I mean, first we cut off your legs, then we enclose you in a small airless chamber, "freeze" you, and then jerk you around for the rest of your pitiful existence...
Hmm, sounds like the plot for a B-grade movie. Wait, didn't it already get used in "Boxing Helena"? Sherilyn Fenn in a box, Serena in a box... hmm, what will the MPAA say?
Normally I'd agree, but it depends on *why* you are asking for a password. The original post is a little unclear.
If you are asking for a password in order to secure access to the delete functionality, then yeah, it's security by obscurity with all the *ahem* benefits and drawbacks that provides.
If on the other hand, you are using a password as more a way to stop idiots from accidentally deleting something (but you aren't worried about securing access to that functionality), then providing a shortcut for the "elite" is worthwhile.
Sort of like forcing confirmation on "rm" on a multi-user system, but those in the know can throw in a "-f" to bypass it...
Do you think we can set up something so you can swap information with the cute girl in the Beetle in the next lane, who you *know* you will never see again?
Of course, it would have to be some sort of broadcast system or at best semi-directional, so the burly guy in the semi in the next lane might get the wrong sort of idea.... hmmm...
Just what we need... more gadgets to distract the guy in the lane next to me.
Some of you can wish for the day that Bluetooth lets you swap files with the guy in the lane next to you. I'd prefer we both concentrate on driving, so we won't have to be swapping insurance company information on the shoulder of the highway.
The Apache worm looks like FreeBSD only, BUT any good sys admin is going to assume that worms are out there now (or will be shortly) that will root and destroy their systems. Paranoid, yes, but..
In this case, the Apache upgrade was so painless (and I even had the slight complication of mod_ssl) that there's no excuse not to upgrade.
I worked as an editorial intern at a newspaper for a semester in college. I had great luck and an editorial assistant position opened up right as I was going to be graduating. So I applied.
Turned out I was competing against at least 20 other people, 4 of whom were also former interns. Then I found out the pay: $18,000. Where I live, it would hardly cover rent.
At the same time, I got an offer for a full-time technical job at the University I went to, for about $40,000. Plus I got tuition benefits, so I'm getting my master's for free.
All of this is just a long way of saying: you get what you pay for. No wonder editing is a dying art, if that's all it's worth...
This is one of those situations where I've actually been pleasantly surprised by both the commercial (SSH.com) and non-commerical (OpenSSH) products. I've used both, almost interchangeably, and like them both. It's really a toss-up for me.
Some people might point to the recent OpenSSH security holes trying to discredit them, but look at how quick the turnaround on patches was.. amazing.
One thing I did want to point out was the SSH.com Windows client. I really like it. It might not be worth the money, but if you fall into one of the categories where you get a free license (allows university use and non-commercial use according to their website), it's quite good. I especially like the ease in opening additional sessions or secure file transfer, etc. Worth checking out..
(And definitely don't use the TeraTerm SSH client. It's still SSH version 1, and is just a hack on top of TeraTerm... never seemed like the greatest solution to me, even if it did work)
You forgot the upside "can't be hacked by any script kiddie out there who's downloaded the latest attack script".
Of course, there's always the downsides for Apache- "log files get awfully full of failed attacks from owned IIS servers" and "don't get the amusement value of seeing what's been done to your web server's main page every morning by some cracker from China".
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I mean, first we cut off your legs, then we enclose you in a small airless chamber, "freeze" you, and then jerk you around for the rest of your pitiful existence...
Hmm, sounds like the plot for a B-grade movie. Wait, didn't it already get used in "Boxing Helena"? Sherilyn Fenn in a box, Serena in a box... hmm, what will the MPAA say?
Normally I'd agree, but it depends on *why* you are asking for a password. The original post is a little unclear.
If you are asking for a password in order to secure access to the delete functionality, then yeah, it's security by obscurity with all the *ahem* benefits and drawbacks that provides.
If on the other hand, you are using a password as more a way to stop idiots from accidentally deleting something (but you aren't worried about securing access to that functionality), then providing a shortcut for the "elite" is worthwhile.
Sort of like forcing confirmation on "rm" on a multi-user system, but those in the know can throw in a "-f" to bypass it...
Why can't my code be judged by the content of its characters, and not by the color of its extension?
:)
Down with profiling!
if it's an older Beetle, I bet she's got a boyfriend that can bench-press a flat-four, possibly with the transaxle attached ;)
Yeah, but what's the uptime on his boxen and his karma? Let's get down to what really matters..
I stand corrected. :)
Do you think we can set up something so you can swap information with the cute girl in the Beetle in the next lane, who you *know* you will never see again?
Of course, it would have to be some sort of broadcast system or at best semi-directional, so the burly guy in the semi in the next lane might get the wrong sort of idea.... hmmm...
Just what we need... more gadgets to distract the guy in the lane next to me.
Some of you can wish for the day that Bluetooth lets you swap files with the guy in the lane next to you. I'd prefer we both concentrate on driving, so we won't have to be swapping insurance company information on the shoulder of the highway.
The Apache worm looks like FreeBSD only, BUT any good sys admin is going to assume that worms are out there now (or will be shortly) that will root and destroy their systems. Paranoid, yes, but..
In this case, the Apache upgrade was so painless (and I even had the slight complication of mod_ssl) that there's no excuse not to upgrade.
I worked as an editorial intern at a newspaper for a semester in college. I had great luck and an editorial assistant position opened up right as I was going to be graduating. So I applied.
Turned out I was competing against at least 20 other people, 4 of whom were also former interns. Then I found out the pay: $18,000. Where I live, it would hardly cover rent.
At the same time, I got an offer for a full-time technical job at the University I went to, for about $40,000. Plus I got tuition benefits, so I'm getting my master's for free.
All of this is just a long way of saying: you get what you pay for. No wonder editing is a dying art, if that's all it's worth...
This is one of those situations where I've actually been pleasantly surprised by both the commercial (SSH.com) and non-commerical (OpenSSH) products. I've used both, almost interchangeably, and like them both. It's really a toss-up for me.
Some people might point to the recent OpenSSH security holes trying to discredit them, but look at how quick the turnaround on patches was.. amazing.
One thing I did want to point out was the SSH.com Windows client. I really like it. It might not be worth the money, but if you fall into one of the categories where you get a free license (allows university use and non-commercial use according to their website), it's quite good. I especially like the ease in opening additional sessions or secure file transfer, etc. Worth checking out..
(And definitely don't use the TeraTerm SSH client. It's still SSH version 1, and is just a hack on top of TeraTerm... never seemed like the greatest solution to me, even if it did work)
You forgot the upside "can't be hacked by any script kiddie out there who's downloaded the latest attack script".
Of course, there's always the downsides for Apache- "log files get awfully full of failed attacks from owned IIS servers" and "don't get the amusement value of seeing what's been done to your web server's main page every morning by some cracker from China".