There is also a tab with a list of service that one can check on or off, and it is easy to add new ones (click the 'New...)
Seems that I've read some debate of the merits of ipfw vs. other firewalls, but it seems to work fine for me. Also, there is the debate about whether or not it should be on or off by default. Personally, I think it should be on.
As far as headless apps, like daemons, I don't know. OS X asks for an admin password any time it needs 'root' access; if one makes sure they know what they're installing, and trusts the source, then I don't think anything too bad could happen.
Although, this just occurred to me. Could something like this launch an app in the background that captured keystrokes and saved them to a non-secure file/folder? That could be a problem.
The Red Dragon Inn, a BBS I ran off of my Franklin Ace 1000. Written in AppleSoft BASIC. At first I had to run it only at night, but I was finally able to talk my mother into getting me my own phone line. Amber monitors, 5 1/4" floppies, and cracked versions of Ultima IV. Ah, t'were a simpler time. A 9600baud AppleCat modem was the state-of-the-art. I even remember the first GBBS I ever logged into. Can't remember the name, but I remember 'drawing' line graphics in posts.
Parent has a good point. Remember back in the day when IBM/Lotus was the 800lb gorilla, and MS was the upstart? How did they gain the upper hand? By looking ahead. IIRC, they released a couple of office apps that used a GUI (Word and Excel), while IBM stuck with a console-based app. This garned MS a lot of attention. And I seem to recall some debacle surrounding the release of OS/2, something involving the installation.
I may be wrong, I took a 10+ year hiatus from tech (missed out on the '90s almost completely), so my perspective is suspect. Please correct me as necessary.
I'm an admitted Apple addict (fan-boy, whatever...), so...
I installed OO.o for OS X the other day, and poked around a bit. Gotta admit, it isn't anywhere near as easy to use outa the box as either Office or AppleWorks, at least for me (got both installed). That said, I think it has a lot of potential, and I'm anxious to see what the Aqua-native version will bring. And the folks over at OO.o admit that it's not for the faint-of-heart, and recommend it only for geek-y types at this time.
I'd like to see Apple release an update to AppleWorks, for both Mac and Windows. I also think Apple should support Linux as well, and expect that they eventually will. The more competion that MS has, the better off we all are. It's not like MS can't make good software - Office v.X and Flight Simulator come to mind as examples of good products.
My wife just got a brand-spankin' new CR-V, courtesy my mother, for Christmas. One of the main selling points for her was that it received a 5-star safety rating. Pretty impressive little ride.
'Course, my old Exploder (Ed) still goes more places.
"...Why bother? I seriously doubt anyone would go full-tilt KDE on an OS X box..."
Well, development of the underlying engine, KHTML, on OS X seems like a good thing to me, especially since Safari is based on it. I don't know if porting Konquerer to OS X helps Safaris' development at all, but I don't see how it can hurt it.
Besides, since when have OSS code writers needed a reason?
"...Mods - mod as troll all you want. I am not trolling, though - these are the facts. Windows really sucks..."
Why do people make statements such as this? We all know that mods can be biased, the system is imperfect, and karma really doesn't matter. What does matter is having the ability to state one's opinions/beliefs and being able to defend them.
"...Still doesn't conceal the origin from an ISP or an agency tied in at the ISP (Carnivore part 3, anyone?)..."
I considered this, but I s'pose encryption partly covers it. If the contents are unknown, it'd be pretty hard to prove that they're illegal.
What about hiding the source by changing packet sizes? I mean, say you're a node. You receive a request for packet X while receiving another to forward packet Y. Could you make it appear as though one were the other to external sources, while internally maintaining the correct endpoint info? Or what about splitting a packet into multiple packets, and routing them hither and yon, before bringing them back together? Although I guess thats kinda whats happening already...
Ok, I'm asking this here because y'all seem to know this stuff. I don't know anything really about P2P networks, secure or not, but what I'm wondering is this...
If the packets eventually end up at the same place, then what does it matter how many hops they take? I mean, wouldn't it be more anonymous if the packets kept on going after hitting the intended recipient, and just 'faded out' somewhere, or were forced to make the max number of hops allowed(isn't it 255)? Does this happen with any of these 'secure' networks? Or are they simply based on encryption (for content protection) and lots o' jumping around?
There's another way as well. Don't know if the cable co.s still do this, but I knew someone who, all they needed to do to get cable into their house, was remove a 'gapper' that was screwed in at the house. In other words, the only thing that was preventing a connection was the lack of a physical connection. A little cyclinder about an inch long, screwed into the cable line where it connected to the house, and all it did was create a gap in the line. My friend removed said gapper, and had free cable. Can't remember if he got premium channels as well, I seem to think that they were still scrambled.
First, a disclaimer of sorts. The guy is obviously a geek, what other reason does he need?
Now, surely it would have been nice to see them all installed natively, but one of the beauties of VPC is it's ability to run multiple OSes at the same time. Could that have been achieved if all these OSes were installed natively? With the possible exception of Linux->MacOnLinux, the answer is no. Emulation of some sort is necessary.
I would like to see if the other *nixes, the ones that are available for the PPC architecture, could be installed, but I don't think they could be run in tandem with OS X.
'Course, I don't really know jack-squat. I'm such a wannabe...
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"...Ah if only application firewalls were standard issue like virus scanners..."
OS X comes with ipfw preinstalled, and it can be turned on with a couple of mouse-clicks:
Apple Menu->System Preferences
Select 'Sharing'
Select 'Firewall' tab
Click 'Start' button
There is also a tab with a list of service that one can check on or off, and it is easy to add new ones (click the 'New...)
Seems that I've read some debate of the merits of ipfw vs. other firewalls, but it seems to work fine for me. Also, there is the debate about whether or not it should be on or off by default. Personally, I think it should be on.
As far as headless apps, like daemons, I don't know. OS X asks for an admin password any time it needs 'root' access; if one makes sure they know what they're installing, and trusts the source, then I don't think anything too bad could happen.
Although, this just occurred to me. Could something like this launch an app in the background that captured keystrokes and saved them to a non-secure file/folder? That could be a problem.
(tig)
...are a fanatic. :-)
(tig)
The Red Dragon Inn, a BBS I ran off of my Franklin Ace 1000. Written in AppleSoft BASIC. At first I had to run it only at night, but I was finally able to talk my mother into getting me my own phone line. Amber monitors, 5 1/4" floppies, and cracked versions of Ultima IV. Ah, t'were a simpler time. A 9600baud AppleCat modem was the state-of-the-art. I even remember the first GBBS I ever logged into. Can't remember the name, but I remember 'drawing' line graphics in posts.
To be young and phreakin' again...
(tig)
Parent has a good point. Remember back in the day when IBM/Lotus was the 800lb gorilla, and MS was the upstart? How did they gain the upper hand? By looking ahead. IIRC, they released a couple of office apps that used a GUI (Word and Excel), while IBM stuck with a console-based app. This garned MS a lot of attention. And I seem to recall some debacle surrounding the release of OS/2, something involving the installation.
I may be wrong, I took a 10+ year hiatus from tech (missed out on the '90s almost completely), so my perspective is suspect. Please correct me as necessary.
(tig)
I'm an admitted Apple addict (fan-boy, whatever...), so...
I installed OO.o for OS X the other day, and poked around a bit. Gotta admit, it isn't anywhere near as easy to use outa the box as either Office or AppleWorks, at least for me (got both installed). That said, I think it has a lot of potential, and I'm anxious to see what the Aqua-native version will bring. And the folks over at OO.o admit that it's not for the faint-of-heart, and recommend it only for geek-y types at this time.
I'd like to see Apple release an update to AppleWorks, for both Mac and Windows. I also think Apple should support Linux as well, and expect that they eventually will. The more competion that MS has, the better off we all are. It's not like MS can't make good software - Office v.X and Flight Simulator come to mind as examples of good products.
Anyways, hopefully MS will continue with their recent trend of seeking outside input (as with the questionaire sent to Linux users.
(tig)
How about "Slashdot - Those in the know helping those who aren't."
Wow, what a concept. Sharing information and ideas on an open forum/platform.
Maybe someone should develop software using this principal.
Not everyone can be an expert on everything.
(tig)
Anonymous or no, you are definately a coward. And a moron.
(tig)
My wife just got a brand-spankin' new CR-V, courtesy my mother, for Christmas. One of the main selling points for her was that it received a 5-star safety rating. Pretty impressive little ride.
'Course, my old Exploder (Ed) still goes more places.
(tig)
"...First doesn't mean shit apparently because Apples are only used by homos and hippies..." ...said the anonymous, closet-confined long-hair.
(tig)
"...The default browser in OSX is still - unbelievably - IE..."
Um, no. As of 10.3 it's Safari.
(tig)
"...Why bother? I seriously doubt anyone would go full-tilt KDE on an OS X box..."
Well, development of the underlying engine, KHTML, on OS X seems like a good thing to me, especially since Safari is based on it. I don't know if porting Konquerer to OS X helps Safaris' development at all, but I don't see how it can hurt it.
Besides, since when have OSS code writers needed a reason?
(tig)
"...I'm not an encyclopedia editor. I don't have to answer that question..."
;-)
You could be. Just contribute something on which you are knowledgeable to Wikipedia.
(tig)
"...there is no information that is completely unbiased
..."
1 + 1 = 2
Biologically, no.
(tig)
Apparently, the subtley of the piece was lost on you.
Re-read it. If you still don't get it, then re-read it. If you still don't get it...
(tig)
What would Jared do?
(tig)
"...Mods - mod as troll all you want. I am not trolling, though - these are the facts. Windows really sucks..."
Why do people make statements such as this? We all know that mods can be biased, the system is imperfect, and karma really doesn't matter. What does matter is having the ability to state one's opinions/beliefs and being able to defend them.
(tig)
"...Still doesn't conceal the origin from an ISP or an agency tied in at the ISP (Carnivore part 3, anyone?)..."
I considered this, but I s'pose encryption partly covers it. If the contents are unknown, it'd be pretty hard to prove that they're illegal.
What about hiding the source by changing packet sizes? I mean, say you're a node. You receive a request for packet X while receiving another to forward packet Y. Could you make it appear as though one were the other to external sources, while internally maintaining the correct endpoint info? Or what about splitting a packet into multiple packets, and routing them hither and yon, before bringing them back together? Although I guess thats kinda whats happening already...
Anyways, thanks for the info.
(tig)
Ok, I'm asking this here because y'all seem to know this stuff. I don't know anything really about P2P networks, secure or not, but what I'm wondering is this...
If the packets eventually end up at the same place, then what does it matter how many hops they take? I mean, wouldn't it be more anonymous if the packets kept on going after hitting the intended recipient, and just 'faded out' somewhere, or were forced to make the max number of hops allowed(isn't it 255)? Does this happen with any of these 'secure' networks? Or are they simply based on encryption (for content protection) and lots o' jumping around?
Hope this makes sense.
(tig)
There's another way as well. Don't know if the cable co.s still do this, but I knew someone who, all they needed to do to get cable into their house, was remove a 'gapper' that was screwed in at the house. In other words, the only thing that was preventing a connection was the lack of a physical connection. A little cyclinder about an inch long, screwed into the cable line where it connected to the house, and all it did was create a gap in the line. My friend removed said gapper, and had free cable. Can't remember if he got premium channels as well, I seem to think that they were still scrambled.
(tig)
heh...heh...heh...
I needed this. Thank you.
(tig)
The ones running under VPC could be. But thats cheating, or so I hear...
(tig)
Thank you for the concise explanation. Makes a lot of stuff clear.
(tig)
Not knowing jack-squat, could someone please explain the difference between emulation and virtualization?
:-)
And should MS change the name to EPC...?
(tig)
First, a disclaimer of sorts. The guy is obviously a geek, what other reason does he need?
Now, surely it would have been nice to see them all installed natively, but one of the beauties of VPC is it's ability to run multiple OSes at the same time. Could that have been achieved if all these OSes were installed natively? With the possible exception of Linux->MacOnLinux, the answer is no. Emulation of some sort is necessary.
I would like to see if the other *nixes, the ones that are available for the PPC architecture, could be installed, but I don't think they could be run in tandem with OS X.
'Course, I don't really know jack-squat. I'm such a wannabe...
(tig)
"...dragged him behind a '47 ford pickup down a gravel covered southern road myself:)..."
-1, Tasteless