MAC's are great! My mother, an artist, has been a frustrated computer user for 15 years. about 5 years back she made the switch. She is now confident and can finally use the computer without fear. The one downside I have seen is her email. Often times, she gets get the remains of a virus attack in her inbox. (NDR from a domain that recieved a spoof'ed message, actual virus shells (run this patch...)) Overall, I enjoy providing support to my mom. The G5 is a joy to use. I wish I could say the same for other friends/family still under the iron grip of another, unamed, OS vendor.
While I see your point, I do not agree fully. If an exploit is not the wild when the vulnerability is discovered, providing the code will most certainly assist in accelerating the release of a worm or a script kiddy tool.
While I would like to know of security vulnerabilities, it makes me very nervous when the associated POC or 'sploit is released along with it. There should be a middle ground. As a security admin, I would like to know when I have a vulnerability on systems as to allow me to attempt to mitigate the issue as much as possible. When the POC/'sploit is released in the same day as the security alert, I am that much more of a disadvantage.
I agree with this opinion. I absolutely agree SPF is very reliant on dns, with each inbound message creating at least one dns query. However, if SPF catches on, and systems are configured to drop non compliant SPF emails, email/dns could weather this latest tactic.
I am inclined to agree with Wyzard... If you cant used Debian after running RH for 4 years, what will happened when you need to admin a HPUX box? What about Solaris? AIX?
Well, given all of the other setups listed here, I should probably add mine to the list. First the hardware: Athlon T-Bird Dual 80 gig WD HD w/ 8 md cache (mirrored using linux software raid) Gforce2 AGP BMK kfir based mpeg2 encoder Hollywood+ (mpeg2 decoder) Matrix Orbital VFD 3c905b IRman VGA->Component video adaptor
Software: This system is an LFS box. At this point, it is mostly a fully functional X terminal, using my 36" HDTV as its monitor. Every function is accessable via my remote control (mplayer, xine, xmms). The system can record, and play back TV although it lacks the ability to 'pause tv'.
My experince with HTPC/tivo like systems is they are anything but inexpensive. Add the time spend + the hardware costs, and well you have significantly exceeded the cost of a tivo. Was it worth it? You bet you ass it was. The flexiblity made it worth the money. Besides, I cant check my yahoo mail from a tivo.:)
This simply amazes me. Seriously, I know computer scientists, who are excellent in many aspects of computing, yet some have been forced into grossly underpaying jobs. (10$ an hour)
Perhaps you can do the rest of us a favor and let us know where these mythical jobs you speak of are located?
Remember, job offers as a burger slinger don't count. Neither does any mall job.
sysadmins, or network admins (sometimes they are one and the same) can block anything they want to at the parameter. Besides, employers expect you to work for you paycheck, its their right to limit your access as much as they want/need to.
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MAC's are great! My mother, an artist, has been a frustrated computer user for 15 years. about 5 years back she made the switch. She is now confident and can finally use the computer without fear. The one downside I have seen is her email. Often times, she gets get the remains of a virus attack in her inbox. (NDR from a domain that recieved a spoof'ed message, actual virus shells (run this patch...)) Overall, I enjoy providing support to my mom. The G5 is a joy to use. I wish I could say the same for other friends/family still under the iron grip of another, unamed, OS vendor.
While I see your point, I do not agree fully. If an exploit is not the wild when the vulnerability is discovered, providing the code will most certainly assist in accelerating the release of a worm or a script kiddy tool.
While I would like to know of security vulnerabilities, it makes me very nervous when the associated POC or 'sploit is released along with it. There should be a middle ground. As a security admin, I would like to know when I have a vulnerability on systems as to allow me to attempt to mitigate the issue as much as possible. When the POC/'sploit is released in the same day as the security alert, I am that much more of a disadvantage.
I agree with this opinion. I absolutely agree SPF is very reliant on dns, with each inbound message creating at least one dns query. However, if SPF catches on, and systems are configured to drop non compliant SPF emails, email/dns could weather this latest tactic.
SecurID is a great solution, however it doesnt allways fit the need/budget..
two factor authentican like securID is allways the best way to go.
Dont forget about the Goonies. There was a musical password to unlock the way to One Eyed Willy's treasure..
Not to mention:
HPUX - Stable
AIX - Fast
I would take AIX or HPUX over Solaris any day of the week.
"The Free Software Foundation is also the creator of the GPL, the viral license that makes Linux so provocative"
Ummm... is this suposed to be sarcasim?
Don't forget about your copy of "Car Wash Unleashed": $39.99
poor service, lousy selection of channels, poor reception, no locals...
I am inclined to agree with Wyzard... If you cant used Debian after running RH for 4 years, what will happened when you need to admin a HPUX box? What about Solaris? AIX?
;)
Oh well, more jobs for me
Do your self a favor, dont get voom.
I tried it, and cancelled in a month. Netflix would be a better choice, and cheaper at that.
they will need to wait for Mother Earth to do this dino in.. The slashdot effect has allready got it ;)
Can you still access your inbox? If so, your spam issue is not a DDOS attack. Just highly annoying.
And there was much rejoicing!!!!
Oh won't someone think of the kittens!
Sweet! I had no idea this was being worked on!
And there was much rejoicing!
This is by far the best line.....
:)
'So, I'm not saying you should dump your Solaris systems (let alone your Sun stock!)'
seems a little out of date to me
finse
Hey 1998 was the year of Linux on the desktop, for me at least :)
I am now in my 6th year of Linux on the desktop, and I must say... It gets better every year.
finse
awesome information.
mod this up!
Well, given all of the other setups listed here, I should probably add mine to the list.
:)
First the hardware:
Athlon T-Bird
Dual 80 gig WD HD w/ 8 md cache (mirrored using linux software raid)
Gforce2 AGP
BMK kfir based mpeg2 encoder
Hollywood+ (mpeg2 decoder)
Matrix Orbital VFD
3c905b
IRman
VGA->Component video adaptor
Software:
This system is an LFS box. At this point, it is mostly a fully functional X terminal, using my 36" HDTV as its monitor. Every function is accessable via my remote control (mplayer, xine, xmms). The system can record, and play back TV although it lacks the ability to 'pause tv'.
My experince with HTPC/tivo like systems is they are anything but inexpensive. Add the time spend + the hardware costs, and well you have significantly exceeded the cost of a tivo. Was it worth it? You bet you ass it was.
The flexiblity made it worth the money. Besides, I cant check my yahoo mail from a tivo.
This simply amazes me. Seriously, I know computer scientists, who are excellent in many aspects of computing, yet some have been forced into grossly underpaying jobs. (10$ an hour)
Perhaps you can do the rest of us a favor and let us know where these mythical jobs you speak of are located?
Remember, job offers as a burger slinger don't count. Neither does any mall job.
sysadmins, or network admins (sometimes they are one and the same) can block anything they want to at the parameter. Besides, employers expect you to work for you paycheck, its their right to limit your access as much as they want/need to.
I would like to see this all in a reality TV show. What do you think: 'Survivor: UNIX'
I would watch it.