It's not that the linux kernel runs in real mode, but loadlin needs the processor to be in real mode in order to load the linux kernel into memory. Then, the kerrnel does switch to procected mode. I don't know exactly why this is or if it really necessary (though I assume it is) - this is just the way things stand currently.
But it was for videoconferencing or the like - the watch had a small color display and a camera. It even ran X. This was in last month's Linux Journal, or the one before that.
The event log showed teh name fo the workstation and the user name but it would not show me the IP address of the attempt nor the password.
Keeping a log of failed passwords around is not a good idea. If someone were to look at the log, they might easily figure out passwords if come of the failures were simple typos (if the passwords were plain words, not random characters). True, getting at this file would require Adminstrator/root access and anyone looking at would probably be able to do more than steal user passwords. However, it's not exactly a good idea to keep information like this around because no one will probably see it. If it isn't there, it can't be seen.
I don't see why loadlin, beos, etc need DOS mode anyway. An executable is an executable...it can still kick out windows and start clean.
But a processor mode is not a processor mode. Loadlin, at least, requires the processor to be in real mode to start Linux. If Windows has already switched the processor into protected mode, it can't run. I'm not sure exactly why this is, but that's the way it works currently.
It's harder than it sounds.. in order to register kernel 2.2.16, you'd have to actually install every file that came with the RPM. It's possible that programs depending on the 2.2.16 RPM need something besides just the kernel image. Now, I suppose kernels don't make a very good example, because they're fairly simple in terms of files provided (I think..).
The other thing is, by simply registering an RPM, the RPM database won't have the list of files provided by the real RPM. Then, it won't be able to inform you of conflicts in the future.
It looks to me like this would end up making quite a mess. A better way to deal with the problem of --nodeps ignoring stuff you haven't noticed would be to make rpm -[iU] always print a full list of unfulfilled dependencies (if it doesn't already and simply prints the first one).
I've had a little bit of an electric bill problem when my last computer with an AT power supply wasn't grounded properly.
Could somebody more enlightened explain how a grounding problem could cause a device to draw excessive power? Unless I'm mistaken, grounding line-powered electrical devices is just for safety. I don't see how this is possible.
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On the topic in hand, wasn't the internet designed by DARPA to provide a network of computers that would survive through a nuclear war? If you thoroughly nuke the US, the majority of the Internet will probably work fine.
True, it was created to be able to route around problems, but in order to route around a bad link, you need alternative links. I don't know for sure, but I believe a lot of other countries are connected to US backbones. Unless they also have direct connections to backbones in other parts of the world, a *really* big US outage would take out a access in a lot of other places.
And it does require reverse engineering the AIM/ICQ protocols.
There are two AIM protocols: TOC and OSCAR. TOC is openly documented by AOL. OSCAR has more features (such as file transfer) and is not documented. If Jabber uses TOC, no reverse engineering was necessary. OSCAR, however, would certainly have to be reverse engineered.
At all costs? By no means do I support drug use, but I am very concerned about the government taking away rights guaranteed to the people by the Constitution. I feel that it is imperative that we do not allow our rights to be gradually taken away, one by one. In this case, perhaps more appropriate laws could be created. For example, harsher penalties for actually selling or posessing illegal drugs.
Making a list of URLs that people get in their email probably isn't terribly useful - people get lots of spam, for example, that contains URLs, but never get visited. A redirector allows them to see which links people are actually following.
I've had my current job for a year (since I finished 8th grade). It's not as high tech as I'd like, but I don't know of any real high-tech companies in the area who whould hire a 15-year old. Last year, I was looking for just about any sort of job, my choices came down to working in a grocery store or in an office doing data entry. When I told the owner of the company (it's a small company, not even 10 employees) that I knew how to design web pages, I was hired to set the company up with an internet presence. I don't write HTML and code Perl CGI scripts all the time, but I have set up a Linux firewall for the DSL line. Much of the time I just have to type faxes/emails and enter orders, but it beats stocking shelves.
Anyway, to give a long ramble a point, mention everything you know how to do - it can't hurt to let the prospective employer know everything you can do. Also, don't be surprised if you have to settle for something less than what you really want to do. I'd love to be writing Perl all day, but I doubt there's anyone out there willing to hire a highschool freshman for that.
Keep in mind that what Corel is doing is running Windows binaries on Linux with Wine. I don't think it would be trivial to get it running on processors other than x86. (I don't know what might be possible with say, an NT4 PPC SDK or something, but I doubt Corel wants to spend the time porting to other chips if they won't even write native Linux code).
The networks that make up the internet are private because they are owned by corporations, not the government (the vast majority of the networks, anyway. I don't governments own any major backbones any more).
I'm not a "corporate tool". This is just how I see things.
company i am not affiliated with can not stop my traffic.
Let's review how the net works - you pay for a connection to an ISP, which uses the money you pay to pay for their connection to an upstream provider, who connects to the backbone. Your data passes over networks owned by private companies, who have every right to decide what sort of information they want to carry. If you don't like the service, take your business elsewhere. An uncensored net connection is not a right.
Why did the Times ever have an uncensored version of the report? Why the CIA ever release the report with the names in the first place? Young is hardly at fault for uncovering something that wasn't hidden. It's possible for anyone, including Iranians, to do that.
This method of hiding the names in the PDF was about as secure as releasing the document in paper form with black tape stuck over the names. If someone had peeled the tape off and discovered "hidden" information, the blame would most likely fall on the releaser of the document for using such an ineffective method. It seems that the fact that technology is involved in this is what's making Young look like a bad, evil hacker.
I can't remember where (maybe I saw it in a story, or in meta-moderation). But I'm sure it was before today. You could just check the user's info page - it was most likely posted by the same person.
Oops - I was too quick with that post! Symlinks certainly wouldn't be much good if the target can't be accessed.
And even with hard links, a chrooted environment would be hard to set up if you had / and/usr on seperate partitions, since it would be impossible to link to both/bin and/usr/bin and/lib and/usr/lib (and/usr/local/bin and/usr/local/lib as well)
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It's not that the linux kernel runs in real mode, but loadlin needs the processor to be in real mode in order to load the linux kernel into memory. Then, the kerrnel does switch to procected mode. I don't know exactly why this is or if it really necessary (though I assume it is) - this is just the way things stand currently.
But it was for videoconferencing or the like - the watch had a small color display and a camera. It even ran X. This was in last month's Linux Journal, or the one before that.
The event log showed teh name fo the workstation and the user name but it would not show me the IP address of the attempt nor the password.
Keeping a log of failed passwords around is not a good idea. If someone were to look at the log, they might easily figure out passwords if come of the failures were simple typos (if the passwords were plain words, not random characters). True, getting at this file would require Adminstrator/root access and anyone looking at would probably be able to do more than steal user passwords. However, it's not exactly a good idea to keep information like this around because no one will probably see it. If it isn't there, it can't be seen.
I don't see why loadlin, beos, etc need DOS mode anyway. An executable is an executable...it can still kick out windows and start clean.
But a processor mode is not a processor mode. Loadlin, at least, requires the processor to be in real mode to start Linux. If Windows has already switched the processor into protected mode, it can't run. I'm not sure exactly why this is, but that's the way it works currently.
It's harder than it sounds.. in order to register kernel 2.2.16, you'd have to actually install every file that came with the RPM. It's possible that programs depending on the 2.2.16 RPM need something besides just the kernel image. Now, I suppose kernels don't make a very good example, because they're fairly simple in terms of files provided (I think..).
The other thing is, by simply registering an RPM, the RPM database won't have the list of files provided by the real RPM. Then, it won't be able to inform you of conflicts in the future.
It looks to me like this would end up making quite a mess. A better way to deal with the problem of --nodeps ignoring stuff you haven't noticed would be to make rpm -[iU] always print a full list of unfulfilled dependencies (if it doesn't already and simply prints the first one).
Just my $0.02
I've had a little bit of an electric bill problem when my last computer with an AT power supply wasn't grounded properly.
Could somebody more enlightened explain how a grounding problem could cause a device to draw excessive power? Unless I'm mistaken, grounding line-powered electrical devices is just for safety. I don't see how this is possible.
Well, I wouldn't say it's quite the ugliest, but definetly kind of silly - it looks like a wannabe hotrod.
HP LaserJet IIID with JetDirect EX Plus
2 1X SCSI CD-ROM drives (Caddy-loading)
1 HP Vectra LS/12 286 Laptop
Several Dilbert books
A 1GB Quantam IDE hard drive
Miscellaneous screws
A handful of picks
A couple pennies
And a slice of pound cake with M&Ms
True, it was created to be able to route around problems, but in order to route around a bad link, you need alternative links. I don't know for sure, but I believe a lot of other countries are connected to US backbones. Unless they also have direct connections to backbones in other parts of the world, a *really* big US outage would take out a access in a lot of other places.
That's not true. Filtering packets on the net with private source addresses are definetly faked, not usable for any legitimate purpose.
There are two AIM protocols: TOC and OSCAR. TOC is openly documented by AOL. OSCAR has more features (such as file transfer) and is not documented. If Jabber uses TOC, no reverse engineering was necessary. OSCAR, however, would certainly have to be reverse engineered.
I don't think drug use is a good thing. I just feel that taking away free speech is not the best way to combat it.
At all costs? By no means do I support drug use, but I am very concerned about the government taking away rights guaranteed to the people by the Constitution. I feel that it is imperative that we do not allow our rights to be gradually taken away, one by one. In this case, perhaps more appropriate laws could be created. For example, harsher penalties for actually selling or posessing illegal drugs.
Slash Daughter s? Try Slashdotters.
Making a list of URLs that people get in their email probably isn't terribly useful - people get lots of spam, for example, that contains URLs, but never get visited. A redirector allows them to see which links people are actually following.
As long as you're going to call yourself the grammar nazi, you might as well get your grammar right: s/installer's/installers/
Anyway, to give a long ramble a point, mention everything you know how to do - it can't hurt to let the prospective employer know everything you can do. Also, don't be surprised if you have to settle for something less than what you really want to do. I'd love to be writing Perl all day, but I doubt there's anyone out there willing to hire a highschool freshman for that.
Keep in mind that what Corel is doing is running Windows binaries on Linux with Wine. I don't think it would be trivial to get it running on processors other than x86. (I don't know what might be possible with say, an NT4 PPC SDK or something, but I doubt Corel wants to spend the time porting to other chips if they won't even write native Linux code).
I'm not a "corporate tool". This is just how I see things.
Let's review how the net works - you pay for a connection to an ISP, which uses the money you pay to pay for their connection to an upstream provider, who connects to the backbone. Your data passes over networks owned by private companies, who have every right to decide what sort of information they want to carry. If you don't like the service, take your business elsewhere. An uncensored net connection is not a right.
This method of hiding the names in the PDF was about as secure as releasing the document in paper form with black tape stuck over the names. If someone had peeled the tape off and discovered "hidden" information, the blame would most likely fall on the releaser of the document for using such an ineffective method. It seems that the fact that technology is involved in this is what's making Young look like a bad, evil hacker.
I can't remember where (maybe I saw it in a story, or in meta-moderation). But I'm sure it was before today. You could just check the user's info page - it was most likely posted by the same person.
You're kidding, right? What's the "connection"? That same comment has been posted before.
And even with hard links, a chrooted environment would be hard to set up if you had / and /usr on seperate partitions, since it would be impossible to link to both /bin and /usr/bin and /lib and /usr/lib (and /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/lib as well)
symlinks!