I agree with your sentiment on personal computers. I have *never* gotten a virus alert or a virus on a personal computer in well over 20 years. But then, I don't engage in "dangersous" activity like downloading crap higgeldy-piggeldy. I have also been running Netscape then FF for at least 12 years, not for security reasons but because of superior features, and I view any security improvements as a side effect of browser choices.
The scenario changes in enterprises, which is the audience Stewart addressing. The side-effect of having IE built in and the whole development efforst built on MS centric technologies makes using alternative browsers more difficult. Most business applications will run just fine in IE, but it's a crap shoot with other browsers. At the very least, it more of a management headache to run alternative browsers.
Close but not quite. The original intent of zero-day exploit was an exploitable vulnerability that the vendor doesn't know about but is being or could be used in the wild. No notice, yah know?
But it got mutated because
0-day sounds so fricking cool everyone started to use it. I mean, who wants to brag/talk about 3 day vulnerability?
Vendors that made IDS/IPS/AV wanted to say they fixed 0-day exploits, so decided to rename unpatched exploit (see, that's a mouthful (un-patched vulnerability) to zero day because there is no patch.
If your IT admins locked the system down to the point that you can't get work done, they have failed and you, or your boss, have the obligation to raise the issue.
Responsible IT departments will can configure your systems while still allowing you to work.
mike
System and network hardening is very effective. By hardening, I mean doing things like removing unnecessary services and applications; configuring the remaining services to be as featureless as possible while still doing what you need; examining the remaining service and application configurations and making changes to improve reduce features and employ security measures like encryption, etc; utilizing what ever access controls are available in the most strictest sense.
That is just a start. Now you also have to monitor the activity on the host or network to detect any changes or indicators of malicious behavior.
Hardening is easier to do with servers because servers tend to have more stable configuration requirements and less user touch. Workstations and desktops are more difficult. You can lock down a windows host very tightly using the GPO and other OS tools. You can also buy other applications to fill gaps. Financial institutions, for example, often have very tight workstations. In most other organizations however, users are used to having more control and the pain of locking down a workstation compared to the outcry IT will receive normally leads to looser standards.
My biggest gripe with the iPhone is that it runs only on AT&T and I am not going to plunk down my cold, hard cash to buy an iPhone, just to hack it for other networks.
You can get BB and Treo's for nearly all providers.
You are obviously a Luddite. How dare you come to/.!
I agree with you. I have a Treo 700p and I spend most of my time using the phone and email (neither are as nice as the BB though). When I start cursing my phone is when either function flakes on me.
Sure, I like the other proggies I have on there--games, doc readers, and other distractions, but my next phone will be simpler and hopefully stabler.
Falcon 4, a flight sim, started you out with a basic set of positions and the game play both in-mission and in the world would change based on your actions like completed missions, failed missions, alternative missions, etc. In addition, your side became better skilled the better pilot you became.
The end results had little variation, but the path through the sim would change greatly. Not exactly branching logic, but quite variable.
Reduce DPI and you can get a lot more real-estate on your T61P (I have one too.) I think the factory default is 96 dpi. Mine is set to 82 DPI and that really opened up the space alot more.
Actually, most DVDs are widescreen. The cut down Pan and Scan style 4:3 movies are a mostly American phenomena that are becoming more and more rare even here. They are a legacy from the limited resolution of VHS and NTSC broadcast. Actually, the resolution of VHS/NTSC has nothing to do with it. Joe six-pack, when presented with a wide-screen format on a standard TV, thinks the black bars above and below the image indicate a problem and then complain. I have viewed many movies in widescreen on VHS. Hell, I am hard pressed to watch a reformatted movie now a days regardless of the media.
By the same token, while in a hotel with a widescreen HD TV, all the channels, even those in 4:3 were formatted to wide screen making everything short and squat.:P
The article said the the legislation would be posted on the Federal Register for 30 day comment. Anyone know where that would be? I am searching now, but I don't think I will find it.
They aren't trying to check pre-disposition. They want positive identification.
I am opposed to this on principle which is that giving this much freedom to a body in power leads invariably to abuse. Unfortnately, there are fewer places in the world that actually give a rats ass about freedom and liberty.
Certainly not the US (I am American, btw) that claims to protect liberty with one hand and takes it away with another.
Do they have jurisdiction to require an Out-of-State vendor to collect Sale Tax on their behalf? I doubt it. Do they have jurisdiction to demand payment from said Vendor? I doubt it.
New York will sue and probably win. Do you forget that New York state will tax you if you telecommute to work for a company based on NY while you live outside NY. Enter the state on business and you own NY state tax for the YEAR.
The BBC pays for its side of the connection (uploading content) And the customer pays for his/her side of the connection (downloading content).
And who pays the intervening network providers? Everyone who connects to the Internet pays someone else for the privilege but I don't know if the cost, er value, is compounded as the traffic is aggregated. I pay $44 to Verizon for FiOS, Google pays way more to connect to their providers. The inervening providers pay and charge to interconnect others.
The root problem from a telco is that the fees they charge to carry others traffic does't match, in their perception, the value of the carriage.
In the telephone network, reciprocal charges are applied to the originating telco to terminate complete calls. If I call some one on Bell South from my Verizon phone, Bell South charges Verizon a reciprocal charge to complete the call. In most cases, the reciprocal charges balanced out and everyone was happy.
In the 90's, there were a bunch of companies that sprang up tht just handled modem banks. They could charge below market rates because they, being a telco, would only receive reciprocal charges for terminating phone calls to a modem bank, but since they never dialed out, they didn't pay. The system was gamed in their favor.
That telco mentality is what is driving all this crap. You can't change a dinosaur. You can only let it go extinct and let something smarter and better replace it.
You say that there are links between cellphone use and brain tumors but it seems that for every study claiming that, there is a study claiming there is no link.
Who funded or underwrote the studies? I don't know.
It's easy to prove it's secure (with certain assumptions about not being able to solve hard problems, like discreet logs or factoring large numbers)...snip... I could probably invent a reasonable public key algorithm with a maths textbook to hand - but no way could I invent a good symmetric crypto algorithm.
First, to make a strong crypto algorithm, you have to prove your assumptions are strong. The caveat with asymmetric key crypto based on factoring large primes is that today, factoring large primes is a difficult problem. But that doesn't mean a more efficient way to factor large primes won't be discovered tomorrow.
I bet you can't just whip up a new asymmetric key algorithm with a math text book. Talk about arrogance. The reason why there are so few good crypto systems is because creating an algorithm that is sufficiently strong is difficult. Hell, creating a pseudo random number generator is difficult. So maybe you are a genius. If so, then I challenge you to come up with a new asymmetric algorithm based on a math problem other than factoring large primes and have it assess by the crypto community. You can patent it and make millions off licensing.
I am never sure what prompts people to say this. I've not had any sort of driver and or compatibility problems for years now. Are there some people that are still running MS DOS and trying to game out there?
Heh. No, but unless yer running a fairly beefy box nowadays, many games, like Crysis, won't (or say they won't) run. I have an ATI FireGL 5200 on my T60p, and while Crysis runs (and runs well at lower resolution), it always warns me about incompatibilities. The fact is, unless your running a rig that is built to do some gaming (I don't mean just a gaming rig), chances are your going to run into video card issues. It's pretty common.
You are making to fallacious assumptions. First, you assume the consumer will always be aware of the best choice for their needs and secondly you assume that there is only one optimal choice.
Advertisers want to get your eyeballs and eventually your money. But there is no way they can make you spend your money you would not have already planned on spending.
You are right. Advertisers can certainly influence what people buy, but the consumer is ultimately responsible for making the choice.
I, like a lot of other people, don't think that advertising is bad, per se, I think visually and aurally loud and obnoxious advertising is. I don't mind and I might even look at text based or even image based ads, especially if I am in a buying mode (or just curious). But flashing text, movies, sounds, roll-overs that cover the page make me 1) use Ad-block liberally or 2) stop viewing the site. I actively ignore obnoxious advertisements if I can. If I can't, I go elsewhere.
I care because if I typo an address, I can click in the URL bar and edit it. When I am redirected to a f*cking helpful search page, I can't do that anymore. I have to select, cut, edit, a whole GET string. It's a pain in the ass. Also, some people use other network enabled stuff than a browser.
I have FiOS at home and luckily VZ has an opt out if you want to go configure your DNS manually in your router.
The first part (I assume you mean that the copyright holder isn't deprived of stuff). It's not false. The obvious requirement is that the copyright holder wants payment in return for the use of the bits. If that is the case, then if someone copies the bits, regardless of whether they use the bits, you have still deprived the copyright holder of payment.
In cases were the copyright holder doesn't want payment for the bits, then copying is OK. The copyright holder, license holder, whatever gets to determine that.
I am thankful every day for the people and organizations that openly license software, music, writing, etc. The world is a better place for it. but only because the owners decide to open the license and not seek remuneration for the content.
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I agree with your sentiment on personal computers. I have *never* gotten a virus alert or a virus on a personal computer in well over 20 years. But then, I don't engage in "dangersous" activity like downloading crap higgeldy-piggeldy. I have also been running Netscape then FF for at least 12 years, not for security reasons but because of superior features, and I view any security improvements as a side effect of browser choices. The scenario changes in enterprises, which is the audience Stewart addressing. The side-effect of having IE built in and the whole development efforst built on MS centric technologies makes using alternative browsers more difficult. Most business applications will run just fine in IE, but it's a crap shoot with other browsers. At the very least, it more of a management headache to run alternative browsers.
Well, he's not very Web 2.0, now is he?
But it got mutated because
If your IT admins locked the system down to the point that you can't get work done, they have failed and you, or your boss, have the obligation to raise the issue.
Responsible IT departments will can configure your systems while still allowing you to work. mike
System and network hardening is very effective. By hardening, I mean doing things like removing unnecessary services and applications; configuring the remaining services to be as featureless as possible while still doing what you need; examining the remaining service and application configurations and making changes to improve reduce features and employ security measures like encryption, etc; utilizing what ever access controls are available in the most strictest sense.
That is just a start. Now you also have to monitor the activity on the host or network to detect any changes or indicators of malicious behavior.
Hardening is easier to do with servers because servers tend to have more stable configuration requirements and less user touch. Workstations and desktops are more difficult. You can lock down a windows host very tightly using the GPO and other OS tools. You can also buy other applications to fill gaps. Financial institutions, for example, often have very tight workstations. In most other organizations however, users are used to having more control and the pain of locking down a workstation compared to the outcry IT will receive normally leads to looser standards.
My biggest gripe with the iPhone is that it runs only on AT&T and I am not going to plunk down my cold, hard cash to buy an iPhone, just to hack it for other networks.
You can get BB and Treo's for nearly all providers.
You are obviously a Luddite. How dare you come to /.!
I agree with you. I have a Treo 700p and I spend most of my time using the phone and email (neither are as nice as the BB though). When I start cursing my phone is when either function flakes on me.
Sure, I like the other proggies I have on there--games, doc readers, and other distractions, but my next phone will be simpler and hopefully stabler.
Falcon 4, a flight sim, started you out with a basic set of positions and the game play both in-mission and in the world would change based on your actions like completed missions, failed missions, alternative missions, etc. In addition, your side became better skilled the better pilot you became.
The end results had little variation, but the path through the sim would change greatly. Not exactly branching logic, but quite variable.
Reduce DPI and you can get a lot more real-estate on your T61P (I have one too.) I think the factory default is 96 dpi. Mine is set to 82 DPI and that really opened up the space alot more.
By the same token, while in a hotel with a widescreen HD TV, all the channels, even those in 4:3 were formatted to wide screen making everything short and squat.
The article said the the legislation would be posted on the Federal Register for 30 day comment. Anyone know where that would be? I am searching now, but I don't think I will find it.
They aren't trying to check pre-disposition. They want positive identification.
I am opposed to this on principle which is that giving this much freedom to a body in power leads invariably to abuse. Unfortnately, there are fewer places in the world that actually give a rats ass about freedom and liberty.
Certainly not the US (I am American, btw) that claims to protect liberty with one hand and takes it away with another.
Do they have jurisdiction to require an Out-of-State vendor to collect Sale Tax on their behalf? I doubt it. Do they have jurisdiction to demand payment from said Vendor? I doubt it.
New York will sue and probably win. Do you forget that New York state will tax you if you telecommute to work for a company based on NY while you live outside NY. Enter the state on business and you own NY state tax for the YEAR.
The BBC pays for its side of the connection (uploading content)
And the customer pays for his/her side of the connection (downloading content).
And who pays the intervening network providers? Everyone who connects to the Internet pays someone else for the privilege but I don't know if the cost, er value, is compounded as the traffic is aggregated. I pay $44 to Verizon for FiOS, Google pays way more to connect to their providers. The inervening providers pay and charge to interconnect others.
The root problem from a telco is that the fees they charge to carry others traffic does't match, in their perception, the value of the carriage.
In the telephone network, reciprocal charges are applied to the originating telco to terminate complete calls. If I call some one on Bell South from my Verizon phone, Bell South charges Verizon a reciprocal charge to complete the call. In most cases, the reciprocal charges balanced out and everyone was happy.
In the 90's, there were a bunch of companies that sprang up tht just handled modem banks. They could charge below market rates because they, being a telco, would only receive reciprocal charges for terminating phone calls to a modem bank, but since they never dialed out, they didn't pay. The system was gamed in their favor.
That telco mentality is what is driving all this crap. You can't change a dinosaur. You can only let it go extinct and let something smarter and better replace it.
Our KK closed a year ago but it still shows up on google maps.
You say that there are links between cellphone use and brain tumors but it seems that for every study claiming that, there is a study claiming there is no link.
Who funded or underwrote the studies? I don't know.
- Bring small snips to work
- Get big gulp
- cable is alarmed ? dip squak box in big gulp | do nothing
- snip cable
- walk away
Takes less than 5 seconds.It's easy to prove it's secure (with certain assumptions about not being able to solve hard problems, like discreet logs or factoring large numbers) ...snip... I could probably invent a reasonable public key algorithm with a maths textbook to hand - but no way could I invent a good symmetric crypto algorithm.
First, to make a strong crypto algorithm, you have to prove your assumptions are strong. The caveat with asymmetric key crypto based on factoring large primes is that today, factoring large primes is a difficult problem. But that doesn't mean a more efficient way to factor large primes won't be discovered tomorrow.
I bet you can't just whip up a new asymmetric key algorithm with a math text book. Talk about arrogance. The reason why there are so few good crypto systems is because creating an algorithm that is sufficiently strong is difficult. Hell, creating a pseudo random number generator is difficult. So maybe you are a genius. If so, then I challenge you to come up with a new asymmetric algorithm based on a math problem other than factoring large primes and have it assess by the crypto community. You can patent it and make millions off licensing.
I like reading Ira Winkler and Michal Zalewski's Silence on the Wire is a must read.
I am never sure what prompts people to say this. I've not had any sort of driver and or compatibility problems for years now. Are there some people that are still running MS DOS and trying to game out there?
Heh. No, but unless yer running a fairly beefy box nowadays, many games, like Crysis, won't (or say they won't) run. I have an ATI FireGL 5200 on my T60p, and while Crysis runs (and runs well at lower resolution), it always warns me about incompatibilities. The fact is, unless your running a rig that is built to do some gaming (I don't mean just a gaming rig), chances are your going to run into video card issues. It's pretty common.
You are making to fallacious assumptions. First, you assume the consumer will always be aware of the best choice for their needs and secondly you assume that there is only one optimal choice.
Advertisers want to get your eyeballs and eventually your money. But there is no way they can make you spend your money you would not have already planned on spending.
You are right. Advertisers can certainly influence what people buy, but the consumer is ultimately responsible for making the choice.
I, like a lot of other people, don't think that advertising is bad, per se, I think visually and aurally loud and obnoxious advertising is. I don't mind and I might even look at text based or even image based ads, especially if I am in a buying mode (or just curious). But flashing text, movies, sounds, roll-overs that cover the page make me 1) use Ad-block liberally or 2) stop viewing the site. I actively ignore obnoxious advertisements if I can. If I can't, I go elsewhere.
I care because if I typo an address, I can click in the URL bar and edit it. When I am redirected to a f*cking helpful search page, I can't do that anymore. I have to select, cut, edit, a whole GET string. It's a pain in the ass. Also, some people use other network enabled stuff than a browser.
I have FiOS at home and luckily VZ has an opt out if you want to go configure your DNS manually in your router.
You can disable IE from doing that by going to Tools->Internet Options->Advanced and unchecking "Show friendly HTTP error messages."
Ah, but the TFA desceibes the 48x48 LED grid per key that can be customized and even show moving pictures.
Might be good for performance art or in cases where you have a multi-national audience using the keyboard.
The first part (I assume you mean that the copyright holder isn't deprived of stuff). It's not false. The obvious requirement is that the copyright holder wants payment in return for the use of the bits. If that is the case, then if someone copies the bits, regardless of whether they use the bits, you have still deprived the copyright holder of payment.
In cases were the copyright holder doesn't want payment for the bits, then copying is OK. The copyright holder, license holder, whatever gets to determine that.
I am thankful every day for the people and organizations that openly license software, music, writing, etc. The world is a better place for it. but only because the owners decide to open the license and not seek remuneration for the content.