In fact, no one runs parliament.uk and it doesn't officially exist.
OK, go on, you twisted my arm. For a mere £78k per annum, and a lifetime seat in the House of Lords, I'll oversee the running of this tld.
Obviously, I'll need a 155Mb pipe, and all the leggy blondes I can eat. (So to speak.) Oh, and a nice quiet office somewhere:)
Is it possible to make your SMTP server look for a certain subject line, and if it doesn't see it, bounce the email with a message that basically says:
Please resend this message with yyf6d55s in the subject line.
Change this magic key each week/month, and only the first email from each person that they send each month will need to be resent.
US$348 million is 1/120th of their reported $40billion cashpile.
That's only 30 years at the current rate before their money runs out. Roll on 2033. (Notwithstanding any other profits, losses, acts of God, parliament)
Interesting thought: Do you think Microsoft understand why people dislike their marketing tactics? Or do you think they think "Oh, they're just jealous"/"They just don't understand how it all works"?
Why don't webhosters allow SSH, no FTP or telnet, but pre-patch their servers with LIDS?
Oh and don't allow outgoing packets that aren't part of the reply to either incoming 22, 80, and 443.
I bet it won't be long before Nessus is programmed to look for this, and the kiddies start looking for it too. It's a nice easy back door for them to start working on local root access.
Mind you, I used to write a cgi script that did similar./cgi-bin/cmd.cgi?cmd=ls%20/
P.S. Don't bother looking for it on the webserver in my user prefs:) Aaah, go on. What the hell.
I personally think that if it had happened 48 hours later, the effects would have been lessened, due to sysadmins, etc. being at work while it happened.
It would have affected more people, but for a shorter time, in my expert (lol) opinion.
# Microsoft Windows98 SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Mac OS compatible
Is that a feature? Or a limitation?
All I need for my "secure" alternative:
128 bytes of storage for some random data, to which I then append a password to and use as the encryption key in my crypto-loopback software implementation.
What do those "artistic" MAC users have that they need to keep secret anyway? This? Also mirrored (aka stolen) here
if [ "$saved" ] then mail user1@domain.com user2@domain.com <<EOMAIL New RedHat 8.0 RPMs downloaded onto `hostname` Please update them:
$saved
$check
If there are any kernel updates, please run lilo before rebooting
EOMAIL fi
Run this in the night some time. When you come in, if you've got an email, run: cd/raid/8.0/updates rpm --freshen -vah *.i686.rpm rpm --freshen -vah *.i386.rpm
Hey presto. Job done. And if you use Grub, you don't have to bother about running lilo.
I am writing to you as I read with dismay news of your change to your EOL plans in the IT press.
One of the things that makes RedHat so popular is the free downloads, and speedy patches.
I suggest the following strategy:
Level 1. Downloads free for all or CD <$50 . No support. Perfect for home users, who, let's face it wouldn't pay for ISOs or support anyway, but keep your "mind-share" high. (Mind-share is the only thing that keeps Microsoft going now.).
Level 2. Downloads free, but CD < $200. 1 years free support with a purchased copy. (Additional support can be purchased) Patches and hotfixes available for two major versions. Suitable for the department Samba server, or Apache server.
Level 3. Aimed at corporates. **long** product cycle. I'm talking 3-5 years here. Expensive support contracts. Suitable for the critical databases, or huge desktop rollouts.
You simply have to give companies the knowledge that they'll be supported for years. A company providing a 5000 desktop rollout needs to know that it'll be good for a long time.
I feel that you have missed out Level 2 in your new strategy. Linux isn't well enough known to take away the "free" aspect that appeals to managers so much. Give it a few years for people to try it because it is free, and then you can change the pricing. We have servers here, and should the cost go above a few hundred pounds/dollars, my boss would say "I thought this was supposed to be cheaper." And it's success in little places like this that would make the rest of the business look at larger, more demanding "Level 3" implementations.
Hopefully, you're not just doing this because you are short of money. If you are, well, you have to do what you can to stay solvent. But if it's some "strategy", then I see it not working very well at all.
All the Windows users I've ever met didn't pay a penny for their OS, or any of their apps.
The day piracy starts getting clamped down on, is the day that Linux starts booming.
How many people that you know would put up with a surprise dawn raid by MS, and a nice fat fine in court, yet would carry on loving MS?
(I typed Linus instead of Linux in the above sentence - Linus booming? Lol...)
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I hereby claim this post as the first 3G Slashdot post, until notified otherwise.
In fact, no one runs parliament.uk and it doesn't officially exist. OK, go on, you twisted my arm. For a mere £78k per annum, and a lifetime seat in the House of Lords, I'll oversee the running of this tld.
:)
Obviously, I'll need a 155Mb pipe, and all the leggy blondes I can eat. (So to speak.) Oh, and a nice quiet office somewhere
I read this a few days ago on The Reg, and I couldn't believe it.
No matter what the rules are, it's pretty obvious to anyone that parliament.uk belongs to the UK parliament.
Expert network security analysis: http://www.arhont.com/
Hey Mr Boss - if you install this software to spy on us, our productivity will go down.
It will?
Er, yeah - this report says so.
Hmmm... Well, on the basis of it, you'd better continue peer-to-peer filesharing and pr0n surfing then...
Is it possible to make your SMTP server look for a certain subject line, and if it doesn't see it, bounce the email with a message that basically says:
Please resend this message with yyf6d55s in the subject line.
Change this magic key each week/month, and only the first email from each person that they send each month will need to be resent.
Animals are most dangerous when they are cornered.
Expect to see this beast with its hackles up, coming out fighting.
US$348 million is 1/120th of their reported $40billion cashpile.
That's only 30 years at the current rate before their money runs out. Roll on 2033.
(Notwithstanding any other profits, losses, acts of God, parliament)
Interesting thought: Do you think Microsoft understand why people dislike their marketing tactics? Or do you think they think "Oh, they're just jealous"/"They just don't understand how it all works"?
but surely with all the attention Linux is getting with developers, they can't go getting rid of too many people?
Why don't webhosters allow SSH, no FTP or telnet, but pre-patch their servers with LIDS?
Oh and don't allow outgoing packets that aren't part of the reply to either incoming 22, 80, and 443.
I bet it won't be long before Nessus is programmed to look for this, and the kiddies start looking for it too. It's a nice easy back door for them to start working on local root access.
/cgi-bin/cmd.cgi?cmd=ls%20/
:) Aaah, go on. What the hell.
Mind you, I used to write a cgi script that did similar.
P.S. Don't bother looking for it on the webserver in my user prefs
a mouse (i.e. a graphical UI)
Er, no, not necessarily. GPM is useful for cutting and pasting in a text console (Alt + F1-6 )
Tiny filaments of nickel, thinner than a wavelength of visible light,
:)
Is it just me or are we getting too clever?
Soon we'll be storing gigabytes on a single atom...
"Banking services, which encrypt their data traffic over the public Internet, might have ground to a halt."
Sheesh. If you use VPNs over the internet, you're getting WAN connectivity and 95+% reliability on the cheap. But it's a trade off.
I personally think that if it had happened 48 hours later, the effects would have been lessened, due to sysadmins, etc. being at work while it happened.
It would have affected more people, but for a shorter time, in my expert (lol) opinion.
Shhhhh...Don't tell Malda I've got root...
/slashcomments/ /slashcomments/
[root@slashdot.org root]# du -sh
331Tb
[calum@flapjack calum]$ grep "answer to life" /dev/urandom /dev/urandom matches
;) .. ;)
Binary file
It works! Took a damn long time though
I might make that my new sig actually... Sorry, www.arhont.com
From the features page:
# Microsoft Windows98 SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Mac OS compatible
Is that a feature? Or a limitation?
All I need for my "secure" alternative:
128 bytes of storage for some random data, to which I then append a password to and use as the encryption key in my crypto-loopback software implementation.
What do those "artistic" MAC users have that they need to keep secret anyway? This? Also mirrored (aka stolen) here
It only works if the content of your harddrive is worth anything :((
The main problem with this approach (and for that matter Freenet) is that it is slow for all but the smallest files.
Bandwidth is still the most precious commodity in computing. Once we get fibre to every house, then distributed storage will make sense.
Hope they're using the version of RedHat that will be supported after 31st Dec 2003...
./sat-hack ip.of.sat.ellite
:o)
Seriously, it'd be neat.
Sending overflow....
root@satellite# ping www.google.com
PING www.google.com (216.239.53.101) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from www.google.com (216.239.53.101): icmp_seq=1 ttl=41 time=5173 ms
64 bytes from www.google.com (216.239.53.101): icmp_seq=2 ttl=41 time=3111 ms
64 bytes from www.google.com (216.239.53.101): icmp_seq=3 ttl=41 time=4831 ms
64 bytes from www.google.com (216.239.53.101): icmp_seq=4 ttl=41 time=4251 ms
--- www.google.com ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 4012ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 3111/5173/4622/2722.195 ms
What happens when the satellite goes round the other side of the world though? Dropped packets?
cd /raid/8.0/updates
r edhat/linux/updates/8.0/en/os/i386/ -o logr edhat/linux/updates/8.0/en/os/i686/ -a log
/raid/8.0/updates/*.rpm | grep -v "md5 gpg OK"`
/raid/8.0/updates
wget -nd -nH --mirror --no-parent --passive ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk./sites/ftp.redhat.com/pub/
wget -nd -nH --mirror --no-parent --passive ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk./sites/ftp.redhat.com/pub/
saved=`grep saved log | grep -v ".listing"`
check=`rpm -K
if [ "$saved" ]
then
mail user1@domain.com user2@domain.com <<EOMAIL
New RedHat 8.0 RPMs downloaded onto `hostname`
Please update them:
$saved
$check
If there are any kernel updates, please run lilo before rebooting
EOMAIL
fi
Run this in the night some time.
When you come in, if you've got an email, run:
cd
rpm --freshen -vah *.i686.rpm
rpm --freshen -vah *.i386.rpm
Hey presto. Job done. And if you use Grub, you don't have to bother about running lilo.
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to you as I read with dismay news of your change to your EOL plans in the IT press.
One of the things that makes RedHat so popular is the free downloads, and speedy patches.
I suggest the following strategy:
Level 1. Downloads free for all or CD <$50 . No support. Perfect for home users, who, let's face it wouldn't pay for ISOs or support anyway, but keep your "mind-share" high. (Mind-share is the only thing that keeps Microsoft going now.).
Level 2. Downloads free, but CD < $200. 1 years free support with a purchased copy. (Additional support can be purchased) Patches and hotfixes available for two major versions. Suitable for the department Samba server, or Apache server.
Level 3. Aimed at corporates. **long** product cycle. I'm talking 3-5 years here. Expensive support contracts. Suitable for the critical databases, or huge desktop rollouts.
You simply have to give companies the knowledge that they'll be supported for years. A company providing a 5000 desktop rollout needs to know that it'll be good for a long time.
I feel that you have missed out Level 2 in your new strategy.
Linux isn't well enough known to take away the "free" aspect that appeals to managers so much.
Give it a few years for people to try it because it is free, and then you can change the pricing.
We have servers here, and should the cost go above a few hundred pounds/dollars, my boss would say "I thought this was supposed to be cheaper." And it's success in little places like this that would make the rest of the business look at larger, more demanding "Level 3" implementations.
Hopefully, you're not just doing this because you are short of money. If you are, well, you have to do what you can to stay solvent. But if it's some "strategy", then I see it not working very well at all.
Yours sincerely
Calum
..and tell them I think it's a bad idea.
sup-manager@redhat.com
Maybe you should all do the same.
All the Windows users I've ever met didn't pay a penny for their OS, or any of their apps.
The day piracy starts getting clamped down on, is the day that Linux starts booming.
How many people that you know would put up with a surprise dawn raid by MS, and a nice fat fine in court, yet would carry on loving MS?
(I typed Linus instead of Linux in the above sentence - Linus booming? Lol...)
I've got no mod points, but if I did, you'd have some.
Succinctly put.