... this seems to be another one of those, 'why take a stand once if you don't do it all the time?' posts. The idea seems to be that you either change your life and protest about EVERY SINGLE THING you disagree with or you do nothing at all. Since when does life work like that? Sometimes I don't recycle cause I'm lazy or I'm busy. Does that then mean I should never recycle?
I'm sad that this isn't the only post like this.
>webserver "Red Hat"
>Who do you think we professionals trust more?
Professional what? Since you don't even know what Red Hat actually is can we assume your profession is something along the lines of lavatory attendant?
... the password requirements are probably reasonable. The problem (as the poster points out) is that you have a dozen or more systems to logon to.
The other one I hate are the systems you hardly ever use but force you to change the password regularly. We have an HR system that does that. It's fine for the HR drones that use it everyday but everyone else goes on a few times a year (pay rise day, bonus day) and by then they've forgotten their password. Queue 1500 people trying to get their password reset on the same day!
Actually, I strongly suspect that most people will actually just come up with their password unless they had time to 'prepare' an answer. (particularly the people that will give up a password for a chocolate bar)
I was going to flame the parent posting but either they are a complete moron who should be pitied or they manage to type that posting without using their brain AT ALL. (Come on - we've all done it!)
I'm no expert on port knocking (since I hadn't heard of it until I read this article) but it seems like a lot of folk are completely missing the point that this is an EXTRA layer of security on top of what is already there. In the parent post the secret knock is more like the existing password based authentication. Port knocking would be more like painting the door to look like the wall. You can't try to guess the 'secret knock' if you don't even know where the door is.
I think a lot of people like the idea of Americans coming to the EU being fingerprinted as some kind of 'tit for tat' thing (not too bad an idea IMHO) but it would have a more productive side in letting US citizens see what it's like for everyone else.
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... this seems to be another one of those, 'why take a stand once if you don't do it all the time?' posts. The idea seems to be that you either change your life and protest about EVERY SINGLE THING you disagree with or you do nothing at all. Since when does life work like that? Sometimes I don't recycle cause I'm lazy or I'm busy. Does that then mean I should never recycle? I'm sad that this isn't the only post like this.
>webserver "Red Hat" >Who do you think we professionals trust more? Professional what? Since you don't even know what Red Hat actually is can we assume your profession is something along the lines of lavatory attendant?
"I look for the Compact Disk logo for compatibility..." I've started doing this too and it's scary how many CDs just don't have it.
aaarrrgghhh... Don't remind me! I just finished scrubbing my eye balls
... the password requirements are probably reasonable. The problem (as the poster points out) is that you have a dozen or more systems to logon to. The other one I hate are the systems you hardly ever use but force you to change the password regularly. We have an HR system that does that. It's fine for the HR drones that use it everyday but everyone else goes on a few times a year (pay rise day, bonus day) and by then they've forgotten their password. Queue 1500 people trying to get their password reset on the same day!
Actually, I strongly suspect that most people will actually just come up with their password unless they had time to 'prepare' an answer. (particularly the people that will give up a password for a chocolate bar)
I was going to flame the parent posting but either they are a complete moron who should be pitied or they manage to type that posting without using their brain AT ALL. (Come on - we've all done it!)
I'd quite like it in english too. Must be what's it's like when I talk to my parents about computers. Or art. Or anything...
I'm no expert on port knocking (since I hadn't heard of it until I read this article) but it seems like a lot of folk are completely missing the point that this is an EXTRA layer of security on top of what is already there.
In the parent post the secret knock is more like the existing password based authentication. Port knocking would be more like painting the door to look like the wall. You can't try to guess the 'secret knock' if you don't even know where the door is.
I think a lot of people like the idea of Americans coming to the EU being fingerprinted as some kind of 'tit for tat' thing (not too bad an idea IMHO) but it would have a more productive side in letting US citizens see what it's like for everyone else.