How are providerless IP addresses more vulnerable, or even easier to launch a DoS attack from? It should not matter in a peer-to-peer internet environment who owns the addresses. If I owned my own block of addresses, and they did not belong to any provider in particular, why are they more vulnerable, if they were still even globally accessable?
But when Cisco Routers power *most* of the internet, it is safe to say the internet is not ready for IPv6 primetime. It is coming, but it will be costly.
Remember however, Leased T-1 lines can be channelized to limit speed, as well as burstable leased line services that, give you 1.544 megabits to your ISP, but your ISP may have rate-limiting equipment in place after that, which could allow you to occasionally burst.
Here's the thing: I think people deserve a lesson this time, because it can effect everyone. That's the difference. If my house gets robbed, are you affceted? Probably not. But, if my machine propagates a worm that helps to bring the internet to a crawl, that affects you too. What if this worm participated in DoS attacks? Again, affects everyone. There's a big difference between my point, and having your house robbed.
Well, you'd really just do some rewriting, and not let it function without some sort of password set. It doesn't make the user less stupid, but it would stop stupid worms like this from spreading.
I think if someone got this one, they probably deserve it. If it attacks computers that don't have passwords, they could have prevented it. NetBIOS shares are a big hole too, without a password. Its a given.
Oh well...it probably just runs on windows anyway...a good Linux/Unix sysadmin would notice it if it were running on their machine anyway, and would promptly figure out how to remove it and/or scan for it.
Something that would be really cool is Bluetooth or similar technology for transferring the images between devices. You could share them with a PDA, or a cell phone, to a printer, or even to others with the watch.
Does anybody know if there is a bluetooth chipset capable of fitting into a watch reasonably well?
As a technical employee of a school district, I can say this would be a good thing, especially with the Unlimited support available to them. We have quite a bit of linux expertise, but if we were to ever have a staff turnover, and the higher-ups didn't hire Linux people, they would be in a world of hurt. This would increase Linux penetration, as well as help out significantly more schools.
Do make sure that absolutely NOTHING is in there with the distilled water, as that can turn it into a conductor. I would suggest flushing it at least 3 times with distilled water to make sure there are no previous deposits in there, manufacturing or otherwize.
What I meant by Ethernet to Ethernet Wireless bridging was to have a base station in one location, plug an ethernet LAN into it, and have a linksys base station in another one, plug a seperate LAN into it, and have it bridge the two networks wirelessly. The linksys WAP11 was the first box to ever allow this, as they released a firmware update a few months ago. It was big news at the time.
I wish apple and a few others would follow along with that...its useful!
The Airport Base station was long the only good value, as its competitor was Lucent, selling theirs for upwards of $700, so this was the only viable option. Then came Linksys. I really think they have a better product, since it does ethernet-ethernet wireless bridging, something apple has yet to add in. This is formerly something only $1900 Cisco Aironet Bridges could do, but linksys will do it for $200 or so.
Apple does a good job with these though, they have only gotten better with the firmware updates. We own several at work, and throughput, reliability and multi-rate support has just gotten better through the versions.
One program that I have found to be useful in network mapping is Inspiration. It is a mind-mapping program, meant to help get thoughts and ideas flowing, but it is great at creating flowcharts, which makes it perfect for network mapping. It does lack, however, good symbols for network devices, and it only runs on Windows and MacOS. http://www.inspiration.com
You know, really, this thing would be pretty cool, except for several key things. First of all, its made by Intel, and its service is probably going to have to be AOL. Now, all good children know that AOL is evil, and Intel chips suck:-)
Go AMD! http://www.amdzone.com
That's not quite what I was getting at. I was not meaning to place all of the bandwidth in the hands of a few. There could be some kind of licensing, or an agreement to sign not to abuse. I realize that's not much of a solution, because people will do what they want, but it just doesn't seem like a good idea to give anyone who wants it a 100 megabit connection to the internet.
I am glad to see AMD working on some of this stuff. If they are to survive as a chipmaker, they are going to need to enter the server market, and these chips will be useful for that. Especially the ClawHammer, I'll bet that's going to be a pretty sweet chip.
Speaking of server products, does anyone know of a dual-processor socket A board yet, that's been released in the US?
This will really hurt the Technology industry more than help it. I know for a fact that people will be less likely to buy equipment and accessories if they can not use them in a fashion that they like. For example, I like the fact that, when I buy a hard drive, I know that I can use it in any way that I please, legit, or otherwise.
If you are like me, in the way that you find stories such as these interesting, you should check out "The Race", a book by James Schefter. Its mostly about the US Space program back in the earlier days of it, but its a good read.
I'm with the rest of everyone here, I'd love to have that much bandwidth to my town, let alone my house. The question that we must ask is, however, do we really want to give just anyone that much influence on a public network?
Something that we all need to keep in mind, is that there's nothing uncommon about this. At the risk of getting flammed, this is something that M$ does, Apple has a tradition, and the Linux/Open Source community does this as well. Take a look at the 2.4 kernel and you'll see that there are things that did not quite make the deadline for the first release, but did however get included in future releases, I can think of several right off the top of my head, namely ReiserFS. I am by no means an Apple/Macintosh fan, but before the bashing begins, this should be something to keep in mind.
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How are providerless IP addresses more vulnerable, or even easier to launch a DoS attack from? It should not matter in a peer-to-peer internet environment who owns the addresses. If I owned my own block of addresses, and they did not belong to any provider in particular, why are they more vulnerable, if they were still even globally accessable?
But when Cisco Routers power *most* of the internet, it is safe to say the internet is not ready for IPv6 primetime. It is coming, but it will be costly.
Remember however, Leased T-1 lines can be channelized to limit speed, as well as burstable leased line services that, give you 1.544 megabits to your ISP, but your ISP may have rate-limiting equipment in place after that, which could allow you to occasionally burst.
Here's the thing: I think people deserve a lesson this time, because it can effect everyone. That's the difference. If my house gets robbed, are you affceted? Probably not. But, if my machine propagates a worm that helps to bring the internet to a crawl, that affects you too. What if this worm participated in DoS attacks? Again, affects everyone. There's a big difference between my point, and having your house robbed.
Well, you'd really just do some rewriting, and not let it function without some sort of password set. It doesn't make the user less stupid, but it would stop stupid worms like this from spreading.
I think if someone got this one, they probably deserve it. If it attacks computers that don't have passwords, they could have prevented it. NetBIOS shares are a big hole too, without a password. Its a given.
It was more of a joke, than something to be taken so seriously.
or even better...just look for strange TCP connections to the 205.229.233.0/24(FBI) Netblock
Oh well...it probably just runs on windows anyway...a good Linux/Unix sysadmin would notice it if it were running on their machine anyway, and would promptly figure out how to remove it and/or scan for it.
Something that would be really cool is Bluetooth or similar technology for transferring the images between devices. You could share them with a PDA, or a cell phone, to a printer, or even to others with the watch.
Does anybody know if there is a bluetooth chipset capable of fitting into a watch reasonably well?
As a technical employee of a school district, I can say this would be a good thing, especially with the Unlimited support available to them. We have quite a bit of linux expertise, but if we were to ever have a staff turnover, and the higher-ups didn't hire Linux people, they would be in a world of hurt. This would increase Linux penetration, as well as help out significantly more schools.
Do make sure that absolutely NOTHING is in there with the distilled water, as that can turn it into a conductor. I would suggest flushing it at least 3 times with distilled water to make sure there are no previous deposits in there, manufacturing or otherwize.
What I meant by Ethernet to Ethernet Wireless bridging was to have a base station in one location, plug an ethernet LAN into it, and have a linksys base station in another one, plug a seperate LAN into it, and have it bridge the two networks wirelessly. The linksys WAP11 was the first box to ever allow this, as they released a firmware update a few months ago. It was big news at the time.
I wish apple and a few others would follow along with that...its useful!
The Airport Base station was long the only good value, as its competitor was Lucent, selling theirs for upwards of $700, so this was the only viable option. Then came Linksys. I really think they have a better product, since it does ethernet-ethernet wireless bridging, something apple has yet to add in. This is formerly something only $1900 Cisco Aironet Bridges could do, but linksys will do it for $200 or so.
Apple does a good job with these though, they have only gotten better with the firmware updates. We own several at work, and throughput, reliability and multi-rate support has just gotten better through the versions.
One program that I have found to be useful in network mapping is Inspiration. It is a mind-mapping program, meant to help get thoughts and ideas flowing, but it is great at creating flowcharts, which makes it perfect for network mapping. It does lack, however, good symbols for network devices, and it only runs on Windows and MacOS. http://www.inspiration.com
You know, really, this thing would be pretty cool, except for several key things. First of all, its made by Intel, and its service is probably going to have to be AOL. Now, all good children know that AOL is evil, and Intel chips suck :-)
Go AMD! http://www.amdzone.com
That's not quite what I was getting at. I was not meaning to place all of the bandwidth in the hands of a few. There could be some kind of licensing, or an agreement to sign not to abuse. I realize that's not much of a solution, because people will do what they want, but it just doesn't seem like a good idea to give anyone who wants it a 100 megabit connection to the internet.
I am glad to see AMD working on some of this stuff. If they are to survive as a chipmaker, they are going to need to enter the server market, and these chips will be useful for that. Especially the ClawHammer, I'll bet that's going to be a pretty sweet chip. Speaking of server products, does anyone know of a dual-processor socket A board yet, that's been released in the US?
This will really hurt the Technology industry more than help it. I know for a fact that people will be less likely to buy equipment and accessories if they can not use them in a fashion that they like. For example, I like the fact that, when I buy a hard drive, I know that I can use it in any way that I please, legit, or otherwise.
If you are like me, in the way that you find stories such as these interesting, you should check out "The Race", a book by James Schefter. Its mostly about the US Space program back in the earlier days of it, but its a good read.
I'm with the rest of everyone here, I'd love to have that much bandwidth to my town, let alone my house. The question that we must ask is, however, do we really want to give just anyone that much influence on a public network?
Good thinking there turbo, the entire AoE Series is sold by Microsoft.
Something that we all need to keep in mind, is that there's nothing uncommon about this. At the risk of getting flammed, this is something that M$ does, Apple has a tradition, and the Linux/Open Source community does this as well. Take a look at the 2.4 kernel and you'll see that there are things that did not quite make the deadline for the first release, but did however get included in future releases, I can think of several right off the top of my head, namely ReiserFS. I am by no means an Apple/Macintosh fan, but before the bashing begins, this should be something to keep in mind.