It's not the end of the world.
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AthlonXP Released
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You'll still know what speed your CPU runs at. It's not like it'll be a huge secret. Go in to the CPU setup on your Abit board and it'll tell you, they just hide it during boot so normal users don't see it.
Sun needs to get StarOffice 6.0 out the door NOW. Do it while Microsoft keeps getting bad press. I'm a Network Admin at a company with 200 employees and the guys before me never kept licensing info. So, I'm doing a license audit right now. We're either going to be buying a lot of Microsoft Office licenses, or looking for an alternative. I sure wouldn't mind bringing up StarOffice, if a real usable and supported version was out there.
With the recent change in MS licensing policy NOW is the time for Sun to act and get their product in the door..
My problem with almost all the hardware IDE RAID right now is they work in software. They don't do the actual RAID in the hardware so CPU use takes a huge hit.
Maybe that's why they are so cheap compared to SCSI RAID.:)
I got a deal on a GF3 to replace my GF2. So far I haven't found a thing that takes advantage of it. No way I'd upgrade from a GF2 at this point for normal price.
I think the vid card companies are running in to a major problem. Games aren't keeping up with hardware. Developers have a much longer development time than the hardware companies do.
They don't make someone an expert. But, If I bring someone on my team with a MCSE I expect them to be able to do a certain baseline of functions. For example, add users, put machines in the domain, understand WINS at a decent level, etc, etc. The MCSE has a bad rap because there is no "expert level" certification. They need one, bad.
Look at Cisco. They now have a layered certification system. Their final level, the CCIE, is their expert level. You don't meet any paper CCIEs for a reason.
I've taken the RHCE exam, the LPIC Level 1 exams, and the SAIR exams. By far the best exam, of course, is the RHCE since it involves a lab exam. Only time will tell if Red Hat protects this exam from brain dumps and simple HOWTOs. It wouldn't be hard to mix it up enough to do that.
So, in conclusion, certs are a tool. I think it's crazy to look down on people with certs, but it's even more crazy to hire them for the simple reason they have certs. If a person has a cert I'll quiz them on thep product/technology enough to see if they can back it up. If they can't then I know they just studied for the exam, not the product/service and they just lost points.
Wanting to put back doors in crypto is just like a lot of the firearm control laws to me. What the people that want them don't realize is that criminals DO NOT follow laws. If I'm going to go shoot someone do you really think I'm going to get a gun the legit way and fill out the paperwork? If I'm going to encrypt my email for terroristic purposes, am I really going to use a tool with a back door?
NO! So it just wastes time and costs everyone money.
You can get a patched WinNT/2K CD. They update the CDs with the service packs all the time. If you don't have a patched CD all you have to do is apply the LATEST service pack and the hotfixes, which they are now rolling in to one big hotfix at times.
You don't have to apply ALL the service packs, just the latest.
If someone doesn't patch their Windows systems why would they patch their Linux systems? Doesn't matter if the patch is out 2 seconds after the bug is revealed if the admin doesn't take notice and act.
When a Win98 or NT Workstation (not running IIS) gets infected via an exploited web site, does that workstation start broadcasting out? Or do the workstations just pass the.eml files over the network hoping to infect another IIS system?
I just read the worm information AGAIN and you may be right. It may attack from workstations. If so that easily explains the amount of traffic we're seeing over CodeRed.
*ALL* of our servers were patched but some of our workstations were not and users got it via exploited pages. Few users everywhere adds up to a LOT.
This is all well and good when it is Microsoft. But what happens when these things start hitting badly administered Linux/BSD/Solaris boxes? Will you be so quick to demand Red Hat send out CDs and pay damages? Doubtful.
Blame the admins and only the admins. I can forgive not patching something the first day, but by now? What are these people doing?
I just picked up a new Ipaq 3670. I've had several Palms in the past and I won't go back until they really change something. While the Ipaq's battery life sucks, the screen is so much better as is the response time.
I just got a cradle and AC adapter for home and work. I just drop it in the cradle whenever I'm not using it and the battery life isn't that big of a deal. Palm/Visor need to make up about 3 or 4 years of features FAST.
Some say the Internet failed, I disagree.
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Handling the Loads
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I've read a few reports about how the Internet failed during this disaster since almost all news sites were too busy to respond. I disagree with that. Slashdot was here, as well as things like IRC.
On the channel I've frequented for years I got more up to the minute information than anyone in the office. Everyone was wondering where my news was coming from, especially since it was so accurate. While some people were sitting around watching CNN we were discussing and talking about what was going on with people very close (too close) to the events.
This doesn't even take in to consideration email. With cell phones and land lines too congested people were sending emails back and forth to get word on loved ones or just to talk about the events.
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You'll still know what speed your CPU runs at. It's not like it'll be a huge secret. Go in to the CPU setup on your Abit board and it'll tell you, they just hide it during boot so normal users don't see it.
Anyone have an ETA for Ximian GNOME on Mandrake 8.1?
Sun needs to get StarOffice 6.0 out the door NOW. Do it while Microsoft keeps getting bad press. I'm a Network Admin at a company with 200 employees and the guys before me never kept licensing info. So, I'm doing a license audit right now. We're either going to be buying a lot of Microsoft Office licenses, or looking for an alternative. I sure wouldn't mind bringing up StarOffice, if a real usable and supported version was out there.
With the recent change in MS licensing policy NOW is the time for Sun to act and get their product in the door..
That was the phone number for my elemantary school. They had a gold record for it hanging in the office.
My problem with almost all the hardware IDE RAID right now is they work in software. They don't do the actual RAID in the hardware so CPU use takes a huge hit.
:)
Maybe that's why they are so cheap compared to SCSI RAID.
I got a deal on a GF3 to replace my GF2. So far I haven't found a thing that takes advantage of it. No way I'd upgrade from a GF2 at this point for normal price.
I think the vid card companies are running in to a major problem. Games aren't keeping up with hardware. Developers have a much longer development time than the hardware companies do.
The Postal service runs Win98 right now and that's 80K workstations.
They don't make someone an expert. But, If I bring someone on my team with a MCSE I expect them to be able to do a certain baseline of functions. For example, add users, put machines in the domain, understand WINS at a decent level, etc, etc. The MCSE has a bad rap because there is no "expert level" certification. They need one, bad.
Look at Cisco. They now have a layered certification system. Their final level, the CCIE, is their expert level. You don't meet any paper CCIEs for a reason.
I've taken the RHCE exam, the LPIC Level 1 exams, and the SAIR exams. By far the best exam, of course, is the RHCE since it involves a lab exam. Only time will tell if Red Hat protects this exam from brain dumps and simple HOWTOs. It wouldn't be hard to mix it up enough to do that.
So, in conclusion, certs are a tool. I think it's crazy to look down on people with certs, but it's even more crazy to hire them for the simple reason they have certs. If a person has a cert I'll quiz them on thep product/technology enough to see if they can back it up. If they can't then I know they just studied for the exam, not the product/service and they just lost points.
MSNBC does this to some of their sections. Not a big deal to me. If you don't want to see them subscribe to Salon.
Some way or another, content has to be paid for.
Invest in better network admins so you won't have the downtime with IIS when these worms are released.
Spoken like someone that has never been screwed out of a month's pay....or more.
Wanting to put back doors in crypto is just like a lot of the firearm control laws to me. What the people that want them don't realize is that criminals DO NOT follow laws. If I'm going to go shoot someone do you really think I'm going to get a gun the legit way and fill out the paperwork? If I'm going to encrypt my email for terroristic purposes, am I really going to use a tool with a back door?
NO! So it just wastes time and costs everyone money.
You can get a patched WinNT/2K CD. They update the CDs with the service packs all the time. If you don't have a patched CD all you have to do is apply the LATEST service pack and the hotfixes, which they are now rolling in to one big hotfix at times.
You don't have to apply ALL the service packs, just the latest.
If someone doesn't patch their Windows systems why would they patch their Linux systems? Doesn't matter if the patch is out 2 seconds after the bug is revealed if the admin doesn't take notice and act.
When a Win98 or NT Workstation (not running IIS) gets infected via an exploited web site, does that workstation start broadcasting out? Or do the workstations just pass the .eml files over the network hoping to infect another IIS system?
I just read the worm information AGAIN and you may be right. It may attack from workstations. If so that easily explains the amount of traffic we're seeing over CodeRed.
*ALL* of our servers were patched but some of our workstations were not and users got it via exploited pages. Few users everywhere adds up to a LOT.
Getting it from a site won't make your system start broadcasting out for other sites. That ONLY happens when an IIS box gets infected.
So no one would care if your non-IIS workstation was infected...the only person with the problem would be you.
This is all well and good when it is Microsoft. But what happens when these things start hitting badly administered Linux/BSD/Solaris boxes? Will you be so quick to demand Red Hat send out CDs and pay damages? Doubtful.
Blame the admins and only the admins. I can forgive not patching something the first day, but by now? What are these people doing?
You have to add IIS during install. Just some people like the "Give me everything!" option.
Post back what you find..I'd be interested to know. Yeah, VMWare is great for making a nice cage for testing these things.
Checking our logs now on our web servers..things are picking up, but nowhere near what others are seeing yet.
It doesn't seem to be a new exploit. Just another package for the existing exploits. So, make sure you're current and you should be OK.
On the side...I haven't gotten any hits in our log files yet.
I just picked up a new Ipaq 3670. I've had several Palms in the past and I won't go back until they really change something. While the Ipaq's battery life sucks, the screen is so much better as is the response time.
I just got a cradle and AC adapter for home and work. I just drop it in the cradle whenever I'm not using it and the battery life isn't that big of a deal. Palm/Visor need to make up about 3 or 4 years of features FAST.
I've read a few reports about how the Internet failed during this disaster since almost all news sites were too busy to respond. I disagree with that. Slashdot was here, as well as things like IRC.
On the channel I've frequented for years I got more up to the minute information than anyone in the office. Everyone was wondering where my news was coming from, especially since it was so accurate. While some people were sitting around watching CNN we were discussing and talking about what was going on with people very close (too close) to the events.
This doesn't even take in to consideration email. With cell phones and land lines too congested people were sending emails back and forth to get word on loved ones or just to talk about the events.
I think the Internet did a great job.
I'm sure lack of licenses isn't stopping use of it right now, they'd just like to be legit when this is all over.
Microsoft donated $10 million in money and licenses anyway, so they don't have to worry about that.
So Slashdot, Microsoft donated $10 million. Where is Red Hat, VA, Sun, or others?