I totally agree.. a slim devices box is the way to go.. I have the older one, a slimp3, they have new models now. I had a headless linux server sitting in my living room and was working on building an isa card to hook up some kind of display/control for a linux mp3 player when I came across the slimp3. It works like a charm, has a great display and remote control, and connects via ethernet (or wireless on the new models) to my server where I can throw as many mp3's as I have space for, or even setup shoutcast streams. now I don't need a computer in the living room any more and have a easy way to control the music without having to login to a computer somewhere.
www.slimdevices.com for more info.
Hi,
As a lot of folks have pointed out - almost everyone uses access-lists to restrict announcements. This used to be a problem in the early 90s and it was not uncommon that someone would announce the entire internet via a mis-configured BGP session and mess stuff up. I remember this happening quite a few times. I think the last time this happened was in 1996 or 1997 with some ISP in florida or new york and since then everyone started using filters and its been a non-issue.
This article might have been relevant in 1995 but no more.
The type of stuff that people need to worry about these days is stuff like the sql slammer worm, or out of control p2p file sharing
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I totally agree.. a slim devices box is the way to go.. I have the older one, a slimp3, they have new models now. I had a headless linux server sitting in my living room and was working on building an isa card to hook up some kind of display/control for a linux mp3 player when I came across the slimp3. It works like a charm, has a great display and remote control, and connects via ethernet (or wireless on the new models) to my server where I can throw as many mp3's as I have space for, or even setup shoutcast streams. now I don't need a computer in the living room any more and have a easy way to control the music without having to login to a computer somewhere. www.slimdevices.com for more info.
Hi,
As a lot of folks have pointed out - almost everyone uses access-lists to restrict announcements. This used to be a problem in the early 90s and it was not uncommon that someone would announce the entire internet via a mis-configured BGP session and mess stuff up. I remember this happening quite a few times. I think the last time this happened was in 1996 or 1997 with some ISP in florida or new york and since then everyone started using filters and its been a non-issue.
This article might have been relevant in 1995 but no more.
The type of stuff that people need to worry about these days is stuff like the sql slammer worm, or out of control p2p file sharing