It amazes me how people have such a false understanding of what exactly "AJAX" is. People talk about how complicated it is, which leads to insecurity. You're making requests and passing information back to the server via GET or POST. The only difference from the "traditional" way is that rather than visiting a different page, or having a self-processing page, you're having Javascript handle the sending and updating of a portion of the page. When you look at it from this perspective, you could potentially see a gain in server side security because you could build in input validation at the client side and at the server side. In theory, you could do some small scale protection of the client by incorporating validation at the client side for what gets returned to the Javascript. It all depends on how thorough you want to make it. Laziness is going to get you anytime you are dealing with user interaction, no matter what the platform is.
Look into dchroot and setup a small 32bit chroot environment. On my AMD64 desktop running Ubuntu, I have Firefox, Adobe Acrobat, a 32bit JDK and Mplayer installed and it works like a champ. HOWTO here.
Maybe some DSL providers require a service contract, but not a single cable company I have used has required it. Besides requiring a phone line, contracts have what kept me away from DSL. That and cable tends to offer higher speeds. I can deal with a few blocked ports and a non-static IP.
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Yes. That was the first thing I noticed in the summary.
There is a "For Official Use Only" category that is unclassified, but only for official government use (in case you couldn't figure that one out). The software written where I work will not be given out to the public because of this status, nor would anyone really have a want for it.
I was exposed to porn off and on from about 6 on up. I had to overcome issues with women and the degrading light that some of those images portrayed combined with my naive mind. Being raised by a single parent father without much of a female influence may have had some to do with this, but I did have issues in my view of women when it came to sex later on in my late teens and early twenties. I think there has been plenty of developmental psychological studies that will back me up on that as well, although, I'm sure those are all up for debate.
That's where the difference between parent and child comes in. Parents get priveleges because they are the adults. They have greater responsibilities and know better the differences between right and wrong. I personally would not do this for the fact that I think it is okay to download porn for my wife and I to enjoy in the privacy of our bedroom. The kids (though we don't have any yet), don't have the privelege of downloading porn because they are underage and it may harm their development. They have not had the time to properly develop an appropriate view of the opposite sex and they don't need to be exposed to some of the absolutely bizarre stuff out there. I know this may sound hipocritical on the surface, but why do we not allow children to drink alcohol or smoke? They can't handle the responsibility of it, and while I did drink underage, I didn't realize until I was about 21 that I was completely misusing it as a teen.
My suggestion, let them use the computer, but supervise them. If they come across something that is inappropriate for them, talk with them about it. Give them forewarning that there are things out there on the Internet that aren't appropriate for them. Open discussion is the best thing you can do. I say this from watching my sister, mother of three, who has a teenage son. Technology is huge in their house, but none of the kids ever use the Internet (or watch TV for that matter) without adult supervision. If something comes up that is inappropriate, they close the browser/change the channel and if anything is asked, they explain to them in a noncondescending way that they aren't ready for those sorts of things yet.
Best of luck to the OP! Open honesty will bring you closer to your children than you can imagine. Raised by a father that avoided the tough topics, I can attest.
I have a typical (default) setup in Windows with as many services disabled as I can get by with and prior to gaming, I turn off the antivirus. In Linux, I run Quake 4 directly from GDM. Some how, I end up with better frame rates in Linux. It isn't much, but it's usually about 10 FPS more under Linux.
But, does it run linux*? *have good drivers?Yes. Better than ATI at least. Not open source, but the drivers are good. My 7800GS works great. Q4 runs faster under Linux than under Windows here.
I think what he meant was the DTrace is a tool that most system admins would have no clue how to use. If they did start digging in code, attempting to "optimize" it, things would probably break...hard. He's not necessarily downing Solaris IT wonks, as much as he is the vast sea of IT wonks that are really bad at their job, but don't realize it. Basically, the majority of the IT industry. Since no one else (expect maybe a few FreeBSD wonks) has DTrace, it's fairly safe to narrow it down to Solaris wonks, and if you would trust a typical admin with DTrace and source code, you're a braver soul that most of us.
You realize that MythTV is a software package and Gentoo is an entire distribution. You would need a distribution to run MythTV on. So...MythTV distributes a custom distribution with MythTV included, adding yet another distribution to the list of hundreds? Knoppmyth already takes care of this.
Texas has always had it's share of lower-income folks coming across the border. Like any area, you just have to live in the right area. I'm planning my move for 2008, so that should give things time to settle out. If nothing else, my in-laws live there and have an extra bedroom.
This place sucks! The job market is bad and you're going to be pretty much stuck working for either the state government or the DoD if you can find someone that has the right connections to get you a job. If you don't have a secret clearance, your chances seriously go down. Tech here just ain't it. Most places in Texas have lower costs of living with larger populations and better job markets. That's why I plan to head there in 2008.
I've GOT to get out of this redneck filled, racist, little freaking town!
I just gave a computer to my in-laws. They are computer stupid. I got an email the other day asking how to open a zip file without WinZip installed. *sigh* Before I gave the computer to them, I made a ghost image and burned it to a DVD marked "Initial computer configuration -- Use to restore system". That was just for the worst case scenario that things are just too broke for me to help with over the phone. Since I hate hate hate phone support (worked a helpdesk for long enough, thank you very much), I installed Openvpn with keys and config setup so that they can click on the tray icon and connect back to me. From there, I can VNC into their system to help them out. If they are having problems with their Internet, then I can tell them to call SBC and get that fixed.
For my other family, I have done the same thing with the OpenVPN and VNC. I don't have them always connect on the VPN because I don't want to be able to get into their stuff at any time. I have told them that their privacy is protected and I can't get in unless they do this specific thing. It has worked out great since the in-laws live 1000 miles away and my other family lives 150 miles away. God bless the Internet.
Also, education goes a long way, but only works if they utilize it. Far too many times does it fail, but sometimes it works. My Dad at least does regular nightly backups to his external hard drive.
I didn't look into it very hard, but it seems like Paypal has same major features that Google Checkout doesn't have; direct access to bank accounts and person to person transfers. I have used direct transfers several times for transfering money between family members. We are all pretty lazy and it has become easier to use Paypal than it is to write a check and put it in the mail. Also, Paypal seems to be more convenient to the casual seller on Ebay. Also, what about the folks on sites like Rent-a-coder that like to get paid through Paypal. I can see how they would compete on the business side, but for regular joe's, Paypal is still the answer.
Who cares what happens to it once it heads down the pipe! It'll get there just fine.
It's obvious that the problem is not with people getting these things stolen out of their hands, but with people being careless and leaving them unsecured. It's a crime of opportunity. I think the goal the White House is trying to set up here is to make it so that it's completely impractical (for anyone but the NSA) to retrieve the information from a storage medium even if it does get stolen.
1. It sounds as though they are talking about classification here. There is a such thing as "Sensitive but Unclassified". Also, personal information gets protection under the Privacy Act of 197-something. Anyhow, it isn't as serious as you make it out. The stuff that is classified is protected at a whole different level.
2. No, they are saying that if you're going to connect to their network, you're going to have to do it with approved systems and use their authentication and it will all probably be through an approved, encrypted VPN. I know that the DoD has made a push over the last few years to replace the ID cards with smart card IDs with PKI certs embedded on them. These tie into the PKI infrastructure that has been rolled out and although it's taken a few years to get going, we're finally seeing it become a reality...you know, where it's becoming mandatory to log on using your card, sign emails, etc etc.
3. Well, it's all enforceable. That's the beauty of a government owned network. If they catch you not following their rules, they can fire you or even go so far as to prosecute you. Why not? You could be a terrorist! *gasp*
4. I agree with you here. Logs are great and all, but having a great gob of logs doesn't do you much at all. I wish them luck trying to go back to find a single transaction from 89 days ago.
That's why the military has already rolled out their own PKI infrastructure with smart card cards and all. Creation of the cards is done by a trusted source meaning your keys are trusted. The keys on board are only available once you enter your pin and badda-bing. Pretty much gone are the days of the old Green Military ID Card.
Well, it isn't hard, it's just not easy by most people's standards because it requires sacrific. Most people want more than they can afford and in efforts to keep up with the Jones', buy more than their budget can take. Americans in general tend to be more short sighted, especially when you consider the American savings rate was negative 0.5% last year. Yes, negative.
You are right though, it is a conscious decision, but the decision and having the follow through are oh so hard for most people.
I wouldn't exactly call it easy work. They also don't get paid very well and I doubt their retirement package is something that one can live on alone. If their retirement is anything like the military's, they probably get about 50% of their pay. If they are making $30/yr at time of retirement, that means $15k before taxes a year. If you have your mortage paid off, no debt and no children to take care of, you may be able to live on that. Take into account the progressed age and the medical expenses that tend to go along, you are looking pretty thin.
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It amazes me how people have such a false understanding of what exactly "AJAX" is. People talk about how complicated it is, which leads to insecurity. You're making requests and passing information back to the server via GET or POST. The only difference from the "traditional" way is that rather than visiting a different page, or having a self-processing page, you're having Javascript handle the sending and updating of a portion of the page. When you look at it from this perspective, you could potentially see a gain in server side security because you could build in input validation at the client side and at the server side. In theory, you could do some small scale protection of the client by incorporating validation at the client side for what gets returned to the Javascript. It all depends on how thorough you want to make it. Laziness is going to get you anytime you are dealing with user interaction, no matter what the platform is.
No, they switched to GNU/Linux.
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Look into dchroot and setup a small 32bit chroot environment. On my AMD64 desktop running Ubuntu, I have Firefox, Adobe Acrobat, a 32bit JDK and Mplayer installed and it works like a champ. HOWTO here.
Maybe some DSL providers require a service contract, but not a single cable company I have used has required it. Besides requiring a phone line, contracts have what kept me away from DSL. That and cable tends to offer higher speeds. I can deal with a few blocked ports and a non-static IP.
Yes. That was the first thing I noticed in the summary.
Flat wrong.
There is a "For Official Use Only" category that is unclassified, but only for official government use (in case you couldn't figure that one out). The software written where I work will not be given out to the public because of this status, nor would anyone really have a want for it.
I was exposed to porn off and on from about 6 on up. I had to overcome issues with women and the degrading light that some of those images portrayed combined with my naive mind. Being raised by a single parent father without much of a female influence may have had some to do with this, but I did have issues in my view of women when it came to sex later on in my late teens and early twenties. I think there has been plenty of developmental psychological studies that will back me up on that as well, although, I'm sure those are all up for debate.
That's where the difference between parent and child comes in. Parents get priveleges because they are the adults. They have greater responsibilities and know better the differences between right and wrong. I personally would not do this for the fact that I think it is okay to download porn for my wife and I to enjoy in the privacy of our bedroom. The kids (though we don't have any yet), don't have the privelege of downloading porn because they are underage and it may harm their development. They have not had the time to properly develop an appropriate view of the opposite sex and they don't need to be exposed to some of the absolutely bizarre stuff out there. I know this may sound hipocritical on the surface, but why do we not allow children to drink alcohol or smoke? They can't handle the responsibility of it, and while I did drink underage, I didn't realize until I was about 21 that I was completely misusing it as a teen.
My suggestion, let them use the computer, but supervise them. If they come across something that is inappropriate for them, talk with them about it. Give them forewarning that there are things out there on the Internet that aren't appropriate for them. Open discussion is the best thing you can do. I say this from watching my sister, mother of three, who has a teenage son. Technology is huge in their house, but none of the kids ever use the Internet (or watch TV for that matter) without adult supervision. If something comes up that is inappropriate, they close the browser/change the channel and if anything is asked, they explain to them in a noncondescending way that they aren't ready for those sorts of things yet.
Best of luck to the OP! Open honesty will bring you closer to your children than you can imagine. Raised by a father that avoided the tough topics, I can attest.
I have a typical (default) setup in Windows with as many services disabled as I can get by with and prior to gaming, I turn off the antivirus. In Linux, I run Quake 4 directly from GDM. Some how, I end up with better frame rates in Linux. It isn't much, but it's usually about 10 FPS more under Linux.
But, does it run linux*? *have good drivers? Yes. Better than ATI at least. Not open source, but the drivers are good. My 7800GS works great. Q4 runs faster under Linux than under Windows here.
I think what he meant was the DTrace is a tool that most system admins would have no clue how to use. If they did start digging in code, attempting to "optimize" it, things would probably break...hard. He's not necessarily downing Solaris IT wonks, as much as he is the vast sea of IT wonks that are really bad at their job, but don't realize it. Basically, the majority of the IT industry. Since no one else (expect maybe a few FreeBSD wonks) has DTrace, it's fairly safe to narrow it down to Solaris wonks, and if you would trust a typical admin with DTrace and source code, you're a braver soul that most of us.
You realize that MythTV is a software package and Gentoo is an entire distribution. You would need a distribution to run MythTV on. So...MythTV distributes a custom distribution with MythTV included, adding yet another distribution to the list of hundreds? Knoppmyth already takes care of this.
Texas has always had it's share of lower-income folks coming across the border. Like any area, you just have to live in the right area. I'm planning my move for 2008, so that should give things time to settle out. If nothing else, my in-laws live there and have an extra bedroom.
This place sucks! The job market is bad and you're going to be pretty much stuck working for either the state government or the DoD if you can find someone that has the right connections to get you a job. If you don't have a secret clearance, your chances seriously go down. Tech here just ain't it. Most places in Texas have lower costs of living with larger populations and better job markets. That's why I plan to head there in 2008.
I've GOT to get out of this redneck filled, racist, little freaking town!
I just gave a computer to my in-laws. They are computer stupid. I got an email the other day asking how to open a zip file without WinZip installed. *sigh* Before I gave the computer to them, I made a ghost image and burned it to a DVD marked "Initial computer configuration -- Use to restore system". That was just for the worst case scenario that things are just too broke for me to help with over the phone. Since I hate hate hate phone support (worked a helpdesk for long enough, thank you very much), I installed Openvpn with keys and config setup so that they can click on the tray icon and connect back to me. From there, I can VNC into their system to help them out. If they are having problems with their Internet, then I can tell them to call SBC and get that fixed.
For my other family, I have done the same thing with the OpenVPN and VNC. I don't have them always connect on the VPN because I don't want to be able to get into their stuff at any time. I have told them that their privacy is protected and I can't get in unless they do this specific thing. It has worked out great since the in-laws live 1000 miles away and my other family lives 150 miles away. God bless the Internet.
Also, education goes a long way, but only works if they utilize it. Far too many times does it fail, but sometimes it works. My Dad at least does regular nightly backups to his external hard drive.
Guess what...there are other wireless mice available now that will work. My favorite, Logitech MX1000.
I didn't look into it very hard, but it seems like Paypal has same major features that Google Checkout doesn't have; direct access to bank accounts and person to person transfers. I have used direct transfers several times for transfering money between family members. We are all pretty lazy and it has become easier to use Paypal than it is to write a check and put it in the mail. Also, Paypal seems to be more convenient to the casual seller on Ebay. Also, what about the folks on sites like Rent-a-coder that like to get paid through Paypal. I can see how they would compete on the business side, but for regular joe's, Paypal is still the answer.
Does it require you to boot to it? Most public terminals would have such things disabled.
Who cares what happens to it once it heads down the pipe! It'll get there just fine.
It's obvious that the problem is not with people getting these things stolen out of their hands, but with people being careless and leaving them unsecured. It's a crime of opportunity. I think the goal the White House is trying to set up here is to make it so that it's completely impractical (for anyone but the NSA) to retrieve the information from a storage medium even if it does get stolen.
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1. It sounds as though they are talking about classification here. There is a such thing as "Sensitive but Unclassified". Also, personal information gets protection under the Privacy Act of 197-something. Anyhow, it isn't as serious as you make it out. The stuff that is classified is protected at a whole different level.
2. No, they are saying that if you're going to connect to their network, you're going to have to do it with approved systems and use their authentication and it will all probably be through an approved, encrypted VPN. I know that the DoD has made a push over the last few years to replace the ID cards with smart card IDs with PKI certs embedded on them. These tie into the PKI infrastructure that has been rolled out and although it's taken a few years to get going, we're finally seeing it become a reality...you know, where it's becoming mandatory to log on using your card, sign emails, etc etc.
3. Well, it's all enforceable. That's the beauty of a government owned network. If they catch you not following their rules, they can fire you or even go so far as to prosecute you. Why not? You could be a terrorist! *gasp*
4. I agree with you here. Logs are great and all, but having a great gob of logs doesn't do you much at all. I wish them luck trying to go back to find a single transaction from 89 days ago.
That's why the military has already rolled out their own PKI infrastructure with smart card cards and all. Creation of the cards is done by a trusted source meaning your keys are trusted. The keys on board are only available once you enter your pin and badda-bing. Pretty much gone are the days of the old Green Military ID Card.
Well, it isn't hard, it's just not easy by most people's standards because it requires sacrific. Most people want more than they can afford and in efforts to keep up with the Jones', buy more than their budget can take. Americans in general tend to be more short sighted, especially when you consider the American savings rate was negative 0.5% last year. Yes, negative.
You are right though, it is a conscious decision, but the decision and having the follow through are oh so hard for most people.
I wouldn't exactly call it easy work. They also don't get paid very well and I doubt their retirement package is something that one can live on alone. If their retirement is anything like the military's, they probably get about 50% of their pay. If they are making $30/yr at time of retirement, that means $15k before taxes a year. If you have your mortage paid off, no debt and no children to take care of, you may be able to live on that. Take into account the progressed age and the medical expenses that tend to go along, you are looking pretty thin.