So cry me a fucking river if they go broke from all the ad blocking.
Note that the following comment doesn't apply to popup ads, popunders, obnoxious noisy Flash applets, etc, but:
You know that Simpsons episode where Homer and Lisa are going to the museum and Homer starts taking the piss out of the voluntary $5 donation? Then Lisa's teacher comes along and he starts telling him he doesn't have to pay either, and laughing like a selfish moron?
That's the way I see people who gleefully tell the world to use Adblock. Do you want to be like that?
Suddenly, it's "padlock USUALLY means OK, but you do need to check the URL and you should really also check the contents of the cert"
Sure, that would be true if you displayed the 'secure SSL' UI for self-signed certs. What most are proposing is that you just make it look like a regular HTTP connection, though. Apart from that little 's' on the end.
Certs are fundamentally used to establish identity, not provide encryption.
This is where I stop ya.
Why does it have to be this way, exactly? A self-signed cert is screaming out, "I am NOT trying to establish identity, I am trying to provide encryption!" The browser interface can and should simply represent this, not paint it as any kind of attack. It isn't necessarily.
That's easy: using a self-signed cert and telling the user the link is secured is *far* worse.
Is it worse than using HTTP and telling the user the link is secured?
Look, these won't necessarily be bank details passing over this link. I'd say encryption-only security is good for medium-level security stuff; it would be useful for casual webmasters to be able to use it when the user's giving their username and password on a forum login, for example. Just don't tell them it's secured. But quietly redirect them to the HTTPS site. I don't see a problem, really, as long as the browser looks similar to how it does for HTTP when the cert's self-signed.
I dunno, maybe my 'feel' for the market is way off... but I'm currently working in a web development company and looking for a new job at the same time (or just seeing what's out there). The VAST majority of contact I get from recruitment companies is from people wanting C#/ASP.net developers. I'm talking 90-95% of contact. So, C#/ASP.net feels like it's dominating more than Java.
Sure, you will keep your photgraphs as they are, but what happens when you see other photographs - perhaps even altered video later that might clearly show something that did not really happen. On of the points was that even the people who "were there" adapt their own memories to match the photograpic "evidence".
One day I'm predicting they'll actually manage to master video manipulation well enough to fool people into thinking man landed on the moon...
You're supposed to use Stylish w/ Firefox to change the look and the size of the comments textbox, dodgy borders on the left and right, etc. to your liking. Don't ya get it? It's a test if being a true Slashdotter. If you can't fix the site's CSS with Stylish you're not worthy to view its content anyway.
People say economics are 'stopping' SSDs, but no, not really. Because I'm sure that 10-15 years ago, $4.45/GB would've been a fantastic price-capacity ratio; and they managed to sell hard drives then.
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So cry me a fucking river if they go broke from all the ad blocking.
Note that the following comment doesn't apply to popup ads, popunders, obnoxious noisy Flash applets, etc, but:
You know that Simpsons episode where Homer and Lisa are going to the museum and Homer starts taking the piss out of the voluntary $5 donation? Then Lisa's teacher comes along and he starts telling him he doesn't have to pay either, and laughing like a selfish moron?
That's the way I see people who gleefully tell the world to use Adblock. Do you want to be like that?
I have an 8Mbps/1Mbps ADSL connection to the Internet here in Paris.
My friends make fun of me.
Wow, how can I get friends as cool as that?
The sole exception is concrete, which can leave a hollow shell. Of course, no one on earth can build a 47 story concrete building.
I do believe that most of the CN Tower's main structure is concrete.
Crackpot theories can be discussed elsewhere; please limit the discussion to the science here.
You must be new here.
And he didn't just 'reinvent' the internet; he invented it.
They'd pull the internet connection; don't kid yourself.
Eventually Congress had to reign in the FBI
They're still reigning... WITH the FBI.
Suddenly, it's "padlock USUALLY means OK, but you do need to check the URL and you should really also check the contents of the cert"
Sure, that would be true if you displayed the 'secure SSL' UI for self-signed certs. What most are proposing is that you just make it look like a regular HTTP connection, though. Apart from that little 's' on the end.
I use these on my domain.
But don't try using them for anything semi-serious. IE and Opera don't recognise StartSSL as a trusted authority (IE probably never will).
Certs are fundamentally used to establish identity, not provide encryption.
This is where I stop ya.
Why does it have to be this way, exactly? A self-signed cert is screaming out, "I am NOT trying to establish identity, I am trying to provide encryption!" The browser interface can and should simply represent this, not paint it as any kind of attack. It isn't necessarily.
That's easy: using a self-signed cert and telling the user the link is secured is *far* worse.
Is it worse than using HTTP and telling the user the link is secured?
Look, these won't necessarily be bank details passing over this link. I'd say encryption-only security is good for medium-level security stuff; it would be useful for casual webmasters to be able to use it when the user's giving their username and password on a forum login, for example. Just don't tell them it's secured. But quietly redirect them to the HTTPS site. I don't see a problem, really, as long as the browser looks similar to how it does for HTTP when the cert's self-signed.
Unfortunately, if you're connecting to a service provided by the British government, they'll probably just leak your info later.
He was the only comedian they could afford.
And what would fixing "the damn thing" involve?
Open-sourcing it.
And yet I'm sure many US astronauts would call themselves Christians.
If my employer let me telecommute, I'd just sit around posting on Slashdot all day.
Right now, Java does dominate the web backend.
I dunno, maybe my 'feel' for the market is way off... but I'm currently working in a web development company and looking for a new job at the same time (or just seeing what's out there). The VAST majority of contact I get from recruitment companies is from people wanting C#/ASP.net developers. I'm talking 90-95% of contact. So, C#/ASP.net feels like it's dominating more than Java.
Yeah, and can you make Java look like this? ;-)
You can take _any_ language and make a hash of it.
Yes, but you can't take _any_ language and make a hash in it.
And I'd rather listen to Britney than NIN... QED, I guess.
It's unlikely that you take photographs of every mundane aspect of your life.
Ever see Richard Williams? I hear he takes that 5 foot camera into the toilet with him to take a picture of the shit.
Sure, you will keep your photgraphs as they are, but what happens when you see other photographs - perhaps even altered video later that might clearly show something that did not really happen. On of the points was that even the people who "were there" adapt their own memories to match the photograpic "evidence".
One day I'm predicting they'll actually manage to master video manipulation well enough to fool people into thinking man landed on the moon...
You're supposed to use Stylish w/ Firefox to change the look and the size of the comments textbox, dodgy borders on the left and right, etc. to your liking. Don't ya get it? It's a test if being a true Slashdotter. If you can't fix the site's CSS with Stylish you're not worthy to view its content anyway.
People say economics are 'stopping' SSDs, but no, not really. Because I'm sure that 10-15 years ago, $4.45/GB would've been a fantastic price-capacity ratio; and they managed to sell hard drives then.
I love the way they bleep out a swear word in that 'rebellious' ad. LOL.