone or Internet connection.
Since Windows XP on the market is, a multiplicity
of Crack programs promises to be able to go around
the activation. Most functioned however not;
the only worked method was so far the exchange of
some files on the installation CD against versions
from the corpus width unit version with a total
volume of 13 MByte. ( kav / c't)
Re:This is great... I think
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OpenMosix
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· Score: 2, Interesting
According to freshmeat Mosix is:
License:: OSI Approved:: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Tiny robots, in the wine,
Make me feel nervous, swimming in my spine,
Tiny robots make my skin crawl all over
With a feeling that our race is running out of time.
So here's to the golden circuitry,
And here's to our silvery seas,
But most of all a toast to USC.
Most/.ers work with a number of Unix distros.(Solaris being one of them) I like many others would like to see Sun embrace the Open Source movement more fully. As customers/admins what can we do to help you push Sun more in this direction? Can you give us some practical ways to help you? (i.e. email decisionmaker@sun.com and kindly request more involvement from Sun)
Try OpenBSD for a firewall with minimal hardware.
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SmoothWall Firewall Review
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· Score: 5, Insightful
OpenBSD is a good solution for anyone with a 486 and 8MB RAM. It is fairly simple and easy to use. (If you are familiar with Unix).
You can find all kinds of examples of how to set one up like here. Older distro's used IPF, but as of 3.0 they use pf. You can read about pf here.
OpenBSD has gone 4 years without a remote hole in the default install. Pretty impressive.
But hey, only use it if you are SERIOUS about security AND don't want to pay anything.
Although you should consider helping fund the project out of the kindness of you./ heart...;-)
I went to their website and trolled around. I couldn't find any references to what OTHER applications they run. (Besides Office)
Can anyone provides links with more info?
(i.e. Does it run Half-Life?)
For those of you who have carpal tunnel you might want to look into deep tissue massage therapy.
Basically I had carpal tunnel to the point that I could not bend my wrist back more than 40 degree angle. I feared the worst and was about to go to the doctor when my friend (who does deep tissue for a sports/medicine place) said give me 2 1/2 sessions with you.
To make a long story short. It hurt so bad I cried but it cured me. I also started using an ergonomic keyboard (which was hard at first) but now I don't get near as sore. Anytime it gets bad I have him work on me and he fixes it. Also he has me fill on kitchen sink with hot water (as hot as you can stand) and the other with cold (as cold as you can stand) and alternate dunking your arms in it past the elbow. Do that 10 times and then stretch your arms/wrists really good. It does wonders.
Also, since I have taken up weightlifting again it has not been nearly as bad. (Again the stretching)
This may not work for everyone but SERIOUSLY it has helped me.
HELO aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa(250 times)
250 exploitable.sendmailbox.ru Hello debianbox.slashdot.org pleased to meet you
mail from: bvalentine@microsoft.com
250 2.1.0 bvalentine@microsoft.com... Sender ok
rcpt to: news@theregister.co.uk
250 2.1.5 news@theregister.co.uk... Recipient ok
data
354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
To: WW Sales, Marketing & Services Group
Subject: Me again -- Linux updates
Passionate, Demanding, Strong Willed, Intelligent,
Not Politically Correct, etc....
But regular?
Don't get me wrong I like the guy. (and I haven't even met him)
I don't think the point of the original post was
"Theo's politics suck"
But that the inner politics of the NetBSD core team made them lose one of the best BSD coders around.
The best quote is by far one of the emails by
Herb Peyerl
--snip--
I agree that Theo is not the kind of person to manage OpenBSD as much as he wants to, to show the world that he is capable. Unfortunately, I feel that this would not only reflect poorly on NetBSD, it would make the whole *BSD effort look worse than it presently does and will just cause more people to use Linux. I feel that with the existance of OpenBSD, everyone will lose in the end. The end that I hope is not as inevitable as all the evidence shows.
--snip--
LOL.... So according to Herb back then:
Theo can't run a project.
OpenBSD will reflect poorly on the BSD movement.
OpenBSD will cause more people to use linux.
OpenBSD causes everyone to lose out in the end.
Thanks for hanging in there Theo.
Now according to O'Reilly:
OpenBSD is "the most secure operating system on earth". (http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/08/OpenBS D.html)
Hope we have more failures like Theo in the Open Source community....
Maybe I am missing something here but in every other industry where there is a flawed product that can cause potential damage, full disclosure is expected.
For example the auto-industry. If you buy a new/used car and it is a lemon or has massive faults that can cause serious damage the vendor is expected to state those faults I have two children and ANYTIME there is even the slightest risk of problems with the products we have bought for them, the vendor says don't use it any more.
You would think that Microsoft would have learned from Firestone/Ford....
The correct response would be WHY would you ever want to be one? (You are probably confusing Unix Admin with "Really cool l33t h4X04" Unix guru.)
I have been a Solaris/Linux/OpenBSD admin for 4 years now. It is the best and worst job all rolled up into one. (At the same blinding millisecond.)
I shouldn't reveal this in such a public place but what the hey....
There is only one TRUE way to become a Unix Admin....
Load a Linux/BSD box.
Compile teardrop/synflooder/other nasty tools.
Scan the network for Windows boxes....
Now imagine smashing their TCP/IP stacks....
Imagine hearing their screams of agony....
Re-live your anger at your own BSOD...
"You want this, don't you?
The hate is swelling in you now.
Take your UNIX weapon.
Use it.
They are unarmed.
Strike them down with it.
Give in to your anger.
With each passing moment, you make yourself more a Unix Admin.
Good.
I can feel your anger.
They defenseless.
Take your UNIX weapon!
Strike them down with all your hatred, and your journey towards the dark side will be complete".
One of my best friends is a sports/medicine
massage therapist. He works specifically with rehab patients. I thought I was going to need
surgery cause my wrists hurt so bad.
He said "forget that let me work on you". He worked on my chest/arms/wrists/neck for about 1 hour and the pain was completely gone. The deep tissue stuff he did to me hurt pretty bad while he was doing it. But I didn't feel any pain for 2 months after that. Anytime it hurts too much now, I just have him work on me for a while. Anyone with carpal tunnel should go to a deep tissue specalist and see if they can help. It sure beats surgery...
As long as slashdot, freshmeat, userfriendly, hamstercam.de, openbsd, and rpmfind don't do it who cares? Let the "netwits" TM fight the banners. I'll just do this:
ipchains -A output -d 208.211.225.0/24 -j DENY
Ain't UNIX grand?
I sorta feel bad now. 4 weeks ago we (my company)
was slated to buy SSH server/client software from
a well known SSH "commercial vendor". I had to deploy it on 90+ SUN systems and some Windows clients.
The security group
did all the talking with the vendor and then they
handed it off to me. (I am just a lowly Unix/SA wanna be security guy) I said "Hey, I bet their is
an opensource version of SSH out there somewhere. I honestly had not heard of OpenSSH (I did know about OpenBSD.) I checked into it and sure enough
there was OpenSSH. I loaded it on every box in a few days. A week later the "commercial vendor" sales guy called me to see if I was ready to go forward with the purchase. I told him I used a perfectly good opensource version called OpenSSH
and would not need his product. He started blubbing about support and I started laughing at him. Then he hung up. (It was going to be a fairly
expensive purchase) This is a true story I swear to God.... Blame me, I am the straw that broke the camels back.
Slashdot Mirror
I'll have to get one of these for the next time I take out a loan....
I will probably get moded down to -50 Troll or Flamebait for this but here it goes....
Open Source has many problems but "by the geek for the geek" is NOT one of them. For some reason people seem to think that Open Source exists to serve the greater of humanity, and end human strife, etc.....(Whatever noble cause you can think of) But Open Source software is not primarily "by the geek for the geek".
It is primarily "by the geek for him/herself". The reason that there are not a bunch of pretty GUI front-ends that really wow people is because the people who code them don't need/want a GUI front-end.
If people want pretty front-ends then they should code them themselves.... It is easy to stand back and lambast the Open Source community for not being more user friendly but I have a news flash for ya.
Most Open Source developers don't care.... Open Source is about coding: what you want. Build a front-end yourself.
OSS developers code for fun, for their own sense of accomplishment, and for personal use.
As far a "mass adoption", If people are too lazy to spend the time to work through and figure out a CLI then too bad for them. If your privacy is really that important to you then you will have to "tough it out" like the rest of the geeks.
My
It is being sponsored by DARPA.
Cool stuff. They built it with security in mind and it runs under:
Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD and Solaris.
Seriously folks,
.02
Part of the strength of Open Source is the sheer SIZE of the community. If we all write well thought out complaints about how they are treating Tilly and the Open Source community and how we will not use their products/services they might think twice. Hit them where it hurts. If we raise a big enough stink they might back down.
Just my
The CEO said any checking of "non-company" email and any surfing "not work related" is grounds for firing. All the smart people have left now. (I have an interview tomorrow) They even have some lackey's sniffing the wire watching for http/pop3 traffic. They seriously think they can catch the last Unix admin.......
Of course they don't realize that my secure shell sessions are tunneling monster and slashdot back to my desktop.
I just read my email though mutt on my home mail server.
It really is sad though. They took a fun company and destroyed it. It seems to be a growing trend among Corporate America. Oh well at least I have a choice. I feel sorry for all the smaller guys/gals at the company. Companies will be sorry, all the talent will go to companies that actually care about their employees (a little).
Just my
PicoBSD has been a part of FreeBSD for a long time....
Doesn't anyone do anything original anymore?
If you are a Unix geek you should seriously think about doing your own. I host 7 domains web/email now and it really wasn't too hard. Just put a cd-burner on the webserver. (For fast backup/restore) All you need is one IP address.
OpenBSD makes a great firewall. Drop three NIC's in it and you are ready to rock. The really cool part is you can charge a nominal fee for hosting and either pay for your DSL or bump it up to a bigger pipe.
Virtual Hosting with Apache is brain dead easy. With postfix and OpenBSD and the ports tree, Authenticated SMTP is really easy too.
A friend of mine has a howto on the authenticated part.
NFS has a long history of insecurities.(Link takes a little while to load...)
Also in the article he claims: "You can reboot a server and the client won't crash." Maybe not crash but at least with Solaris (in my experience) you hang the entire system during the reboot. Sometimes it comes back and sometimes it doesn't.
For a secure alternative that runs on *BSD/Solaris/Linux w/(2.4 Kernels) try out:
Self-Certifying Filesystem.
The authors do warn that it is in alpha stage but also claim they have never lost a file. VERY cool project.
And of course as the OpenBSD Journal has noted, SysAdmin Mag is running an article on Tunneling NFS over SSH.
Here is the translated link from the register:
Crack and Keymaker activate Windows XP
In the Internet circulate two different programs,
which can activate Windows XP also without
Microsofts benediction completely.
The Patch of the group of Sad team consists only
one 700 KByte of a large EXE File, which contains
a Installer.
In order to de-energise the Home and Professional
versions of Windows XP, the Patch is started in
the secured mode. After a restart Windows is
completely activated.
The second tool is a Keymaker, which generates
valid D-CKeys for Windows XP Home, Professional
and Corporate as well as for Office XP and Visio XP.
In addition the program counts quite a while: In
our test generated the Tool within one night of 25
valid codes for Windows XP Home.
If such a code is indicated for the installation
of Windows XP as Product ID, the copy can be
de-energised completely ' officially ' by
Microsoft by telephone or Internet connection.
Since Windows XP on the market is, a multiplicity
of Crack programs promises to be able to go around
the activation. Most functioned however not;
the only worked method was so far the exchange of
some files on the installation CD against versions
from the corpus width unit version with a total
volume of 13 MByte. ( kav / c't)
License
mosix on freshmeat
Slashdot Headline: Custom OpenBSD 3.0 With djbdns/Qmail From Dan Bernstein
!
# dmesg|more
OpenBSD 3.0 (I_HATE_THEO!!!) #1: Thu Oct 18 14:48:27 MDT 2001
djb@cr.yp.to:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/I_HATE_THEO!!
Where will the insanity stop?
Tiny robots, in the wine,
Make me feel nervous, swimming in my spine,
Tiny robots make my skin crawl all over
With a feeling that our race is running out of time.
So here's to the golden circuitry,
And here's to our silvery seas,
But most of all a toast to USC.
Most /.ers work with a number of Unix distros.(Solaris being one of them) I like many others would like to see Sun embrace the Open Source movement more fully. As customers/admins what can we do to help you push Sun more in this direction? Can you give us some practical ways to help you? (i.e. email decisionmaker@sun.com and kindly request more involvement from Sun)
It's just you.....
OpenBSD is a good solution for anyone with a 486 and 8MB RAM. It is fairly simple and easy to use. (If you are familiar with Unix).
./ heart...;-)
You can find all kinds of examples of how to set one up like here.
Older distro's used IPF, but as of 3.0 they use pf. You can read about pf here.
OpenBSD has gone 4 years without a remote hole in the default install. Pretty impressive.
But hey, only use it if you are SERIOUS about security AND don't want to pay anything.
Although you should consider helping fund the project out of the kindness of you
I went to their website and trolled around. I couldn't find any references to what OTHER applications they run. (Besides Office)
Can anyone provides links with more info?
(i.e. Does it run Half-Life?)
For those of you who have carpal tunnel you might want to look into deep tissue massage therapy.
Basically I had carpal tunnel to the point that I could not bend my wrist back more than 40 degree angle. I feared the worst and was about to go to the doctor when my friend (who does deep tissue for a sports/medicine place) said give me 2 1/2 sessions with you.
To make a long story short. It hurt so bad I cried but it cured me. I also started using an ergonomic keyboard (which was hard at first) but now I don't get near as sore. Anytime it gets bad I have him work on me and he fixes it. Also he has me fill on kitchen sink with hot water (as hot as you can stand) and the other with cold (as cold as you can stand) and alternate dunking your arms in it past the elbow. Do that 10 times and then stretch your arms/wrists really good. It does wonders.
Also, since I have taken up weightlifting again it has not been nearly as bad. (Again the stretching)
This may not work for everyone but SERIOUSLY it has helped me.
I hope it helps you.
Deep inside Slashdot headquarters......
CmdrTaco: Come on guys this is BS. We needs some
news today. Isn't ANYTHING interesting going on?
Do I have to do EVERYTHING myself???
[CMDRtaco@debianbox] telnet expoitable.sendmailbox.ru
220 exploitable.sendmailbox.ru ESMTP Sendmail 8.6
HELO aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa(250 times)
250 exploitable.sendmailbox.ru Hello debianbox.slashdot.org pleased to meet you
mail from: bvalentine@microsoft.com
250 2.1.0 bvalentine@microsoft.com... Sender ok
rcpt to: news@theregister.co.uk
250 2.1.5 news@theregister.co.uk... Recipient ok
data
354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
To: WW Sales, Marketing & Services Group
Subject: Me again -- Linux updates
etc...............
Oldest Troll trick in the book.
Uhhhh...... Theo is "regular" guy?
S D.html)
Passionate, Demanding, Strong Willed, Intelligent,
Not Politically Correct, etc....
But regular?
Don't get me wrong I like the guy. (and I haven't even met him)
I don't think the point of the original post was
"Theo's politics suck"
But that the inner politics of the NetBSD core team made them lose one of the best BSD coders around.
The best quote is by far one of the emails by
Herb Peyerl
--snip--
I agree that Theo is not the kind of person to manage OpenBSD as much as he wants to, to show the world that he is capable. Unfortunately, I feel that this would not only reflect poorly on NetBSD, it would make the whole *BSD effort look worse than it presently does and will just cause more people to use Linux. I feel that with the existance of OpenBSD, everyone will lose in the end. The end that I hope is not as inevitable as all the evidence shows.
--snip--
LOL.... So according to Herb back then:
Theo can't run a project.
OpenBSD will reflect poorly on the BSD movement.
OpenBSD will cause more people to use linux.
OpenBSD causes everyone to lose out in the end.
Thanks for hanging in there Theo.
Now according to O'Reilly:
OpenBSD is "the most secure operating system on earth". (http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/08/OpenB
Hope we have more failures like Theo in the Open Source community....
For example the auto-industry. If you buy a new/used car and it is a lemon or has massive faults that can cause serious damage the vendor is expected to state those faults
I have two children and ANYTIME there is even the slightest risk of problems with the products we have bought for them, the vendor says don't use it any more.
You would think that Microsoft would have learned from Firestone/Ford....
The correct response would be WHY would you ever want to be one? (You are probably confusing Unix Admin with "Really cool l33t h4X04" Unix guru.)
./teardrop 10.1.1.116 10.1.1.116 -n 666
I have been a Solaris/Linux/OpenBSD admin for 4 years now. It is the best and worst job all rolled up into one. (At the same blinding millisecond.)
I shouldn't reveal this in such a public place but what the hey....
There is only one TRUE way to become a Unix Admin....
Load a Linux/BSD box.
Compile teardrop/synflooder/other nasty tools.
Scan the network for Windows boxes....
Now imagine smashing their TCP/IP stacks....
Imagine hearing their screams of agony....
Re-live your anger at your own BSOD...
"You want this, don't you?
The hate is swelling in you now.
Take your UNIX weapon.
Use it.
They are unarmed.
Strike them down with it.
Give in to your anger.
With each passing moment, you make yourself more a Unix Admin.
Good.
I can feel your anger.
They defenseless.
Take your UNIX weapon!
Strike them down with all your hatred, and your journey towards the dark side will be complete".
[root@deathstar]#
teardrop route|daemon9
Death on flaxen wings:
From: 10.1.1.116.24074
To: 10.1.1.116.56563
Amt: 666
[ b00m b00m b00m b00m b00m ]
Hack the University VAX, DEC, whatever system and make it look like one of your professors did it...
You will find yourself smiling for a while....
One of my best friends is a sports/medicine massage therapist. He works specifically with rehab patients. I thought I was going to need surgery cause my wrists hurt so bad. He said "forget that let me work on you". He worked on my chest/arms/wrists/neck for about 1 hour and the pain was completely gone. The deep tissue stuff he did to me hurt pretty bad while he was doing it. But I didn't feel any pain for 2 months after that. Anytime it hurts too much now, I just have him work on me for a while. Anyone with carpal tunnel should go to a deep tissue specalist and see if they can help. It sure beats surgery...
As long as slashdot, freshmeat, userfriendly, hamstercam.de, openbsd, and rpmfind don't do it who cares? Let the "netwits" TM fight the banners. I'll just do this: ipchains -A output -d 208.211.225.0/24 -j DENY Ain't UNIX grand?
I sorta feel bad now. 4 weeks ago we (my company) was slated to buy SSH server/client software from a well known SSH "commercial vendor". I had to deploy it on 90+ SUN systems and some Windows clients. The security group did all the talking with the vendor and then they handed it off to me. (I am just a lowly Unix/SA wanna be security guy) I said "Hey, I bet their is an opensource version of SSH out there somewhere. I honestly had not heard of OpenSSH (I did know about OpenBSD.) I checked into it and sure enough there was OpenSSH. I loaded it on every box in a few days. A week later the "commercial vendor" sales guy called me to see if I was ready to go forward with the purchase. I told him I used a perfectly good opensource version called OpenSSH and would not need his product. He started blubbing about support and I started laughing at him. Then he hung up. (It was going to be a fairly expensive purchase) This is a true story I swear to God.... Blame me, I am the straw that broke the camels back.