Sure, supply and demand. Where the demand is great because of IPv4 address shortage -- Asia -- it hasn't stalled and has been rolled out robustly. Where it is NOT in demand, because there is no shortage of IPv4 addresses in the U.S., it has stalled. Aside from large address space, there really isn't a compelling benefit to switch to IPv6. As much as geeks like things like mandatory IPsec support, autoconfig, etc. they are geek appealing and not appealing to the masses.
Again, the people that understand the difference don't need it explained to them. Those that don't -- the ones that sign the checks -- will just be confused. Now, even more so if you bring up trusted execution.
Sun's been doing encryption offload since well before Via added it on their chips. This is just a new revision of their crypto accelerator board. Personally, I've been using these for years. Cheap and effective.
Sounds like the gov't "heath care reform" to me. Lots of nebulous words that could mean something different to every person who hears them. Define "upgrade", "improvement", "solution", etc. Well, you get my point.
I need to read through those before I understand what he considers are the deficiencies of the current infrastructure that require re-architecting.
And I disagree the IPv6 is an architecture issue. All the major OSes support it: XP on up, Linux, OS X, VxWorks, IOS, etc. All of the major router/switch vendors have supported it for years: Cisco, HP, Juniper, etc. It is a matter of coordinating address block allocation and enabling it in the various ISP networks. Many home gateways are DHCP, so there isn't much of a challenge in configuing for the end users if the ISP does it right using either DHCPv6 or stateless autoconfiguration.
How do you perceive IPv6 as an architectural issue at this point? I agree that it was, once, but that time is long past.
Their target market is VoIP and banking websites, where SECURE Sockets Layer/Transport Layer SECURITY rule. (Okay, with VoIP they're more of a pipe dream, but work with me here...") Those are what the chips are designed to accelerate by offloading. VoIP *does* (or can) use MD5/SHA hashing, which is also something accelerated by the chip.
Thus, calling it a SECURITY accelerator doesn't confuse the people that sign the checks, because SECURE and SECURITY are what they're already using for their sites. You don't have to bother explaining the difference to them, because it would just confuse them. The people that know the difference between security and encryption won't need to have it explained to them, so why bother? They're just going to download the spec sheet anyway and turn to the grid on back, instead of the executive blurb on front with shiny, happy executive-type people.
My understanding from my experience and research into the subject is that in order to upgrade the Internet...
The Tubes demand SACRIFICE!
Well, Ted Kennedy did die today. I wonder if that was some deal between Ted Stevens (D-AK, "Mr. Tubes") and the Devil to keep Stevens out of prison. Satan's minion just got the wrong Ted...
The article author thinks IPv6 is just a band-aid, though he admits it would fix the address shortage. He is talking, vaguely, about an architectural upgrade but doesn't really say *what*. He only says "more research is needed", which I translate to "give me more funding".
Do you have any insight as to what he's talking about, other than "get off your ass on IPv6"?
Uhhh...the movie is supposed to convince people to dress in identical black shirts and sweat pants, brand new black-and-white Nike Windrunner athletic shoes, and armband patches reading "Avatar Away Team" before committing suicide by mixing barbituates with vodka and plastic bags?
If Rocky Horror Picture Show didn't induce that type of cult-like following -- though it was damn close -- I have a hard time imagining Avatar will.
Every reference I could fine indicated that Klinefelter's Syndrome was considered "males born with extra chromosome". Wikipedia is just one, but everything else I found thru Google on "xxy chromosome" referred to the people born with this condition as "male".
"Authorities are looking for possible insider trading after Global Gaming's jumped a week before Global Gaming announced plans to acquire The Pirate Bay"
Before is implied by insider trading. The point is, someone with that info before the public thought it was a good idea, and was willing to pay more for the company stock based off of -- possibly -- the idea that they were acquiring TPB. The original poster's argument was "WTF? Are they all morons?", and that still stands.
Gravity is related directly to space, which in turn is directly related to time. Time, as we know, is an illusion. Lunchtime, doubly so. Therefore, gravity is an illusion. Q.E.D.
How about a large Weeble with encrypted wifi, cameras and microphones pointing in each direction, including up? Toss it in, monitor it remotely via wifi.
Landlines, meaning analog telephone lines, are going the way of the Dodo. However, as you point out, cell phones are not the answer to everything. (Though I'd suggest possibly investing in a microcell or booster for your basement.) VoIP thru your cable, fiber or DSL connection is a good alternative.
Good luck getting every other person you send e-mail to to start encrypting or dealing with it. I get more hassles from non-geeks who call me up and say "what's this attached to your e-mail" than you can shake a stick at. Yes, I explain it to them. When I get to the part where they have to remember to click "encrypt" button, then enter their passphrase to send e-mail it all comes to a screeching halt.
I wonder how many mail servers are configured to accept SMTP over SSL/TLS? Every node along the way can't sniff your mail if the server-to-server communication is encrypted. They'd have to actually hack the sending or receiving server, as opposed to just sniff traffic.
I bet it takes less time to plug the machine in and boot off a CD than it does to open the case, remove the drive, and then smash it.
Not if you actually let the software RUN, it doesn't. Using DBAN on a 500 GB drive can take days, whereas this solution takes a few minutes at most. Your solution is only practical if you have one hard drive to destroy, and it is attached to a machine. The usual situation is the hard drive died and you replaced it with a good one, now need to make sure the dead one is REALLY dead before you toss it. Or, you have a batch of them that need to go because you're refreshing PCs.
Documents of any complexity get their formatting screwed up when you do this. Been there, suffered under that curse.
This will create an immense amount of work and introduce errors.
Leave it to a lawyer (from the original article) to tout this as "an easy workaround". Wasn't it the legal industry that kept WordPerfect alive for so long because of the weaknesses of Word?
We don't keep to many spare licenses laying around. Any expansion of employees means new licenses. A license would be the equivalent of selling a new copy, thus prohibited under the injunction.
Replacement employees could keep the same software because it is already licensed, but you couldn't get new licenses except under the new SKU and the new version.
Sadly, it's riddled with bugs. The current full release wouldn't run on our Mac, and although the latest developmental build would, it suffered frequent crashes, making it hard to recommend.
I think that qualifies as a showstopper. It is, after all, a browser for a computer touted as "it just works".
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Sure, supply and demand. Where the demand is great because of IPv4 address shortage -- Asia -- it hasn't stalled and has been rolled out robustly. Where it is NOT in demand, because there is no shortage of IPv4 addresses in the U.S., it has stalled. Aside from large address space, there really isn't a compelling benefit to switch to IPv6. As much as geeks like things like mandatory IPsec support, autoconfig, etc. they are geek appealing and not appealing to the masses.
Again, the people that understand the difference don't need it explained to them. Those that don't -- the ones that sign the checks -- will just be confused. Now, even more so if you bring up trusted execution.
Sun's been doing encryption offload since well before Via added it on their chips. This is just a new revision of their crypto accelerator board. Personally, I've been using these for years. Cheap and effective.
Sounds like the gov't "heath care reform" to me. Lots of nebulous words that could mean something different to every person who hears them. Define "upgrade", "improvement", "solution", etc. Well, you get my point.
Another poster was kind enough to point out some of these details here: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1348243&cid=29201683
I need to read through those before I understand what he considers are the deficiencies of the current infrastructure that require re-architecting.
And I disagree the IPv6 is an architecture issue. All the major OSes support it: XP on up, Linux, OS X, VxWorks, IOS, etc. All of the major router/switch vendors have supported it for years: Cisco, HP, Juniper, etc. It is a matter of coordinating address block allocation and enabling it in the various ISP networks. Many home gateways are DHCP, so there isn't much of a challenge in configuing for the end users if the ISP does it right using either DHCPv6 or stateless autoconfiguration.
How do you perceive IPv6 as an architectural issue at this point? I agree that it was, once, but that time is long past.
Keep it simple.
Their target market is VoIP and banking websites, where SECURE Sockets Layer/Transport Layer SECURITY rule. (Okay, with VoIP they're more of a pipe dream, but work with me here...") Those are what the chips are designed to accelerate by offloading. VoIP *does* (or can) use MD5/SHA hashing, which is also something accelerated by the chip.
Thus, calling it a SECURITY accelerator doesn't confuse the people that sign the checks, because SECURE and SECURITY are what they're already using for their sites. You don't have to bother explaining the difference to them, because it would just confuse them. The people that know the difference between security and encryption won't need to have it explained to them, so why bother? They're just going to download the spec sheet anyway and turn to the grid on back, instead of the executive blurb on front with shiny, happy executive-type people.
Sorry, my mistake. It does, however, make the switch look that much more nefarious as Ted Kennedy was most definitely a D.
My understanding from my experience and research into the subject is that in order to upgrade the Internet...
The Tubes demand SACRIFICE!
Well, Ted Kennedy did die today. I wonder if that was some deal between Ted Stevens (D-AK, "Mr. Tubes") and the Devil to keep Stevens out of prison. Satan's minion just got the wrong Ted...
The article author thinks IPv6 is just a band-aid, though he admits it would fix the address shortage. He is talking, vaguely, about an architectural upgrade but doesn't really say *what*. He only says "more research is needed", which I translate to "give me more funding".
Do you have any insight as to what he's talking about, other than "get off your ass on IPv6"?
Uhhh...the movie is supposed to convince people to dress in identical black shirts and sweat pants, brand new black-and-white Nike Windrunner athletic shoes, and armband patches reading "Avatar Away Team" before committing suicide by mixing barbituates with vodka and plastic bags?
If Rocky Horror Picture Show didn't induce that type of cult-like following -- though it was damn close -- I have a hard time imagining Avatar will.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven's_Gate_(religious_group)
Got me the strangest woman
Believe me this trick's no cinch
But I really get her going
When I whip out my big 10 inch
Netbook of a band that plays the web
Well a band that plays its web
She just love my big 10 inch
Netbook of her favorite sites
Last night I tried to tease her
I gave my love a little pinch
She said now stop that jivin'
Now whip out your big 10 inch
Netbook of a band that plays the web
Well a band that plays its web
She just love my big 10 inch
Netbook of her favorite sites
I, I, I cover her with kisses
And when we're in a lover's clinch
She gets all excited
When she begs for my big 10 inch
Netbook of a band that plays the web
Well a band that plays its web
She just love my big 10 inch
Netbook of her favorite sites
My girl don't go for smokin'
And liquor just make her flinch
Seems she don't go for nothin'
'Cept for my big 10 inch
Netbook of a band that plays the web
Well a band that plays its web
She just love my big 10 inch
Netbook of her favorite sites
One in a thousand ain't bad for something as difficult and improbable as that. Kinda like when I manage to knock a 3-point shot in basketball.
Shaq? Is that you?
[citation needed]
Every reference I could fine indicated that Klinefelter's Syndrome was considered "males born with extra chromosome". Wikipedia is just one, but everything else I found thru Google on "xxy chromosome" referred to the people born with this condition as "male".
Can you site a reference otherwise?
Try again, this time with the right emphasis.
"Authorities are looking for possible insider trading after Global Gaming's jumped a week before Global Gaming announced plans to acquire The Pirate Bay"
Before is implied by insider trading. The point is, someone with that info before the public thought it was a good idea, and was willing to pay more for the company stock based off of -- possibly -- the idea that they were acquiring TPB. The original poster's argument was "WTF? Are they all morons?", and that still stands.
Gravity is related directly to space, which in turn is directly related to time. Time, as we know, is an illusion. Lunchtime, doubly so. Therefore, gravity is an illusion. Q.E.D.
How about a large Weeble with encrypted wifi, cameras and microphones pointing in each direction, including up? Toss it in, monitor it remotely via wifi.
VoIP is the answer.
Landlines, meaning analog telephone lines, are going the way of the Dodo. However, as you point out, cell phones are not the answer to everything. (Though I'd suggest possibly investing in a microcell or booster for your basement.) VoIP thru your cable, fiber or DSL connection is a good alternative.
Also encrypt. It's not hard anymore.
Good luck getting every other person you send e-mail to to start encrypting or dealing with it. I get more hassles from non-geeks who call me up and say "what's this attached to your e-mail" than you can shake a stick at. Yes, I explain it to them. When I get to the part where they have to remember to click "encrypt" button, then enter their passphrase to send e-mail it all comes to a screeching halt.
I wonder how many mail servers are configured to accept SMTP over SSL/TLS? Every node along the way can't sniff your mail if the server-to-server communication is encrypted. They'd have to actually hack the sending or receiving server, as opposed to just sniff traffic.
I bet it takes less time to plug the machine in and boot off a CD than it does to open the case, remove the drive, and then smash it.
Not if you actually let the software RUN, it doesn't. Using DBAN on a 500 GB drive can take days, whereas this solution takes a few minutes at most. Your solution is only practical if you have one hard drive to destroy, and it is attached to a machine. The usual situation is the hard drive died and you replaced it with a good one, now need to make sure the dead one is REALLY dead before you toss it. Or, you have a batch of them that need to go because you're refreshing PCs.
Documents of any complexity get their formatting screwed up when you do this. Been there, suffered under that curse.
This will create an immense amount of work and introduce errors.
Leave it to a lawyer (from the original article) to tout this as "an easy workaround". Wasn't it the legal industry that kept WordPerfect alive for so long because of the weaknesses of Word?
We don't keep to many spare licenses laying around. Any expansion of employees means new licenses. A license would be the equivalent of selling a new copy, thus prohibited under the injunction.
Replacement employees could keep the same software because it is already licensed, but you couldn't get new licenses except under the new SKU and the new version.
WTF part of "all our files for the last two years are in a format the new employees can't create or modify" are you not understanding?
So, what you're proposing is, because Nicolas Cage made multiple movies, Joe Arpaio's methodologies on running a correctional facility are a failure?
Sir, you make a compelling case. I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Yeah, FEMA has SUCH a stellar track record lately.
"Atta-boy Brownie!"
We found his Earth-shattering Kaboom!
Sadly, it's riddled with bugs. The current full release wouldn't run on our Mac, and although the latest developmental build would, it suffered frequent crashes, making it hard to recommend.
I think that qualifies as a showstopper. It is, after all, a browser for a computer touted as "it just works".
Yeah, I know that is how a criminal would handle it. Thanks for the reference. I couldn't remember which movie.
And I'm in Chicago. Don't talk to me about parking meters! Ugh!