Pam is great in many situations, if the pam application do things the right way. But often this is not the case. Take for example the extra prompting that comes with SecurID and Kerberos. Every time you log in, you have to enter a password and a "token" from the SecurID device (card, keyfob, whatever). Sometimes you have to enter it twice. This is all fine and dandy for Console applications (like login or sudo) but try and implement that in a GUI. XDM, GDM, and KDM cant seem to figure out how to do this. GDM comes closest, but is still a far cry from full functionality. The main problem, as I understand it, is the implied order of the prompts and messages. A pam module and send a message to the application, and there is no way to know if that was associated with the last prompt, or the next one.
Another issue is "single-sign-on". Kerberos has a great implementation for a secure single-sign-on, and the GSAPPI protocol goes a long way in helping this out. But pam is completely unaware of this currently.
We handle roughly 1.5million pieces of mail daily, and found major performance problems with qmail. In particular, qmail would tend to start slowing down, for no apparent reason, which would make the queue size even larger; and well, it was a slipery slope. We found by switching to postfix not only did we eliminate the issues, but since this is a cluster of mail servers, the postconf command made admining the boxes much easier.
(this was on stock redhat 7.2 installs with scsi raid 5 disk arrays)
Another thing to think of is how insulated you are.. your shoes and clothing can act as a form of insulation preventing you from getting shocked. Also, your skin is a huge (10K ohm I think) resister, makeing large voltages neccicary to pass through. But dont let that fool you, it is still possible to be killed with as little as 5 volts, however unlikely it may seem.
If you leave the CD's on the floor, they will not crash, either. And as far as I am consirned that is the best place for such CDs (I use one to prop up desk leg)
We wont know the answer to this for a while yet. The problem has been society put anyone with mental/physical problems into institutions. In the last 25 years or so, this has changed, but the group homes and support networks set up for these people often have the attitute "THOSE people should not have sex" and they are more or less disallowed to have intimate relationships. It has really only been in the last 5-10 years that this sort of behavior has been accepted for this group.
Windows as a term in programming represents some sort of viewing area.
Exactly... Much like MS-DOS was Microsoft-Disk Opperating System. There is no way they could copyright the term DOS, in fact it gets used a lot by direct competitors. (DR-DOS comes to mind) MS should not be able to protect against someone wanting to use the term windows, or even a varriant of it (eg Lindows) unless they have sought to protect it in all cases.
Yeah, I use LaTeX a lot for my math classes, and other papers, but when I need something fast, writing a peper in LaTeX is nothing but fast. You also cant make any last minute changes in the computer lab (Word97) before handing it in. I use WordPerfect right now, but that only seems to work part of the time.
I have been using KOffice for a while now, but havnt quite mustered up enough guts to type a paper for class on it yet. It crashed a little too often for my liking. Lets hope this new version is a bit more stable.
There are many other options when using srings in C, you are not required to use a limited array of char.. in this day, if you are security concious, you should consider all the possibilities when writing a program.
Sometimes sysadmins cant get their way because of corporate policy (like being FORCED to switch to NT). Ask some questions about how willing they are to switch to something new, or to never be allowed to upgrade.
File sharing ala Napster and the like is going to go much the same way everything else does. ISP's and record companies will crack down on it at frist, but then the population will find a new way of doing things. It is all up to Darwin to figure out what works best.
any more than a clone of Windows named GWindows would be reasonable
But people can make products called WindowCleaner without a hassle?
Gaim is not a replacement for AIM, simply a tool to allow more users to connect. I would think AOL would be happy with such a thing. Its not like they are portraying anything negitive about AIM.
I am a Northpoint victom, and I never asked for Telocity service, in fact I tried 3 times to cancel Telocity service. They shipped me a modem anyway. If I never signed any agreement, and even told them I wanted to cancel, can they really make me pay for anything if I keep it? (And turn it into my mp3 server:-)
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"The only intuitive interface is the nipple. Everything else is learned".
I forgot who said that, but it was some UI designer a few people have heard of.
Pam is great in many situations, if the pam application do things the right way. But often this is not the case. Take for example the extra prompting that comes with SecurID and Kerberos. Every time you log in, you have to enter a password and a "token" from the SecurID device (card, keyfob, whatever). Sometimes you have to enter it twice. This is all fine and dandy for Console applications (like login or sudo) but try and implement that in a GUI. XDM, GDM, and KDM cant seem to figure out how to do this. GDM comes closest, but is still a far cry from full functionality. The main problem, as I understand it, is the implied order of the prompts and messages. A pam module and send a message to the application, and there is no way to know if that was associated with the last prompt, or the next one.
Another issue is "single-sign-on". Kerberos has a great implementation for a secure single-sign-on, and the GSAPPI protocol goes a long way in helping this out. But pam is completely unaware of this currently.
We handle roughly 1.5million pieces of mail daily, and found major performance problems with qmail. In particular, qmail would tend to start slowing down, for no apparent reason, which would make the queue size even larger; and well, it was a slipery slope. We found by switching to postfix not only did we eliminate the issues, but since this is a cluster of mail servers, the postconf command made admining the boxes much easier.
(this was on stock redhat 7.2 installs with scsi raid 5 disk arrays)
Another thing to think of is how insulated you are.. your shoes and clothing can act as a form of insulation preventing you from getting shocked. Also, your skin is a huge (10K ohm I think) resister, makeing large voltages neccicary to pass through. But dont let that fool you, it is still possible to be killed with as little as 5 volts, however unlikely it may seem.
What is "fixed" by a BSD style fork, can only be repaired by spooning.
Sure, but it will cost you $95 to read the article telling you this.
If you leave the CD's on the floor, they will not crash, either. And as far as I am consirned that is the best place for such CDs (I use one to prop up desk leg)
We wont know the answer to this for a while yet. The problem has been society put anyone with mental/physical problems into institutions. In the last 25 years or so, this has changed, but the group homes and support networks set up for these people often have the attitute "THOSE people should not have sex" and they are more or less disallowed to have intimate relationships. It has really only been in the last 5-10 years that this sort of behavior has been accepted for this group.
Exactly... Much like MS-DOS was Microsoft-Disk Opperating System. There is no way they could copyright the term DOS, in fact it gets used a lot by direct competitors. (DR-DOS comes to mind) MS should not be able to protect against someone wanting to use the term windows, or even a varriant of it (eg Lindows) unless they have sought to protect it in all cases.
Yeah, I use LaTeX a lot for my math classes, and other papers, but when I need something fast, writing a peper in LaTeX is nothing but fast. You also cant make any last minute changes in the computer lab (Word97) before handing it in. I use WordPerfect right now, but that only seems to work part of the time.
I have been using KOffice for a while now, but havnt quite mustered up enough guts to type a paper for class on it yet. It crashed a little too often for my liking. Lets hope this new version is a bit more stable.
Well, not at last.. they have been coming down in price for a while now. This should not come as a surprise to anyone
There are many other options when using srings in C, you are not required to use a limited array of char.. in this day, if you are security concious, you should consider all the possibilities when writing a program.
Wouldnt it be interesting to see some other sports too? Perhaps a decatholon?
Sometimes sysadmins cant get their way because of corporate policy (like being FORCED to switch to NT). Ask some questions about how willing they are to switch to something new, or to never be allowed to upgrade.
File sharing ala Napster and the like is going to go much the same way everything else does. ISP's and record companies will crack down on it at frist, but then the population will find a new way of doing things. It is all up to Darwin to figure out what works best.
Hmm.. well, so much for upgrading.
But people can make products called WindowCleaner without a hassle?
Gaim is not a replacement for AIM, simply a tool to allow more users to connect. I would think AOL would be happy with such a thing. Its not like they are portraying anything negitive about AIM.
I am a Northpoint victom, and I never asked for Telocity service, in fact I tried 3 times to cancel Telocity service. They shipped me a modem anyway. If I never signed any agreement, and even told them I wanted to cancel, can they really make me pay for anything if I keep it? (And turn it into my mp3 server :-)