Yeah... those are all over Japan. I've been here eight years, speed daily, and have yet to get a ticket via the cam. In fact, I don't even know anyone who has. That's not to say these things don't work.
Japan also has ETC (Electronic Toll Charge - I think). Rather cool stuff that allows you to zoom through the ETC toll lane at about 20 - 30 Kph. The fare is automatically deducted from your account.
With all the electronic gadgets that could be abused by Big Brother here, the concerns aren't nearly as great as in the States or Europe. Hmmmm...
Those using port-knocking for extra security are misguided, though.
Why are they misguided? What is wrong with a little added security? Security through obscurity has its place when mixed conservatively with proven security practices.
Port knocking to get connected to a service (i.e. an ssh server), which then requires its own authentication (key, passwd, etc.), is far from misguided. In fact, port knocking appears to be an excellent way of protecting automated attacks against vulnerable services. Do you really think a worm would try to port knock every possible four port permutation on adsl-1.2.3.4.someisp.net just to see if a service is listening on port x? NO WAY!
Let me go ahead and spew the ridiculously overstated slashdot one-liner.
You must be new here.
Now that that's out of the way... thanks for saying that. It's sad though. You're sitting at +5, Insightful. I don't mean to belittle you, but what is insightful about your comment? It reeks of common sense.
I agree with everything you said. I failed to get my point across. I wasn't directing my "rant" at the Bush/America bashing crowd directly. I more clearly stated my thoughts in this post.
America is no where near perfect. Far from it in fact. I never inferred otherwise. My post was about something completely different -- the open discussion of polically related topics on slashdot.
One can no longer post an honest, educated comment that in any way supports President Bush or questions the anti-America movement that exists here. If one does, they get modded to oblivion and never seen again (not many read/. at -1). The slashdot moderation system has been perverted. It used to be different here. It's sad really.
Nice try, but you'll be ignored. The parent of this thread is +5, Insightful. No one here really cares about the truth, they just want to bash America or Bush or both.
Japanese airport security is RIDICULOUS. Just recently, the transporation ministry (or something like that... I forget) announced they are revamping their airport security. The current highest security level will now be the new lowest level. Anyone can get into Japan if they REALLY want to. Many people stay way past their alloted time. Hmmm... sounds JUST LIKE THE US. The US (and now apparently Japan) is trying to do something about that.
From the article...
But Washington decided to extend the programme after determining that visa waiver countries will not meet an October deadline to introduce sophisticated passports, which include biometric data and make counterfeiting virtually impossible.
The UK authorities, for example, have said they will not be able to issue the new passports with the new data - such as an individual's fingerprints or iris pattern - before mid-2005.
The US has to protect itself. They cannot rely on others (including allies) to do it for them. A request was made of the allies to ensure their passports contain certain data (biometric data, anti-counterfeiting technology, etc.). Many of these countries did not comply. This expanded program will help fill the gap left by the allies.
What's the problem with that? Did any of you read the article?
Regardless of how this program will help prevent terrorism (I don't believe it will help much, but it will definitely cut out one avenue.), the bottom line is simple -- if you are not a U.S. citizen and do not like the idea of having the U.S. finger print you, DON'T GO TO THE US. Just wait until your country gets around to upgrading their passport system. Then your biometric data will be included on it -- gathered by YOUR GOVERNMENT. Then, when you go to the US, US officials won't have to bother you. All the data they want will be on your passport (gathered by YOUR GOVERNMENT, not the US - does that feel better?).
Here we go. All the ranting about not having a job or having a shite job they had to take because they couldn't get the job they "deserve" -- START!
Now, to the article...
What exactly was the point of this article? Off-shoring has nothing to do with why CS enrollment is down. It's the money.
I've been doing "IT stuff" for years and have come to realize that IT related fields simply do not pay what they used to. The era of the $60,000/yr, 22 yr old administrator/programmer/engineer is over. If you want make money in IT, you've got to know your shit (shit = more than just your job). You've got to -- oh my -- work hard and move around. That's not very appealing to many college students who are just starting to experience the realities of adult life (I'm not bashing you college students -- life is tough!).
One can still make good money in IT, but the field is starting to reflect more traditional white-collar fields. You have to build experience and a resume. You have to be willing to move to a different state or even a different country (I work in Japan) and work jobs that are not exactly what you want. This definitely scares some people away. Lots of folks do not like the idea of moving to Denver when they've lived in Florida their entire life.
I'm starting to ramble. Must get more coffee and get this work day started.
I'm one of those "scary" DoD contractors and I have to agree with much of what you've said. But, much of the blame for M$ M$ M$ does not fall on the contractors. The military WANTS M$. PERIOD.
I advocate Linux every chance I get. I recently convinced the command I work for to purchase several copies of Redhat Enterprise Linux for our perimeter services (proxy, web, etc.). It was a fight though. They just could not get M$ out of their heads. They simply could not understand that there are alternatives out there. In their world, all web servers are IIS, all email servers are Exchange, all PCs are Windows.
It wasn't until I told them that our perimeter services have been running on Linux for two years (regular Redhat) that they began to come around. I explained the EOL situation with Redhat Linux and that the most logical choice would be to move to RHEL since our AOSAs (Another OS Administrators) are already familiar with Redhat (ok... that's a stretch).
They still weren't completely convinced until I detailed the security track records of IIS and Apache. They understood the significance, but weren't completely sold until I showed them a message detailing a group of recent defacements of Navy and Air Force IIS servers in our region (overseas). Then I showed them the Linux/Apache front-end proxy for our beloved Outlook Web Access server and how it would be nearly impossible to exploit many of the IIS vuls through it. Done and done.
If you read the article and actually thought about it, then you are right -- you should not be on slashdot.;-)
I'm still trying to figure out why I keep coming back. Boredom I guess? It's always fun to read the article, post a comment, and then get modded down to shite for not conforming with the vocal minority.
Sorry for the tool/troll comment. All the other bash America comments got me a little wired I guess. Still, you did infer that the EU is somehow copying America as if America invented abuse of a government body by non-governmental entities. That's been going on since before there was an America.
Ohh... you're blaming all Americans. I thought you were just going to blame Bush. That's sort of the modus operandi around here.
Also, your quote isn't very appropriate. What from that quote shows what "you've" learned from Americans? Are you suggesting America invented the special interest group? Are you mad? Vivendi is a French company, run by a French man (Jean-Rene Fourtou) who's married to a French MEP (Janelly Fourtou). WTF else do you think is going to happen?
Ahhh... don't respect the UID, respect the content of my post. Too bad my failed attempt at comedy deserves no respect (I think all the Godzilla movies are bad).;-)
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Yeah... those are all over Japan. I've been here eight years, speed daily, and have yet to get a ticket via the cam. In fact, I don't even know anyone who has. That's not to say these things don't work.
Japan also has ETC (Electronic Toll Charge - I think). Rather cool stuff that allows you to zoom through the ETC toll lane at about 20 - 30 Kph. The fare is automatically deducted from your account.
With all the electronic gadgets that could be abused by Big Brother here, the concerns aren't nearly as great as in the States or Europe. Hmmmm...
err... I mean informative.
Damn... I hate when I do that.
Now that was insightful!
No mod points for you though. I'm all out. Sorry.
You nailed it right on the head. Too bad most here don't get it. Nice post.
Security through obscurity has its place. It compliments sound security practices quite nicely.
Worms port knocking? That would be one very very very slow moving worm!
Remember. There are 65535 different ports available. So, given that you can repeat port numbers and one uses a 4 port "combination", you get this.
65535^4 = 18,445,618,199,572,250,625 different "combinations"
I'm not even sure how to read that, but I doubt a worm would try it. It might take it a while.
Those using port-knocking for extra security are misguided, though.
Why are they misguided? What is wrong with a little added security? Security through obscurity has its place when mixed conservatively with proven security practices.
Port knocking to get connected to a service (i.e. an ssh server), which then requires its own authentication (key, passwd, etc.), is far from misguided. In fact, port knocking appears to be an excellent way of protecting automated attacks against vulnerable services. Do you really think a worm would try to port knock every possible four port permutation on adsl-1.2.3.4.someisp.net just to see if a service is listening on port x? NO WAY!
Did you know that virii is not correct?
http://tinyurl.com/298pt
http://dictionary.reference.com/help/faq/language/ v/virus.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_of_virus
Oh... my mistake!
Let me go ahead and spew the ridiculously overstated slashdot one-liner.
You must be new here.
Now that that's out of the way... thanks for saying that. It's sad though. You're sitting at +5, Insightful. I don't mean to belittle you, but what is insightful about your comment? It reeks of common sense.
Congrats anyhow.
Don't forget -- konnyaku will now be used for those little rubber feet on the bottom stereo equipment.
I agree with everything you said. I failed to get my point across. I wasn't directing my "rant" at the Bush/America bashing crowd directly. I more clearly stated my thoughts in this post.
Nice troll.
/. at -1). The slashdot moderation system has been perverted. It used to be different here. It's sad really.
America is no where near perfect. Far from it in fact. I never inferred otherwise. My post was about something completely different -- the open discussion of polically related topics on slashdot.
One can no longer post an honest, educated comment that in any way supports President Bush or questions the anti-America movement that exists here. If one does, they get modded to oblivion and never seen again (not many read
Nice try, but you'll be ignored. The parent of this thread is +5, Insightful. No one here really cares about the truth, they just want to bash America or Bush or both.
Japanese airport security is RIDICULOUS. Just recently, the transporation ministry (or something like that... I forget) announced they are revamping their airport security. The current highest security level will now be the new lowest level. Anyone can get into Japan if they REALLY want to. Many people stay way past their alloted time. Hmmm... sounds JUST LIKE THE US. The US (and now apparently Japan) is trying to do something about that.
From the article...
But Washington decided to extend the programme after determining that visa waiver countries will not meet an October deadline to introduce sophisticated passports, which include biometric data and make counterfeiting virtually impossible.
The UK authorities, for example, have said they will not be able to issue the new passports with the new data - such as an individual's fingerprints or iris pattern - before mid-2005.
The US has to protect itself. They cannot rely on others (including allies) to do it for them. A request was made of the allies to ensure their passports contain certain data (biometric data, anti-counterfeiting technology, etc.). Many of these countries did not comply. This expanded program will help fill the gap left by the allies.
What's the problem with that? Did any of you read the article?
Regardless of how this program will help prevent terrorism (I don't believe it will help much, but it will definitely cut out one avenue.), the bottom line is simple -- if you are not a U.S. citizen and do not like the idea of having the U.S. finger print you, DON'T GO TO THE US. Just wait until your country gets around to upgrading their passport system. Then your biometric data will be included on it -- gathered by YOUR GOVERNMENT. Then, when you go to the US, US officials won't have to bother you. All the data they want will be on your passport (gathered by YOUR GOVERNMENT, not the US - does that feel better?).
OK slashdoters... I challenge you to somehow link this story to President Bush. Bonus points for making it his fault.
So that means I must be brand spanking new.
716990 usually comes before 741764, but I could be wrong about that.
Oh my god. You're really asking for it. You do realize you're going to be modded to -5, King of Trolls, right (even though you speak the truth)?
BTW, your last paragraph is somewhat ambiguous...
Not unlike your entire post.
Here we go. All the ranting about not having a job or having a shite job they had to take because they couldn't get the job they "deserve" -- START!
Now, to the article...
What exactly was the point of this article? Off-shoring has nothing to do with why CS enrollment is down. It's the money.
I've been doing "IT stuff" for years and have come to realize that IT related fields simply do not pay what they used to. The era of the $60,000/yr, 22 yr old administrator/programmer/engineer is over. If you want make money in IT, you've got to know your shit (shit = more than just your job). You've got to -- oh my -- work hard and move around. That's not very appealing to many college students who are just starting to experience the realities of adult life (I'm not bashing you college students -- life is tough!).
One can still make good money in IT, but the field is starting to reflect more traditional white-collar fields. You have to build experience and a resume. You have to be willing to move to a different state or even a different country (I work in Japan) and work jobs that are not exactly what you want. This definitely scares some people away. Lots of folks do not like the idea of moving to Denver when they've lived in Florida their entire life.
I'm starting to ramble. Must get more coffee and get this work day started.
I hacked my toaster to only burn the toast. It's not *exactly* what I wanted, but I did it ALLLL by myself.
I'm one of those "scary" DoD contractors and I have to agree with much of what you've said. But, much of the blame for M$ M$ M$ does not fall on the contractors. The military WANTS M$. PERIOD.
I advocate Linux every chance I get. I recently convinced the command I work for to purchase several copies of Redhat Enterprise Linux for our perimeter services (proxy, web, etc.). It was a fight though. They just could not get M$ out of their heads. They simply could not understand that there are alternatives out there. In their world, all web servers are IIS, all email servers are Exchange, all PCs are Windows.
It wasn't until I told them that our perimeter services have been running on Linux for two years (regular Redhat) that they began to come around. I explained the EOL situation with Redhat Linux and that the most logical choice would be to move to RHEL since our AOSAs (Another OS Administrators) are already familiar with Redhat (ok... that's a stretch).
They still weren't completely convinced until I detailed the security track records of IIS and Apache. They understood the significance, but weren't completely sold until I showed them a message detailing a group of recent defacements of Navy and Air Force IIS servers in our region (overseas). Then I showed them the Linux/Apache front-end proxy for our beloved Outlook Web Access server and how it would be nearly impossible to exploit many of the IIS vuls through it. Done and done.
Sad.
If you read the article and actually thought about it, then you are right -- you should not be on slashdot. ;-)
I'm still trying to figure out why I keep coming back. Boredom I guess? It's always fun to read the article, post a comment, and then get modded down to shite for not conforming with the vocal minority.
Sorry for the tool/troll comment. All the other bash America comments got me a little wired I guess. Still, you did infer that the EU is somehow copying America as if America invented abuse of a government body by non-governmental entities. That's been going on since before there was an America.
Ohh... you're blaming all Americans. I thought you were just going to blame Bush. That's sort of the modus operandi around here.
Also, your quote isn't very appropriate. What from that quote shows what "you've" learned from Americans? Are you suggesting America invented the special interest group? Are you mad? Vivendi is a French company, run by a French man (Jean-Rene Fourtou) who's married to a French MEP (Janelly Fourtou). WTF else do you think is going to happen?
Are you a troll or a tool?
And why the fuck is the parent +4, Informative?
Ahhh... The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, isn't she.
Nice 3-digit UID, though. Gotta respect that.
Ahhh... don't respect the UID, respect the content of my post. Too bad my failed attempt at comedy deserves no respect (I think all the Godzilla movies are bad). ;-)