I always let out a bit of a grumble when a new programming language comes out; they seldom add anything truly new to programming. When I read that Cyclone was strikingly similar to C, I was intrigued enough to skim through the docs.
Put bluntly, Cyclone seems to be little more than C for lazy programmers. Fat pointers for those who can't follow the logic of pointer arithmetic and *`H for those intimidated by malloc() is not a beneficial service.
If we see a wide-spread deployment of this web server software, will we begin to see viruses that target it?
I confess I'm making several assumptions on how the software will work (aren't we all at this point?), but I wonder how much consideration MediaBEAM has put into this possiblity.
Terrorist: Sir, the (insert country name here) has passed a law about crypto backdoors/escrow.
Osama Bin Laden: Really? How does this impact our long-term crypto strategy?
Terrorist: Well, in order for our organization to be compliant, we'll either have to stop using 3DES in favor of a new crypto method with a backdoor, -or- we'll have to send our private keys to the government.
Osama Bin Laden: Hmm, we'll I'd *hate* for us to be in violation, yet I want to avoid the expense of implementing a new data protection scheme. Let's just send them our private keys...
But a deeper look into the Truce Campaign, as well as an ongoing and almost identical anti-piracy campaign by Microsoft, a founding member of the BSA, reveals something more complex: the possible beginning of an entirely new business model built around anti-piracy and fear.
Fear and ignorance. Ignorance and fear. The computer is your friend. Maximum zeal, citizen!
In the introduction white paper section II.b (Fine-grained System Capabilities), they describe the root account as being a significat source of risk (if you're rooted, you're owned). The solution under TrustedBSD is to delegate the root responsibilities to various executables.
I'm not sure what this solves if root still has access to these new executables. Any ideas on how this will be accomplished?
You would want people to stop thinking about the problem because it might violate DMCA? Pfft. There's no law against brainstorming. Perhaps by entertaining all possible solutions to the problem, a 'moral' solution can be found (after all, one thing leads to another).
Contribute to the technical aspect of the conversations (if you can), but save the sh*t-house lawyer stuff for people who care.
Encourage people to think, yrricde. Its for the best.
I doubt we (United States) would be without enemies, but I have to admit that our government/intelligence agencies seem to stir up more trouble than they solve.
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I guess the fact we don't have weekly big-bangs indicates the universe doesn't run a certain OS out of Redmond :)
It looks like if you have a history of drinking, lying and cheating you won't be going into space anytime soon
So I'm still good if I only drink and lie, right?
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Nah, I've got a few pictures of the wife and kids standing on Earth.
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I always let out a bit of a grumble when a new programming language comes out; they seldom add anything truly new to programming. When I read that Cyclone was strikingly similar to C, I was intrigued enough to skim through the docs.
Put bluntly, Cyclone seems to be little more than C for lazy programmers. Fat pointers for those who can't follow the logic of pointer arithmetic and *`H for those intimidated by malloc() is not a beneficial service.
If we see a wide-spread deployment of this web server software, will we begin to see viruses that target it?
I confess I'm making several assumptions on how the software will work (aren't we all at this point?), but I wonder how much consideration MediaBEAM has put into this possiblity.
Terrorist: Sir, the (insert country name here) has passed a law about crypto backdoors/escrow.
Osama Bin Laden: Really? How does this impact our long-term crypto strategy?
Terrorist: Well, in order for our organization to be compliant, we'll either have to stop using 3DES in favor of a new crypto method with a backdoor, -or- we'll have to send our private keys to the government.
Osama Bin Laden: Hmm, we'll I'd *hate* for us to be in violation, yet I want to avoid the expense of implementing a new data protection scheme. Let's just send them our private keys...
Fear and ignorance. Ignorance and fear. The computer is your friend. Maximum zeal, citizen!
In the introduction white paper section II.b (Fine-grained System Capabilities), they describe the root account as being a significat source of risk (if you're rooted, you're owned). The solution under TrustedBSD is to delegate the root responsibilities to various executables. I'm not sure what this solves if root still has access to these new executables. Any ideas on how this will be accomplished?
You would want people to stop thinking about the problem because it might violate DMCA? Pfft. There's no law against brainstorming. Perhaps by entertaining all possible solutions to the problem, a 'moral' solution can be found (after all, one thing leads to another). Contribute to the technical aspect of the conversations (if you can), but save the sh*t-house lawyer stuff for people who care. Encourage people to think, yrricde. Its for the best.
I guess I'll settle for copyrighting all integers...
I doubt we (United States) would be without enemies, but I have to admit that our government/intelligence agencies seem to stir up more trouble than they solve.