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  1. Re:Rebuild the Internet? on The Case for Rebuilding The Internet From Scratch · · Score: 3, Informative
    If you're not using it, it's your fault. I personally don't know if I reach a site through IPv4 or IPv6, as my system tries to resolve the v6 address first, and falls back to 4 if there aren't any 6 addresses. All my admin is done over IPv6. If you don't want to use it, well that's up to you. Look up 6 over 4 tunneling. Look up v6 tunnel brokers - https://tb.ipv6.bt.com/ is a good one.

    And to test your IPv6 connectivity - http://ipv6.umtstrial.co.uk/

  2. Re:Who are they kidding? on Conquest FS: "The Disk Is Dead" · · Score: 1
    Because if we didn't our computers would crash when we ran out of RAM.

    Why is that then?
    Assuming the OS has enough ram for itself, the other apps should act as though limits are artificially enforced by ulimit. Try ulimit -H -m 1 (if I remember rightly)

  3. Random playing on Machine Learning and MP3s · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Wonder what it'll make of the fact I just load them all up and then select the random play option? :)

  4. Re:RAM swapfile on Getting Rid of the Disks · · Score: 3, Funny

    Lol, true, I didn't pick up on that.
    Imagine making your RAM-based swapfile bigger than your total RAM. Swap in, swap out, swap in, swap out...

  5. Re:Debian has some weird licencing rules. on Debian GNU/Linux to Declare GNU GFDL non-Free? · · Score: 1
    If you do not value these freedoms, then your input is not welcome.

    Some kind of debate that would be.
    "You're only allowed to participate in this discussion if you agree with what we tell you to agree with."

  6. Debian has some weird licencing rules. on Debian GNU/Linux to Declare GNU GFDL non-Free? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think Debian take all this licencing stuff far too seriously. They have some insane clause about the kind of software they can include in their distros. Personally, I think they should include anything that they are legally allowed to.

  7. Re:My first Grub hit coming over to my site on Building a Bigger Search Engine · · Score: 1

    Lol, relax guy, I was making a joke :)

  8. Re:My first Grub hit coming over to my site on Building a Bigger Search Engine · · Score: 1
    So, this was last year.

    Warning, your system clock is 1 year out of date.
    [root@presroi.de root]# ntpdate ntp.demon.co.uk 20 Apr 11:39:09 ntpdate[23473]: adjust time server 158.152.1.76 offset 1284989826352.108067 sec
    Thankyou ;)

  9. Re:gave up passwds in what context? on Social Engineering Still Best Way to Crack Security · · Score: 1

    I doubt that anyone, posting as AC or not, would actually be so silly as to post their real password. (Taco, can you find out what IP address comment #5760196 came from and drop me an email? :) )
    Don't forget - you're only pseudo-anonymous.

  10. Re:Social Engineering is all but unstoppable on Social Engineering Still Best Way to Crack Security · · Score: 1
    --
    grep -ri 'should work' /usr/src/linux | wc

    Lol, love the sig ;)
    But shouldn't it be wc -l for lines matched?

  11. Re:Dinosaur on Firebird Name Debate Enters a New Stage · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Mozilla Stegosaurus Web Browser

    Surely the stegosaurus name should be reserved for whatever app they make that hides information in jpgs, mp3s, etc?

  12. Re:Eh? No XFS + ACLS? on Tridgell Taking Samba Beyond POSIX · · Score: 1

    But they all boil down to can you read a file, or can you write to a file. That's all there is to it. You can execute a non executable file by . ./somefile or you could copy the file somewhere and change the permissions so the execute bit isn't mandatory.

  13. Re:I use Samba... on Tridgell Taking Samba Beyond POSIX · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Yeah NFS is a better system

    Hmm, not so sure. All that portmap baggage is annoying. And there is no username level security.

  14. Eh? No XFS + ACLS? on Tridgell Taking Samba Beyond POSIX · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I don't know what they're talking about, but if you compile XFS in, all the acls libs, and then compile Samba, you get something that you couldn't tell from Windows. Apart from the uptime, the speed, the security....

  15. OT: Re:Really? on Testing Microsoft And The DMCA · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    It doesn't sound like that to me. "Dyoo too" or "Joo too" is how I'd say it. I'd probably say joo too actually.

    And the could/couldn't care less thing is quite interesting. Americans tend to use could and British tend to use couldn't. I think if you couldn't care less, then you are already caring about it as little as you can. Whereas if you could care less, you are caring about it too much already :)

  16. Re:exactly on The 69/8 Networking Problem · · Score: 1
    Doh. 2^16 subnets I meant. 65536 subnets, each of up to 18446744073709551616 hosts.

    Does anyone else think it's a bit silly to make the "smallest" subnet /64 ?

  17. Re:exactly on The 69/8 Networking Problem · · Score: 1
    If you run out of unroutables, you're managing "your" namespace as badly as IANA are :)

    Go for IPv6. You can get a /48, which is 2^24 subnets each of 2^64 addresses from most ISPs, tunnel brokers, etc.

  18. Re:Security on AOL Tests Video Instant Messaging · · Score: 1
    I have it. But you have to be able to establish a direct connection with the other person. And if you're both running iptables/$windows_firewall then you're out of luck.

    Something else I've started trying to write is a GPG plugin for licq. Now that would make more sense. But I'm not good enough at C++ to do it. If anyone would like to help out with this, please visit my site, and leave a comment somewhere.

  19. Re:RH's Advisory of the Day? on Weekly Microsoft Critical Security Issue · · Score: 1
    Posted from a PowerMac 9600/200MP running a self-built Linux OS.

    Hey Linus, how's it going? This OS you wrote is really something, you know...:o)

  20. Re:I don't understand... on Weekly Microsoft Critical Security Issue · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I know for damn sure that nobody's getting into mine without permission.

    That's quite a statement.. ;)
    I'm not saying I could do it... But there are some very clever people out there. One thing I've learned is never to underestimate others.

    So, stick a file on your machine with your online bank details, and your credit card numbers, and post your IP address :)

  21. I don't think we can be too critical, actually. on Weekly Microsoft Critical Security Issue · · Score: 4, Interesting
    It hasn't been too nice for Open Source recently though has it?

    Couple of remote roots in Samba, a local ptrace in the kernel and a few OpenSSL probs to get you on the system initially.

  22. Re:Unsigned apps can't run on some installs on Federal Judge Rules Against Reverse-engineering · · Score: 4, Informative
    The application "dwi2.exe" could not be opened, because it has not been approved by the system administrator.

    C:\> ren dwi2.exe notepad.exe

  23. Re:Break through technology.... or same thing ? on Roaming WLAN / GPRS · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Or even better - look into Mobile IP. http://www.ipunplugged.com/ is a box we are trialling now. Uses care of addresses, and IPsec. (Oh, and our 3G works nicely ;) )

  24. Re:Finally on VIA C3 Random Number Generator Reviewed · · Score: 1
    Sounds perfectly random to me.

    It's like people that would be surprised if the lottery results were 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. "That's not random, is it?", they'd cry. It's just as likely as any other combination.

  25. Re:Mirror (Europe) on Red Hat Linux 9 Release And Interview · · Score: 1
    Hey Yenya, thanks for the link. Your mirror is (was?) fast :)

    Unfortunately wget doesn't support IPv6 or I'd snag it over v6 just for the hell of it.