Encryption isn't falling to Moore's Law, it's falling to weaknesses in the encryption algorithm (the bit that mere humans came up with). AFAIK all the recent in-roads to DES, 3DES, WPA with TKIP have been through faults in the encryption. What I'm saying is that from a weakness being found, within a few years (or even months), you have scripts that can be run on Amazon EC2 and soon the question is how much money do you want to spend on getting the SSD cracked in a reasonable time.
Agree completely (and I should have RTFA better rather than skimming it); any volume of encrypted data is vulnerable to cryptanalysis. You only defense is time and strength of the encryption.
If the data is really sensitive (should never see the light of day) then destruction IS the only defense. If the data is sensitive but in a few years will be meaningless (commercial details etc) then most modern crypto should suffice to keep it secure for the next few years if configured correctly.
I think the main fear is with SSDs entering mainstream then data that shouldn't be publicly available is being stored on them (personal details from banks and government) that might be lost/stolen with the laptop.
Encryption is a solution that would work. However one of the main reasons for people using SSDs is the performance boost. (Software) Encryption would give a (slight) overhead which might cancel out the benefits of the drive.
So your encryption choices are either software encryption right from the first build or an SSD with hardware based encryption built in (which is available but not sure how common it is).
Hello Joe Tie. (567096), sorry I'm a bit late to this conversation.
I'm one of the idiotic persons shipped in for the studio audience of Red Dwarf (Series 6 Episode 6).
I will say it was my first and only time in the audience in a comedy show providing the laughter track. (I was in the audience for a few other shows but nothing comedy).
Firstly the episode we saw was significantly different to the episode that was screen on TV. They replaced the cliff hanger ending with a mild joke about recycled urine giving you limescale on the top lip. I estimate that around 20-30% of the episode was changed for broadcast. They got us in for the laughs and they obviously switched bits around, re-edited for broadcast. A large percentage of the audience had actually been in the audience for all 5 previous episodes in the series.
Do I object that we didn't see the finished episode? No, what we saw was really funny. Do I object that my laughter was possibly reused for scenes I never saw (e.g. the cliffhanger)? No,
Something that maybe Robert Llewellyn has missed out was the internet was well established around the geek community (key audience group of Red Dwarf) alt.tv.red-dwarf newsgroup (and others) was popular and subscribed to (though I can't confirm there was a Red Dwarf based newsgroup at the time of my studio audience experience)
The information we went away with was enough for us to give someone a "TV guide" style synopsis of the episode, and we did! We got all our friends to watch it because "we'd been in the audience!"
Will things like Twitter & mobile camera phones upset the jokes... I suspect filming will be frowned upon and actively policed & the jokes will not really translate across to Twitter. Well except one...
They are dead Dave all dead. Dave they are all dead. Dead all they are Dave etc. etc..
I feel sad for his family as well. The guy was a magnificent patron to charities especially local ones in his area and Help For Heroes. He donated well above his weight from what I've read.
Bicycles do at least as much as a Segway does for most people, and they're a lot cheaper. The Segway tried to fill a niche that didn't really exist -- it isn't the lack of a small, exposed personal transport machine that keeps people in their cars.
It's pity that the useful spin off of the Segway. The iBot mobility system, likewise didn't take off. It might have changed dramatically the life of disabled people. However there wasn't the demand. That was a case of the Segway technology filling a niche.
These vacuum delivery systems for cash are quite often decades old. I remember seeing them in the 70s as a kid (in other stores). We could be talking about a legacy system here. In 1956 they had 199 stores (according to their company history translated by Google).
We're looking at an old system that someone is exploiting a inherent weakness in and creating a solution/fix for it would cost a lot or require the retiring of the system. Similar to the problems with legacy old IT systems.
What I'd suggest is something quiet alien to the tekhead. Get management on your side.
Explain the issues talk about the problems. Give them easy to read bullet points.
Management will then ask you "Well what do you suggest?"
Well you know a lab that effectively mirrors the live environment is about as likely as rocking horse poo but ask about it anyway. If you have concerns they won't fork out the money for it then it's most likely a case that they won't but ask for it and make sure they understand and you discuss it...
Assuming you didn't get a lab then talk about the change. Talk them over the mitigation you want to plan in, talk about the rollback, get them on board. Then hit them with a compromise. You know the network better than anyone; work out what equipment you do need to replicate the vast majority of the network.
If 90% of your network is based upon say 3 standard models of switches/routers ask for a lab of them. Discuss that you can reduce the risk.
Risk is factor you are looking at trying to reduce. You should be able to speak to you management saying.
Option 1 cost $50000 99% of network tested
Option 2 cost $10000 95% of the network tested
Option 3 cost $5000 90% of the network tested
The important thing is by getting them in on the dialog and the issue you face the risk assessment and responsibility is being shared between you and management. If things still go south you have some defence against people yelling at you, in fact management will understand the lengths you have gone to to reduce the risk & they will understand that you cannot promise 0% risk on the budget they want and they will have agreed to this...
Asrocks 4CoreDual-VSTA http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=4CoreD ual-VSTA motherboard supports DDR & DDR2, 4x PATA & 2x SATA, AGP & PCI-Express.
Put your old bits on that board and link it up to a new Dual Core CPU.
It's not a great board but it will help you over the upgrade jump.
Yep I use it (on W32) it's free and it's good.
However what could be useful is what kind of problems require network sniffing?
If it's bespoke applications failing then Ethereal is your baby.
If you are having poor response on bits of the network maybe you should be looking at SNMP feeds/or the port counters on the switches.
Finally if you think it's due to faulty cabling/network cards then you may need the expert analysis of Sniffer/Observer or the diagnostics of your switch ports to find it.
Balders
I downloaded the V2.0 version a week ago and have played it quite a bit. I was an avid fan of the V1.03 & V1.04 version.
The game has definately improved a lot. It is no longer a case of the Marines winning 80%+ of the time, if anything the balance is favouring the Aliens.
The weak point (and strong point) of the game is the Marine Commander, if you have a bad commander or one that simply is not on the ball the Marines will almost certainly lose the game. However if the Marine Comm is good then the Aliens will have an uphill struggle.
Gameplay changes have improved things the new stealth abilities of the aliens are a little scarey (aliens disappearing from plain view...)
Planetside is fun. Support can be ropey but most major bugs are now nailed down. Crashing to Desktop is occuring mainly due to sound card bugs which can be solved with new drivers etc.
The game for a FPS has no equal in what it does. Big HUGE fights. It's main problem is how to encourage those fights. At the moment the main fighting force is the "Zerg", which is 100+ players of one empire sticking together and steam rollering the other sides. However when two Zergs meet that is when the fun happens...
There are balancing issues in some of the weapons/vehicles but they do not detract in that you can join the game and within minutes be in a huge firefight.
It's a lot of Fun (something that SWG looks like it needs)
At ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/OpenLinux311 there is a message on the page.
"NOTICE: SCO has suspended new sales and distribution of SCO Linux until
the intellectual property issues surrounding Linux are resolved. SCO will,
however, continue to support existing SCO Linux and Caldera OpenLinux
customers consistent with existing contractual obligations. SCO offers at
no extra charge to its existing Linux customers a SCO UNIX IP license for
their use of prior SCO or Caldera distributions of Linux in binary
format. The license also covers binary use of support updates distributed
to them by SCO. This SCO license balances SCO's need to enforce its
intellectual property rights against the practical needs of existing
customers in the marketplace.
The Linux rpms available on SCO's ftp site are offered for download to
existing customers of SCO Linux, Caldera OpenLinux or SCO UnixWare with
LKP, in order to honor SCO's support obligations to such customers."
So if you choose SCO Linux it's free but any other that will be $699 please...
Balders
I thought the National Space Centre was better than that, but they are a buisness and they make money hiring out conference facilities. I tried to persuade my firm (I live and work in Leicester, UK) to do our IT Xmas bash there and we are a car rental company! Does that mean we've discovered UFO's? I'll deny we have proof so we must be hiding something...
Hmmm when it does go public I bet the first bit of SPAM is....
Australia, Sydney. Attention: The President/CEO/Prime Minister Dear Sir/Madam, Confidential Business Proposal Having consulted with my colleagues and based on the information gathered from the Austrlian Chambers Of Commerce And Industry, I have the privilege to request for your assistance to transfer the sum of AUD47,500,000.00 (forty seven million, five hundred thousand Australian dollars) into your accounts. The above sum resulted from an over-invoiced contract, executed commissioned and paid for about five years (5) ago by a foreign contractor. This action was however intentional and since then the fund has been in a suspense account at The Central Bank Of Victoria...
Slashdot Mirror
It is inferred that all Time Lords fighting in the Time War were given a full set of Regenerations. Hence we can expect to see more Doctors in the future. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_War_(Doctor_Who)#Progression
Encryption isn't falling to Moore's Law, it's falling to weaknesses in the encryption algorithm (the bit that mere humans came up with). AFAIK all the recent in-roads to DES, 3DES, WPA with TKIP have been through faults in the encryption.
What I'm saying is that from a weakness being found, within a few years (or even months), you have scripts that can be run on Amazon EC2 and soon the question is how much money do you want to spend on getting the SSD cracked in a reasonable time.
Agree completely (and I should have RTFA better rather than skimming it); any volume of encrypted data is vulnerable to cryptanalysis. You only defense is time and strength of the encryption.
If the data is really sensitive (should never see the light of day) then destruction IS the only defense. If the data is sensitive but in a few years will be meaningless (commercial details etc) then most modern crypto should suffice to keep it secure for the next few years if configured correctly.
I think the main fear is with SSDs entering mainstream then data that shouldn't be publicly available is being stored on them (personal details from banks and government) that might be lost/stolen with the laptop.
Encryption is a solution that would work. However one of the main reasons for people using SSDs is the performance boost. (Software) Encryption would give a (slight) overhead which might cancel out the benefits of the drive.
Also you need to encrypt the drive FROM THE START. Once data is put down unencrypted in the drive it is potentially retrievable even if you've then encrypted the volume on top.
(Hate to use wikipedia as a resource but... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive#Comparison_of_SSD_with_hard_disk_drives )
So your encryption choices are either software encryption right from the first build or an SSD with hardware based encryption built in (which is available but not sure how common it is).
Hello Joe Tie. (567096), sorry I'm a bit late to this conversation.
I'm one of the idiotic persons shipped in for the studio audience of Red Dwarf (Series 6 Episode 6).
I will say it was my first and only time in the audience in a comedy show providing the laughter track. (I was in the audience for a few other shows but nothing comedy).
Firstly the episode we saw was significantly different to the episode that was screen on TV. They replaced the cliff hanger ending with a mild joke about recycled urine giving you limescale on the top lip. I estimate that around 20-30% of the episode was changed for broadcast. They got us in for the laughs and they obviously switched bits around, re-edited for broadcast.
A large percentage of the audience had actually been in the audience for all 5 previous episodes in the series.
Do I object that we didn't see the finished episode? No, what we saw was really funny.
Do I object that my laughter was possibly reused for scenes I never saw (e.g. the cliffhanger)? No,
Something that maybe Robert Llewellyn has missed out was the internet was well established around the geek community (key audience group of Red Dwarf) alt.tv.red-dwarf newsgroup (and others) was popular and subscribed to (though I can't confirm there was a Red Dwarf based newsgroup at the time of my studio audience experience)
The information we went away with was enough for us to give someone a "TV guide" style synopsis of the episode, and we did! We got all our friends to watch it because "we'd been in the audience!"
Will things like Twitter & mobile camera phones upset the jokes... I suspect filming will be frowned upon and actively policed & the jokes will not really translate across to Twitter. Well except one...
They are dead Dave all dead. Dave they are all dead. Dead all they are Dave etc. etc..
I feel sad for his family as well. The guy was a magnificent patron to charities especially local ones in his area and Help For Heroes. He donated well above his weight from what I've read.
Bicycles do at least as much as a Segway does for most people, and they're a lot cheaper. The Segway tried to fill a niche that didn't really exist -- it isn't the lack of a small, exposed personal transport machine that keeps people in their cars.
It's pity that the useful spin off of the Segway. The iBot mobility system, likewise didn't take off. It might have changed dramatically the life of disabled people. However there wasn't the demand. That was a case of the Segway technology filling a niche.
These vacuum delivery systems for cash are quite often decades old. I remember seeing them in the 70s as a kid (in other stores). We could be talking about a legacy system here. In 1956 they had 199 stores (according to their company history translated by Google).
We're looking at an old system that someone is exploiting a inherent weakness in and creating a solution/fix for it would cost a lot or require the retiring of the system. Similar to the problems with legacy old IT systems.
The story isn't that there is a bug in a beta product. The story is that Microsoft are fixing a bug! (I'm here all week, please try the fish...)
What I'd suggest is something quiet alien to the tekhead. Get management on your side. Explain the issues talk about the problems. Give them easy to read bullet points. Management will then ask you "Well what do you suggest?" Well you know a lab that effectively mirrors the live environment is about as likely as rocking horse poo but ask about it anyway. If you have concerns they won't fork out the money for it then it's most likely a case that they won't but ask for it and make sure they understand and you discuss it... Assuming you didn't get a lab then talk about the change. Talk them over the mitigation you want to plan in, talk about the rollback, get them on board. Then hit them with a compromise. You know the network better than anyone; work out what equipment you do need to replicate the vast majority of the network. If 90% of your network is based upon say 3 standard models of switches/routers ask for a lab of them. Discuss that you can reduce the risk. Risk is factor you are looking at trying to reduce. You should be able to speak to you management saying. Option 1 cost $50000 99% of network tested Option 2 cost $10000 95% of the network tested Option 3 cost $5000 90% of the network tested The important thing is by getting them in on the dialog and the issue you face the risk assessment and responsibility is being shared between you and management. If things still go south you have some defence against people yelling at you, in fact management will understand the lengths you have gone to to reduce the risk & they will understand that you cannot promise 0% risk on the budget they want and they will have agreed to this...
Asrocks 4CoreDual-VSTA http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=4CoreD ual-VSTA motherboard supports DDR & DDR2, 4x PATA & 2x SATA, AGP & PCI-Express.
Put your old bits on that board and link it up to a new Dual Core CPU.
It's not a great board but it will help you over the upgrade jump.
Yep I use it (on W32) it's free and it's good. However what could be useful is what kind of problems require network sniffing? If it's bespoke applications failing then Ethereal is your baby. If you are having poor response on bits of the network maybe you should be looking at SNMP feeds/or the port counters on the switches. Finally if you think it's due to faulty cabling/network cards then you may need the expert analysis of Sniffer/Observer or the diagnostics of your switch ports to find it. Balders
I downloaded the V2.0 version a week ago and have played it quite a bit. I was an avid fan of the V1.03 & V1.04 version.
The game has definately improved a lot. It is no longer a case of the Marines winning 80%+ of the time, if anything the balance is favouring the Aliens.
The weak point (and strong point) of the game is the Marine Commander, if you have a bad commander or one that simply is not on the ball the Marines will almost certainly lose the game. However if the Marine Comm is good then the Aliens will have an uphill struggle.
Gameplay changes have improved things the new stealth abilities of the aliens are a little scarey (aliens disappearing from plain view...)
A great V2.0
Balders
Planetside is fun. Support can be ropey but most major bugs are now nailed down. Crashing to Desktop is occuring mainly due to sound card bugs which can be solved with new drivers etc.
The game for a FPS has no equal in what it does. Big HUGE fights. It's main problem is how to encourage those fights. At the moment the main fighting force is the "Zerg", which is 100+ players of one empire sticking together and steam rollering the other sides. However when two Zergs meet that is when the fun happens...
There are balancing issues in some of the weapons/vehicles but they do not detract in that you can join the game and within minutes be in a huge firefight.
It's a lot of Fun (something that SWG looks like it needs)
Balders
At ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/OpenLinux311 there is a message on the page. "NOTICE: SCO has suspended new sales and distribution of SCO Linux until the intellectual property issues surrounding Linux are resolved. SCO will, however, continue to support existing SCO Linux and Caldera OpenLinux customers consistent with existing contractual obligations. SCO offers at no extra charge to its existing Linux customers a SCO UNIX IP license for their use of prior SCO or Caldera distributions of Linux in binary format. The license also covers binary use of support updates distributed to them by SCO. This SCO license balances SCO's need to enforce its intellectual property rights against the practical needs of existing customers in the marketplace. The Linux rpms available on SCO's ftp site are offered for download to existing customers of SCO Linux, Caldera OpenLinux or SCO UnixWare with LKP, in order to honor SCO's support obligations to such customers." So if you choose SCO Linux it's free but any other that will be $699 please... Balders
I thought the National Space Centre was better than that, but they are a buisness and they make money hiring out conference facilities. I tried to persuade my firm (I live and work in Leicester, UK) to do our IT Xmas bash there and we are a car rental company! Does that mean we've discovered UFO's? I'll deny we have proof so we must be hiding something...
Hmmm when it does go public I bet the first bit of SPAM is....
Australia, Sydney.
Attention: The President/CEO/Prime Minister
Dear Sir/Madam,
Confidential Business Proposal
Having consulted with my colleagues and based on the information gathered from the Austrlian Chambers Of Commerce And Industry, I have the privilege to request for your assistance to transfer the sum of AUD47,500,000.00 (forty seven million, five hundred thousand Australian dollars) into your accounts. The above sum resulted from an over-invoiced contract, executed commissioned and paid for about five years (5) ago by a foreign contractor. This action was however intentional and since then the fund has been in a suspense account at The Central Bank Of Victoria...
Pvt. Baldrick