There is no excuse not to encrypt all backup tapes anymore where sensitive data is involved. There are appliance-style products out there specifically for encrypting tape backups, if you can't figure out another way. And I'm sure there are plenty of SW solutions also.
This kind of crap has been happening too often. I hate to say we need a law, but we need a law.
Sounds like the MS solution is much the same. I feel much safer since I have no firewall, but it sure is a pain if you want to do a CIFS share or use IIS at all. You have to deal with opening every port "by hand".
I'm not really a network guy but I can get things to work. I would think that the average (naive) Windows user will never figure out how to configure something like this.
Where can I get a version of Windows that will run on my 75MHz pentium box?
This could benefit the physically challenged
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I've known several wheelchair-bound folks and one thing that bothers some of them is that they are always at a lower level than everyone who can walk. Hence, can't look eye-to-eye, reach cupbords, etc. I think that this could be rigged so that at least paraplegics (sp?) could use it. There is benefit to the fact that the footprint is about the same as a person.
I can confirm you point about the discounts. There is a huge range that any individual company might pay. A couple of years ago I was involved in negotiating a price for NT4 to pre-install on our products which were print servers. We were to pay around $179/unit. Our sales rep accidentally forwarded the price that Dell was paying (our print servers were Dell boxes, so he got mixed up I think). Dell was paying around $160. We thought we weren't getting too bad of a deal considering the clout Dell had.
However, since we were just selling a standalone print server, we were not tied to MS, and in fact were developing a Linux version. When our sales guy got wind of this, all of a sudden the price was $139! We actually had more clout than Dell because it really didn't matter if they refused to sell to us.
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A great sage once said, "You're damned if you do, and you're damned if you don't."
There is no excuse not to encrypt all backup tapes anymore where sensitive data is involved. There are appliance-style products out there specifically for encrypting tape backups, if you can't figure out another way.
And I'm sure there are plenty of SW solutions also.
This kind of crap has been happening too often.
I hate to say we need a law, but we need a law.
... I just haven't found my savant yet.
Those can be used for stealing too.
Maybe slightly off-topic, but why are there no Electrical Engineering numbers on the list?
Has the BSEE degree been absorbed by BSCS, BSME, and BSIE, while I've been in the basement?
is better than zero "9"s. But that's a long way off from trusting an OS for applications where reliability is very important.
I think everyone here knows five "9"s is standard for telco.
... spending a few nights in jail should be a small price to pay ...
Watch out for the cornhole, Buddy.
Sounds like the MS solution is much the same. I feel much safer since I have no firewall, but it sure is a pain if you want to do a CIFS share or use IIS at all. You have to deal with opening every port "by hand".
I'm not really a network guy but I can get things to work. I would think that the average (naive) Windows user will never figure out how to configure something like this.
No one would be confused by that.
... for personal reasons (http://www.handykey.com/), but with this setup and voice recognition, both hands are free!
I think that both sides are closer than they think and that the whole gun control argument is a matter of degree.
I like to think of whole thing as a question of "weapons control".
- Only an extreme person would argue that anyone should be able to own a rocket launcher capable of bringing down a passenger jet.
- Only an extreme person would argue that anyone shouldn't be able to own a hunting rifle, or hunting bow.
Hard to argue with that logic.
Where can I get a version of Windows that will run on my 75MHz pentium box?
I've known several wheelchair-bound folks and one thing that bothers some of them is that they are always at a lower level than everyone who can walk. Hence, can't look eye-to-eye, reach cupbords, etc. I think that this could be rigged so that at least paraplegics (sp?) could use it. There is benefit to the fact that the footprint is about the same as a person.
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Now if they could get it to do stairs
I can confirm you point about the discounts. There is a huge range that any individual company might pay. A couple of years ago I was involved in negotiating a price for NT4 to pre-install on our products which were print servers. We were to pay around $179/unit. Our sales rep accidentally forwarded the price that Dell was paying (our print servers were Dell boxes, so he got mixed up I think). Dell was paying around $160. We thought we weren't getting too bad of a deal considering the clout Dell had.
However, since we were just selling a standalone print server, we were not tied to MS, and in fact were developing a Linux version. When our sales guy got wind of this, all of a sudden the price was $139! We actually had more clout than Dell because it really didn't matter if they refused to sell to us.
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