I also find this the best time for 24/7 tech support....
I am up anyways at odd hours, might as well take advantage of the fact that some poor tech is bored out his/her skull at 3:30am just so that the company can claim 24/7 support...:-)
[I know... if I didnt call at 3:30 then the company would not think that there was a need for tech support.. catch 22....]
The problem is what if there is an exploit found within those six months?
It would be good to have such a meta rpm, but only as "base reference"; ie: install 6.0, then "6.021", but still check regularly for updates and install those as well... esp those that came afeter "6.021" was released...
Thing is... there are thousands of rh6.0 installs that were not made from official rh 6.0 cds. It is IMPOSSIBLE for rh to recall all 6.0 versions out there for each problem like this one. They have done it the only way that they can... have the information availible in the errata pages so that any COMPETANT sysadmin would know to check the errata for important updates.
let alone bugtraq archives, usenet newsgroups, etc...
[I help admin several RH based boxes, and as a result I am on over 10 mailing lists, check several newsgroups daily, follow the bugtraq stuff, and check the errata pages AT LEAST ONCE EVERY COUPLE OF DAYS, and look at some of the "hacker d00d" web pages]; note that this is not required to admin a RH box, but ANY box that is on a network of any kind, be it linux, windows, macos,etc.. there are certain places an admin has to keep track of and follow; if not for the simple reason that the "black hats" probably already know of them by the time it hits those avenues....
The problem here was with the "Admin" not knowing how to secure his box; not just with the CGI or OS used.
Just be sure not to use MLPPP with their services... They will disconnect your account as a "Level A" offence... In the same category as Spam and mailboming...
Their system allows the connection.... (at least on the UUNet pops in some areas), and even though their AUP states one connection PER MACHINE, they still consider it as having multiple users with the same account....
Most new devices are overpriced when they first come out....
Then there is the "cost of living" factor... $370 may sound like alot when compared to the US market, but think of it...
It happens in the US as well... (eg: The price of a movie down here in TX is US$6.25; the same movie in the same quality theatre in NY is US$9.50... A movie in Paris is over FF55.00; which comes to over US$9.00....)
When it comes to the US, I expect it to be priced in the 200-250 range....
Which is one reason why many of the domains that I help set up have a bind server as the master, and dents as one of the slaves... The first rule in failover is not to use same technology on the "backup" system so that a failure on the primary does not also affect the secondary...
If your ISP is willing to join the RBL, and really want to dramatically reduce their incoming spam (as well as spam that may originate from their own systems) they may want to also use the following "databases". Some of these may be "extreme"; but they HAVE cut down the spam that I get dramatically...
If the IRC server is run by sega, it is very simple to have the IP address masked (only for clients that connect to that server). I remember seeing an "anonymizer" type patch for an IRC server which gave the options to do just that... either have the form of "UNIQUEID.anon.ircnetwork.com" or "UNIQUEID.realnetworkname.com" where the hostname (first item till the first dot) was replaced by a uniqueid/sessionid... The IRC Ops can see the real information, and the log does contain the mapping info...
so to repeat... if they connect to a fixed irc server, then it is trivial to make the server hide the hostname info, or even "totally fake it"....
The problem for a paranoid person would be the following:
It can be easy for a developer (either intentionally or via a rogue cracker/disgrunteled employee) to install a sniffer or other trojan running on a game console {that is if they do get an ethernet port.. which I hope that it does}... The amount of data that can be gatherd would be phenominal..
A paranoid person would consider ANY dreamcast cd that is given away free to be suspect...
[extremely paranoid mode/on: Hmm.. I wonder if the cds that were recalled had any....problem....with them/off]:-)
dial in via ppp with a normal pc/mac/etc/machine, find out what the ip address that is assigned to your machine is (the domain name); then check the page above if its within the same "range"... (ie; if it says proxy or cache in the machine name... then it is transparantly proxied; same if the machine ip shown is not the same as winipcfg or pppd tells you that you have....
Dont know if they are or not.... But it would be a VERY cool move if they did.. think of it...
1-Dorm rooms with Ethernet There are many of those cropping up every day
2-Cable modems (ethernet interface) It would be worth it to pay the extra $5 to get a second ip for a dream cast since I already have a cable modem
3-ADSL modems (ethernet interface) This would probably be a better bet than an integrated ADSL modem..
4-Home network friends brings their dreamcasts to play multiplayer in a home lan.
5-LAN parties If there is a Quake2 for the dreamcast, i have a feeling that it will quickly become the lan party tool of choice for many
an ethernet port opens up MANY more multiplayer possibilities... thus more sales... (of hardware and software).. [the question becomes; can the IP address be configured manually, or does it have to use DHCP; or will it use that autonegotiation stuff in 98 and macos; falling back to dhcp]
Then there are the manufacturers that change the internals of a product on a whim.... (eg: how many have purchaced an Adaptec 2930 thinking they were getting the 2930U, but instead got the 2930cU) Note that the external box for each is exactly the same....
or NIC makers that switched from a "real" dec chip to a PNIC chip...
Not to defend MS here; but being "devils advocate":
What I am seeing between the lines here is that what if the REAL reason is that they want a second key so that if the FIRST key is compromised in any way (natural disaster or otherwise), they can use the second key to "revoke" the validity of the first key, and use the second key to install either a new key uncompromised key.. (without distruption to the millions of windows users). In this scenario the second key MUST be different from the first key, and stored elsewhere securly, and ONLY used in the case of the first key being compromised/destroyed...
recent versions of PGP and other cryptographic software also have that ability...
[one wonders if they already did that {replaced the first key}... through several of the MS "required" updates, without the user knowing]
Redhat didnt have to include that "Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds"....
Just a guess here, but...They could be doing it to make the trademark "valid", as in "used"... so that no one other than Linus (who now has the trademark) can claim that they own the name "Linux" and try to get mucho $$$ from Redhat... {something which has happened recently}; so anyplace that RH is sold or used, there IS a "prior use" claim in favor of Linus....
They could also be covering their asses legally by including all credit for all trademarks that they know of even if they dont HAVE to...
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I also find this the best time for 24/7 tech support....
:-)
I am up anyways at odd hours, might as well take advantage of the fact that some poor tech is bored out his/her skull at 3:30am just so that the company can claim 24/7 support...
[I know... if I didnt call at 3:30 then the company would not think that there was a need for tech support.. catch 22....]
The problem is what if there is an exploit found within those six months?
It would be good to have such a meta rpm, but only as "base reference"; ie: install 6.0, then "6.021", but still check regularly for updates and install those as well... esp those that came afeter "6.021" was released...
Thing is... there are thousands of rh6.0 installs that were not made from official rh 6.0 cds. It is IMPOSSIBLE for rh to recall all 6.0 versions out there for each problem like this one. They have done it the only way that they can... have the information availible in the errata pages so that any COMPETANT sysadmin would know to check the errata for important updates.
let alone bugtraq archives, usenet newsgroups, etc...
[I help admin several RH based boxes, and as a result I am on over 10 mailing lists, check several newsgroups daily, follow the bugtraq stuff, and check the errata pages AT LEAST ONCE EVERY COUPLE OF DAYS, and look at some of the "hacker d00d" web pages]; note that this is not required to admin a RH box, but ANY box that is on a network of any kind, be it linux, windows, macos,etc.. there are certain places an admin has to keep track of and follow; if not for the simple reason that the "black hats" probably already know of them by the time it hits those avenues....
The problem here was with the "Admin" not knowing how to secure his box; not just with the CGI or OS used.
..
..
(nostalgia)
ahh... the days when archie.au was fed by a single T1
(/nostalgia)
They told me that I was cancelled for either multilinking or logging in twice... Cancelled end of July. same scenario...
Luckily for me, that led to a search for a new ISP, and found a local cable co that actually had a deal for 64k cable access for $25.00/month...
The 1000kdown/128kup service was "only" $50.00; which was only $8/month more expensive than ELN+phone line costs for second line...
Moving was not a big problem since all my "public" mail went to my iname.com address, and I kept a web space on a third party server....
Havnt looked back...
Just be sure not to use MLPPP with their services... They will disconnect your account as a "Level A" offence... In the same category as Spam and mailboming...
Their system allows the connection.... (at least on the UUNet pops in some areas), and even though their AUP states one connection PER MACHINE, they still consider it as having multiple users with the same account....
which can be easily changed in many cards...
any sysadmin that believes that a MAC address is a unique ID is asking for trouble....
https://www.mav.net/teddyr/syousif/
oops... the date is sat 18th...
https://www.mav.net/teddyr/syousif/
Um... Check out http://www.alug.org/amlc There is a "small" one on the 18th of this month....
https://www.mav.net/teddyr/syousif/
Um... Check out http://www.alug.org/amlc There is a "small" one on the 17th of this month....
https://www.mav.net/teddyr/syousif/
Most new devices are overpriced when they first come out....
Then there is the "cost of living" factor... $370 may sound like alot when compared to the US market, but think of it...
It happens in the US as well... (eg: The price of a movie down here in TX is US$6.25; the same movie in the same quality theatre in NY is US$9.50... A movie in Paris is over FF55.00; which comes to over US$9.00....)
When it comes to the US, I expect it to be priced in the 200-250 range....
https://www.mav.net/teddyr/syousif/
Yup... the interesting parts are the expansion ports...
USB:
USB Network cards.
USB modem.
USB Zip drive to store game settings?
..
PCMCIA:
Network Cards.
Modem.
Flash Memory for game settings
..
https://www.mav.net/teddyr/syousif/
Which is one reason why many of the domains that I help set up have a bind server as the master, and dents as one of the slaves... The first rule in failover is not to use same technology on the "backup" system so that a failure on the primary does not also affect the secondary...
https://www.mav.net/teddyr/syousif/
If your ISP is willing to join the RBL, and really want to dramatically reduce their incoming spam (as well as spam that may originate from their own systems) they may want to also use the following "databases". Some of these may be "extreme"; but they HAVE cut down the spam that I get dramatically...
RBL: http://maps.vix.com/rbl/
DUL: http://maps.vix.com/dul/
ORBS: http://www.orbs.org/
https://www.mav.net/teddyr/syousif/
If the IRC server is run by sega, it is very simple to have the IP address masked (only for clients that connect to that server). I remember seeing an "anonymizer" type patch for an IRC server which gave the options to do just that... either have the form of
"UNIQUEID.anon.ircnetwork.com" or
"UNIQUEID.realnetworkname.com" where the hostname (first item till the first dot) was replaced by a uniqueid/sessionid... The IRC Ops can see the real information, and the log does contain the mapping info...
so to repeat... if they connect to a fixed irc server, then it is trivial to make the server hide the hostname info, or even "totally fake it"....
https://www.mav.net/teddyr/syousif/
The problem for a paranoid person would be the following:
/on: Hmm.. I wonder if the cds that were recalled had any....problem....with them /off] :-)
It can be easy for a developer (either intentionally or via a rogue cracker/disgrunteled employee) to install a sniffer or other trojan running on a game console {that is if they do get an ethernet port.. which I hope that it does}... The amount of data that can be gatherd would be phenominal..
A paranoid person would consider ANY dreamcast cd that is given away free to be suspect...
[extremely paranoid mode
https://www.mav.net/teddyr/syousif/
quick test:
visit http://www.mav.net/teddyr/access/info.shtml
dial in via ppp with a normal pc/mac/etc/machine, find out what the ip address that is assigned to your machine is (the domain name); then check the page above if its within the same "range"... (ie; if it says proxy or cache in the machine name... then it is transparantly proxied; same if the machine ip shown is not the same as winipcfg or pppd tells you that you have....
https://www.mav.net/teddyr/syousif/
Dont know if they are or not.... But it would be a VERY cool move if they did.. think of it...
1-Dorm rooms with Ethernet
There are many of those cropping up every day
2-Cable modems (ethernet interface)
It would be worth it to pay the extra $5 to get a second ip for a dream cast since I already have a cable modem
3-ADSL modems (ethernet interface)
This would probably be a better bet than an integrated ADSL modem..
4-Home network
friends brings their dreamcasts to play multiplayer in a home lan.
5-LAN parties
If there is a Quake2 for the dreamcast, i have a feeling that it will quickly become the lan party tool of choice for many
an ethernet port opens up MANY more multiplayer possibilities... thus more sales... (of hardware and software).. [the question becomes; can the IP address be configured manually, or does it have to use DHCP; or will it use that autonegotiation stuff in 98 and macos; falling back to dhcp]
https://www.mav.net/teddyr/syousif/
Then there are the manufacturers that change the internals of a product on a whim.... (eg: how many have purchaced an Adaptec 2930 thinking they were getting the 2930U, but instead got the 2930cU) Note that the external box for each is exactly the same....
or NIC makers that switched from a "real" dec chip to a PNIC chip...
https://www.mav.net/teddyr/syousif/
Not to defend MS here; but being "devils advocate":
What I am seeing between the lines here is that what if the REAL reason is that they want a second key so that if the FIRST key is compromised in any way (natural disaster or otherwise), they can use the second key to "revoke" the validity of the first key, and use the second key to install either a new key uncompromised key.. (without distruption to the millions of windows users). In this scenario the second key MUST be different from the first key, and stored elsewhere securly, and ONLY used in the case of the first key being compromised/destroyed...
recent versions of PGP and other cryptographic software also have that ability...
[one wonders if they already did that {replaced the first key}... through several of the MS "required" updates, without the user knowing]
https://www.mav.net/teddyr/syousif/
Redhat didnt have to include that "Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds"....
Just a guess here, but...They could be doing it to make the trademark "valid", as in "used"... so that no one other than Linus (who now has the trademark) can claim that they own the name "Linux" and try to get mucho $$$ from Redhat... {something which has happened recently}; so anyplace that RH is sold or used, there IS a "prior use" claim in favor of Linus....
They could also be covering their asses legally by including all credit for all trademarks that they know of even if they dont HAVE to...
https://www.mav.net/teddyr/syousif/
Linux has prelim (dev) support for USB in 2.3.x; (2.3.16 being the latest as of this post).
check out The Linux USB page (http://www.linux-usb.org/) for info on USB and Linux.
https://www.mav.net/teddyr/syousif/
Try adding
asyncmap 200a0000
to the "extra options"
if the other side requires compression, you may want to try modprobing bsd_comp and/or ppp_deflate
https://www.mav.net/teddyr/syousif/
according to http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html
the patent should expire in 2003..
https://www.mav.net/teddyr/syousif/
This means that Linux and BeOS run on more platforms that NT...
... {probably more... but those are the ones that I can remember offhand now}
Linux: x86,Sparc,Alpha,PowerPC,68k,MIPS,ARM,
BeOS: PowerPC, x86
https://www.mav.net/teddyr/syousif/